Identifier: n02ontariosessional46ontauoft (find matches)
Title: Ontario Sessional Papers, 1914, No.3-9
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: ONTARIO. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
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Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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A concentrating plantwill be installed to handle this pyrite. A. A. MacKay, superintendent, was succeeded by G. R. MacLaren in September. Anaverage force of 80 men was employed. International Trap Rock Company The trap rock quarry at Bruce Mines was opened up and a large plant installed in1913. The rock is taken from the quarry and hauled in 5-ton cars to a 5 by 7-foot jawcrusher, which is said to be the largest crusher in Canada. The rock is dischargedfrom the jaw crusher into No. 9 gyratory crushers, and is fed from there to a seriesof bucket conveyors. From these it goes to a series of revolving trommels, in whichit is sized. The several sizes are taken on belt conveyors to the stock yard. Twoconcrete tunnels run under the stock yard, and the rock is fed on to a belt conveyorwhich runs in the tunnels; this takes the ore directly to the boats. It is estimate! that the plant can handle from 400 to 600 tons of material per hour. Mr. Martin is superintendent. 128 Bureau of Alines No. 4
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1914 Mines of Ontario 129 III.—TIMISKAMINQCobalt and Vicinity The production of silver from the Cobalt district was approximately half a millionounces less in 1913 than in 1912, being 29,682,015 ounces, as compared with 30,243,859ounces during the previous year. This represents about 14 per cent, of the worldstotal production of silver. Four new dividend payers appeared during 1913: Seneca-Superior, Casey Cobalt,Cobalt Lake, and Caribou Cobalt, formerly the Drummond mine. The most importantfeatures of the year were the satisfactory results obtained during development by theCasey Cobalt mine in Casey township, also by the Seneca-Superior on Cart lake, Colemantownship, and the remarkable high-grade veins exposed on the Kerr Lake Mining Com-panys property by the dewatering of Kerr lake. Owing to the gradual depletion of the high-grade veins in the Cobalt district, themining companies are increasing the amount of low-grade ore being treated, resulting inthe employment of more men and de

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