The Clifton clarion., 1886-11-17
A Mountain of Copper.

CT rom other fellaDle sources as from representative of the Review who has quite recently visited the locality in question with view to arriving, as nearly as possible, at the facts as they actually exist.
 The main lode carrying yellow sulphuret of copper ore, has been traced by surface croppings for a distance of about four miles and extends from lot 5 in the first con cession of the township of Blezard, known as Stobie, or Mineral Hill location, southwestward to lot 2, in the 18th concession of McKim, known as Copper Cliff location. Another lode appears on the lot Il, in the 9th concession of Me Kim, about five miles from Sud bury, where it is crossed by the main line of the Canadian Pacfc railway.
 THE FIRST DISCOVERY OF COPPER
 in the district, according to a re- port by Mir. Blue, Secretary of the Ontario Bureau of Industries, was made at this point at the time of the construction of the railway. The deposit extends southward until It joins the main lode of Cop per Cliff, and on it are the McCon- nel and Fly Lake locations. Some prospecting has been done on these properties, but the only actual development work has been at Copper Cliff.
 Mineral Hill location, about four miles northeast of Sudbury, was discovered and taken up by Mir. ". Stobie, in August, 1885. Here an opening has been made on the lode from the foot to the top of the hill on its southeast side and test pit sunk to sufficient depth to reveal good ore. Proceeding southwestward for half mile or so, the Exposed Hills location is reached, on lots 6 and ' in the 9th concession of McKim, which com prises elght hills, extending along the northwest side of the north of Sudbury Creek, and embracing 6,500 feet on the lode. From both the Exposed Hills and Mineral Hill claims fair quantity of ore has been taken out, and the assays have been very satisfactory. A lIne of railway has been surveyed for the main line of the Canadian Pacific railway which will serve both these locations.
 The Murray location, the pro perty of Thomas Murray, Nj. P. F., of Pembroke, is crossed by the railway and shows out croppings of ore along its whole extent. Nothing has yet been done to wards developing this claim, al though this portion of the lode is regarded as very rich in copper.
 On the Mcconnell location, which is on the same ridge as the Mur ray, two test pits have been sunk, penetrating bodies of high grade ore. To the eastward of the Me Connel claim two pits have been sunk on the Fly Lake location lot 1, concession 3, of Snider town ship, the result of which has been to expose a sufficiently important ore body to induce the Canada Copper Company to pay S13,000 for the entire claim, comprising about 1,S00 acres.
 THE CANADA COPPER COMPANY
 is composed of wealthy United States and Canadian capitalists, and has been organized by Mir. Richie, of Akron, Ohio, president of the Central Ontario Railway. This company has already acquir- @ l the Copper Cliff, Fly Lake, Me Connel, Mineral Hill, and one of the Exposed Hills locations, and will vigorously prosecute mining operations as soon IS transporta- ton facilities have been arranged by the construction of branch lines of railway. Already five locations on the main lode have been parti- ally developed, one of which, the Copper Cliff, is now being exten- sively worked by the Canada Cop per Company by means of open quarry work, which has been driven forty feet into the face of the hill, at point where the vein is about fifty feet wide. About one hundred men are HOW employ ed and owing to the very favorable position of the deposit at this point the ore can be raised at small cost, and in large quantity. Quite 2,000 tons of ore are now on the dump awaiting shipment, and the