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MINERAL LANDS COMPANY.
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LIST OF LANDS BOUGHT
FROM IHK
MONTREAL MINING COMPANY;
WITH AN ABSTRACT OF THK TITLES, kc.
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T O K O N r O :
^.OPl', CLARK & CO., PKINTKRS, 67 .V 69 COLHORNK STKKKT.
1873.
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THE
ONTARIO MINERAL LANDS COMPANY.
LIST OF LANDS BOUGHT
FROM THE
MONTREAL MINING COMPANY;
WITH AN ABSTRACT'OF THE TITLES, <fec.
TORONTO:
COPP, CLARK & CO., PRINTERS, 67 & 69 COLBORNE STREET.
■873.
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PRINTED AT THE 8TEAH r„ES8
OF COPP, CLABK *
eo., 67 * 69 COLBOWK STHIW.
INDEX.
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PAGE.
1. Prtent to Montreal Mining Company of location at Capo Mamainse . . 5
2. " " " " " near Capo Mamaiiiso . , 6
3. " " " " McGUl's location 8
4. " " " " Turner's " 9
6. « « " " Harrison's " 10
6. " « " " Terrier's " 12
7. " " " " Lyman's " 13
8. " " " « Merritt's " 15
9. " " « " Bagg's " 16
10. " " " " Ewart's " 18
11. « " " « Derbeshire's " 19
12. « " « " "Wood's " 20 ■
13. " " " " Wilson's " 22
14. « " " « Hopkirk's "
15. " " " " Jarvis Island " 24
16. " « " « Stewart's " 26
17. " " " « OttertaU Lake " 28
18. « " " '< Eyan " 29
19. Deed Montreal Mining Company to A. U Sibley and others, of
these lands 31
20. Act incorporating the Ontario Mineral Lands Company 41
21. Abstract of Title to the above mentioned Lands 45
[L.8.] PROVINCE OF CANADA.
Edmund Head.
ViCTORi.4, by tlic grace of God, of tlio ITnitod Xiiigdom of Great Rritaiu
and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith.
To all to ivhom these presents shall come, Grcctimj:
Whereas the Montreal Mining Cotni)any hath contracted and agreed
to and with Our Coniniissioner for the sale of Our Crown Lands, duly
authorized by Us in this behalf, for the absolute purcluirio, at and for tho
price and sum of six hundred and forty pounds of lawful money of Our
Bald Province, of the lands and tenements hereinafter mentioned and
described, of which We are seized in right of Our Crown.
Now know ye, that in consideration of tlie said sum of six hundred
and forty pounds by the said Montreal Mining Company to Our said
Commissioner of Crown Lands in hand well and truly paid to Our use,
at or before the sealing of these Our Letters Patent, Wo have granted,
Bold, aliened, conveyed and assured, and by these presents do grant, sell,
alien, convey ajid assure unto the said Montreal Mining Company and
assigns forever, all those parcels or tracts of land, situate, lying and being
at Cape Mamainse, on tho east shore of Lake Superior, in Our said
Province, containing by admeasurement six thousand four hundred
acres, be the same more or less, of which said parcel or tract of land the
front angles have been marked and established by Provincial Surveyor
Albert Pellew Salter, and the bound' '"s of which are as follows: that
is to say: commencing where a po ', nas been planted by the said
Provincial Surveyor, Albert Pellew Salter, at tho water's edge of the east
shore of Lake Superior, in or near the parallel of north latitude forty-
seven degrees two minutes fifty seconds, and west longitude eighty-live
degrees by Captain Paytield's chart of the said Lake: thence north seventy-
three degrees east three hundred and five chains thirteen links, more or
less, so as to include with the two islands nearest to the shore and in
front of the tract an area of ten square miles: thenco south seventeen
degrees east one hundred and sixty chains : thence south seventy-three
degrees west four hundred and thirty-five chains twenty-seven links, more
or less, to where a post has been planted by the aforesaid Surveyor at the
•water's edge of Lake Superior : thence northerly, following the same to
the place of beginning, together with the two islands in front of the said
tract hereby granted, nearest to the shore, containing six thousand four
hundred acres, more or less, reserving free access to the shore of the Lake
.uthority and 'liroetion ""of t Exo " "i r'"^ '"'^ ^'' ""^«'* '^^
and dodicutcd to and for the u o ^f "iror Af 'l'"'"*' ''^'^ °"*' «P«"«d
across the lands hereby granted -^''^^ ' '"'^J'^^t^' o^«r and
-^;:;r ^:s tnu:^:;' ^ r .^^^^ ^-^'^^^--^.
a«s.>n8 lor ever; savin/, ox o„ 1 nn 1 ''"' ^^^"""" ^"'"P'^-J «nd
Onr heirs and B..ceoss<,r;;t t 'L^taX"''^'" •"''^^"^' ""'^ ^-.
and upon all navigable waters tlm 2n ^ "'I"^ enjoyment of, in, over
under, or bo flowing thro. To '- "" '""^' ' ''"^''"* ^"""'' «" '''•
of land hereby ^.-a.^ted a^uLZZ ""' '"' "' '" "'' ^'^^^^ ^ ^^act
Oiven under the "•run*- bp.iI <>*• r\ n
trusty and well-beloved ^ .1^:^^^ ^^^7/ ''rf''' ^'^"^ ^ur
Gcr.eral of British Xorth A S t d t". w '' ''";"^^*' «--"or.
in-Chief in and over Our P ovi.',! ^^/i^^'^'''-^/^'''^;'^! and Governor.
Brunswick, and the Island of Vi rEdw.?r'^v^"7 ^'''''' ^^^
»ame, <fec. .fee, at Toronto th s t'irfS , ' ""^^'^^'^^'"^'-^^
year of our Lord one thoul d eiS / t' '^ ^^P'^'^^^or, in the
twentieth year of Our rdgn ^ '"'^'"'^ ^"^ «^^^-«'^' ^"^ in the
By comu.a„d of ills Excellency in Council.
■c-. A. MEKED/Tn, T
De». No. 19, Mining. ^°'>*"'*'»i''ner of Croum land,
a. J. J.
^•«] PROVINCE OF CANADA
JiDMUND Head
To a// ^. «,/,,„, ,/,,,, ^,^.,„,^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^
Whereas the Montreal Mim-n,. n i
to a„ci„.ith Our Col^ti' f .^^.l^^,^ J;'"°"'™«« -d ag.^
autlioiizcd by Ug in tliia h^l„lf f ., , ? ""^ ^^^ ^""^^i duly
and e,-„f.:7„, i ' ; ^ Lt S 'r f M-^ • °''' ™'" °^ '»" """^'^
or before the sealing of tlte t r U^Z^vZut T" '" ""' "'"' "'
aliened, eonve.ed and a«.„™d, and i " re-! " ' J",''"^ «r',f ' f'"'
} -^ Lue..e prcoenta uy grant, sell, alien.
convey and assure unto tho said Montreal Mininpj Company and assignt
for over, all that parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being on the
east shore of Lake Superior, near Capo Muinainsc, in Our said Province,
containing by admeasurement four thousand eight hundred acres, bo tho
same more or less; which said parcel or tract of land nmy bo otherwise
known as follows: that is to say: being composed of all that parcel of
land situate near Cape Mamainse, on the east shoro of Lake Sujh rior, ono
of tho front angles of which has been marked and e -tablished by Provincial
Surveyor Albert Pellew Salter, and the boundaries ot which are as follows:
that is to say : commencing where a post has been planted by tho aforesaid
Provincial Surveyor, Albert Pellew Salter, at the water's edge of tho east
shore of Lake Superior, in or near tlio parallel of north latitude forty-
seven degree::; fifty seconds, and west longitude eighty-live degrees, by
Captain Ijuylield's chart of the said lake; thence north, seventy-three
degrees east, two hundred chains; thence south, seventeen degrees east,
two hundred and eighty-five chains, more or less, to the water's edge of
Lake Superior; thence westerly and north-westerly, following the same,
to tho place of beginning: reserving free access to the shore of Lake
Superior for all vessels, boats and persons, and subject to the further
reservation and condition, that any roads deemed necessary may be, under
the authority and direction of the Executive Government, laid out, opened
and dedicated to and for tho use of Iler Majesty's subjects, over and across
the lands hereby granted.
To have and to hold tho said parcel or tract of land hereby granted,
conveyed and assured, unto the said Montreal Mining Company and their
assigns for ever; saving, excepting and reserving, nevertheless, unto Ubi
Our heirs and successors, the free uses, passage and enjoyment of, in, over
and upon all navigable waters that shall or may be hereafter found on or
under or be flowing through or upon any part of the said parcel or tract
of land hereby granted as aforesaid.
Given under the Great Seal of Our Province of Canada : Witness Our
trusty and well-beloved Sir Edmund Walker Head, Baronet, Governor-
General of British North America, and Captain-General and Governor-
in-Chief in and over Our Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick and the Island of Prince Edward, and Vice- Admiral of the
same, &c. &c. &c., at Toronto, this tenth day of October, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and in the twentieth
year of Our reign.
By command of His Excellency in Council,
E. A. Meredith, Joseph Cauchon,
A$sisiatU Sscretary. Cvmmmioner of Crown Land*.
Ref. No. 1.— Dcs. No. 20.
H. J. J.
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To^l to ^kor. these presnus .kail corae, Greet inn •
Whereas the Montreal Mln.-n n ^'
to and with Ourc;::::!^ '|f-;i-Y^-t''eont.aotod and agreed
authorized by Us in this beh • f t " 7 '"' ^""" ^-^^^S duly
pnce and sum of six hundred .n^.d fo . ^t 'f ?T"'f ^' '^^^ "^^ ^-- ^^^
said Province, of the lands an, V ^ ^ ^^' ^^ ''"'^^^"^ '^""ey of Oixr
JNow know vo t'nf ,-n ^ -i ."o"'^ oi '-'ur Crown.
Commissioner of Crown Lands in h nd 'i f ?'"P'"^ ^'^ ^"^^ «^id
or before the sealing of these Ou t t pZ W^^"'' '' ^'"- "^«' -'
ahened, conveyed and assured, and bv t IV ' ' ^'""'^ -^'""t^^' ^old,
convey and assure unto the sa d Monie m''"'"^^ '^ ^''''''^ ^«"' ^'^en
for ever, all those parcels or tracts of at > ?'°, ^""P''^"^ ^'^^ '^^^^'gns
Simpson's Island in Lake Supe ^^ i ^Ours" f 'p'"^^ '^"' ^^'"^^ «- the
admeasurement six tiiousand fn„. I , " /'^''^ Province, containino- by
less, which said parcel or tra'oT'?' '""' ""' '''' ^^^ -or^ or
follows: that is to say • beinr > ^"'^ ^"^ '^"^'^^''^^^e known as
lake Superior, bein7thet:^hTr:?Ve'r-rr?T ^^'^^ ^^
commencing at a cedar post with a nile nf ? ^'''"^' *^^^^ '' ^o say:
Provincial Surveyor John mIcII!^ t/j^T^ --"^^ ^t, placed by
Island aforesaid, in north latitude foVe^.h . ^""'^ ''''' '^ ^he
seventeen seconds, and west ion. tide Jl,^'"''"'' 'T^-''''' "^'""tes
minutes forty seconds: thence runnin!ea!t '^''^-''''Y^Sree. fifty-six
and eighty-two chains fifty links to the wa.r"'°f^' '^'"'' ^"^"^red
the east coast of the said'^islan \. hencar/tf '' '^'" '"^^^^^^ ^
westerly, north-westerly and no t Inl i ?= '' '^'"' ^outli-easterly,
together with the srnalllirds aS e^ / ^, '' '^'? P''"'^'« '^ beginning
plan of survey of record in tl J^'^^^^^^ '" Mr .^aughton^'
free access to the shore of the Lake fo, J l'"""^ ^'''•^^' '''^'^''^S
and subject to the further reserVatifn f\ ^'^^^t'.'^^^t^ -«d persons;
deemed necessary may be undr h f ■""^'''^''^ ^'^'^^ any roads
Executive Government la!d of 7"'°"'^ "'^^ direction of the
useof HerMajestyrsiliei ertd "' f'"^^^^ ^'^ ^^ ^^ he
To have and to'hold t^e laidTare f oX:' Vr'^'"^'^ ^^^^
conveyed and assured, unto the said Mon, t'°^ ^'''"'^^ ^''^'^ted,
assigns forever; saving. .v.^S,- ,, ,^'"'''''^' ^'""'g Company and
Our heir, and 8Ucces8oi?;th;7rel"^se;^;;;^^-^-fej nevertheless, unto Us,
' °^ "'"'' P^^^ge and enjoyment of, in, over
^reat Britain
and agreed
-finds, duly
and for the
ley of Oiir
tioncd and
X hundred
• Our said
3iiru3e, at
nted, sold,
sell, alien,
id assigns
ng on the
aining by
more or
:no\vn as
fsland in
! to say:
laced by
it of the
minutes
fifty- six
inndred
erior on
3astei-Iy,
finning,
ghton's
serv'ing
ersons ;
"■ roads
of the
"or the
•anted,
■anted,
y and
tolls,
1, over
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and upon all navigable waters that shall or may be hereafter found on or
under, or be flowing through or upon any part of the said parcel or tract
of land hereby granted as aforesaid.
Given under the Great Seal of our Province of Canada : Witness Our
trusty and well-beloved Sir Edmund Wallcer Head, Baronet, Governor-
General of British JNorth America, and Captain-General and Governor-
in-Chief in and over Our Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick and the Island of Prince Edward, and Vice-x\dniiral of the
same, &c. &c. &c., at Toronto, this thirteenth day of September, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and in the
twentieth year of Our reign.
By command of His Excellency in Council.
E. A. Meueditu, Joseph Cauchon,
Assistant Secretary. Commissioner of Crown Landt.
Des. No. 16, Mining.
U. J. J.
[l. 8.] PROVINCE OF CANADA.
Edmund Head.
ViCTOKiA, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith.
To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting :
Whereas the Montreal Mining Company hath contracted and agreed
to and with Our Commissioner for the sale of Crown Lands, duly aiitlior-
ized by Us in this belialf, for the absolute purchase, at and for tlie price
and sura of six hundred and forty pounds of lawful money of Our said
Province, of the lands and tenements hereinafter mentioned and described,
of which We are seized in riglit of Our Crown.
Now know ye, that in consideration of the said sum of six hundred and
forty pounds, by the said Montreal Mining Company to Our said Coinrais-
eioner of Crown Lands in hand well and truly paid to Our use, at or before
the sealing of these Our Letters Patent, We have granted, sold, aliened,
conveyed and assured, and by these presents do grant, sell, alien, convey
and assure unto the said JEontreal Mining Company and assigns for ever,
all that parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being on the Simpson
Island, in Lake Superior, in Our said Province, containing by admeasure-
ment six thousand four hundred acres, be the same more or less ; wliich
Baid parcel or tract of land may be otherwise known as follows: that is to
say : being composed of the north-west part of Simpson's Island, in Lake
Superior • that is to say ; commencing at a cedar post with a pile of stonea
around it, placed by Provincial Surveyor John NacNaughton on the
western coast of the said Island, in nort u latitude forty-eight degrees six-
! !
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IT ™'""^^' seventeen second. ^
tkenco westerly and ,2 , . f' '" "«= ""tor's eZ„f »""*'='' ""d
of "'« strait rB„„T„; r; ■'• "'""S «■« water's ed„ M, "''"><"' ^^V;
Mr. MaeN.r„gl,„K ..kn r'""' "'" ""»" island, Z: '"'""' '» »»
"■<"": resbr.i„: LVl "' ""'V of record in til '^"''"'■"^ sW-vn i„
ft- all vessels, f„r,„r '" ""= """--^ "t Z t'T, """" ^'^''"^
'■"i condition 7a 1 '"'T'' ""d snl.jeet ,„ ,L ?^f •"'» ••"■™aid
-«'-■.. and dit ioHf TV^"™" ■-«-" m"; r "'T'""™
"d dedicated to and (^r» ^"^""""'o Government '^ ' ""'''■•'' "■«
*;f;*i.ore,,y ^ni: '^"^-'■«-%-03./s:::;re::'r"^^
■lo liiivo and to hoIrJ fi •, ' ""^^^ and across
^'^"^^^cd and as ,r d „ ! V '''''' ^ ^^-^ of land I, ,
assigns for ever- saW,. "'^ '^'^ ilontreai Ir ^''""'^^' g'^-^^ted,
-"^^f a;:s.H^^^^^^^^^^ w-ss o„
--rar.,n "■^-sro?^^^
J»« of our lord Ve ,hZ !;• ""' ""■'■'^™" day „^ stl"'" ™' »' «■«
'--tiet^yearof Z^T^ ^'s'" '-"dred a^rfe^^' .'" «">
B,eomn.andffHi,E,„„ ^ ^' ^"^ - the
E- A, Memo™ -Ewellenej- i„ Conndl.
a J. J, '^"""""'■""'■"/<>.„i„^
'' ' EoMn™ H..0 ^"°^^^^0E OF OAff ADA.
'"'""'"•''J'tliegraeeofGodof,, n ■
and Ireland, Q,; J„ n,f "'""* 'f'"«dom of Great Eri, ■
K- »« <» »4« tt«^«,„; r;;"' "*'dor of ,ae rain. ^"'™
. ^««BA, ti,e ifoftrea t! " "'""■ ""'"'^^
*o and with Our r "'"» Company hatl, . .
" ^"■""-ioner f„r t^e^alo oj On , 'r'^'r™'' '»"-«"
""' Crown lands, duly
Shty.seven degrees
stronomicall,., one
«iree hundred and
'} -Neepigon Bay;
t 'e said baj, and
*c. Ignace to the
'^cn^asshoM-nin
^'n land Depart-
straits aforesaid
'tJier reservation
'^e, under the
^'^ out, opened
over and across
lereby granted,
Company and
'^ess, unto JJs,
3nt of, in, over
■^ found on or
'arcel or tract
"Witness Our
't, Governor-
d Govcrnor-
5cotia, :?few
^'i-ai of the
"ber, in the
and in the
Cromi Zand:
t Britain
' agreed
is, duijr
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authorized by Us in thia behalf, for tlie abaolnte purchase, at and for the
price and sum of six hundred and forty poutids of lawful money of Our
Baid Province, of the lands and tenements hereinafter mentioned and
described, of which we are seized in right of Our Crown.
Now know ye, that in consideration of the said sum of six hundred and
forty pounds, by the said Montreal Mining Company to Our said Commis-
sioner of Crown Lands in hana well and truly paid to Our use at or
before the sealing of these Our Letters Patent, We have granted, sold,
aliened, conveyed and assured, and by these presents do grant, sell, alien,
convey and assure unto the said Montreal Mining Company and assigns
for over, all those parcels or tracts of laud situate, lying and being on the
Island of St. Ignace, in Lake Superior, in Our said Province, containing
by admeasurement six thousand four hundred acres, be the same more or
less, which said parcel or tract of land may be otherwise known as follows:
that is to say : being composed of tlie easterly part of the said Island of
St. Ignace, the front angles of which have been marked and established
by Provincial Surveyor MacNaughton, and the boundaries whereof are
as follows, that io to say : commencing at a cedar post, about six inches
square, with a pile of stones around it, placed by Provincial Surveyor
MacNaughton, near the northern extremity of a large bay of the shore of
the Isle St. Ignace, in north latitude forty-eight degrees forty-seven
minutes forty seconds, and west longitude eighty-eight degrees two
minutes: thence running north, astronomically, three hundred and
fifteen chains forty-six links to the water's edge of the north coast of the
said Isle St. Ignace : thence along the water's edge thereof in an easterly,
southerly, westerly and northerly direction to the place of beginning ;
together with the small islands in front of the location, as shown in Mr.
MacNaughton's plan of survey of record in the Department of Crown
Lands ; reserving free access to the shore of the land above described and
the islands in front thereof for all vessels, boats and persons, and subject
to the further reservation and condition, that any roads deemed necessary
may be, under the authority and direction of the Executive Government,
laid out, opened and dedicated to and for the use of Her Majesty's
subjects over and across the lands hereby granted.
To have and to hold the said parcel or tract of land hereby granted,
conveyed and assured unto the said Montreal Mining Company, heirs,
and assigns tor ever ; saving, excepting and reserving, nevertheless, unto
Us, Our heirs and successors, the free usee, passage and enjoyment of, in,
over and upon all navigable waters that sliall or may be hereafter found
on or under, or be flowing through or upon any part of the said parcel or
tract of land hereby granted as aforesaid.
Given under the Great Seal of Our Province of Canada: Witness Our
trusty and well-beloved Sir Edmund Walker Head, Baronet, Governor-
I''
(general of British North A •
"•■■"■....Miti"""""""- J^-^™ C.„c„o„,
fi-. s.j
-Edmund Head.
^-^o«u,b^thegraceofGodoftI rr •
^-« '» *,. «„,„;t:^ «-", D.ft,„„ „, „,^';?- of G™„e B,,.,-.
r™° and ,1 :,Xtlff' '"'• "- «iol, L p L,?™'™ !«"*, du y
f<i Province, of X "'r' "" '■°'''^' l>°..nd o' w'^' '' ""^ '°- 'Lo
PKOVKCE OF CANADA.
^ '""JJu or less r.f,. I- . -■" """iisana four Ii„»,j , — --'"vjuce,
established bj Pr^Wnt" s ''•^' '^ "*^ ^''^"^ ^"g^es W " ^"^^ ^^ «^^^erwise
Varies whereof arel, f , '^"-^'^^ ^^^'^ HacJvLl. f " ""'^'"^'^^ «nd
Po^^^ withapieof^ ^'"''•' "^^^ ^"^ to say '>^^''"' ^"^ ^^e boun-
S"-ejor, at' tltT r'^^"* ^^' P''^-d t rear"""! ^^ ^ ^^^^
7* longitude eightvS ""'^^^^^ ^'tv n L J'"' ^^"^^^
«^«rt: thence r„nn1„.;^t * ?^^-^^« *^^« '^''^"tes, by CW '^"'^«' ««d
-« or K «. .. tJ^3::r :t ^^^^^ ^^-^s;^S
fen aquai'e niiJps • fi >
"I'Jes , tiience north
^njral and Governor-
'^«va Scotia, Kew
J^co-Admiral of ti.e
^^Joptomhor, in the
"«y-si.Y, and in the
in oil.
CAucrroN,
» Of Groat Britain
tij.
icted and agreed
^^^n lands, dniy
'«. at and for the
'' '"onej of Our
'mentioned and
of six hundred
"J' to Onr said
ajd to Onr use,
iiave granted,'
<^o grant, sell,
Companj and
"g and being,
'aid Province,'
acres, be the
be otherwise
' '^'arJced and
"d the boim-
= at a cedar
' Provincial
land hereby
"'flutes, and
n %fie]d'8
' ten chains
ence north .
m^
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two hundred and sixteen chains fifty links, more or leas, to Nccpigon
Bay ; thence easterly, along the water's edge thereof, to the western limit
of the lands granted to the said .Afontreal INIining Company, at tho
easterly part of tho said Isle of Kt. Ignace; tlieneo south, astronomically,
one hundred and ninety-five chains forty links, more or less, to tho place
of beginning; reserving free access to the shore for all vessels, boats and
persons, and sulyoct to the further reservation and condition, that any
roads deemed necessary may be, under the authority and direction of tlie
Executive Government, laid out, opened and dedicated to and for tho
use of Her iAIajesty's subjects, over and across the lands hereby granted.
To have and to hold tlie said parcel or tract of land hereby granted
conveyed and assured, unto the said ]\rontreal Mining Comp'iiny, heirs
and assigns, for ever, saving, excepting and reserving, nevertheless, unto
Us, Our heirs and successors, the free uses, passage and enjoyment of, in,
over and upon, all navigable waters that shall or may be hereafter found
on or under, or be flowing through or upon, any part of the said parcel
or tract of land hereby granted as aforesaid.
Given under the Great Seal of Our Province of Canada : "Witness Our
trusty and well-beloved Sir Edmund AValker Head, Baronet, Governor-
General of British ]S"orth America, and Captain-General and Governor-
in-Chief in and over Our Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, Xew Bruns-
wick, and the Island of Princp Edward, and Vice-Admiral of the same
&c. &c. &c,, at Toronto, this thirteenth day of September, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and in the twentieth
year of Our reign.
By command of His Excellency in Council.
E. A. MEEEDiTn, Joseph Cadohon,
AisUtant Secretary. Commissioner of Croum Land*.
Dee. No. 10, Minintr.
H. J. J.
[i-s-] PROVINCE OF ONTARIO.
Edmund Head.
ViCTOKiA, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith.
To all to whom these presents shall come, Ch-eeting :
"Whekeas the Montreal Mining Company hath contracted and agreed
to and with Our Commissioner for the sale of Our Crown Lands, duly
authorized by U8 in this behalf, for the absolute purchase, at and for the
price and sum of six hundred and forty pounds of lawful money of Our
Baid Province, of the lands and tenements hereinafter mentioned and
described, of which We are seized in right of Our ^ yd.
1J^
u
^ow know vo thfif :
aliened, convoyed ami „ '"'''^^^"'- ^^^tters Patent Wo I „ ""* "«^' '^t
island of St. Ignace in Ui J "^ '''"'^' «'"t'"ite, lyin„ Ljl ^r «««'^nfl
V admeasurement 1th T''''' '" ^>"r slid E f ""^ '^^ *^'«
^«JJow8; that is to sn K '^ "^ '"^"J '"'^y bo othL ! ^^ '"°'«
Ig"-.e, i„ I,,, sl : ,.;,.^^;"^V-"Po.sod of part o e jT ^"""' ««
a«d estabh-shed by pll.' '"/'■""' '^"ff^«« of win'oh bil , ""'^ "*" ^t-
boundaries wl^leX^o ;;;•'■;;' '"'•^■^•>- ^^bn 1^ W, "" '"'''''^-d
post about ei<.bt hZl ^"""''•" ^'""^ '« ^o say eomm! ^ "' '"^ ^''«
around it »]" ' i . '"J"^'"*^' ^^'t'' three inL ''"".'"'''"""g "t a cedar
minutes thirty-sCdsan'/ ""'"''^ ^^^''"*J« fo'-ty-elh't ^^ "r'^''^''^^*
«^inutes thirty-five "etn J Tf. ^^"^"'"'^o eighty el T'^""'" ^""''^-'^^
north tifty-fi/o d' 'r ' ^^ ^>^''^'» %'ficJd's oW .?'"'' '^'^^'^^^n
fourcimins morefr ""^^' "«"-o"o,nicalIy 1 1 ' i '^^^"^'^ ^""ning
*f-ee sor .; -' - - to include t^a ^nen 1^"^ ^--/
tlience south Mvl ^ ^'^''' ^"^t one hundrorl T '^"'^''o '"iles ;
^ore or less to 1 1 ' ^'^''''' ''''' four l/uTdm ' '".^ ''''y ^^'ains:
about iiveindesl'r''-"'"'^ "'^^^ «f ^oepiton slv ''''''' ^^'-•"«.
V the said p"?-^'':^?^^^''' ^^-ith son,e ftfne" n f ' '^ '' '''^'^ Pos
^ac^aughtonl p , ,t/ ^/^''^ P'- of be^„ : ^ ""''^^'^'
ment; reserving, > "''*^3' of lecord in th. n ''^'^ "^ Mr.
-°d BubS ;;^'''':T^«totheshoretr^lv ,?'?" ^^"^ ^^Part-
-^o r„ S^ sir; --^^^^^^ T,
Given uadtfhe?'' " ''^'"•''«'^- '^ '""^'" " "«'
«""• of six hundred
:""P'!7 to 0„r said
^P'''JtoOur„fle,ut
"/'«vo g,.a„ted, sold,
^'"P«"y, and assiLnm
;ff «nd bo.-ng on the
i-ovin,,o, containing
^fe the 8an,o more
t 'onviso known as
t'lo Island of St
1"^^'-' f^een nuirJced
*«"ff''ton, and the
nenoing at a cedar
'^•es of h]aok rock
0" the iiortJi-east
' degrees forty-six
degrees eighteen
I thence running
I'-ed and twenty!
'Q square miles •
f sixty chains:
' e''«-Jjtj chains,
at a cedar post
•ound it, pJaced
'"(^e iJortherJy,
shown in j\fj..'
Land Dej)art-
ta and persons,
flat any roads
ection of the
he use of Her
reby granted,
omjiany, and
ess, unto Us,
It of, in, over
' found on or
reel or tract
Witness Our
', Governor-
l Governor-
15
in-Chief in and over Our Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, New
Brnnswick and the Island of Prince Edward, and Vicc-Adtniral of the
same, &c. &c. A:c., at Toronto, this tliirtecntli day of September, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and tifty-six, and in the
twentieth jear of Our reign.
By command of His Excellency in Council.
E. A. Mereditu, Josei'u Cauchon,
AMhIaut Secretary. CommUtimtr of Crown Latid*.
Des. No. 13, Mininir.
11. J, J. ^
[L-e] PROVINCE OF CANADA.
Edmund Head,
ViCTOKiA, by the grace of God, of the TTiiitod Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith,
To all to u'hoyn these j)nscnts shall come, Greeting:
Whereas the Montreal Mining Company hath contracted and ao-reed
to and with Our Commissioner for the sule of Our Crown Lands, duly
authorized by us in this behalf, for the absolute ])urchase, at and for the
price and sum of six hundred and forty pounds of lawful money of Our
said Province, of the lands and tenements hereiniifter mentioned and
described, of which "We are seized in right of Our Crown.
Now know ye, that in consideration of the said sum of six hundred and
forty pounds, by the said Montreal Mining Company to Our said Cotnmis-
Bioner of Crown Lands in hand well and truly paid to Our use, at or before
the sealing of these Our Letters Patent, We have granted, sold, aliened,
conveyed and assured, and by these presents do grant, sell, alien, convey
and assure unto the said Montreal Mining Company and assigns for over
all that parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being on the Island of
St, Ignace, in Lake Superior, in Our said Province, containing by admea-
surement six thousand lour hundred acres, be the same more or less ; which
said parcel or tract of land may be otherwise known as follows: that is to
say: being composed of part of the Island of St, Ignace, in Lake Superior,
the front angles of which have been marked and established by Provincial
Surveyor John Mac^^aughton, and the boundaries whereof are as follows:
that is to say: commencing at a cedar post about eight inches square
with three angular pieces of black rock around it, placed by the aforesaid
deputy surveyor, on the north-east shore of Neepigon Straits, in north
latitude forty-eight degrees forty-six minutes thirty seconds, and west
longitude eighty-eight degrees eighteen minutes thirty-five seconds, by
Captain Bayfield's chart: thence running north fifty-five decrees east,
astronomically, three hundred and ninety-live chains more or less so as to
U:>,
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>■■' .. '-'"r:,l'l:r,,:i:;r:,;';;:r;;''™™, ""«'•• "-')-«™ ..c.™
of N„,,:.„„ u.,. , niri!,,.:;;;;,-;, ,';■'■« "r"-'^ «'-»
•aid )!.v mt'l Sr«it, to 11,0 nl.,™ „7; *-."'" ""'"""'teool eh.
«n,l .„l,jc.,.t t„ th. r,„.,l„,. rcwrvari..,, an,l ...n.lif I, , wl ''f^"""
«..y..,„m>.„t, laid „,„ e„„| „„j ,lc,ii,.at,i a ■ , '■■""""™
M,,.,..v» s,„,j„.., .„,. „ „,.,„,, „,„ ,,„;;;: :,;■';,; J ■" -« ■■' "«r
oonvcKd and a»,„red unto el,o .U.nl.va / l'"ol>}- Knuitcd,
for eve,.; „.,„«, „..„«„, andli!;; ,;''L ^ ;;;it''z:^:;'i -f "-
and siifccss(.r8, the froc in.s .„, - T v<-'<'ilicss, iintu Lb, Our I.eirs
be flowi... tlu-ou.h or upon any p o • .t " ^"'""'^ «" «'' ""<1'"' or
liorol.y .n-antc.<l a. aforesaid ^ "^' ^''''''^ ''' ^''""'^ ^•*" '"^d
General of J3rity.NortI.An.eri J irC.n"''''"r''''*"^^^^^
r'.iof in and over ()ur Provin.WC nt T "^ "'"' ^^'^^'^'"'"'•-in-
and tho Island <.f Prir.ce Fh n ^.T^'.^^f'.'^'^'^-^^^^v' Brunswick
&o. .^0., at Toronto, tin tl i c! h d v .JT"^ 7 "' "" """' *^"
Lord one thousand eight h 2d ] J, ' t'' ''l ''.'" '" ^""' "^"^"^
of Our reign. •^"''•^' ^""^ '" ^''" t^ventieth year
By command of His Excellency in Council.
E. A. Mkreditii, t '/-.
Des. No. H, Mininc Comm„,ioner of Crown Land*.
U. J. J. "^
[L.8.] PROVINCE OF CANADA
Edmund Head.
ViCTouu, by the grace of God of tlae United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith ""
lo all to whom these im.cnts shall come, Greeting ■
authorized bv Us in l!,i ■, „, • .1 ' ' . , T , "■ °''°"° ^""*. duly
price and suu", of .i" ' ,, .u.rfo " , .T T^'T,' "' °"^ <■" *=
.aid Province, of the iands , „ j t „emom;'wl 7 """"''^ °'' ""
described, of wbicl, We ..-e seized in S f 0„ Crtu""™''™"' ^^
tj-Hvo dcgrcea
loiitliorly Hlioro
i-'rt od^re of the
liowii on Mr.
1-hikI Depart-
sniKj persons;
roads tloeinod
Hif! Kxcciitivo
lie ii:-e ot J lor
•
I'chy f,'rantod,
y and assi^^na
Un, Our Iioirs
vor Hfid upon
1 or iitidor or
tract of land
^V'itiiess, Our
it, (rctvernor-
Uovurrior-in-
V liriiiiswick
B same, tfec.
I year of our
entieth year
Crown Zandi,
at Britain
nd agreed
*nds, duly
nd for the
9y of Our
oncd and
IT
Now know ye, that in con.Hidi.ratlon of the said Hurii of six iiundrcd and
forty pounds, hytlio said Montreal Mii.itii;C.Mnpatiy to Odrsaid Commia-
Bionor of Crown Lands in hand well ami truly paid to Our n.p, at or
before the sealiti-r of these Our Letters Patent,' Wo have f,'ranted', sohl,
aliened, eonveyed and assured, and I)y these presents do grant, sell,' alien'
convey and assure nnto the said ^funtreal Mining; Conipany and assi-jad
for ever, all tint parcel or tract of land situate, iyint: and heinj; on 7ho
northern shore of Lake Superior, in Our said r-'ovinee, eontaiiiin^' by
admeasurciiient ix thousand four hundred acres, bo the same more or
less; of which suiil parcel or tract of land the front ani,des have been
marlvcd and estaUlished by Provincial Surveyor John MacXaii^Iitoii, and
the boundaries whereof are as follows; that is to say : eoinmenein^' at a
cedar post about seven inches txpiaro, with three boulders around it
placed by the I'rovineial Surveyor atbresaid on the western shore of
Ncepiiron Strait, in north latitude forty-eitrht deirrees forty-six minutes
thirty seconds, and west lon^dtiido eij^dity-eiijht deprives luneteen nduntes
thirty seconds, by Captain IJaytield's chart : thence running,' south tifty-fivo
degrees west, astrononn'eally, three hundred and seventy-seven chains,
more or less, so as to include an area of ton srpiare miles: theneo north
thirty-tive degrees west one hundred and sixty chains: thence north lifty.
five degrees east three hundred and sixty-three chains, more or less, to
the south-west shore of Neepigon Ray, at a spruce post about eight
inches square, sui>i)orted by a pile of stones placed by the said ProvinSal
Surveyor Mat^Naughton : tliem-o along the water's edge of the said Pmy
and Strait south-easterly to the place of beginning, as shown by Mr.
MaeXaughtoirs phin of survey of reciord in the C^rown Land Department;
reserving free access to the diorc for all vessels, Ix.ats and persons; and
Bubject to the farther reservation and condition, that any roads deemed
necessary may be, under the authority and direction of the Executive
Government, laid out, opened and dedicated to and for the use of Iler
Maj sty's sultji. Is, over and across the lands hereby granted.
1.0 have and to hold the said paniel or tract of land, hcrebv granted, con-
veyed and assured unto the said Montreal Mining Company and assigns
for ever ; saving, excepting and reserving, nevertheless, unto Us, Our heirs
and successors, the free uses, passage and enj<.yment of, in, over and
iipon all navigable waters, that shall or may be hereafter found on or
under, or be flowing through or upon any part of the said parcel or tract
of land hereby granted as aforesaid.
Given under the Great Seal of Our Province of Canada: Witness Our
trusty and well-beloved Sir Edmund Walker Head, Baronet, Governor-
General of British North America, and Captain General and Governor
in Chief in and over Our Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick and the Island of Prince Edward, and Vice-Admiral'of the
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18
twentieth year of Our reign. ^"^^ired and hfty-eix, and in the
^^ ^^'"'^and of Hi8 Excellency in Connoil.
^«-><a«<^.«-,4. "" CA0CHON,
Des. No. 1 1, Mining Commti,io„er of Crowi Zand,.
H. J. J.
U;
r^- «•] PROVINCE OF CANADA
Edmund Head
Jo all to tvhom these presents shall come, Greeting ■
said Province, of the ZnZ^^^ TlJT^' ' ^"^'"^ """^^ ^^ «"»•
described, of which V.e are sei'd t^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ -d
<^ornrn\ALroiCrLXZt-^r'^^^ ,f ""'^ ^"P^"^ *« Our said
or before the sealin., of th e O "r L l^ P T^ 'w^ ^"^ *° ^"^ "««' -*
aliened, conveyed and a su ed 1 d b t^^ ^' 'r' ^'^""'''^ '-'^>
convey and assure, untoX said Morfh H/^''''"^' ^'°^^"^' ^«"' ^^^^^
for ever, .11 that arceJ or'^ t oH 7 i^r? "^""^T, ^"^ ->«.
northern shore of Lake Superior in Our ^'p^'"? '"^ ^''""' ^'^ *^°
admeasurement six thousan'r^;. Tu^^d^ed l^bTtT' "^ '^
less; of which said parcel or tv,ot J^ T f !' ^ *''^ '^"'^ ^"^^e or
marked and establisL by P "^.^^^^ ?,-* -^'^ 1-ve been
boundaries whereof are as L ov^t . t J^^^^^^^ MacNaughton, and the
post about seven inches square vWt Ith III V. "'"'"""'^ "*^ ''^ «^^*^
the aforesaid Provincial irvevor o, , '^"'' ''""*^ ^^' ^^'-^^^^ by
Strait, in north latitude fo-^S.! t d l^Lrr '"" ^' ^^^^'^^
seconds, and west longitude e Ihtv ei'h? 't ^'"''' """"'"' thivty-iive
seconds, by Captain Baviiold\^'f,f "^'''' "'"^'^^" ™'"»^«« thirty
west, astro'no.lany,t: lit 'rnir^^^^^
80 as to include an area of fm. /^ "'"^.f '^^^'^ ^''ains, more or less,
degrees east one hu dr d and si ^l"'-' '"!'''' ^''^"^'^ ^""^'^ ^'^''-ty-five
east three hundr ^a d twen L T"' *'""" ""'^^^ ^fty-^ve degree.
^dge of Neepigon Str.V It atpd T' '"''' '' ^'''' '' ^^e water's
P .on btrau, at a cedar post supported by a pilo of stouea.
jptember, in the
-six, and in the
of Crown Landi.
Great Britain
ed and agreed
a Lands, duly
It and for the
aouey of Our
entioned and
six hundred
to Our said
Our use, at
granted, sold,
It, sell, alien,
and assigns,
ieing, on the
ntaining by
ime more or
1 have been
on, and the
? at a cedar
, placed by
F Neepigon
3 thirty-five
antes thirty
five degrees
lore or less,
thirty-five
ive degrees
the water's
i of stones,
'i^:,.
y?V'
M.
''km
W}^
,\tfi
i!
ipi
1;:
V,ii,!il!*',.;. -^::,-;
19
placed by the said Provincial Surveyor MacNaughton; thence northerly,
along the water's edge, to the place of beginning, as shown by Mr.'
MacNaughton's plan of survey of record in the Crown Land Department ;
reserving free access to the shore for all vessels, boats and persons ; and
subject to the further reservation and condition, that any roads deemed
necessary may be, under the authority and direction of the Executive
Government, laid out, opened and dedicated to and for the use of Her
Majesty's subjects, over and across the lands hereby granted.
To liave and to hold tlie said parcel or tract of land hereby granted,
conveyed and assured, unto the said Montreal Mining Company and
assigns, for ever; saving, excepting and reserving, nevertheless, unto Us,
Our heirs and successors, the free uses, passage and enjoyment of, in, over
and upon, all navigable waters that shall or may be hereafter found on
or Glider, or be flowing tlirough or upon, any part of the said parcel or
tract of land hereby g^'anted as aforesaid.
Given under the Great Seal of Our Province of Canada: Witness Our
trusty and well-beloved Sir Edmund Walker Head, Baronet, Governor-
General of British North America, and Captain-General and Governor,
in-Chief in and over Our Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Bruns-
wick and the Island of Prince Edward, and Vice-Admiral of the same,
&c. &c. &c., at Toronto, this thirteenth day of September, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and lifty-six, and in the twentieth
year of Our reign.
By command of his Excellency in Council.
E. A. MEREDrrir, Joseph Cauchon,
Asmtant Secretary. Commmioncr of C rown Lands,
Dea. No. 12, Mining. •
H. J. J.
[i- 8.] PEOVINCE OF CANADA.
Edmund Head.
Victoria, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, Queen, Defender of tl'e Faith.
To all to whom these presents shall come, Gredhuj :
WuERKAs the Montreal Mining Company liath contracted and agreed
to and with Our Commissioner for the sale of Our Crown Lands,°duly
authorized by Us in tbi.s behalf, for the absolute purcliase, at and for the
price and sum of Ave hundred and twonty-tlu-ee pounds of lawful money
of Our said Province, of tlie lands and tenements hereinafter mentioned
and described, of which We are seized in right of Our Ci-own.
Now know je, that in consideration of the said sum of five hundred
and twenty-three pounds, by tlie said Montreal Mining Company to Our
said Commissioner of Crown Lands in hand well and trijly paid to Our
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M
I ■
use, at or before the sealing of these Our Letters Patent, We have granted,
sold, aliened, oonveyed and assured, and by these presents do grant,
sell, alien, convoy and assure unto the said Montreal Mining Company
and assigns for ever, all those parcels or tracts of land situate, lying and
being in Lake Supcrioi', in Our said Province, containing by admeasure-
ment five thousand two hundred and thirty acres, be the same moi'e or
less ; which said jiarcel or tract of land may be olhei-wise known as
follows: that is to say : being composed of a group of islands lying at the
entrance of Ehick Bay in Luke Superior, bel'.ween forty-eight degrees
twenty minutes thirty seconds and forty-eight degrees twenty-six minutes
fifty seconds north latitude, and eighty-eight degrees forty-seven minutes
and eight-y-eight degrees fifty-two minutes west longitude, by Captaia
Bayfiekl's cliart, as shown on Licensed Provincial Surveyor John
MacNangh ton's plan of survey of record in the Crown Land Depart-
ment, reserving free a(!cess to the shores of the said islands for all vessels,
boats and persons.
To have and to hold the said parcel or tract of land hereby granted,
conveyed and assuied unto the said Montreal Mining Company, heirs
and assigns for ever ; saving, excepting and reserving, nevertheless, unto
Us, Our heirs and successors, the free uses, passage and enjoyment of, in,
over and upon all navigable wateni that shall or may be hereafter found
on or under, or be flowing through or upon any part of the said parcel or
tract of land hereby granted as aforesaid.
Given under the Great Seal of Our Province of Canada : Witness Our
trusty and well-beloved Sir Edmund Walker Head, Baronet, Governor-
General of British North America, and Captain-General and Governor-
in-Chief in and over Our Provincre of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Bruns-
wick, and the Island of Prince Edward, and Vice-Admiral of the same,
&c. &c. &c., at Toronto, this thirteenth day of September, in the year of
our Loi-d one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and in the twentieth
year of Our reign.
By command of Ilis Excellen(;y in Council.
E. A. Mp:REDn'iT, Joseph Cauchon,
Assistant Secretary. Commissioner of Crown Lands,
Dea. No. 6, Mining.
H. J. J.
[L.S.] PROVINCE OF CANADA.
Edmu]<jd Head.
ViCTOKiA, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith.
To all to loJioni these j^Te-sents slio.ll come, (rreeting:
WnERFA8 the Montreal Mining Company hath contracted and agreed
to and with Our Commissioner for the sale of Our Crown Lands, duly
■■'S
;, We Lave granted,
presents do grant,
Mining Company
situate, lying and
ling bj admeasure-
the same more or
lici'wise known as
islands Ij'ing at tlie
forty-eight degrees
twenty-six minutes
brty-seven minutes
;itude, by Captain
1 Surveyor John
iwn Land Depart-
tnds for all vessels,
d hereby granted,
g Company, heirs
nevertheless, unto
1 enjoyment of, in,
be hereaiter found
[ the said parcel or
ada : Witness Our
laronet, Governor-
ral and Governor-
Icotia, New Bruns-
niral of the same,
iber, in the year of
i in the twentieth
tJCHON,
s.'iiojier of Crown Lands,
n of Great Britain
,ith.
tracted and agreed
^•own Lands, duly
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authorized by Us in tliis behalf, for tlio absolute )>urchaso, at and for the
price and sum of six hundred and forty pounds of lawful money of Our
said Province, of the lands and tenements hereinafter mentioned and
described, of which Wo are seized in ri--ht of Our Crown.
Now know ye, that in consideration of the said sum of six hundred and
forty pounds, by the said Montreal Mining Company to Our said Commis-
Bioner of Orown Lands in hand well and truly paid to Our use, at or
before the scaling of these Our Letters Patent," We have granted', sold,
aliened, conveyed and assured, and by these presents do grant, sell, alienj
convey and assure unto the said Montreal Mining Company and assigns
for over, all those parcels or tracts of land situate, lying imd being on the
northern shore of Lake Superior, in Our said Province, containing by
admeasurement six thousand four hundred acres, bo the same more or
less; of which said parcel or tract of land the front angles have been
marked and established by Provincial Surveyor John MactNaughton, and
the boundaries whereof are as follows: that is to say : comnielicing at a
cedar post about five inches square, supported by three syenite boulders,
placed by Provincial Surveyor MacNaughton, on the north-west shore of
Lake Superior, in nortli latitude forty-eight degrees nineteen minutes
forty-eight seconds, and west longitude eighty-nine degrees seven minutes,
by Captain Bayfield's chart ; thence nortli thirteen dt^grees tliirty minutes
west, astronomically, one hundred and fifty-four chains, more or less, so
■with the small islands in front of the lands herein described as shown' on
Mr. MacNaughton's plan of survey of record in the Department of
Crown Lands to include an area of ten square miles ; thence north seventy-
eix degrees thirty minutes east four hundred chains ; thence south thirteen
degrees thirty minutes east one hundred and seventy-five chains, more
or less, to a cedar post about six inches square, with a pile of stones around
It, placed by Mr. MacNaughton on the north shore of Lake Superior ;
thence along the water's edge thereof to the place of beginning: together
with the islands in front thereof as above described, and as shown in the
before mentioned plan of Provincial Surveyor MacNaughton ; reserving
free access to the shore of the lake both main land and islands for all
vessels, boats, and persons ; and subjet^t to the further reservation and con-
dition, that any roads deemed necessary may be, under the authority and
direction of the Executive Government, laid out, opened and dedicated to
and for the use of Her Majesty's subjects, over and across the lands hereby
granted.
To have and to hold the said parcel or tract of land hereby granted,
conveyed and assured unto the said Montreal Mining Company and
assigns for ever; saving, excepting and reserving, nevertheless, unto Us,
Our heirs and successors, the free uses, passage aud enjoyment of, in, over
and upon all navigable waters that shall or may be hereafter found on or
and .,.e r,u„;;,°^:,VrEi:-^°:f ^^^^^^^^
Our reign. " ^ """^ ^^^^■'''''^' ^"^ ^° ^lie twentieth y.ar of
^y«o'«mandofHi9 Excellency in Council.
■Ci. A. Mereditii, t
Assistant Lretar;,. JoSEPH Cauohon,
Des. No. 7, Mining. C'omm,«„o„er 0/ Crown £ands.
H. J. J.
^- «•] PEOVINCE OF CANADA.
iiDMUND Head
To all to .clunn these presents skull «. Greeting ■
authorized by Us in7^iXZ^? T.?"' f' '^ ^"^ ^^°^° Lands, duly
price and sum of s en LS I:V t''"^° P""^^^^' "^* ^^ ^^ the
Our said Province of the hn^l , '''"*^ ^'"'^' "^ ^^^'^"^ "^«"ey of
described, Of .hi:s^r-:^:f^^^^^^^
Oommissioier of Cr^^n Lands tn t,? ,1 "J"^ ^'"^P^^^ '' O"^" ^^^^
or before the sealin 'If the"e O^- H^ I T^ ''"'^' ^'''^ '' ^"^ "^«' -^
aliened, conveyed and assm-ed . d h ^ *'"*' ^' ^^^^^ ^^^"^^^' ^^^^d,
convey and ass'^re t^to t^e 'd 1^ ^''-t, sell, alien
for ever, all those pa ce or i^ /f ^ f^"^"^ ^«^P^"3^ ^"d assigns
Lake Superior, in olrsid Pr li r '• "'?*"' '^"^^ ^"^ being\
thousand two' hund^d It Te X", ° ^^^ --^d-easurement se^en
parcels or tracts of and 1 V ., ^^•"e ™ore or less; which said
say: being cotpol of "1'^' oth...w.se known as follows: that is to
of the Isknd of? i:L:f ^Zatf b ."^ "o^'^''' ^"P"^°^' '' ^^^ «-«'
iBlands, as shown on ProvVoSt ^'*^^^" ^"^"0 Island and the Vein
survey 'of re Jd in th^ Crov^n uZT ""f " ^-^aughton's plan of
fortv-eight de-rep- f-I" Department, and Ivinir hetween
. i^M degrees furty-iour minutes twenty-five seconds and forty-eTght
aid parcel or tract
da : "Witness Onr
'aronet, Governor
and Governor-in-
, New Brunswick
of the same, &c.
I^ear of onr Lord,
;weutiefli y^ar of
HON,
mer of Crown Landt.
f Great Britain
'ted and agreed
vn Lands, duly
, at and for the
wful money of
oaentioned and
seven hundred
ly to Our said
to Our use, at
granted, sold,
mt, sell, alien,
ly and assigns
and being in
irement seven
which said
ivs: that is to
)r, to the east
and the Vein
iton's plan of
ing between
d forty-eight
!V<
p.u-
MINERAL LOCATIONS
Sunvinul /)!/. L //'. Vaih/hton I'lS.
I«A7
Scale b(M|iiiuL«tl4lruk
,11
i;-«#Ji,im
MINERAL LOCATIONS
.'yunvijed htf
I Hunt sa/t<r iirs.
I H A 7
Srale 200 Hunt- lol hirli.
tl
a
t:
ii
c
a
C
ti
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P
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degrees forty-nine minutes north Utitiulo, and cijihty-sevon dogrees thirty-
nine minutes and eighty-seven degrees forty-four minutes eighteen Bceond»
west h)ngitudo ; reserving frco access to tlie slioros of the islands above
descrihod for all vpsmcIh, boatH and j)crHon8.
To have and to hold the said parcel or tract of land hereby granted
conveyed and assured unto the said Montreal Mining Company and
assigns forever; saving, excepting and reserving, nevertheless, unto Us,
Our heirs and successors, the free uses, passagn and enjoyment of, in, over
and upon all navigable waters that sliall or may bo hereafter found on or
under, or bo flowing through or upon any part of the said parcel or tract
of land hereby granted as aforesaid.
Given under the Great Seal of Our Province of Canada : Witness Our
trusty and well-beloved Sir Kdmund Walker Head, Baronet, Governor-
General of British North America, and Captain-General and Governor-
in-Chief in and over Our Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, Now
Brunswick and the Island of Prince Edward, and Vice-Adniiral of the
same, &c. &c. &c., at Toronto, this thirteenth day of September, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and lifty-six, and in the
twentieth year of Our reign.
By command of Ilis Excellency in Council.
E. A. MeKEDI'iU, JOSKI'H CACrir.)N,
As,ist,vU Secritary. Vommmioner of Crown LarnU,
Des. No. 18, Mlnias.
U. J. J.
{^' s] PROVINCE OF CANADA.
Edmund Head.
Victoria, by the grace of God, of (ho United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith.
To all to lohom these presents shall come, Greeting:
Whereas the Montreal Mining Company liath contracted and agreed
to and with Our Commissioner for the sale of Our Crown Lands,'^duly
authorized by Us in this behalf, for the absolute purchase, at and for
the price and sum of five hundred and foriy-six pounds sixteen shillings
of lawful money of our said Province, of the lands and tenements here-
inafter mentioned and described, of which We are seized in right of Our
Crown.
Now know ye, that in consideration of the said sum of five hundred
and forty-six pounds sixteen shillings, by the said Montreal Mining
Company to our said Commissioner of Crown Lands in hand well and
truly paid to Our use, at or before the sealing of these Our Letters Patent,
we have granted, sold, aliened, conveyed and assured, and by these
presents do grant, sell, alien, convey and assure unto the said Montreal
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Mining Company and asBlgns for ever, all those parcels or tracts of hnd
situa 0, ly,„. a,>d bo.ng in Lake 8n,>erior, i„ Our said Province cont inin^
by ad,neasurenxent five thousand iour hnnd.od and sixty-eW tTcre bf
the same more or less; which said parcel or tr^ict nf Ion i , ,'
wise.nownast.llo..: that is to s^: I'l: ^^o : ^i;:^ JI^ ^J
the southern extren.ity of Neepigon Srraits, lyiig between fortTe^h
degrees tlurty-seven nunutes thirty seconds, and'tbrh-eight do^s Sv
two mmues north latiUKle, and eighty-eight degrees' si^^een m^n^^^^
e^gh^)'-e^ht degrees twenty-one nunutes west longltt.de, b Cu^^du
Bayheld s chart of Lake Superior, as shown on Licensed ProS
Surveyor Albert Pellew Sailer's plan of survey of recoTfn tit T f
rnej^t of Crown Lands, and which islands ari deJ :: d ^'^.f ^i::^
Islands ; reserving tree access to the shores of the said inlands for all
vessels, boats and persons. '-utnas tor all
To have and to hold the said parcel or tract of land hereby c^ranted
conveyed and assured unto the sai<l .Alontreal Mining Co p ny rs'
and assigns tor ever; saving, excepting and reservi„g,l,evertle e 4 m to
Us, Our he.rs and successors, the free uses, passage and enjo, ent o
over and upon all navigable waters that shall or may be hereafter found
on or ^mder or be ilowing through or upon any part'of Ui sa d LeTor
tract of land hereby granted as aforesaid ^
Given under the Great Seal of Our Province of Canada : Witness Our
trusty and well-beloved Sir Edmund Walker Head Earnno r
G^eral of Pritish North An.rica, and Capta^i ' S G I^^::
in-Chie in and over Our Provinces of Canada, Nova Scoti^ New
Bame, cVc. &c. ^c, at loronto, tins thirteenth day of September in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and tifty- i. and n the
twentieth year of Our reign. ^ ' *"®
Py command of His Excellency in Council
, . JosEi'ir Cauchon-
Assistant Secretary. ^ vyjYUL,nojv,
Dee. No. 8. Mining. Commmioner of Crown Land,.
II. 3. 3.
v.. 't
t^-«-3 PROVINCE OF CANADA.
Edmund Head.
ViOTOKiA, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith.
To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting-
toTrwTtl/our''r''"- """"? ""'r"^' ^'^^^ ^°"^-^^^d -d agreed
to and with Our Commissioner f;. the sale of Our Crown Lands, duly
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■rown Landii.
authorized by lis in this behalf, for the absohite purchase, at and for the
price and sum of six hundred and forty pounds of huvfiil money of Our
said Provinfie, of the hinds and tenements hereinafter mentioned and
described, of which We are seized in right of Our Crown.
Now know ye, that in consideraHon of tlie said sum of six hundred
and forty pounds, by the said Montreal Mining Cuinpany to Our said
Commissioner of Crown Lands in hand well and truly paid to Our use, at
or before the sealing of these Our Letters Patent, We have granted, sold,
aliened, conveyed ;uul assured, and In* thc^e presents do grant, sell, alien,
convey and assure unto the said Montreal Mining Company and assigns
for ever, all tliat parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being on tlie
northern shore of Lake Superior, in Our said Province, containing by
admeasurement six thousand four hundred square acres, be llie same
more or less; of which said parcel or tract of land the front augk^s have
been marked and established by Provincial Surveyor John MacNaughton,
and the boundaries whereof arc as follows: that is to say; commencing
at a spruiio tree seventeen inches in diameter, standing on the north-west
shore of Lake Superior, ten links back froni which Licensed Provincial
Surveyor Ma{;Xaugliton planted a stone of greenish grey colour alxjut
three feet long, ten inches broad and two-and-a-half indies thick, with a
pile of stones about it, in north latitiule forty-eight degrees seven minutes
thirty seconds, and west longitude ciglity-eight degrees thirty-two minutes
thirty-five set^onds, by Captain Bayfield's chart: thence running north
forty-nine degrees thirty minutes west, astronomically, along the south-
western limit of the mineral location, originally assigned to John Prince,
Esquire, three hundred and twenty chains, more or less, so with the
islands and parts of islands in front of the lands he'-ein des<'ribed, and
lying within the limits of the lateral lines thereof produced as shown on
Mr. MacNaughton's plan of survey on record in the Department of
Crown Lands to include an area of ten square miles: thence south forty
degrees thirty minutes west one hundred and sixty chains : thence south
forty-nine degrees thirty minutes east four hundred and eleven chains,
more or less, to the water's edge of Lake Superior : thence along the said
water's edge in a northerly direction to the place of beginning, together
with all the islands and parts of islands in front of the lands above
described, and as shown in the before mentioned plan of Provincial
Surveyor MacNaughton ; reserving free access to the shores, both on the
island and mainland, for all vessels, boats and persons, and subject to the
further reservation and condition that any roads deemed necessary may
be, under the authority and direction of the Executive Government, laid
out, opened and dedicated to and for the use of Her Majesty's subjects,
over and across the lands hereby granted.
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Brunawiek aS ,he I land of pr^'p? ^r'"'"' ^"^ S""""' J^'"
7ear ^f our Lord o^e thoZd L' ht C '. r/flft"'™'":, ?" "-
twenlietli year of Our reign. *"^"""'' '»'' *" "»
I*J'«»"™nd''ofHf8EKelleneyi„Conneil.
■=>. A. JVlEREDmr, T
Dei. No. 5, Mining. Commmioner of Crown Lands.
H, J. J.
I' *
k
^- 8-] PROVINCE OF CANADA
Edmund Head.
VxcxoKXA, by the grace of G.d, of the United Kingdom of Great Britaia
^"« Ireland, Queen, Defender of th^'e Faith. ^
^0 all to whoin these jn-escnts shall come, Greeting ■
.:n7wir5:r^i:t!;r^^^^^^^^^^
authorized by Us in this beJmlf fn.fi I i ^'''''^'' ^^^"^^' <^"ly
price and su.n' of six h:nd; d ^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^"^7^' '' ^"' ^^^ ^^^
said Province, of the lands ^Z\. ^ ? ''"^"^ '"^"^•^ «f Our
de.r.„d of ;,,,.we':f3etdts7:f'o:fc:!;v"™"°-^ -<■
aliened, conveyed and assured and wT ' ^"'''^ S'"''"*"^' ^^Id,
convey and asLre nnto Thellid Mo'SXr V° '""^' ""' ^^^^"'
for ever, all that parcel or trar-t nf 1 i . .^ Company and assigns
north-wkt shore o^Se B ^er io/ in Ou^sIm p'"? "' '^"^^ ^" ^^^
admeasurement six thousand four hundred aers b/tT""' ""'"""° ^^
which said parcel or tract of land Tv h fr ^ V '^'"^ "^^'^ °' ^' '' >
. iracc 01 land may bu otherwise known as follows: I >at
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is to say, the front angles have been marked and established by Provincial
Surveyor John MacNaughton, and the boundaries whereof are as follows:
that is to say ; commencing at a red spruce post with a pile of stones around
it, placed by the said Provincial Surveyor near the western extremity of
a small bay on the said shore of Lake Superior, in north latitude forty-
eight degrees one minute seven seconds, and west longitude eighty-nine
degrees forty-six minutes, by Captain Ba; field's chart ; thence running
north forty-nine degrees thirty minutes west, astronomically, three hundred
and seventy chains, more or less, so as to include an area of ten square
miles ; thence south, forty degrees thirty minutes west, one hundred and
seventy-one chains, to the water's edge of the Pigeon Eiver ; then(;e along
the said water's edge with the stream to Pigeon Bay ; and thence along
the water's edge of the said bay, in a northerly and easterly direction, to
the place of beginning, a? shown in Mr. MacNaughton's plan of survey
of record in the Crown Land Department : reserving five access to the
Bbore of Pigeon Bay and River for all vessels, boats and persons ; and
subject to the further reservation and condition, that any roads deemed
necessary may be, under the authority and direction of the Executive
Government, laid out, opened and dedicated to and for the use of Her
Majesty's subjects, over and across the lands hereby granted.
To have and to hold the said parcel or tract of land hereby granted,
conveyed and assured unto the said Montreal Mining Company and assigns
for ever ; saving, excepting and reserving, nevertheless, unto Us, Our heirs
and successors, the free uses, passage and enjoyment of, in, over and upon
all navigable waters that shall or may be hereafter found on or under or
be flowing through or "'-"on any part of the said parcel or tract of land
hereby granted as aforesaid.
Given under the Great Seal of Our Province of Canada : Witness Our
trusty and well-beloved Sir Edmund Walker Head, Baronet, Governor-
General of British North America, and Captain-General and Governor-
in-Chief in and over Our Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Bruns-
wick and the Island of Prince Edward, and Vice-Admiral of the same,
&c. &c. «fee., at Toronto, this thirteenth day of September, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and lifty-six, and in the twentieth
year of Our reign. '
By command of His Excellency in Council.
E. A. Meredith, Joseph Cauchon,
Assistant Secretary. Commissioner of Crown Lands.
Ref. No. — .
Des. No. 15, Mining.
H. J. J.
'liil
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!l
[L. 8.] PROVINCE OF CANADA
JVionck.
Tom to rf„,„ «,,, ,,,„„„, ,,„,„ „,„_, y^^^,,^^^^ '
Biouc-of Co.n Lund, in U^^^i^l^^^^J ^^^"^^ ^^^'^ <->"--
tho ^eulin. of thee Our Letto.rP v „ w'' ' ' '' ^•"' "^^' ^* ^^ ^^^^e
and a.^sr.re unto f!ie said Monh-o.,1 Ar • Ti ° "*' ''^"' '''^"^"' convey
Hli ti.at parcel or tnu'oft j in.^""^ ""^77 "^' ^"^'^''^ ^^-^^
Algcna, i„ O... .,,,a p;; ;' f : ;^j ;.,^'"=^ --J ^-"i? - the District of
^^red a..es, be the same more ^^ e^ ^j j^' achneasurement twelve hun-
niaybe otJ-erm.e known .s fWlow •' .1 T '^^"''^'^l «'• tract of land
block A, In rcurof trMi i^J C^'nt T '"•^= 'f^^ ^"'"^^^^^^ ^^
or Cuthbertson location 1 af is osav" " ^'^ I^''"- Mine Tract
anglo o.- the said Br„ce Mine Tr ^ct bj^tnt '"''''"7"? f ' '''' ''''''^-'''^
the said .Montreal MinW P ' ^'^f °^^'" S'-''^"ted by the Crown to
minutes ninet en second leTll""^ ^ '''T' ""'^'^ ->^ty degrees fifty
^0 granted, one bu^d ed tlei wt h""^' f'" ""'^"^''^ ^''^'' '' '^^' trac:^
west anole thereof thence In)^". '"^'T'' ^^''^" ^^"^'^' ^« the north-
1-s, to The o^^^Z r n for" f'"' "^' ^^^ ^^'^^""^' ^^ -
Surveyor AlbmPellewS^^ter/rSoOtl'"'"" ^^ ^"^^'^^^^^ ^'-^
east, eighty-five chains more or 1p A !,' *^^^"«V""'^' ^^^^^^-^^'^ degrees
thence%outb-ea.terVlowinJ 2 TT'' ^^^^ «^' ^ttortail like;
intersection by the prodr Z !f t ! . ^"'f' '^^'^ *^ '^'' ^'''^' '^ ^'^
Tract; and thence south f^ll ^ ''" '^' '^' ^'"^ ^''"'^^ ^'"^
tract, thirty! ehTiri! 7"^ "'','"'^ produced limit of the said
To haveindf. ; u' . , ""' ^'='' ^^^ *^^^ P^^^^ «f beginnin...
actud sett er on ea h two hft f' *' *^' ^"'^'^^^<^° ^^ P^^^-^S ^^
Within five years oitt dl hereo" "" ' ^'^ ^"' '^"'^ "-'''''''
ibr ever; saving, excepting and reserv^^tS:^^:!^:^
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and successors, the free iisof?, passage arul enjoyment of, in, over anrl upon
all nuvigiiblo waters that shall or may be hereafter found on or under or
be flowing through or upon any part of the said parcel or tract of land
hereby granted as aforesaid.
(liven under vhe Great Seal of Our Province of Canada: Witness Our
right trusty and well-beloved cousin, the I'ight Honourable ChiM'les
Stanley Viscount ]Monck, Baron ]\[onck of Ballyliraininon, in the County
of We:crord, Oo^enior-General of British North America, and Captaiii-
CTcnerul and (iovci'uor-in-Chief in and over Our Provinces of Canada,
Nova Scotia, Xew Brunswick and the Island of Prince Edward, and Vice-
Adniii'ul of the same, &c, &c. &c., at Quebec, this tenth day of February,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-live, and in
the twenty-eighth year of Our reign.
By command of His Excellency in Council.
E. A. JMuuKDnn^ Andkkw IIusskll,
Am^htant Secretary. Uomml-.sioncv of Crown Lands.
Ref. No. 91, MiiiliK'. .
[l. s.] PROVINCE OF CANADA.
J. Miguel.
Victoria, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c. (Sec. &c.
To all to ivhom these presents shall come, Greetinri :
"VViiEHEAS the Montreal Mining Company hath contracted and agreed
to and with Our Commissioner for the sale of Our Crown Lands, duly
authoi'ized by (Js in this beludf, for the absolute purchase at and for the
price and sum of two thousand five hundred and sixty dollars of lawful
money of Our said Province, of the lauds and tenements liereinafter
mentioned ai.l described of which We '. ei/:ed in right of Our Crown.
Now know ye, that in consideration of the said sum of two thousand
five hundred and sixty dollars by them the said Montreal Mining Com-
pany to Our said Commissioner of Crown Lands, in hand well and truly
paid to Our LTse, at or before the sealing of these Our Letters Patent, We
have granted, sold, aliened^ conveyed and assured, and by these presents
do grant, sell, alien, convey and assure unto the said Montreal Mining
Company, their successors and assigns for ever, all that parcel or tract of
land, situated, lying and being in the District of Algoma, in our said
Province, containing by admeasurement six thousand four hundred acres,
be the same more or less ; which said parcel or tract of land may be
otherwise known as follows : that is to say ; being composed of a mineral
tract or block of laud at Cape Gargantua, north shore of Lake Superior,
known as the Ryan Location, according to a plan of survey by Pro-
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vincial Land Surveyor T. W. Herrick, dated December 20th irpk a
nortl, tbrtj, degree, west four l,„„dred oHhl {ive ^ilSfo .ZT-
TZ T , , ""^ ^''''° ®"P'"°''' ^ *" """"'"t" bank of a small
river wl„c , d.selmrge, iMo tl.e lake at the north-e.-,r.lern e.«re,„itv of thi
bay, and tl.enee south-easterly along the shore of the lake to th olace t?
tot,, shore of Lake Superior for all%ie,rh ji aud ^ Z'^^" "="='=
To have and to hold the said parcel or tract ot land herehv eranteH
conveyed and assured unto the said Montreal Minin" ConmLvth!-'
meiess, unto Us, Our heirs and successors, the free uses Das.po-P ar.A
enjoyment ot in, over and upon all navigable waters S Tl alii may
be hereafter found on or under, or be flowing through or upon In ; 3
of the said parce or tract of land hereby granted as aforesaid ' "^
Given under he Great Seal of Our Province of Canada Witness Our
trusty and well-beloved Sir John Michel, K. C. B, Administmtor of til
Government o the Province of Canada and Lie ten^S "IlCom
manding our Forces therein, &c. &c &c at Ottnwo ' "^^"^^ ^\ ^««J-
day of December in t),^ .,« ^ t , ' '-'"^^^a, this fourteenth
y or i^ecember, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-six, and in the thirtieth year of Our reign. "^
By command of His Excellency in^Council.
E. Parent, a t>
Assistant Secretary. j • < .^' ^^^^^^^'y
Ref. No. 140, Mining. "' <^'""'"««"<""'- "/ ^'^oun Land,.
THIS INDENTUEE, made the thirteenth day of November, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one,
pursuant to the Act respecting short forms of conveyances,
Between the Montreal Minino Company, a body corporate and politic,
duly incorporated by Statute of the former Province of Canada, of
the First Part : and Alexandkr Hamilton Sibley, of the city of
Detroit, in the State of Michijran, merc^hant ; Eber B. Ward, of
the same place, merchant; Edward Learned, of the town of
Pittsfield, in the State of Massachusetts, contractor; Peleq Hall, of
the city of New York, merchant ; and Charles A, Trowbridge, of
the same place, merchant, of the Second Part.
WITNESSETH that, in consideration of the sum of two hundred and
twenty-live thousand dollars of lawful money of Canada, in hand paid
by the parties of the second part to the party of the first part, at or
before the sealing and delivery of these presents (the receipt whereof is
hereby acknowledged), the party of the first part doth grant to the
parties of the second part, all and singular, the lands, premises and
hereditaments following : that is to say, Firstly, all those parcels or
tracts of land, situate, lying and being at Cape Mamainse, on "^'e east
shore of Lake Superior, in tho Province of Ontario, containing by
admeasurement six thousand four hundred acres, be the same more or
less, of which said parcel or tract of land the front angles have been
marked and established by Provincial Surveyor Albert Pellew Salter,
and the boundaries of which are as follows : tliat is to say : commencing
where a post has been planted by the said Provincial Surveyor Albert
Pellew Salter, at the watei's edge of the east shore of Lake Superior, in
or near the parallel of north latitude forty-seven degrees two minutes
fift.y seconds, and west longitude eighty -five degrees, by Captain Bayfield's
chart of the said Lake : thence north, seventy-three degrees east three
hundred and five chains thirteen links, more or less, so as to include with
the two islands nearest to the shore, and in front of the tract, an area of
ten square miles : thence south seventeen degrees east one hundred and
sixty chains : thence south seventy-three dej;;rees west four hundred and
thirty-five chains twenty-seven links, more or less, to where a post baa
been planted by the aforesaid surveyor at the water's edge of Lake
Superior: thence northerly, following the same to the place of beginning,
together with thj two islands in front of the said tract nearest to the
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shore, aa by the Patent Irom the Crown will more fully appear. Stmndly
all that purcel or trm.t of land, situate, lyinjr and being on the east
sliore ot Lake Superior, near Cape Mainainso, in the said Pi-ovince
containing by admeasurement four thousand ei-ht hundred acres be the
same more or less ; which said pareel or tract of land may be otlierwiae
known as lollows : that is to say, being composed of all that parcel of
land situate ne^rt- Cape Mamainse, on the east sliore of Lake Superior
one ot the front angles of whicli 1ms been marked and established bv
Irovincial Surveyor Albert Pellew Salter, and the boundaries of which
are as follows : that is to say, commencing where a post has been phmted
by tlie aforesaid Provin(,-ial Surveyor Albert Pellew Salter, at the water's
edge of the east shore of Lake Superior, in or near the i)arallel of north
latitude forty-seven degrees fifty seconds, and west longitude ei-hty-five
degrees by Captain Bayfield's (,hart of the said Lake : thence north
Beventy-thrce degrees east two hundred chains : thence south seventeen
degrees east, two hundred and eighty-five chains, more or less, to the
M-aler _s edge of Lake Superior : thenc.e westerly and north-westerly
following the same to the place of beginning. Thirdly, being composed
of p.rt of Simpsons Island, in Lake Superior, being the south part of
tJie said Island : that is to say, commencing at a cedar post with a pile of
6toiK-3 around it, placed by Provincial Surveyor John Ma.t^aughton on
the western coast of the island aforesaid, in north latitude forty-ei'a-ht
degrees forty-six minutes seventeen seconds, and west longitude ei-irty-
seven degrees fifty-six minutes, forty secouus : thence rnnnin- "east
astroiiomically, three hundred and eighty-two chains fifty links,"to the
waters edge of Lake Superior, on the east coast of the said island-
tlience along the same, south-easterly, westerly, north-westerly and north-
easterly, to the place of beginning, together with the small islands
adjacent, as shown in Mr. MacNaughton's plan of Survey of Record in
the Department of the Crown Lands. Fourthly, all that parcel or tract
Of land, situate, lying and being, on the Simpson's Island in Lake
bupenor, in the said Province, containing by admeasurement six
thousand four hundred a.rres, be the same more or less, which said parcel
or tract of land may be otherwise known as follows : that is to say, beinff
composed of the north-west part of Simpson's Island, in Lake Superior •
that IS to say, commencing at a cedar post, with a pile of stones around it
placed by Provincial Surveyor John MacNaughton on the western coast
of tlie said island, in north latitude forty-eight degrees sixteen minutes
and seventeen seconds, and west longitude eighty-seven degrees fifty-six
nnmites forty seconds: thence running east, astronomically, one hundred
and thirty-one chains fifty links: thence north three hundred and seventy-
lour chains, more or less, to the water's edge of Neepigon Bay: thence
westerly aud southerly, along the water's edge of the said bay and of
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east.
the strait running between Simpson's Island and Isle St. Ignace, to the
place of beginning, together with the small islands adjacent, as appears in
the Patent thereof froni the Crown, Fifthly, all those parcels or tracts of
land situate, lying and being, on the Island of St. Ignace, in Lake Superior,
in the said Province, containing by admeasurement six thousand four
hundred acres, be the same more or less, which said parcel or tract of
land may be otherwise known as follows : that is to say, being composed
of the easterly part of said Island of St, Ignace, the front angles of which
have been marked and established by Provincial Surveyor MacNaughton,
and the boundaries whereof are as follows : that is to say, commencing
at a cedar post about six inches square, with a pile of stones around
it, placed by Provincial Surveyor MacN^aughton, near the northern
extremity of a large bay of the shore of the Isle St. Ignace, in north
latitude forty-eight degrees forty-seven minutes forty-seconds, and west
longitude eighty-eight degrees two minutes : thence running north,
astronomically, three hundred and fifteen chains forty-six links, to the
water's edge of the north coast of the said Isle St. Ignace: thence
along the water's edge thereof in an easterly, southerly, westerly, and
northerly direction to the place of beginning, together with the small
islands in front of the said location, as appears in the Patent thereof
from the Crown, Sixthhj, all that parcel or tract of land, situate, lying
and being on the Island of St. Ignace, in Lake Superior, in the said
Province, containing by admeasurement six thousand four hundred acres,
be the same more or less, of which said parcel or tract of land may be
otherwise known as follows : that is to say, the front angles have been
marked and established by Provincial Surveyor John MacNaughton, and
the boundaries whereof are as follows : that is to say, commencing at
a cedar post with a pile of stones about it, placed by the aforesaid
Provincial Surveyor at the south-east angle of the tract or parcel of
land hereby granted, in north latitude forty-eight degrees forty-nine
minutes and west longitude eighty-eight degrees two minutes, by Captain
Bayfield's chart: thence running west, astronomically, three hundred
and ten chains, more or less, so as to include an area of ten square
miles ; thence north two hundred and sixteen chains fifty links, more
or less, to Neepigon Bay : thence easterly, along the water's edge
thereof, to the western limit of the lands granted to the said Montreal
Mining Company, as the easterly part of the said Isle St. Ignace:
thence south, astronomically, one hundred and ninety-five chains forty
links, more or less, to the place of beginning. Seventhly, all that parcel
or tract of land, situate, lying and being, on the Island of St. Ignace, in
Lake Superior, in the said Province, contaitting by admeasurement six
thousand four hundred acres, be the same more or loss, which said parcel
or tract of land may be otherwise known as follows : that is to say, being
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composed of part of the Islnnd of St. Ignace, in Lake Superior, the front
angles of wh.oh have been marked and established by ProvinciP.l Surveyor
Jolm MacNaugliton, and th. boundaries whereof are as follows • that is
to say, commencing at a cedar post about eiglit inches square, with three
angular pieces of black rock around it, placed by the aforesaid Trovincial
Surveyor on the north-east shore of Neepigon Strait, in north latitude
for y-e.gh degrees forty-six minntes thirty seconds, and west longitude
eighty-eight degrees eighteen minutes thirty-five seconds, by Captain Bav-
fields chart: thence running north fifty-five degrees east, astronomically,
three hundred and t^venty-four chains, more or less, so as to include an
area often square miles: thence south thirty-fi\c degrees east one hun-
dred and sixty chains : thence south fifty-five degrees west four hu.idrad
and eighty chains, more or loss, to the water's edtre of Neepio-on Straits
at a cedar post about five inches in diameter, ^vith some s'tones piled
around It, p aced by the said Provincial Surveyor MacNaughton : thence
northerly, along the water's edge, to the place of beginning. Eighthly,
all that parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being, on the Island of
St. Ignace, in Lake Superior, in the said Province, containing by auu-a-
surement six thousand four hundred acres, bo the same more or less
which said parcel or tract of land may be otherwise known as follows-
that IS to say, being composed of part of the Island of St. Ignace, in . ake
Superior, the front angles of which have been marked and established br
Provincial Surveyor John MacNaughton, and the boundaries whereof
are as follows: that is to say, commencing at a cedar post about ei-rht
inches square, with three .igular pieces of black rock around it placed
by the aforesaid Deputy Surveyor, on the north-east shore of Neepio-on
Straits, in nortli latitude forty-eight degrees forty-six minutes thfrty
seconds, and west longitude eighty-eight degrees eighteen minutes thirty-
live seconds, by Captain Bayfield's chart : thence running north fifty-five
degrees east, astronomically, three hundred and ninety-five chains, more
or less, so as to include an area of ten square miles : thenc? north thirty-
five degrees west one hundred and ninety cliains, more or less, to the
southerly shore of Neepigon Bay : thence north-westerly, alono- the
water's edge of the said bay and strait, to the place of begirmiug.
mnthly, all that parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being* on the
northern shore of Lake Superior, in the said Province, containinrr by
admeasurement six thousand four hundred acres, be the same more or
less, of which said parcel or tract of land the front angles have been
marked and established by Provincial Surveyor John MacNaughton, and
the boundaries whereof are as follows : that is to say, commelicing at a
cedar post abont seven inches square, with three "boulders around it,
placed by the Provincial Surveyor aforesaid on the western sliore of
Neepigon Strait, in north latitude forty-eight degrees forty-six minutes
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thirty spf'ondH, ami west lonrritiulc eiplity-ei«j;lit dogrecs nineteen minutes
thirty seconds, by Ciiptiiin IJiiyHeld'rf diart : thence runnin;,' south tifty-flvo
dci,'rec8 west, astronomically, three hundred and seventy-seven chains,
more or less, so as to include an area of ten Bquaro miles : thence north
thirty-tivo do<?roes wer*t one hundred and sixty cliaiiw: tlienco north
fifty-tive d^^^'roes east three hundred and sixty-tliroo cliains, more or les8>
to the south-wcrit shore of Neepigon Bay, at a spruce post, about eight
inches square, supported by a pile of stones placed by the said Provincial
Surveyor MaeXau,<!;liton : tlienco along the water's edge of the said bay
and strait, south-easterly, to the place of beginning. Tenthhj, all that
parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being, on the north shore of
Lake Superior, in the said Province, containing by admeasurement six
thousand four hundred acres, bo the same more or less, of which^ said
parcel or tract of land the frotit angles have been marked and established
by Provincial Surveyor Ma^Nangliton, and tlio boundaries whereof are
as follows: that is to say, coiumencing at a cedar post about seven inches
square, with three boulders around it, placed by the aforesaid Provhicial
Surveyor on the western shore of Neepigon Strait, in north latitude forty-
eight degrees forty-six minutes thirty-live seconds, and west longitude
eighty-eight degrees nineteen minutes thirty seconds, by Captain Bay field's
chart: thence running south fifty-five degrees wedt, astronomically, four
.'uindred and ninety-seven cliains, more or less, so as to include an area
of ten square miles : thence south tliirty-tive decree east one hundred and
sixty chains: thence north fifty-five degrees east three hundred and
twenty-five chains, more or less, to tUe water's edge of Neepigon Strait,
at a cedar post, supported by a pile of stones, jjlaced by the said Provin-
cial Snrveyor MacNaughton : thence northerly, along the water's edge,
to the place of beginning. Eleventhly, all those parcels or tracts of land
situate, lying and being in Lake Superior, in the said Province, con-
taining by admeasurement five thousand two hundred and thirty acres, be
the same more or less, which said parcels or tracts (tf land may be other-
wise known as follows : that is to say, being composed of a group of
islands, lying at the entrance of Black B.iy, In Lake Superior, between
forty-eight degrees twenty minutes thirty seconds and forty-eight degrees
twenty-lix minutes fifty seconds north latitude, and eighty-eight degrees
forty-seven minutes and eighty-eight degrees fifty-two minutes west
longitude, by Captain Bayfield's chart. Twelfthly, all those parcels or
tracts of land situate, lying and being in Lake Superior, containing by
admeasurement seven thousand two hundred acres, be the same more
or less, which said ^parcels or tracts of land may be otherwise known as
follows : that is to say, being composed of a group of islands in Lake
Superior, to the east of the Island of St. Ignace, situated between
Turtle Island and the Vein Islands, as shown on Provincial Surveyor
*;
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M
John MneXaiigliton'*8 Plan of Survey of Kecord in the Crown Land
Department, and lyinjr between forty-eij<lit do^'rees forty-four minutes
twenty-tivo Beconde and forty-eixht degrees forty-nine minutea north
latitude and eighty-seven degrees thirty-nine minutes, and olglity-
floven degrees forty-four minutes eighteen seeonds west longiUide.
Thlrteenthbj, all those parcels or tracts of land, situate, lying and"" being
in Lake Superior, in tiie said Pn.vin'je, containing by admeasurement
five thousand four hundred and sixty-eight acres, be the same more or
less ; which said parcel or tract of land may bo otherwise known a«
follows : that is to say, being composed of the islands at the southern
extremity of Neepigon Straits, lying between forty-eigiit degrees thirtj-
eeven minutes thirty seconds and forty-eight degrees torty-two minutea
north latitude, and eighty-eight degrees sixteen minutes and eighty-ei.dit
degrees twenty-one minutes west li)ngitude ; which said islands tre
designated as the Fluor Islands. Fourtemlhbj, all that parcel or tract
of land situate, lying and being on the nortliern shore of Lake Supci-ior,
containing by admeasurement six thousand four huiulrcd square acres'
be the same more or less, of which said parcel or tract of land the front
angles have been marked and established by Provincial Surveyor John
MacNaughton, and the boundaries whereof are as follows : that is to say,
commencing at a spruce tree, seventeen inches in diameter, standing on
the north-west shore of Lake Superior, ten links back from which
Licensed Provincial Surveyor MacNaughton planted a stone of greenish-
grey colour, al)out three feet long, ten inches broad, and t^ o-and-a-half
inches thick, with a pile of stones about it, in north latitude forty-
eight degrees seven minutes thirty seconds, and west longitude eighty-
eight degrees thirty-two minutes thirty-five seco' ■ ^ by Captain JJayfieldV
chart: thence running north forty-nine degrees thirty minutes west
astronomically, along the south-western limit of the mineral location
originally assigned to John Prince, Esquire, three hundred and twenty
chains, more or less ; so as, with the islands and parts of islands in front
of the lands herein described, and lying within the limits of the lateral
lines thereof produced, as shown on MacNaughton's Plan of Survey on
record in the Department of Crown Lands, to include an area of ten
square miles: thence south forty degrees thirty minutes west, one hundred
and sixty chains : thence south forty-nine degrees, thirty minutes east,
four hundred and eleven chains, more or less, to the water's edge of
Lake Superior: thence along the said water's edge, in a northerly
direction to the place of beginning, together with all the islands and
parts of islands in front of the lands above described, as will api)ear by
reference to the Patent thereof froi , the Crown. -Flfteenthly, all that
parcel oi-^tract of land, situate, lying and being on the ., orth-west shore
of Lake Superior, in the said Province, containing by aumeasuremeut six
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thousand four liuiidred iicrcH, ho tlio samo inoro i)r less, wliifh said jmrcol
or tract of land may bo otlierwiso known as follows: timt is to say, the
front anj^lcs liiivo hcon marked and establirtlied by Provincial Surveyor
John MaeXau^'hton, and tlio boiindiirios whereof are as follows; that ia
to say, commeiKMiif; at a red spruce post, with a pile of stones aroiuid it,
placed by the said rrovincial Surveyor, near the western extremity of a
Bmall bay on the said shore of Lake Superior, in north latitude forty-ei<j;ht
dcf^rees one niinuto seven seconds, and west hmjritude eii;hty-niiic deiirees
forty-six minutes, by Captain BaytieidV chart ; thence runniiij^ north iWrty-
nino degrees thirty minutes west, astronomically, three hundred and
seventy chains, more or less, so as to include an area often square miles:
thence south forty do<,'reo3 thirty minutes west one hundre<l and seventy-
one chi 'na, to the water's edge of tlie Pii,'eon liiver : thence; along the
eaid water's edge, with the stream, to Pigeon IJay, and thence along tho
water's edge of ♦he said bay in a northerly and easterly direction to the
place of beginning. Slxtcfnthly, all that parcel or tract of land, situate,
lying and being in the District of Algoma, in the said Province, containing
by admeasurement twelve hundred acres, be the satne more or less, which
said i)areel or tract of land may ho known as follows ; that is to say, being
composed of block A, in rear of the miniii'-- -'raisr known as the P>ruce
Mine Tract, or Cuthbertson Location, tha ,o sity, commencing at the
north-oast angle of tho said Bruce Mine Tract heretofore granted by the
Crown to the said ilontreal TMiniiig Company : thence north sixty degrees
fifty minutes nineteen seconds west, t'ollowing the noithern limit of the
tract 60 granted one hundred and eighty-three chains fifteen links to tho
north-west ande thereof: thence north one hundred and six chains, more
or less, to the exploratory line run for road purposes by Provincial Land
Surveyor Albert Pellew SnUer, in one thousand eight hundred and fifty-
nine : , thence south sixty-five degrees east eighty-five chains, more or less,
to the water's edge of Otter Tail Lake: thence south-easterly, following
the said water's edge, to the point of its intei-section by the production
of the eastern limit of the said Bruce Mine Tract, and thence soutl ,
following the said produced limit of the said tract thirty-six chains, more
or less, to the place of beginning. Seventeentlily, all that parcel or tract
of land, situate, lying and being in the said Province, containing by
admeasurement six thousand four hundred acres, be the same more or
less, w^hich i,aid parcel or tract of land may be otherwise known as
follows : that is to say, being composed of a mineral tract or block of
land at Cape Gargantua, north shore of Lake Superior, known as the
Kyan Location, according to a plan of survey by Provincial Land Sur-
veyor, T. W. Ilerrick, dated December 20th, 1805, and a description by
the said Provincial Land Surveyor T. W. Ilerrick, dated Fort William,
May 20th, 1866, of record in the Department of Crown Lands : that is
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to saj, beginning at a point about two miles and a half south from the
80Uthei-ly point of Cape Garguntua, on the north shore of Lake Superior
in or near latitude forty-seven degrees thirty-four minutes north and
longitude eighty-hve degrees eleven minutes west (per ]5ayfield) at a
post phiuted one chain from the water's edge: thence north sixty de-n-ees
east eighty-seven chains eighty links to a post : thence north thirty
degrees west lour hundred chains (five miles) to a post: thence south
sixty degrees west eighty chains to a post planted one (.-hain from the
waters edge ot Lake Superior, on the southern bank of a small river
wliich discharges into the lake at tlie north-eastern extremity of the bay
and thence south-easterly, alo, g the shore of the lake, to'the i.lace of
beginning. Eighteenthly, all those parcels or tracts of land, situate 1 vine,
and being on the northern shore of Lake Superior, in the said Province"
containing by admeasurement six thousand four hundred acres be the
same more or less, of which said parcel or tract of land the front aii-les
have been marked and established by the Provincial Surveyor, John
MaciNaughton, and the boundaries whereof are as follows: that is to say
commencing at a cedar post about five inches s(piare, supported by three
syenite boulders, placed by Provincial Surveyor MacNaughton, on the
north-west shore of Lake Superior, in north latitude forty-eight deo-rees
nineteen minutes forty-eight seconds, and west longitude eighty^nine
degrees and seven minutes, by Captain Bayfield's chart : thence north thir-
teen degrees thirty minutes west, astronomically, one hundred and fifty-
four chains, more or less, so as, witii the small islands in front of the
.ands herein described, as shown on Mr. MacNaughton's plan of survey
of record in the Department of Crown Lands, to include an area of ten
square miles: thence north seventy-six degrees thirty minutes east four
hundred chains; thence south thirteen degrees thirty minutes east one
hundred and seventy-five chains, more or less, to a cedar post about six
mches square, with a pile of stones around it,' placed by Mr. MacNaughton
on the north shore of Lake Superior : thence along the water's edge
thereof to the place of beginning, together with the islands in front
thereof, as above described, and as shown in the before mentioned plan
of Provincial Surveyor MacNaughton, including the island known as
Silver Islet.
To Hold the lands,, premises and hereditaments hereby intended to be
conveyed unto and to the use of the parties of the Second Part their
heirs and assigns, as joint tenants and not as tenants in common, forever
Subject to the reservations contained in the original grant thereof
from the Crown.
In Trust, nevertheless, for the benefit of the parties interested under
a certain Indenture made between the said Alexander Hamilton Sibley
of the First Part, and the said parties hereto of the Second Part bearing
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date the second day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy.
And the party of the First Part Covenants with the parties of the
Second Part that it has the right to convey the said hinds in manner and
form aforesaid, and that the parties of the Second Part shall hokl the
said lands free from incumbrances, and the party of the First Part shall
execute such further assurances of the said lands as may be requisite.
As "Witness the corporate seal of the party of the First Part, in
pursuance of the resolution of a Special General Meeting of the pro-
prietors of the said Company, held on the nineteenth day of September,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy; and of
the resolution of the Board of Directors of the said Company, held on
the third day of October, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.
[L.S. of tho Montreal Mining Company.]
RoBT. Andeeson,
Fresident.
N. J. Handyside,
Secretary.
Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the presence of
A. H. LuNN,
Advocate, of Montreal.
KoBERT Gee,
Clerk to Messrs. Cboss <fc Lunn,
Advocates, Montreal.
Received, on the day of the date of this Indenture, from the within
named parties of the Second Part, the sum of two hundred and twenty-
five thousand dollars, being the full consideration money within men-
tioned ($225,000.)
EoBT. Andekson,
President.
N. J. II.*NDYSIDB,
Secretary.
Witnetiet,
A. H. Lunn.
Kobeet Gee.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE
"THE ONTAEIO MIXERAL LANDS' COMPANY."
Whereas, under and by ^^rt^le of a certain deed of Conveyance PreauiWe.
dated tlie thirteentli diiy of November, one thousand eight hundred and
sevenly-onri, between the Montreal Mining Company of the one part,
and Alexander Hamilton Sibley, Ebor B. Ward, Edward Lea'.'ned,
Peleg Hall, and C. A. Trowbridge, therein described, of the second
part, the last named peraons became seized in fee of the several mining
locations, land and premises, therein mentioned or referred to, and
being situate on Lakes Huron and '^'iperior, and within the Districts
of Algoma and Thunder Bay, ■ ; ■ the trusts therein mentioned, and
particularly declared in a cer ,d of Trast bearing date the second
day of November, one the ■ ''ght hundred and seventy, made
between Alexander Hamilton Sibley of the one part, and Eber B. Ward,
Edward Learned, Peleg Hall, C. A. Trowbridge, and A. H. Sibley of
the other part, and have paitl the purchase money therefor in full ; and
whereas the said Alexander Hamilton Sibley, Eber B. Ward, Edward
Learned, Peleg Hall and C. A. Trowbridge, have petitioned for an Act
of Incorporation, for the purpose of carrying on mining operations,
and otherwise canying out the objects contemplated by the said deed
of trust ; and it is expedient so to gi-ant :
Tliorefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the
Legkilative Assembly of the Pro\'ince of Ontario, enacts as follows :
1. The said Eber B. Ward, Edward Learned, Peleg Hall, C. A.
Trowbridge and Alexander Hamilton Sibley, and such other person or
persons, bodies corporate or politic as are or may become h.olders of
shares in the company hei'eby incorporr.ted, are hereby constituted and
declared to be a body corporate and politic under the name of •' The
Ont:;rio Mineral Lands Company."
2. The capital stoct of the said Company shall be one hundred and Capital,
sixty thouyand dollara paid up stock, divided into sLxteen huudi'ed shares
of one hundred dollars each, and the said Company sliall have power to
increase the same by the issue of new stock, as hereinafter mentioned,
in shares of the aame amount to an extent not exceeding eight hundred
thousand dollars.
3. AH the persons who at the time of the passing of this Act are Allotment of
entitled to any interest under the said deed of trust, ai-e declared to be ^''"'^'''
possessed of the capital stoclc of the said Company fully paid up accord-
ing to their respective interests in the apportionment made in the said
deed of trust between the beneficiaries therein mentioned : and shall be
entitled to have their respective shares or interests allotted to them,
and to demand and n-^ceive certificates therefor upon the said Company's
perfecting its organization under this Act.
4. The said Company shall be at liberty to issue further stock to the issue of fur-
extent of eight himdrcd thousand dollars in shares of one hundred """' ^^^'
Corporation
Name.
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Provisional
Dii'cctoi-3.
rroperty
covcivd 'ly
the trust
Vml to ]w
vcs'ediinhe
Couijauy.
Liabilily of
Oompany.
Powers to
sell, &o.
i werto
explore
mines, &c.
To accept
BtOClj, &c.,
In other
Companies
in .nalcing
sales, &c.
Power to
orrow.
dollani : tuul t to holders of paid up stock, mentioned or referred to in
the second section of this At .l.dl l.a^o the right of snbMcrib ,* fo^
s ch Ittrtlter isst.e or issties oi .lock, or for nny i«rt thereof, at pl^'r in
b.U( . ant tl said Company shall be at liberty to fix a promitun on
But^h stock when the same shall be opened to sttbLiptioiAftJie imblS
5. The said Alexander Hamilton Siljley, Eber 13 W'lrtl V,Kvu-A
Learned, Pdeg Hall and Charles A. Trowliitlge aie her by iS d
abt^rdol Provisonal Directors of the said Co.tipany, a.J^l S , d
S c'njtany" "'''" '" "^'^'""'"^ ""^ '^" shareholders of the
at ^iiie'^11, ^1'° 7T ''"^ -'"'^ rT°""'' "f '''^'■''^''-^'' '^i"'^ °»- description,
at tJtt^ time of the i)assing of this Act vested in the said Alev n„ln,
SrSs'V T '''^ ^^- ^- ^r-;>- E--d Learnc^iriS^gllin t^
imt' n, /r°y'^"ff . «!• ^vl eh they nuty then be entitle,! to hold
iind^Tor subject CO the trnsts of the said recited de,>d of tlie second
I'n Srr: l";^""' '^^°""^^ ">** ^'"""''•^"^ '-^"^^ ^--"^y- - hereby v<Sed
iTibe to'l oTrY'- "'f ?r ""^ Company shall in like manner be
lubletoall contracts and obligations entered into <n- incurred by the
s.ud Alexander Hamilton Sibley, Eber B. AYood, Edward Learned
Pe eg Hall anc ChttrlesA. Trowbritlge under the said deed of tn s or
m relation tt. the pro^.lsions the.eof: Provi.led always that no pa t of
the said lants so vested in the s.id corporation m exc-ess of two u)u
sand acres, shall be held for a longer period than ten years f on Z
passing t,f thi. Act ; and within such period such lands shtdl be absc^
ntely sold and disposed of by the said Corporation, so tl.^ i shtdl no^
tereaftt^r retttm any mterest in any of the stiid htmls in excess of two
m.w noi :S '!f '^' r^' ^"^fT ^"^"'^ °f '''' "—'1 acres whilh
tTw Anli"' '■'"* ^""°''' Y'' ^'''' «° ^^P^^*-"! < «1^^^I1 revert
to ±ier Majesty, her successors and assigns.
diL? ff be laxNTful for the said Comptmy to sell, lease or otherwise
dispose of the said estate, real and personal. "I'^'w wise
8. The said Company may engage in exploring for minerals in
rnming ui sme txug, and in the manufecturingind disposing oTn^eraS
« d T iTf '' ^^^'^''S^S as well to the said Company ai to other peron-
and shall have power to do all lawful acts that maybe necolsary or'
convenient for or in comiection with these purposes. ^
9. It shall also be lawful for the said Compr.ny, upon making sales or
leases oi retxl or personal property, or miningCr mamifacturing\i~
ioUtt debentures or bonds in such bodies corporate or
hr^u' '^^^ 'Jf f *°^'\of ^^l said Company, after the sanction of the share-
holders shall have been first obtained at a general meeting to be caHed
fr^m une to tune for such purpose, shall have powers toVonow ?rfm
tune ttj time for the purposes of the Company hereby incorporat^?
TlZ "\ f ' ^'"•"''' °' elsewhere, such sum^ of money as may be
expedient for carrying out the objects of the said incorporation and at
such rates of interest as they may deem proper; and to imie bonds
debentures or other securities for the sums so bt^rrowed, and to make
pteTwitCthe P*"^" ^ cun-ency or sterling, and at 'such phror
places withm the Province or elsewhere, as may be deemed mlvisable;
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and to sell the same at such prices as may be deemed expedient ; and to
hypothecate, mortgage, or pledge, the lands, revenues, and other ])ropei-ty
of the Company, for the due payment of the said sums, and the interest
thereon, but no such do1)entureH shall be for a less sum tlian one liundred
dollars ; and such bonds, dobeutures and securities shall be made and
signed by the president oi' vicc-jjresideut of the said Comiiany, and
counleriiigned l>y the secretary of the said Company, and uiiiler the seal
of the said Company; provided tliat the said Company shall not be
authorized to Ijoirow a sum exceeding tlie amount of the capital stock
then paid up.
11. The shareholders of the said Company shall consist of the per.sons
in the third paragraph hereof referred to, and of such other persons as
may sub;;ci-ibe to any stock that may be hereafter isstied by the said
Company who shall have fully prid up all calls upon said shares, together
with the amount of any premium on stock that may be fixed as afore-
said ; and every sliarehokler shall be entitled to a vote for every share
which he shall hold.
12. The shares or stock of the said Company shall be deemed personal
property, and shall be transferable in the form set out in schedule A,
hereto annexed. The transfer shall be registered in a book to be kept
by tlie Com[)any for that pur])os(5, which shall be open to the public ;
an<l upon sucli registration the Company shall issue certificates hi the
form prescribed in schedule 13, hereto annexed.
13. The affairs of the said Company shall be managed by five directors,
of wliom three shall form a quorum. Such directors shall be holders of
not less than twenty-five shares in the said Company, and shall be
elected annually at an annual general meeting of the shareholders, of
which fourteen days' notice shall be given by circular or advertisement.
The directors shall elect from among themselves a president and
vice-president of the said Company, and shall appoint a secretary
and treasurer ; they shall make by-laws for the government of said
Company and submit the same to a meeting of the shareholders on
giving due notice; and shall make calls on stock and prescribe the
manner in which the same shall be made ; and shall have power to
cancel any stock on which calls may remain unpaid for three months
on giving reasonable notice; and to declare the same forfeited; and to
employ agents or sei-vants for any purposes connected with the said
Company; and shall declare dividends whenever the profits of the
Company shall amount to the sura of one hundred thousand dollars or
to a less amount if they see fit ; and to appoint times and places for
the annual general meeting or other meetings of the Company ; and to
appoint i)ersons to fill the places of any directors who may die, resign,
or become incapable of acting in the interval between their appointment
and the next annual general meeting.
14. It shall be incumbent on persons subscribing or who may have
subscribed for stock in the said Compr.ny to furnish to the secretary of
the said Company an address in writing to which all notices shall be
sent : and it shall be sufficient to send to that addi-ess all notices
relatuig to calls and forfeiture or cancellation of stock and all other
notices ; and if such address be not given such notices shall be deemed
sufficiently served if insei-ted three times in the Ontario Gazette, and
once in each week for three weeks in a daily newspaper published in
the city of Toronto.
Wio shall
lie Shnre-
lioUlei'8.
Siiitres and
tlieir trans-
fer.
Directors,
tlicir quiuifl-
cfttion, elec-
tion and
powers.
Persons snh-
scriblne for
stock snail
furnish their
addresses.
Jkl
KaUbllah-
Bent nt
offlces.
Books to lie
kept at To-
ronto.
SeiTioe of
JProcesB.
Blgnt of
alien stock-
bolders,
HabUity of
Sibley et at.
of 'toJIS 'Srp''"' ■ "''" }'ff " ."'""'' ""anient place in the city
unpaid thereon • and nnt.V^ nf .?'"'' ^^"'^'^ ''' ^^'»'^t amounts remain
prechng .cclion, or p.r»nally o„ any o„. oftL cwi " '"'
ccl^4''°"' ""''' ''° '''""■*°''''"' »"■' <"™*"' »"<! »«!»" of He »aia
SCHEDaLG A.
of ' J „ ^'^ consideration of the sum
dollara p;iid to mo by
to the said '^^ ''"f'lV ''"i'.§*iiTi, sell and transfer
on the same conditions that I held tl,fi «arr,n ,-^^„.i;„.":. , I ''' '^,
execution hereof.
And I the said
said
and conditions
iield the same immediately before the
do hereby accept of the
shares subject to the same niles, orders
As witness our hands this
day of
A. D. U
SCHEDULE B.
This to is certify that « o 1, n «
shares in " The Ontario Minei.l Lands Compan^'^of Ve par val««
been paid up. "Pon which the sum of ^as
.y^'''^!' ^f.'^^r the hands of the president a^d sen^tary and Undet
A.D."l8 ^^«mpany, this day of ^'
(1)
(2)
(3)
W
ABSTRACT OF TITLE
"%*.
kW
may
The title to the foregoing lands is as follows
(1) All these lands were patented by the Crown to the Montreal
Mining Company.
(2) The Montreal Company conveyed them by the foregoing deed to
Sibley and others.
(3) By the act incorporating the Ontatio Mineral Lands Company
(chapter 96 of 35 Victoria, Province of Ontario), these lands,
excepting the Jarvis location and Wood's location, which had
been previously sold, were vested in that Company in wliich
the title now is.
(4) There are no incumbrances of any kind.