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MtCROCOTY RfSOlUTION TEST CHART (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No. 2) 1.0 I.I 1.25 la 6 ■ 2.8 1 4.0 1.4 12.5 2.2 1.8 -£ APPLIED IIVMGE Inc 1653 East Main Street Rochester, New York 14609 (716) 482 - 0300 -Phone (716) 288- 5989 -Fax USA Mines (Ei Mining IN £astem Ontario ) 9 ■ ' ^ — , *^ Prepured by RENDOL SNBLL, Publisher MMrmora HmrakI mi4 Eastern Ontario Mining Journal iM I MINES AND MINING I N EASTERN ONTARIO BY RKNDOL SNELL PUBLISHKR Marmora Herald ami Eastern Ontario Mining Journal. TOIIOXTO: MUHHAY IMaXTIM} COMPANY, GLOBK 1U'IIJ)I\(J 1!K)1 .-/ -I ■ .1 C A i / • ^<" ^r«(^ «:iicZbr&> iMftMi - /frrt»t.rtcK — \ ; ■;V''; ;.5'•:■■f^L:^'t.'^■^'^ *'■V'-^ **.-,. /v.>.-?0> p vc■.'•.l:;- •UD( i •^t 1 C'' K -»i'-.;,^'* ';«■' ^HE FACTS ARE ...SUFFICIENT... ^^w ^^^ ^^^ ^^HE discovery of gold in Hastings County in 18(58 created tremendous excitement, and mines and mills became very num- erous. The now almost deserted village of Eldorado testifies by its name to the great expectation.s of mining men in those days. Several properties proved only rich pockets, and this, together with the ditliculty then met with in treating the refractory ores of the larger iijiiH»s, and the contradictory testim<»ny ol" geologists and experts in regard to the formation being a^^iint led to a long period of inactivity, or work of a ^ y desultory character. The companies now operating succes-sfully have wiiuuJ t a great change in the importance of the district mining. The larger companies, however, are we»i English or American concerns not looking for capital i hence, the progress of the district has not been broujrhi fully before the public as it deserves. For this reason tin Marmora Herald, with the assistance of a few munici palities of the district, has issued this booklet. J]v«'n statement in it is as accurate as it is possible, practically, to secure it. The aim lian been to undcratato the coRe rather thau err ou the other Hide. Few values are giveu, as it in thought that a description of the worlc being done would be a better basis for an opinion than the mere statement uf values. Nor are all the mines described, and for the same reason, that tlie facts in regard to a few are as likely to lead to an interest in the district as would u more complete list. No attempt to create a boom is made. The facts are suttlcient. Belmont Gold Mine. This mine is situated in Belmont Township, Peter- borough County, and partly in Marmora Township, County of Hastings, eight miles N.W. of Marmora Village. It was discovered in 1891 by H. Strickland, now of Peterborough, and was purchased by A. W. Carscallen, M.P., of Marmora. It was pretty thoroughly prospected in the following years and was known to be a valuable property from the clear indications of immense ore bodies. The mine was sold in 1897 to the Cordovp Exploration Company of Newcastle, England. This company erected a 10-stamp mill, put in an air compressor and complete plant and began operations. In the autumn of 1900, the company were satisfied, from the developments done, that the quantity of ore would warrant a larger plant and a 30-stamp mill was built and completed in February of 1901, at which date the following description was written. The new mill is 17r) x 90 feet and 85 feet The Mill. high. It is substantially built, neatly finished, painted and well lighted. The thirty stamps are driven by 150 h.p. Corliss engine with main shaft 6^ inches in diameter running behind stamps. The engine and shaft are strong enough to extend the mill and run 120 stamps if necessary. Pulleys on main shaft to drive stamps are equipped with friction clutches so that ten stamps can be hung up completely without slowing the engine. From the side of the engine is a 5 foot pulley 7. < u « X x ■J O i» "J driving belt up to stone breaker counter shaft inside of engine house ; other end inside of mill and from there driven up to stone crasher main shaft overhead of crushers. Crushers are 10 x 20 and 7 x 10. The mill in this part has ore bin capacity of 600 tons. The crushed ore on leaving mortar boxes flows over 36 foot plates with series of ten drops. From there it passes over six Wilfley tables driven by a separate engine with capacity for double that number. Below this floor is the new cyanide plant. It consists of three large circular steel leeching vats, 15 feet in diameter and 4 feet deep. Below these are two circular steel gold tanks, 7x2 feet and further below are zinc boxes where the gold is precipitated by zinc shavings. Below these are two sump tanks 9x4 fei^t, and also three wooden acid tanks on this floor. Above the leeching vats are two other steel tanks 10 x 5 used for storage. This is the ttrst cyanide plant ever used in this district, Deloro using Bromo-Cyanide. The cyanide p'mt is in charge of W. H. Whytock, who spent five years in the Rosedeep Mine in South Africa. The stamps and tanks were manu- factured by the \Vm. Hamilton Co. of Teterborough. The engine and boiler house attached to the mill is 80 x 40 feet with a hallway 6 feet wide through the centre to enter the mill. The engine room on N.W. side is substantially built with 18 foot ceiling, and contains the Corliss engine already mentioned. The old mill engine is used for driving the dynamos for electric lighting. The boiler house contains two horizontal tubular boilers, set in brick with space for a third. There are the usual feed pumps, with National Heater to heat water over 200 degrees by exhaust steam before water enters the boilers?. Electric current for lighting is generated by two dynamos, driven from counter shaft by clutches. One generates current for the day when light is used in the mine and the other for night. It is a three wire system, this being preferred for its convenience, safety in mine and for better insurance rates. The dynamos have 600 light capacity with 250 light& now installed. There are abundant lights througliout the mine, shafts, mills, shops, office, manager's residence, store, boarding house for the staff, etc. A large arc light over No. 1 shaft keeps the whole surroundings of the mine constantly moonlight as it were. Behind the mill is a large tank house 112 x 20 x 20, connected with the mill by an aerial passage. It contains seven large water tanks 15 feet in diameter, 12 feet deep, with capacity to hold 75,000 gallons. The water supply comes from No. 1 shaft. No. I Shaft is situated just north of the The Mine, mill- Sinking is going on in this shaft, which is now 385 feet deep. There are levels at 100, 200 and 300 feet depths. The level at 300 feet has been run 125 feet east. A cross cut to the hanging wall is 25 feet long. The shaft is supplied with five pump^, two of which are kept in reserve, and three drills. In a short time 400 feet depth will be reached. Possibly a level will be driven from there under No. 3 shaft, a distance of 1,200 feet on the lode. They expect to cut the junction of No. 7 lode at a distance of 700 or 800 feet. No. II. — Just a short distance west of No. 3. This shaft has been sunk to 185 feet level of No. 3, and used for extraction of mucking ore from this level. At a depth of 120 feet the ore has been stoped out on both sides, on the west a distance of 200 feet. No. III.— Situated about 1,200 feet east of No. 1. This as well as No. 1 has a large, well built shaft house, the most conspicuous object first seen when approaching Belmont Mine from Marmora. This shaft is being sunk, is now to a depth of 250 feet and is going down to a depth of 440 feet to make connection with the 1,200 foot level from No. 1 as above mentioned. There are levels at 90 feet towards E stoped to the surface, at 185 E, stoped also. On this level is another running south on a lode which is driven in 200 feet and goes underneath the big hill behind No. 3 where there are numerous outcrops. Still farther east than the south drifts, on the footwall side, is the junction of No. 6 lode. This is yet untouched. Three hundred and fifty feet west of No. 3 in bottom level there is a winze being sunk. It has a depth of 75 feet. This is equipped with hoist and dumping frame and i.s being sunk for vent in lower level of No. 3. No. IV. — Shaft is sunk on the lode running S.E. from No. 3 and has also adit level from hillside. No. V. — Sunk 100 feet, cross-cut at bottom towards hanging wall on the south side is 50 feet. This is a wide lode of low grade ore. There are also drifts driven in at short distances on the 50 foot level of this shaft. No. VI.— North of No. 3. It is 85 teet deep with drifts N.W. and S.E., at 75 feet depth. No. VII. — Situated north of mill and No. 1 shaft. It is a large double compartment vertical shaft, equipped with double drum hoist. Depth 75 feet. Drifts driven to S.E. and N.W. As mentioned in describing No. 1 shaft, the lode from No. 7 will form a junction 700 or 800 feet E. of No. 1. No. VIII. — At west of No. 7, is sunk only a Tew feet. No. IX. — Located on north lode. No. X.— Situated 600 feet ea.-it of No. 5. Sunk 40 feet. These sliafts cannot all be operated at present for want of power, which will be remedied in the near future. The main lode of shafts 1, 2, 3, and 4 can be traced 2,500 feet, and the south lode can be traced an equal distance. Notwithstanding the large number of shafts, drifts and levels, there are some lodes not yet touched. The air compressor is a frame building 140 Air X 60 feet and contains cross-compound air Compressor, compressor with inter-cooler and after- cooler and condenser, 185 horse power with uir receivers and air line from air receivers to the various shafts. High pressure steain cylinder, 125 pounds; low pressure steam cylinder, 25 pounds ; high pressure air cylinder, 85 pounds ; low pressure air cylinder, 20 pounds; two return tubular boilers in separate rooms with electric damper regulators, large water tank, 7,000 gallons capacity for coolers. 8 The company own a most admirable water Water power at Deer Lake, a distance of two and Power. a half miles from the mine. Two splendid dams have been built at the foot of the lake. The large dam is 80 feet long, 12 feet high, 13 feet thick at base and 6 feet at top. It is built of concrete and cement masonry. The other dam has a timber slide 20 feet wide for use of lumbermen and also a sluice gate to admit water to the floom pipe 7 feet square. It is contemplated to install a large air compressor and bring air to the mine through a 10-inch wrought iron pipe which will then supply power for the whole mine. The saving caused by utilizing this magnificent water power can be partly appreciated when it is learned that 10,000 cords of wood are needed at the mine for power and b ..-ating purposes. , . , . Mr. Kerr's plan is to have ample stamp capacity in his mill and power cheap enough that the lowest grade ores can be so thoroughly treated at a low cost that practically all the gold will be extracted from the ore and thus make mining of all the ores profitable. lu other words it is not nis policy to rush the ores through without the most thorough treatment, which is necessary where power is expensive. The assay office has been enlarged. It now consists of a brick building in two parts 20 X 38 and 20 x 20 feet. The larger part contains a sample grinding room, where will be installed a motor sample stone breaker— underneath the floor of which is a 20 x 20 feet cellar for coke— and a furnace room 20 x 18, equipped with combined gasoline furnace and muffle. The other part consists of a laboratory, 20 X 20, an office 10 x 10, and a balance room. The build- ing is heated by furnace. Several additional machines have beeu added to the machine shop. It is fitted up with a large turning lathe, 6-foot planing machine, two drill machines, pipe cutting and screwing machine and bolt screwing machine driven by a small air engine. This together with the three blacksmith shops on the mine enables them to make and repair any parts of the machinery. Other Buildings. 9 A tramway has beea uilt commencing at the level of the top of the mill to No. 1, north to No. 7, curving east and south to 6, 2 and :'>. Ore is hauled along this tram- way (level with top of mill) in cars containing ten tons, by one horse. This tramway will be carried to No. T) and 10. It forms a perfect circuit for collecting the ore from all the shafts. A large building for a general store has been built by the company. Connected with it is a post office, doctors' office, and store dwelling. A large number of dwelling houses have l>eeu built both by the company and by miners themselves, so that the place is fast taking on the appearance of a small town. Mr. Kerr's residence has steadily been improved. It contains a natural water supply from the tanks above, is lighted by electricity and is being surrounded by ornamental trees and lawn which will in time make it an ideal residence. The residental headquarters for the staff has been enlarged and they too have most comfortable and commodious quarters. The staff consists of D. G. Kerr, IManager ; Thos, Thompson, Cashier and Bookkeept-r; F. Turner, Assistant Bookkeeper; Geo' Hardy, Chemist and Assayer ; W. H. Whytock, in charge of cyanide plant. The property consists of 425 acres at the General mine, 800 of which is in the township of Belmont and 125 acres in Marmora. At Deer Lake the company have 160 acres also. The foregoing recital of facts in regard to this mine speak for themselves, and leave no need for comment ♦"rom us. Manager Kerr has done work nt the mine that nnot be excelled in any part of Canada. He has aevoted his every energy to the work of properly develop- ing the mine and no detail has escaped his notice. A more systematically planned and more thoroughly executed works it would be difficult to conceive. The mine in three years has made progress to its present magnitude, from very humble beginnings, so that there is every reason for expecting bigger things in the course of Staff. 10 another three years, expectations for which there are no fears from anyone at all acquainted with the mine. "The real gold mining district of Ontario An Opinion, is in Hastinj^s County ; there is more real engineering going on at the Belmont Mine than anywhere else in this province." So spoke Mr. 1. I). G. Kerr, Snpt. Cordova Exploration Co., BL'liiiont Gold Mine. 2. W. A. Hun«erfoid, Supt. Atlas Arsenic Co., Dcloro. .'5. P. Kirkegaard. Snpt. Canadian Goldflelds, Deloro. 1. A. \V. Carstallon, .M.P., Marmora. OrJKinal Owner of Holniont Gold Mine. Coiirtnay De Kalb, Professor of Mining and Metallurgy in the Kiug.ston School of Mine.s, who was at the Parliament buildings on Saturday. " We do not say much, but we are doing development work which will keep a mill going for years when crushing is commenced." — Toronto Globe. 11 The Canadian Goldfields, Limited. The Canadian Goldfield's Mine, best known Gold and as Deloro Mine, is situated at the little Arsenic. Village of Deloro, in Marmora Township, one mile east of Marmora Station on the C.O.R., three-and-a-half miles east of Marmora Village and thirty-two miles north-west of Belleville. The mine was first owned by the Galling Gold and Silver Mining Company from 1873 to 1880, who spent several thousand dollars developing the property. It was then sold to the Canada Consolidated Gold Mining Company. This company erected large reduction works, a number of dwelling houses, two large brick buildings for offices and staff and residence. (In the large mill is now situated the arsenic works of The Canadian Gold- fields.) The company spent extravagant sums in buildings and plant, but made a complete failure in treating the refractory mispickel ores by their chlorination process. In 1888 the expenditures of the company reached $200,000 ; work was suspended and the personal property of the company was sold under execution. Work continued two years longer under a lease and was then given up for a complete failure. The old tailings have recently been treated by the present owners and have yielded big returns in gold, showing that the former process was the cause of the failure. The Canadian Goldfields secured the property in 1896 and at once erected a large mill at'Marmora Station. The ore was treated by the brorao-cyanide process pure and simple for nearly a year when the mill and plant Avere destroyed by fire. The manatrement of the company was changed and put in the hands of Mr. P. Kirkegaard. A new 10-stamp mill was erected on the mine and a double 12 S^&^ArSi'^'K.:, n ».Nre!-i''" «.. < a •< -^ as S i 5 » 6 K '/; !* ■< s ^ ?? *< a o s o 1^ a. h s process was begun, which has proved a great success. The process uow consi-ts of first umalgaiuatiug and then treatiag the contentrates with bromo-cyanide. In 1898 the former old mill was completely overhauled and fitted up for manufacturing arsenic. The undertaking was completely successful and arsenic of the highest quality is now manufactured in large (juantities. The new process throughout proved so successful that the company decided, in July of 1900, to double their plant, which was completed in January of this year. Now the company have a twenty-stamp mill running night and day, a bromo- cyanide plant large enough to trest the concentrates, and an arsenic plant that cannot be surpassed anywhere in the world. The ores of the main lode consist of quartz The Mine, more or less heavily impregnated with arseno-pyrite, "mispickel," with occasional copper pyrite and frequently a large percentage of iron sulphide. These ores are worked for their gold and arsenic contents. There are other veins on the property, these are different in composition and require different treatment. Shafts follow the lode on the incline and levels are driven north and south. The lode U irregular, varying from four to five feet, '< the average," to twenty-five feet in places. There are no defined walls ; a<» a rule the quartz is merging into the wall rock, which is, in some places talcose schist, in others diorite, the latter being the country rock. The gatling lode is now being worked to the fourth level, 310 feet, and 100 feet is being sunk to the fifth level. A diamond drill is used for prospecting. A thorough system for hoisting, sorting. Mill. and transportation, a distance of 800 feet, to the mill is in vogue. There are twenty stamps weighing 850 pounds each, dropping 110 times to the minute with 6 to 7 inches drop. Screens are 40 inches mesh, bur slot. Crushing capacity is 80 tons a day. Many ditliculties have been overcome in amalgamating these ores of varjing character. The average paving is 57 per cent, of assay value by amalgamation only. The concentrating plant consists of three hydraulic 14 classifiers, and five 6-foot smooth belt vanners for the ohl lO-stamps, three Wilfley tables, oue classifyiiij; cone, and one Bartlett table for the new 10-stamps. The tuilinjj;8 carry only 2 to2| per cent, of the original gold value and 0.5 per cent, of the wispickel contents of the milling ore. Con- centrates are transported in cars to the leaching plant, where they are treated by the bromo-cyanide procees. The Bromo-Cyanide, (Sulman-Teed) process Bromo- consists of (1) Extraction of gold by leach- Cyanide Jng the finely ground ore with a sollution of Plant. potassium cyanide, to which is added a small quantity of a solution of a "haloid" salt of cyanogen-bromide. (2.) The precipitation of the precious metal from this bromo-cyanide "liquor" is by means of metallic zinc. (3.) The "dean up" of the zinc- gold slimes thus obtained. The plant now in use, and which is situated in a two- storey building below the mill, consists of four leaching vats fitted with sand and pebble filter bottoms 'and bottom ut also a model plant: and they deserve great credit for liaving so successfully overcome all dittieulties experienced hy former owners of the mine, in the treatment of these very refractory ores. The staff consists of P. Kirkegaard, General Manager; S. B. Wright, Chemist and Assayer ; George MacQueen, Cashier; E. F. Johnston, Bookkeeper; A. H. Brown, Assistant Assayer. Atlas Arsenic Mine. This mine is one of the mispickel group. It is situated on part of lot 10 in the Dth concession of Marmora Town- ship touching the Canadian Goldtields on the north. The property was reserved by the late J. W. Gatling, brother of the inventor of the gatling gun, when he formed the Gatling Gold and Silver Mining Co., he no doubt consider- ing it the most valuable of the Deloro group. After his death, the property passed into the hands of some local men, who sold it to The Atlas Arsenic Co., in May, 1899. The Atlas Arsenic Co. was formed by W. A. Hungerford, of Belleville, who has associated with him some capitalists of Cleveland, Ohio. Since then they have done a large amount of develop- ment work. They erected a modern 10-stamp mill, 10-driil air compressor plant, shaft houses, blacksmith shops, repair shops, , ^ce and thoroughly up-to-date plaut. The ore has proved as rich as was anticipated, having yielded $10 a ton by amalgamation besides the concentrates, which are rich in arsenic as wall as gold. The company intend to treat these concentrates by the cyanide process immediately, and also to build a plant for treating arsenic. The company have had unusually high 18 i J-V«,'. returns from amalgamation. Gold bullion is shipped "^ The^main shaft of the mine is now down over 200 feet Levels have been run at 80 and 200 feet ; the first level has been run 400 feet and work is now being earned on m the second level. A large development work has also been done on other pwts of the P^'operty. Ti*>«iilps this Bronertv, the company owns 400 acr^s or xninSal laXon which'development work has been done. ?Le Gawlev mine is situated in one of these properties. ?his rsTudoubtedly ono of the finest mispickel properties in Canada. The vein, at 100 feet is over 14 feet wide. A large quantity of this ore has been sent to the Pan- AmSn Exposilon. The company are pushing develop- mentTn the property and are working now on the first J^vel at 100 fiet. They are negotiating for a compressor wWch will be installed within a few weeks. A mill will Tlso be erected shortly. Three other veins on the property can be traced over a mile on the lots. 20 mmmmm t p Ohio Gold and Arsenic Mining Co. This counwinv was forinetl two months ago by W. A. Hungev- ford, associated with J. W. Bvitton, of Cleveland, Ohio, who have interested with them a number of the wealtluest capitalists of that city. They have purchased from The Pearc • Co., Limited, of'Marmora, iwrt of lot 8. c<.n. 9, Marmora township, adjoining the Canadian goldfields on the south. The ])roperty was known at owers, (me of which is developed— five Leffell turbines. The other, with a fall of over fifty feet, is undeveloped. The ore bodies contain large cpiantities of arseno-pyrite (misjuckel) associated with ({uartz and a little iron pyrite, occurring in sheer zone fissures ; of these there are at least four distinct occurrences, ncerning this thoroughly tested material can be obtained from either of the al)ove tirms, or from Josei)h James, Actinolite, < )ntario. 23 CampbcU-Blomfield Property. This property situated on east half lot 6, con. 8, Marmora, is owned by Messrs. A. H. Campbell, of Toronto, and C. J. Blomtield, of Laketield, Ont. It was purchased by them many years ago on a favorable report of it from Prof. Chapman, who visited it at their reijuest. A large price was paid for it on the expectation that the ore in the old Gatling Mine, in which they were largely interested, could be successfully treated. In this they were disjvppc^inted as our readers already know. The bromo-cyanide process has solved the method of treatment, and this property may now be ccmsidered as v, able as the purchasers supposed. Since its purchase in 1871. six acres of the south-east corner were sold to the Toronto Mining Co., with, h(»wever, mining rights reserved. The only vein that has been opened on it, lies on the north-east jjart across which it funs diagonally. To quote from Prof. Chapman's report, "A well detined quartz vein carrying a large amount of mispickel or arsenical pyrites, with frequent shows of free gold, traverses the lot in a general north-west and south-east directi(m, with a westerly dip or underlie of apparently about thirty degrees vein at least six feet wide ; but the width evidently increases at lower depths. A seam of talcose sljvte lines the foot wall as in Gatling Mine on lot 9 of the same concession, where a shaft has been carried down to a depth of fifty feet and where it presents a width of from sixteen to eighteen feet. Th''■^ ore is of exactly the same character. If the vein on lot (> be not a continuance of the Gatling vein, of which there is every probability, it will run closely pai-allel with and adjacent to the latter." Prof. Chap- man also testifies to the great richness of the ore. On the vein referred to a shaft was sunk many years igo about seventy feet deep. There is another of more recent date of from ten to twenty feet and the vein has V'en opened pretty well along its entire length, giving excellent o])[)ortunity for inspection. There is a neat building on the north part oi the lot which can be used at the conunencement of any further developments of this property. The Moira River, which runs through the lot gives ample water supply. We understand the jti-operty is for sale. 24 I Lcdyard Gold Mines. Situated in east half of lot 19, con. 1, Belmont, adjoining Belmont Gold Mine on the south. There are two systems of veins which can be traced for long distances and which contain an innuense amount of ore. Shaft has been sunk KX) feet, with an average width of from six to eight feet. The Mai-nun'a Railway runs through the property to the Belmont Iron Mine on west half 19, (de.scribed elsewhere). The Ledyard Gold Mine is one of the largest and best proj)ositions in the whole district and with sufHcient working capital ought to prove one of the leading mines of Canada. For assays, maps, reports, and full information, address T. D. Ledyard, 67 Ytmge street, Toronto. I I Central Ontario Railway The Central Ontfirio Riilway furnishes the most direct com- munication with the mining centres of Hastings. It runs from Pict(m north tileii from Ontario Bureau j/ Af nil's Ref>ort.) There fire three classes of iron ores in the Hustings district, namely, titaniferous magnetites, non-titaniferous magnetites, hematites. No hog ores occur in large (juantity. TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITES. These iron ores have been subjected to experimental metallurgical investigaticm, by several experts, and results show that they will tome into conunercial use in making steel, as they contjiin appreciable (juantities of nickel, vanadium, chromium, etc.* Investigations carried on '/or three years by Dr. F. J. Pope, formerly of Kingston School of Mines, both in the field and in the met^iUurgical laboratory of Kingston and Columbia University School of Mines, show that it is not po.ssible to lower the percentth concessions of Madoc township, two miles south of Eldorado Station, C.O.R. Miller 3/(Uf.— Operated during 181>7 by A. G. Longnecker. Located on lot 5>, 14th con. Huntingd Malone station, C.O.R. Bdnwnt Mine.— Worked for several years ])y T. D. Ledyard, 67 Yonge street, Toronto. Located on lot 19, 1st con. of Belmont township, Peterboro county, having a spur railway line to the mine connecting with the C.O.R. Cite-Hill Mjue.— Worked during I'.MX) by A. G. Longnecker. It is said that :iO,(XJ(J tons of ore are lying on the dumps a.s being too high in sulphur to meet present smelter retpiirements, l)ut will prol)ably ctmia into the market. Located in WoUaston township at the Coe-Hill ter-ninus of the C.O.R. St. Charles Mine.— Being wcjrked by T. C. Gordon, of Millbridge Located three-ifaarters of a mile west of McD(mald's Siding, C.O.R., Tudor township. Sumalee 3fVue.— Being worked by Sumalee Mining Co., of Belleville. Located on lot 21, 17th con. of Tudor township, two-and-a-half miles south-west of Gilmour station, C.O.R. New Find Mine.— Bemg worked by H. C. Farnum, of Eldorado. Runs low in sulphur and phosphorus. Located five-and-a-half miles east of L'Amal)le station, C.O.R., in Mayo t< >wnship. Spraane Mine. — Being worked by H. C. Farnum, of Eldorado. Runs low in sulphur and phosphorus. Located near New Find Mine. Child's 3/ine.— Being worked by H. C. Farnum. Runs low in sulphur and jjhosphorus. Shipments have been made to Deseronto Irig iron. Located about eleven n ".les east of L'Amable sta .on, C.O.R., Mayi township. Rlnirton 31 ine.— Worked several years ago for making charco.'il iron. (4) Owned by The Pearce Co., of Marmora. Location, lot 8, 1st ccn. Belmont township, Peterboro county. Shipping facilities, about three miles north of C.P.R. 28 There are other .leixwits in the diHtrict whidi have been worked irregularly, n.ost i.f them adjacent to railways and m Haliburton, Peterhoro and HastmgH counties. (4) Geological Survey Report, Ott^iwa, 18«:i. IRON SMELTERS IN ONTARIO. The Hainilt.m Steel A' Iron Co., Hamilton Oiitaii.., ..uerate a 2(K) ton (daily) Hinelter, making several grades of coke pig iron ; alsc. a steel plant and rolling mill. The Deseronto Iron Co., Deseront.., Ontario, oj.erate a forty- tive ton (daily) plant, making charcoal pig iron of hrst grade. The Canada iron Furnace Co., Midland, Ontario, ..perate a 150 ton (daily) plant, turning out coke pig iron of several grades. The steel plant is in course of erection at Sault Ste. Marie. GOVERNMENT BONUS TO IRON PRODUCTION. The Ontario Government Iron Mining Fund pays out $1.()0 i,er ton of pig metal on iron ores, mined and smelted m Ontario, but only §25,000 of this fund is to be paid ..ut m any *'"l/the case of pig iron made from foreign ores by Ontario fuel as the sole fuel, a bonus of fifty cents per ton of pig metal is granted, subject to the condition that a certain prop..rtion of native ore is also used. , The Dominion Government also grants a Ix.nus to the production of pig iron and steel made in Canada For detailed information see Annual Report of Bureau ot Mines .f Ontario, to be obtained from the Director, Bureau of Mines, 1 ..rliament Buildings, Toronto. 29 Canada Corundum Company By the opemti.mM of Tlu- Cuna.la C..,un,Unu C... Liinite.! In 181>< It WHS discoveif.l that N..rth Hastings an.l .S.uth an. on account ..f their econ..nnc nn,...itancu, tlie (iovemnien had the.r geolog.st.s carefully trace out the c.rundun. I>", formation The belt wa.s foun.l to extend across eiyht tow,^ ships and to average over a mile in width. ( )„ce the gclo-Mcal key to the formation ha.l heen discvered, the Governmen experts foun.l it easy to h.cate the chief deposits whi di "ere d../en ..r mor. m number and all the land within the crundu, belt was withdrawn from s an ed ogether with the further right to take up further dep, sits " c year f.,r ten years. The dej.osits were to be held under a le i renewable perpetually and without n.yalties Mr. B. A. C. Craig Joseph N. Siienstone and Lh.yd Harris «ere successful in their tender. In ten.lering, h.-wmer, Ihey «ere 111 an a.lvantageous position as they had previouslv ac,uire.l by purchase the deposit which is by far the laiiest juxd best h^Ued ..f all the deposits and whicli'is now knoSt the Craig Mine. Th.s pr.>perty had been taken up before the (...^ernment withdrew the lands from .sale, the parties who iir.lt ..btained the patent having procured it under the l)elief that it was a huge deposit of phosphate. The agreement with the (...xernment was made in September 1H«)!», ..tnd sh..rtly after- wards the succe.s.sful tenderers turned the pn.i.erties .ner to ho company organized by tliem and known as The Canada tomndum Company, Limited. This company is now pro,luc n in grain form over .,ne-half of the worl.li suV.j.lv of is harde | al»rasive. ' ' " tiue.-ii Corundum may be popularly described as being,- pure em.'ry Lmery is an iron .>re with mme or less c.rundum disseminated 30 thii»ui;li it. ('(triintluiii is tlio hiirdt'st tiling in the woilil except the (liiiiiimul, (iiul it is the conimluni of the eiiifiy timt does the cutting. The iron ore simply nibs unort oi 18i)i) in speaking of it says : "On this hill corundum may be traced over a mile or more ahmg its southern face wherever the syenite is exposed. An jxpert who has examined th's hill estimates the corundum in sight at several millions of tons. There is certainly a large i|uantity and in some places it amounts to from thirty |>er cent, to forty per cent, of the rock mass." The corundum in this dejiosit is all of the crystal variety and this is the most desirable kind. In the Southern States the corundum in most deposits varies much in its nature, but here the corundum throughout the whole deposit is absolutely uniform. This fact is of ct;twe«n cnniiMliiin jiml i»rdinHry rock ii'Hiilt««l in H much Humllcr (.utput than wan then CHlculatctl «m. FiniMhing tuIIh that were put in t<. le-cruHh the corunduiu and that had a cajwcity «.f between UH) and 2|tle of the many testimonials thc»; have lately Iwen received : PrKS( OTT EmkRV WheKL CoMHANV, LlMITEIt, Manufacturers of Emery Wheels, Grinding and Polishing Machinery. pREscoTT, Ontario, Canada, Mnif 2'Jtli, 1901. Messrs. Canaha CoRrvniM Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. Dear Sirs :— Yours of 27th inst'.Mt to hand. In reply we would .s»iy that we are much pleased ..liij y<.ur product which is, in f.ur experience the best ctirundum ever put on the market. We might say, after giving it a thorough test we finil it about twenty-five per cent, purer than the old North Car(»lina and Georgia article, which before the mines ran out was the liest article that could be then produced. Our customers' reports regarding its cutting (jualities are unanimous, it being a cool and fast cutting abrasive, and adding nuich to the life of the wheel. Enclosed please find order which please have shipped at your earliest convenience. Yours truly, Prescott Emery Wheel Co., Limited. Craig Mine corundum has already been ado[»ted almost altogether in Canada. Pr(>l)ably eighty-live per cent, of the wheels now uianufactured in Canada are made from it, and its use in the United States is steadily increasing. The great reason for this lies in its purity. Emery averages thirty per Cent, coimuluin ; tJiis means that thirty per cent, of an emery wheel has cutting (pialities .lile seventy per cent, simply rubs and burns. 32 Crai^ Mint- fitiiniflniii, tiinu'ci out Itv Tin- <'iinfi(lii ('oniii«liim i'niii|>Hny. liimitnl. iivnam's nvt-r iiiiu'ty fivr |K'r n'lit. |iiirf. Tliis is liy far tin- tin- lii;;lifsf t;ia«'i' ii-i't. |>ur«'. Ucsiili's this tin- Craii; Mint' toriiinliini roiitaiiis K-ss water (lit'inically coinljiiiiil than any otIiiT roriindiiiii \iio\vii to foiiiincirc, and in coniiidiiin tlu- iiion- romplcti' tin- aWs»'iK«' of water, tile "greater tin; hardness of the wheel. Tests in.ide on liehalf of the < )ntnio iJovtiiinieiit have sho.vn that ciittinj;; ou steel it will j»iind away fnnii two to ei^lit times us niiuh as the last aititicial abrasive. The eoiiipany has now over forty men on its |iay-roll. .Vs its sii|)|tly of ore is piaet ieally nnlimited, it is conteiii- platiiii; till- erection next s|irini,' of a iiiiich lart;'resting as many works of fiction or romance. Ill 18()(i the Maiiiioia Foiintu^^ (.'o. was .imalgamated with the Cobouig and Peterborou^'li IJailway Co., under the title of the Cobourg, Peterborough \- Marmora Railway and Mining Co., and mining was resumed with shipments to :w Pittsl)unj, Cleveland, Buffalo, Erie and Charhitte. A sect f)n of railway was hunt from the mine to tiie Narrows on the Tr-'iit river, whence the ore was taken l»y Ixtat to Harwooil «.n Rice lake and again put ,()(H) tons ; in 1870, (»vt!' I2,(KM) tons • in lH7:i(the records for 1871 and 1872 are destroyed), 10 KN)' the hiHt year in which the mine was worked. It can readily l)e seen that this method of shipment, necessitating half a dozen transhipments could only he profitable in e/i'ly years when tlie price of ore would stand high transp(.rtarion cliavres The company emidoyed over 2()() men handling the ore alom- Onk Pit of Bi.airto:, Iikjs Mink In 188:{ the who].> property, including railways and rolling stock, mines, furnaces and works, dwellings at IJlairton and IV.arniora, and about .'i(),(MX> acres of land were offered for sale by tlirection of the court, and were l)ought by the late T. I*. Pearce. Mr. Pearce formed the Pearce Company, Limited^ the pre.sent owners of the mine. The Blairton Iron Mine still remains idle, notwith.standing that, at the lowest calculation, . -e are, in the three immense pits «m the jn-operty, 1,(MM),()()<: ,ns of choice magnetic ore in sight together with a l.-'-^e bo of '-Miiatite ore. There can be iiu two opinij.ns that this i« ,.il- • iron mine in Eastern Ontario and will no doubt be again worked on a large scale. 34 The grade c.f t le eld railway yet remains t.. Trent River, cross- ■ng the n.am hne ..f the C.P.R., three .niles fn.n, the mine. When th,' I rent eanal is nnnpleted, shipments ean he mats in Marmora township : part 2 east-half of (5 in Hth con.; 7, H, and west-half !> in i>th con.; and west-half of 10, 11, and 12 in 10th con., in .ill l,004,i acres. On the part of lot (), which comprises four-and-an-eighth acres is the (dd mill jtroperty. On the 500 acres in the l>tli con., there are good indications of gold and mispickel, as the vein runs through the lots. On lot 7 is the old Dean and Williams Mine. This mine was worked many years ago. An average of S15 a ton was taken out for a time, but the ])rocess was changed and mining was not successful any more than the old (jlatllng and Canada Consoli(hited near by. There is every evidence of large i[uantities of ore on this j)art of the property. The 500 acres in the 10th con. have not been explored, but, beyond doubt, are of great value as veins of mi,si)ickel are visible. There are large deposits of hematite iron ore on these lots, some 200 tons of which were taken off in 1898. On lot.s 7 and 8 in i)th con. is a large peat bed making these lots valuable for fuel. The vein on lot 7, in !Hh con., is no doubt a continuation of the vein t»n the property of the Canadian Gold- fields, for they run north and south. The owners will sell out to reliable mining concern. Address, Cook Land Co., Limited, liox 2608, Toronto. 36 !^i^ \::^f^.J>:^ '■r;fz- ^FP-^' W m, )Mi Maloncy Property. Consists (.f nortli-half of lot 18, con. 1, south-half lot 18, con. 2, west-half lot 17, con. 1, lot 20, con. 3, all in Marmora township. These properties are 120 rods from the Belmont Gold Mine. (hie lead on h>t 17 ojtened and shows good indications ; live pits from twelve to fifteen feet on north-half lot 18, con. 1, assjiys from ^\) to ^{\:i a ton. One pit is niispickel, running 30 per cent, arsenic. The south-half lot 18, con. 1, contains a se'.enty-tive foot lead of magnetic iron oie, three-(|uarters nules long, openings 30, 30, and 1(5 feet, 04 per per cent. iron. One jjit is hematite, 57 per cent. iron. The Marmora Riilway pas.ses through the propert". A])undance of timber and water on the property. D. P. tV, Hugh Maloney, Man uora. Parker Prospects. J]ast-half lot 15, ccm. 10, Marmora township, gold })roperty, deveh)ped by tt st juts, shows irood vein and is a promising prospect. West-half lot 17, con. 1, Madoc township, gold te.st pits, promising pros|)ect. James Parker, owner, Marmora. Carscallcn Prospects Lot 31, con. 2, Belmont, near Belmont Gold Mine, prospected. Lot 28, con. 1, Belmont. East-half lot 25, con. 2, and e , , ifeimr>af.--(l ) 3, Hi, 30. (2.) 5, east | 11, 19. (3.) 3, 30. (4.) o, 11, 11), 21, 28. (5.) 3. 1(5, 24, 30. ((5.) West A 5, 11 ^^\^?- if -l-^^ •''^- <«•) 1^' !•»' 21, 28. (9.) W-est'i 3 west i Ih, 24, 30. (10.) 11, 19, 21, 28. (11.) 1(5, 24. (l2.) XXf X«'^ j^. ^ff^^ A j: 1RMI 5S^?S3^ Belleville li Helleville rity is sitiuitiHl on the Hay "f <^ii"t^'' 'i" •"■'» "'[ Ukf Ontaiio, ;it tlio southfiii extn-niity ..f llfistings county, of which it is tho cH|.ital. It luis an interesting history as l.enig the centre of trade for a large agricultural, hnnhermg ami mining district. The Moira river, which passes thrmigh the city, drains the tuwnshii)s of Marmora, Madoc, Rawdon, Huntingdon, Thurlow, Hungerford and Tyendniaga, and furnishes abundant water power for mills and manufacturmg. Belleville is one of the smaller cities of Ontario, containing a populati<.n of ahout lO.(MK). It is noted f..r the charm of its situation on the Bay of C^iinte, and for its liandsome residences situated on streets lined with heautiful avenues of trees and surrounded hy attractive hvV.ns and gardens. It is pure and clean, as well as beautiful, and has the Iciwest death rate recorded in the Province. Belleville is the centre and point of entrance f<»r the ever .'rowing mining industries of Eastern Ontario. It is 220 miles west of Montreal, and \VA miles east of Toront(., on the main line of the (irand Trunk Railway. A branch of this road runs north to Madoc, crossing the C.P.U. at Ivanhoe. Another branch runs to Peterboro, crossing the ('.O.K. at Anson, thus forming direct communication with Marmora mining district. Til IV "is daily steamb<)at communication with Rochester, Tiiousand Islands, and Kingston. Steamers of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Co. call regularly going we.st and east. An additional weekly .steamer to Montreal and Rochester, boats to Kingston twice daily and innumerable excursions during the season to favorite resorts on the Bay. Belleville, although a port, is situated in the centre of one of the ricliest agricultural districts in Canada, being connected by a steel bridge with the rich county of Prince Edward to the south, making it jiractically the county and market town of two counties. There are admirable roads radiating everywhere to the outlying di.stricts. ,i i r The (iovernment have built in tlie city a handsomeJ)lock tor post ottice, customs ottice, and revenue ottices. P.eing the county seat. th>t> = J.■^:J•,.■!^ i DWiiud by Heiny Corby, h pinmim-nt citizen .iiul i-x-M.I'. ; Mfic Mnfliini; Co., miinufiicturfis (.f miniiij^ iiifuhim-ry, drills, etc.; Abbott-Mitchell iron iii\«l steel roller mills; basket JUid 1 (OX factory ; foundry ami machine shops ; furniture factories; larL;e evaporating' and cannint; factories; tlour mills ; woolen mifls ; elevators ; planing milis ; carriage works, etc. The city is well .situated for a manufacturing centre, it having secin-e«l electrical power at 10 per cent, lower rates than are cpioted elsewhere. ■ n i i t^ The city is beautifully situated and substantially built. It can boast of a large number of handsome churches, high scIkm.1, Albert College (Methodi.st), Institution for deaf an(l dumb, central and public schools, hospital and home fi-r friendless, public library, Belleville Business College, Ontario Business College, four chartered banks, three daily paj.ers, opera house, electric street cars, gocxl hotels, etc. From its beautiful surroundings it has become very j lopular as a summer resort. The Bay of <,)uinte is a paradise for the angler, the yachtsman and oarsman, wiiile the district to the north is a veritable hunters' elysium. The Provincial Assiiy ottice, which is located in Belleville, is mentioned elsewhere. Addresses: Mayor, H. -I. (Iraham ; City Clerk, D. U. Robertson ; County Clerk, W. K. Aylswoith ; Registrar, H. W. Day; County Treasurer, Thomas Willis; C.S. Consul, Col. Hendricks. lioTEi. QuiNTE, Belle viLLK. 43 Ht'Ili'vilU' has Ik-i-ii forluimto I'nough t«> have a Hotel inniilKT of |iiililif-s|>iiitc'(l fitizeii.s, and Hntul Quinte. (^iiiiito, an ilhistiatioii of wliich is heiv given, is tliu oi'*foiiic' of their enterprise. A nuini>er of tliese gentlemen formed a coni|iany and erected Hotel Qiiinte in 18!>4, at a cost of over 81,(KK). Heing one of the finest hotels in Ont.irio, and the l»est Itetween Montreal and Toronto, it naturally delights every visitor to the city. In its convenient hication, architectural design, luxury of a])[>ointniunt, home- like comfort or refinement, it cannot be excelled. Mr. J. Jenkins is manager. Jt Jt Marmora Village Incorporated village, 1,()()() population, thirty-two miles north-west of Helleville, 110 miles east of Toronto, five miles from main line of C.P.R. at Central Ontario Junction, l)us to all trains; two-and-a-half miles west of Central Ontario I{;iilway at Marmora stat'on, 1»us and mail connection. Mar- mora Ilailway runs through Marmora fntui C.O.K. to Belmont Gold Mine, o|»erated at juesent only for freight. Marmora is a prosperous village, it being a centre of trad»; for Canadian Goldtields, Atlas Arsenic, Belnnmt (iold Mine, Gawley and other mines. G.N.VV. and (\P.R. telegraph offices ; telephone ; post office ; bank (A. W. (^arscallen, M.P.); three hotels ; four churches, Roman (.'atliolic, Methodist, Presbyterian, Anglican ; good ])ublic school. There is an excellent water power on Crowe River, which runs through the town, owned by the Pearce Co., Limited. They have large s;iw, planing, flour and woolen mills, hnnber yards, etc. Crowe Lake, two miles distant, is a pretty little sununer resort, with excellent fishing. The village is connected with the mines, Madoc, Belleville, and other towns by excellent county roatls, uns\n-passed in the Pntvince of Ontario. There is telephone and l)us service with the mines at Deloro and Belimmt Gold Miiu!. Miners' supplies of every kind are kept l)y the merchants. The village also has a large nund)er of resident mining men and mechanics of every kind. Tiie surrounding di.strict is agricultural and lumbering as well as mining. The Murmora Herald, ])ul)lishers of this booklet, is a weekly paper, paying special attention to mining in Eastern Ontario. 44 i X se: as ai H Sf. K is o a: Provincial Assay Office A Pruviiuiiil Xnmy nlHcu whs sturted by the Ontniio ftovurn- iiu-iit ill IH'.W to Mue wliiit I'ttVrt it uiiglit Inivt; in dtnelopiiig iiiim'iiil luiids. All iiitl tu |iriiH|>ftt<»rM it mIh.wh tin- folli>wiiiy luhoriiti>iy iftonl : Ldhnrntoni He,ord. Assjiys .iiiil Aiialytiffil 4 ; IIMM), 187. TluH ottice is lociited in Bclluvilk!, hm heing the t;ouiity town, sent of the registry ottice, uiul liuving s^iis imd wiiter fjicilities. .1. Walter Wells, B.Sc, is the assjiyer in c'har>{u. I'RKSKNT FrNCTlONS OF THE OFFICK. 1. Doing geiienil Inhoriitoiy iissjvy aiul uimlyticHl determinii- tions for the Hiireau of Mines in connection with surveys, rei)orts of the (iovernnient geologist uml other reiMtrts of coiiuuerciHl interest. 2. Making reports on the iiietnllic iron contents of average s;unples of iron ore taken at the ditiereiit smelters from ship- ments tnken from Ontario mines, for the jmrpose of checking claims on the Iron Mining Fund. :\. Acting as an intelligent hranch of the Bureau of Mines reporting developments in Eastern Ontario, also assisting in c(»llection of sjimples for Government exhibits such as those installed at the 'Ihisgctw Industrial Exi)osition and at the Pan- American Exhibition at Butiido, N.Y. 4. Issuing laboratory reports at actual cost to the public on sjimples received for examination such as identitication or probable commercial value, (pialitative examinations, assjiys and analytical determinations. Fees must be paid in atlvancc and each rejxfrt is the private property of the party ordering the examination made (Hi the siimjiles, the pulp of which is held by the ottice for future reference by the sender. The rules of the ottice do not allow the publication of any report without permission of the client for whom it was made. 5. Answering inquiries from owmis <>f mineral lands as to jjj.;(jK ,,!• market values, or from deaicrs or manufacturers seek- ing raw material. (>. Distributing sam[>les of economic minerals to bona-tide prospectors who may be in doubt as to character of certain ores. 4t) ^m-\ Kingston Schcx)! of Mining. Till' Kiiij^ston ScliiM.l (if Miiiiii)4 is afHliattd with (Jiu-cii s I'liiviTsity. Kiiij^Htiiii. Its i>l»i»'il.H iiir tliuioiiuli .sciciihtii' (■tliitatiiin, iMttli tlifui'i-tical and inactical, for |iriiis nf miiiiiij^ riii^iiui r, ussaytT, »i>Msiiltiiii; i,'t'nli.^iNt. ami .. 'talliir^'ist ; aixt iiiMtnutioii to |iros|ii'rtois. niiiu' foi.ii.s, li\f httiiiri s, livf (U'liioiistratoiM aii to Tweed, along which are large Portland cement works at Napanee Mills and Marlbank. There is another large cement works at Lakefield in Peterboro County. The Gilmour Co. is another large lumber concern with mills at Trenton. Hastings has the finest system of county roads in the Province of Ontario. They extend 4(K) miles with :i70 bridges, some of which are 150 to 3()() feet htng. These roads have been macadamized and improved for fifty years. The Provincial Legislature, at its hist session, voted $1,000,(X)0 towards improvements of roads, and Hastings and two other counties were the (mly ones eligible for a jxtrtion of the grant. Mr. J. \V. Pearce, of Marmora, is Warden of the county. With its splendid roads, con^'juient railways at every point, abundance «»f timber and hibor ut moderate prices, it is doubtful if any other mining district is more f.vvorably situated for economic produc ion than the Eastern Ontario District. 48