Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-11-12
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OSrARI0s BEDS or NICKEL.
The Only Extensive Deposits Found in
North America.

OTTAWA, Oat Nov. u.-Almost stimuli.
tansously with the snnou' csment OF tie
discovery ibas A. slloy Of 5 per cent nickel
gave immensely increased tensile strength
to steel came the encouragement that p,ac
tically inexhaustible beds Of nickel ore had
been f.uad in ,he northern part Of the
province Of Ontario The tests made OF
the new alloy indicated that it could be
invaluable for mary prrroses. but chiefly
for the present At least, a. plstieg for
var vessels
Since ihat time the experiments have
been steadily going on. and slrsys with the
came result 20 f.r Is known. The American
naval authorities have carried the expert
ments as far as they could with specimen
plates, with the rssul. thar, whether fred at
pointblsuk or st 81 angle, the niekel-sts ell
plates, instead OF being shat er, d, are, 81
worst, only perforated, while the prof cities
are themselves broken and destroy ed by the
contact
This practical result Of ,hSse tests hiss
been the placing of orders with American
contractors for the Manufacture Of nickel
steel plates for use On the United States
war ships now under construction. Il is
siso claimed that for rsilwsy and structural
iron Of every kind nickel steel is greatly
preferable TO the material now 10 use.
Combined with this is the claim that Or
tsrio possesses the culy extensive deposits
Of nickel in North America. The result il
that nowadays no fls0b 5yans speech about
the greatness Of Car ada is complete withou,
Z word picture of the nations standing al
the doors Of the DominioH. like so many
tspr h,f npa TO ragidopna houUipO fnv
excl.
There can be no DOUBT that the nickel is
there. The locality is known generally ss
the Sudbury district, because it was ST
Sudbury, the prii cipsl town Of that region.
that the frs. important discoverit Of nickel
were made, Sudbury is the junction poiut
Of the Canadian Pacific and the 500
road, and lies sbou. 1870 miles e.s. OF the
300" Place better own to feogrsphers
as SAUL Ste. Marie. The town is believed
TO be ebcu; the GENRE Of ibe nickel range
which runs norths sat and southv. st from g
point pesr. Lake Huron 10 an iniefnite
point nesr Sudbury. There are .hose VII
claim that the range txiends On up through
the province OF Q iebec and iato Labrador,
but, there being almost no facts on the
subject, the wide Latitude Of opinion may
fairly be claimed.
The lickelie found associated with copper,
iron ami sulphur. lie ere now bell 3
worked contsigs an average OF about per
cent. of nickel. and il tie t,ea ment the
sulphur a. iron Ale thrown away. The
process Of Separation of the nickel and
copper being secret, it is impossible to
say Nth authority whether ;hs copper il
ssvedFor net The in iics,ians are that,
wi some Of the r, fi1ers, the copJ e. also If
sscr fl ,ed 10 order ;hss the nickel may be
saved. As Re fned uiCkel is worth about 90
cents q pound. an syerage ton OF Sudbury
ore would yield sbou; $40 surprising tn
copper to be worthless. Tdere are some
tockets shat are far richer ihsn this, how
ever. Dee is fou a yielding % per cent
and even 30 per CEN. of nickel, while com
psrstively low in copper
This ore, instead of being treated 10 the
district. is packed in b4rreis 81 shipped to
the refiner direct. The ordinary ore is put
through q couple Of preliminary processes,
Wbicl get iii of TIE sulphur. iron and rock.
white saving the nickel snd copper. Al
though thousands Of dollars have beer
spent in experimenting sna hundreds Of
thousands, il not millions, 10 plai t.. the
methods are siiil crude, and it il reasonable
to suppose that, as the demand grows and
the VT rid Of scia. C and industry becomes
III ore familiar with the me:s improvements
Will be msde.