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Station 71 Third Avenue Werry Christmas ann a Happy New Year _ Plumbing and Heating Contractors TO OUR MANY CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS WE EXTEND BEST WISHES FOR and this year we pass along the message with all sincerity and hope. ‘or a Quarter of a Century we have been wishing all a To One and All the Sincere Wish Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. # .. ## # 4# t # # 'bo:u w _ h wou _ t ® M “o“; # *# tw 'c # Timmins AND A hn ) #4 # L ## ## #, ®. * .0..“ .“ # # “0 neatoateetactectaectes* * * .t C C .Â¥ #* #* #, s**s #+* #4 ## t. t :t # .# .“.“.“.“.“.0 z J iL Phone 327 Phone 166 It was the discovery of the Dome mine in the Porcupine area which gave Eastern Canada one of its most important industries. It is quite true that gold had been found in Ontario many years before 1910, in such areas as Port Arthur and Michipicoten, but these discoveries failed to stand up to commercial development. In fact some of the early gold prospecting in Northwestern Onâ€" tario had the unfortunate result to giving gold mining a doubtâ€" ful name, as many of the promotions were very inexpertly handled, with mills being placed on properties which could not support them, says the Annual Number of The Northern Miner. When, in 1910, the Edwards party found the Dome showing which was referred to by the staker as "rich beyond description" they really started something. In a few weeks the Hollinger and McIntyre properties were staked and had also disclosed spectaâ€" cular ore. Numerous other finds were quickly made and a dozen companies got busy. * ioiAz ns ces d Li .2 2 C V 7 men were later to be found all over the country and even in the United States, carrying on their excellent technique. They really trained them at Dome. Of the downs Dome has its share, having lost its mill by fire on one occasion and having participated in the labour difficuities which resulted from the situation which developed in the camp when so many of the miners enlisted in the First Great War and when the costs of supplies went skyâ€"high. It must also be reâ€" membered that gold in those days was valued at $20.67 an; ounce and that the margin of profit was seriously affected by labour and supply conditions. The Porcupine mines even had trouble toward the last in getting drill steel, as the usual United States sources had gone into munition making and shipbuilding. Most mine managers had plenty of headaches in the period The Initial Deal Edwards had no trouble in making a deal for his claims, alâ€" though there was, for a short period at the beginning, some disâ€" pute as to the manner in which the stakers should be rewarded. However, these points were ironed out on the spot and Edwards returned to Chicago, whence he had been summoned to look at the discovery. He made contact with some of the International Nickel principals and in due course a deal was worked out. It seems rather odd now that the money which was found for the early development of Porcupine originated in the Sudbury nickelâ€" copper camp. Around Copper Cliff it was possible at one time to buy Dome stock for half a dollar a share and some of it may have cost considerably less to those on the inside. The whole venture, despite the richness of the visible ore, was in those days regarded as risky, due to the experience suffered by earlier specuâ€" lators in gold mining. When Edwards wired his partner that f the richness of the discovery he had no mine would produce over a hundred millior such is the record of this remarkable pro sttnger ‘now than it has ever done and years of life ahead. At the annual meetin ers:for â€"a number Of years it was invariah n it c s 1. No t O P0 VJ _ A A 4 Â¥ V xuauy yCars o1 i11e ahead. At the annual meeting of Dome shareholdâ€" ers for a number of years it was invariably said that the mine had a couple of years of life ahead but that was more than a decade ago. There has always been some dispute concerning who made the original discovery on the Dome pronerty PArhkh eanrne *A :n amniin 4 En CE is not important but it ha:s t charge of a prospecting party one of wha ctrrils aA. S t y e d d us rolhes h d ons ", BP .C C C 10 Et 0 J t WHEEner one of his men who strolls on to the outcrop is credited with it is always debatable. From the record it would appear that Preston actually hit the jJack pot and that is the general conâ€" sensus of opinion in the North, although others have claimed the honour. In any event, the important point was that visible gold was found and that the area was immediately invaded by a host who succeeded in uncovering other showings, some of which Were equally sensatinnal When the "Golden Stairway‘" of Dome flashed on the astonishâ€" ea eyes of prospectors, most of whom had up to that time conâ€" fined their work to silver, a real stampede was on. The country was not too easy to get at, although two canoe routes were workâ€" ed out,. Another point of some importance was that the season for prospecting was nearly at an end when the Dome find was made and it was only the cireumstance that there was a late fall which permitted a number of the successful early comers to make their discoveries before the coming of snow. But the finds came quickly and they were, such as that of Hollinger, McIntyre and Gillies, really impressive. By spring of 1911 the whole country was staked solid and the serious work of opening up the mines was in full swing. The disaster of the great forest fire which swept the country, with heavy loss of life, had its compensations in that more rock exposures were visible and prospecting was faciliated. Dome had a small production of gold in 1910 and 1911 but it was not until the mill got going in 1912 that the impressive reâ€" cord which the company has built up began to appear. In the latter year output had reached $737,000 promptly went over the million mark and got up eventually to nearly eight millions anâ€" nually. It was the initial success at this property which was never interrupted except for the forced shut down in 1918 that encouraged the other operators. It was not plain sailing for some of the others who had, in some cases, several years of struggle before they were established as profitable. But the continued improvement at the Dome kept heart in the less forâ€" tunate and also had the effect of attracting American and Canâ€" adian capital to the field. In connection with one large mine the early days did not look too bright and the company preâ€" sident invited a large crowd of brokers and others to the camp with the obvious intention of interesting them in the sale of stock. When he took the party underground to about the third level he was himself amazed to see some newly broken ore which was as rich as anything the camp had and was heard to mutter: ‘"Why the thing is a mine!" However, that was not Dome‘s exâ€" nAorianaa The metallurgy of gold was not as well understoo in the early days of Porcupine and one of the m contributions made by Dome was in the direction c milling practice. It has often been remarked that men were later to be found all over the country and United States, carrying on their excellent technique. trained them at Dome. perience Christmas 1941 Finds Porcupine‘s First Producer Still Going Strong equally sensational Our hearts they hold all Christmas dear, And seems sweet and heaven seems near Oh, heaven was in His sight, I know, That little Child of long ago. My counterpane is soft My blankets white as ct The hay was soft to Hin Our little Lord of long a the roofs the pigeons fly In silver wheels across the sky. The tableâ€"doves they cooed to them Mary and Christ in Bethlehem. Oh, soft and clear our mother sings Of Christmas jJoys and Christmas thing God‘s holy angels sang to them, Mary and Christ in Bethlehem. Bright shines the sun, across the drift And bright upon my Christmas gifts. They brought Him incense, myrrh an Our little Lord who lived of old. Above the A Child‘s Song of Christmas 190 i11UnIiUIONn making and shipbuilding. Most plenty of headaches in the period. ired his partner that fall day in 1910 about : discovery he had no conception that the : over a hundred million dollars in gold. Yet of this remarkable property which is going it has ever done and seems to have many At the annual meeting of Dome shareholdâ€" c V PVOZ Contribution to Mining 1 some dispute concerning who made the Dome property. Perhaps the point as been argued. Whether the man in arty is responsible for a find or whether S soft as silk, 3 as creamy milk, to Him, I know, â€"Marjorie L. C. 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