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 the; ointtario 
 
 MINERAL LANDS COMPANY. 
 
 ■\' ■ 
 
 LIST OF LANDS BOUGHT 
 
 FROM IHK 
 
 MONTREAL MINING COMPANY; 
 
 WITH AN ABSTRACT OF THK TITLES, kc. 
 
 
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 V\ 71 
 
 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. 
 
TNzn 
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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 
 
 11 
 
 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^ 
 
 ' 13 
 
 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 
 
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 16 
 
 >■■' .. '-'"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 
 2 
 
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 
 
20 
 
 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 
 
 M 
 P 
 
S8 
 
 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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 ^w^'* 
 
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) 
 
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ABSTRACT OF TITLE 
 
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 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.