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HUNT, _Our Collection Service 91 THIRD AVENUE â€" PHONE 207 DON‘T BUY OR SELL BEFO RE YOU SEE ME. New and Second Hand Furniture, Hardware, Clothing of all kinds S FINKELMAN SIMMS, HOOKER DREW INSURANCE IN ALL BRANCHES ce e n n L L LV / 4 g #, n .»3»3»3»3.3.8.3.303%oooooooooonoouoouoonoonoouoouoonoonoouoo"ocuoonoonoouoouoonoonoonoouoonzuooooonoouoonoouooooooooooooo '(Kgénts for Confederation Life Association). Houses and Lots for Sale on Terms, â€" Dealer in â€" Residence PHONE 135 v..............'. .oooooooooooootoooooooooooooooooooooooooooolooco. Acting Manager. The Economic Importance of This Great North Land Prize Winning Essay by Miss Kathleen Dobie, of Thessaâ€" lon High School, in the Contést Under the Auspices of the Ontario Mining Association. Some weeks ago reference was made in The Advance to the prizeâ€"winners in the Essay Contest conducted by the Ontario Mining Association. The first prize was won by Miss Kathleen Dobie, a 15 yearâ€"old young lady attenâ€" ding the High School at Thessalon, Ont. It is interesting to note that Miss Dobie is the fourth generation of a family of miners, her greatâ€"grandâ€" father, Samuel Lobb, coming from Cornwall, England, in 1845 and setâ€" tling at Bruce Mines, Ontario. Miss Dobie‘s father is a wellâ€"known eivil engineer employed in the Land Surâ€" vey Dept. of the Ontario Government. Below will be found Miss Dobie‘s very clever essay which gives much interesting and suggestive informâ€" ation relative to the great North Land :â€" For many years following Confederâ€" ation, Northern â€" Ontario oceupied _ a very umanortant position in the pubâ€" lic estimation, due, largely, to ignorâ€" ance of its tremendous possibilities. Here was an area of 330,000 square miles, stretching from Quebee to Manitoba, far larger than Great Britain, right in the heart of Canada, which was looked upon almost as a liability rather than an asset. vast area really commenced with the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, which was completed from coast to coast in 1885. Since then, there has been a steadily increasing development, depending upon mines, forests, soil, waterpowers, etc., that read like a fairy tale. hoh on t o CC 4 4 The story of the development of the nickel industry is too long to be told here, but it is an intensely interâ€" esting story of difficulties overcome, and it is particularly interesting to us toâ€"day because it was the first big success in the development of the mineral â€"resources of Northern Onâ€" tario. It was the first real tangible step in the establishing of that vast everâ€"growing series of mining enterâ€" prises, which bids fair to become the very foundation of the economic structure, not only of Northern Onâ€" tario, but of the Dominion of Canada. We W NeR e ~The immediate success of the silâ€" ver mines at Cobalt, coupled, as it was, with a veritable outpouring wealth, appealed to the imagination of the adventurous, and the result was the development of a race of hardy, intelligent prospectors, famiâ€" liar with Northern Ontario conditions, who penetrated farther and farther into the pathless wilderness, discoverâ€" ed the immensely important gold deâ€" posits ~at Poreupine and Kirkland Lake, the silver deposits at Gowganda and South Lorrain, as well as inâ€" numerable discoveries in other localiâ€" ties, where the possibilities of further development are as yet uncertain, but where the chances of success are very great. t en B BL h s M 4 Some idea of the phenomenal growth of the mining industry may be. obâ€" tained by reading the report of proâ€" duction recently issued by the .Onâ€" tario Department of Mines for 1924. In 1924 the total gold production was $25,669,262. In 1923 the total gold production was $20,136,287. In 1911 the total gold production was $42,627. The total value of all metals proâ€" duced in Ontario up to the end of 1924 was $770.505,000. _ Dividends and bonuses to the end of 1924 are as follows : f 10e e d €2 During the construction of this railâ€" way in 1903, a spectacular discovery of silver was made. This developed into the worldâ€"famous Cobalt â€" camp which has produced . an average amountâ€" of two tons of pure silver every working day since shipping first started. OMA A 3 +5 KA MA Ne\ _ . Ne se : (1 M ind 1 M i +0 00000 es l n e e t 900 e sA O t As a result of the optimistic reâ€" ports brought back by exploring parâ€" ties, which the Ontario (Government had sent into Northern Ontario in 1900, the government decided that a railway, to be known as the Temiskaâ€" ming and Northern Ontario Railway, should be built from North Bay to reach the farming settlement which was struggling to establish itself on the fertile lands north of Lake Temisâ€" kaming. . % *4 Kirkland Lake, $2,312,3705. Total, $140,468,025. These figures are stupendous in themselves, but they take on an adâ€" ded importance when we realize that the development of new properties, and increasing production of the older ones, indicate that substantial yearly increases â€" will oceur forâ€" many years to come. It becomes increasâ€" ingly _ evident that the gold deâ€" posits of Ontario will continue to as great a depth as it is physically posâ€" sible to work them. The silver production for Northern Ontario reached its maximum in 1911 with 31,507,791 ounces. This deâ€" THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO THE ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF NORTHERN ONTARIO. (By Kathlsen Dobie). SIIÂ¥VCF PEUOUUUCLLULL" LNE : N4A S 0. Ontario reached its maximum in 1911 with 31,507,791 ounces. This deâ€" creased to 8,261,031 ounces in J921 on account of the working out of the rich deposits so easily reached at first. The production for 1923 and 1024 "obalt and South Lorrain, $97,983,â€" ;oreupine\ $~_40,17;283() ue 2 ire stupendous in y take on an adâ€" en we realize that of new properties, was 10,.753,413 ounces and 9,922,332 ounces respectively, showing that inâ€" dustry is again on the upâ€"grade. Not only have rich silver deposits been opened up in South Lorrain and at Gowganda, but increased knowledge of the geology of the Cobalt deposits has resulted in the discovery of large quantities of silver remaining. in mines which were once thought to be worked out. pchera igf se t 31 d 20e M io t logist for the Department of Mines Ontario, and _ one of the greatest authorities on Ontario Mining, statâ€" ed recently that, ‘*The nickel deposâ€" its of Sudbury are so large that, so far as succeeding generations are conâ€" cerned, they may be considered to he inexhaustible."‘ Now what does all this mean? Are| these developments making for a general prosperity _ or is this vast wealth merely going into the hands of a favored few ? Of the total production of the gold and silver mines for 1924, the amount of $8,489,043 was paid in dividends. It is estimated that approximately $24,000,000 was paid out for â€" wages, $15,000,000 for mining supplies and improvements of various kinds, and $4,000,000 for sundry other expenses. These figures are approximate, as complete records are difficult to obâ€" tain but they are believed to be subâ€" stantially correct. The City of Timâ€" mins has a population of about 15,000 inhabitants entirely dependent on the mining industry, and all through the North there are prosperous modern towns and villages growing up around the various mining camps. The reâ€" sults, in better markets for agricultâ€" There are other mining possibiliâ€" ties â€"of greater importance. The broad belt of rocks, to which the name preâ€"Cambrian has been applied, and which produces the great bulk of the world‘s supply of metals, stretches across Northern Ontario, from Quebee to Manitoba, and far beyond on either side. It reaches from the Great Lakes to within a hunâ€" dred miles of James and Hudson Bay. Immense areas of these rocks have never even been seen by an intelliâ€" gent _ prospector, _ and seattered throughout are large areas where geological conditions are known to be similiar to those where such rich reâ€" wards have been won by the persisâ€" tent attacks of the pick and shovel. Northern Ontario containg practically all the metallic minerals but coal and tin. There are literally dozens of localities, such as Lake of the Woods, Mine Centre, Goudreau, Sturgeon Lake, to mention only a few, where indications exist of deposits of gold ore in payable quantities. It is surely not too much to say that the Hon. Chas. MeCrea, Minisâ€" ter of Mines for Ontario, was well within the truth when he stated reâ€" cently, at the annual meeting of the Dlllbj’ Th > ~ KF NP NX XZ NA ds = > lt N6AE ale d Pn s 26 OME 0 Cl s 0 ural products, bigger business â€"for wholesale houses and manufacturers, more traffic for railways and so on, are too obvious to require going inâ€" to in detail. sAAA U k0 § i :o 0 M 5 0 i t in s e o on o w o i ut 1 nds 0 /..fi on Sn o t i oo o Nn Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, held in Ottawa, ‘+My well considered view is that, great as has been the progress of mining in Ontario during the last twenty years, we are only on the threshold of a perâ€" iod that will make Ontario and Canâ€" ada stand out before the whole world in the forefront of the mining indusâ€" try."" No story of economic development in Northern Ontario would be comâ€" plete without some reference to her unrivalled facilities for entertaining the tourist and lover of outdoor sport. There are myriads of lakes and rivers, full of fish, and thousands of square miles of primeval forest, the home of the moose, the deer, the bear, the wo‘!f and other game animals. Such names as Nipigon, Timagami, Lake of the Woods, Minaki, Mississaugi, and a host of others are known far and wide and there are literally hundreds of other places, where facilities for huntâ€" ing and fishing are of the very best. It is now possible to travel by motor from Toronto to Sault Ste. Marie, ver a firstâ€"class motor road, and every ve 2ar sees aâ€"£ great increase at in the number of American tourists who ‘go over this route. Construcâ€" tion is now under way for a first class motor road from North Bay to Cobalt passing beautiful Lake Timagami and extending on to the gold fields at Poreupine and Kirkland Lake, and to Cochrane. A fair standard by which to meaâ€" sure the economic importance of any section of the country is the amount of hydroâ€"electric energy it. uses. A statement prepared by the Dominâ€" ion Water Power Branch at Ottawa, in response to an inquiry for this inâ€" formation, shows that the total hydraulie development in Northern Ontario up to the present is 400,075 horse power and that the total eapital invested in hydraulie plants is estimâ€" ated at seventy million dollars, inâ€" cluding investment in transmission and distribution. In addition to the above, the Onâ€" tario Hydro Electric Power Commisâ€" sion is expected to add twentyâ€"five thousand horse power this year to their present installation of fifty thousand horse power at Nipigon, and the Wahnapitae Power Company is adding an additional seven thousand horse power. Other additions by variâ€" ous companies are contemplated. The largeest consumers of hydrauâ€" lic energy are, of course, the pulp and paper mills and the great mining inâ€" dustry. At the present moment, power ~development at the mining camps is a little in advance of the demand, owing to the recent compleâ€" tion of large power plants by the Holâ€" linger Mines and the Northern Canâ€" ada Power Company, but is is expecâ€" ted that the rapid growth of the minâ€" ing industry will soon require this surplus. The total capacity of the farâ€"famed Chippawa Canal, at Niagara, is Ssix hundred _ thousand horse _ power. Northern â€" Ontario _ now _ produces hydraulic energy equal to twoâ€"thirds of this, and the amount is increasing every vear. Throughout â€" this : article, the Disâ€" trict of Patricia has hardly been menâ€" tioned. Here in Ontario is an area of 150,000 square miles, having a frontage of six hundred , miles on James and Hudson Bay, and it _ is practically unknown. This much we do know : That there are great areas of fertile land; that there are vast forests of timber, suitable for pulpâ€" wood; that there are great water t . C . . . . . C . . . . . o . . o. o o s o t s s o o s . . s s t s s . * o s s 4 3 s o. tA 5 h $s S k * * both a rich reward and a square deal. We hear too much of the danger we run of being overshadowed and absorâ€" bed by our mighty neighbours to the south of us. Let us, instead,. turn our faces towards the north, for it is there our destiny lies. Let us take as our slogan, ‘‘Northward the Star of Empire takes its way,""‘ and let us do our best towards developing in this, our own land, a civilization that will be a worthy monument to the courage and tenacity of purpose of those hardy pioneers, who did so much to lay the broad foundation upon which rest our present prosperity and our hopes for the future. ‘*The world little knows, The debt that it owes, To the hewer and blazer of trails."" t instead, north, for Let us