The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-07
Iron Output Increased From 5000
to 19,O0O,00O Tons in Forty
Six Years.
AN IMMENSE COPPER OUTPUT.
Dominion Preparing to Make a
Remarkable Display of
These Resources at
Buffalo.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

SPECIAL.
Buffalo. y. Y, April G.-Canada's mineral
exhibits at the P~an-Anerican Exposition
are expected to do much toward opening
the eyes of the world to her resources
of that nature. The great British colony
mas long been famous for its cereals. dairy
products. fruits. cattle and furs: but few
have had an idea of its vast mineral wealth.
Canada's production OF iron and steel has
gone forward during the past decade with
leaps and bounds. Development in this d.
rection has been encouraged by the close
proximity of valuable iron ores and cook
ing coal, with convenient transportation, as
sisted by legislation, which have all helped
to put this important industry on its feet.
The production of iron in the Lake Superior
region has increased from 300 tons in 1904
TO l9..Cg,OUj tons in 1919.
British Columbia has also made very sub
stantial progress In the last few years in
the production Of copper. which Is now
shipped 50 extensively to England. The de-
Inand there has been so great that COM
Iiaint is made against the Province for not
furnishing more. The fact is pointed out
that British Columbia is rich In copper,
especially in the Sudbury district. where II
IS alleged with nickel in some cases to the
extent OF Il per cent. New and very extern
sivc British Columbia iron works at Sidney
complete a chain of shelters reaching all
the way from Nova Scotia.
What Ontario Can Show.
The Ontario section of Canada's exhibit
at the Pan-Anerican Will consist OF the
more economic metallurgical and manufac-
tured products. Through a series OF orna-
mental products. the finer classes OF clays
will be represented.
The principal feature of the exhibit will
probably include an elaborate olspiay OF
.y4!l nY1s from rho rim mining regions
OF Eastern and Northern Ontario, as we'll
as the Ino.e remote regions only recently
located, such as the Sturgeon Lake district,
north OF the Canadian Iacinc railroad.
The gold and arsenic reduction works OF
thc. Marmora district Will have u complete
exhibit of their ores ana products.
Silver mines OF the north shore OF Lake
s.. perior viii be we'll represented by Il large
quantity OF argentite and native silver. The
exhibit OF the Lake Superior Power Com
nickel made by the new electrolytic process
from Sudbury pyrrhotite. A full exhibit OF
iron ore from the Michit!coton Range and
n the electric chemical works. Will be OPP
Grated in the building. producing caustic
soda and plsnenmg PeTds sick..
Among the more massive exhibits the
copper and nickel-copper industry will prob
ably be the most important. A block OF con-
weighing five tons is on the way from the
Rock Lake mine. and similar pieces OF
somewhat less weight Will be sent from 9TH
er important mines in this region.
a belt Of mountaineering rock EXTEND
ing from about eighty miles through the |
counties of Halliburton, Hastings and Rem |
frew in Eastern Ontario will be represent |
ed. These have recently been explored and
considerable sums of money spent in build |
ings mills for crushinS and separating the |
surrounding rock.
a column made Of three blocks of solid
graphite. four feet at the base and twelve
feet In height. will be sent from the Black
Donald mine in Renfrew County.
It is not generally well known that Cam
ada IS larger in territory than the United
States. including the recent acquisition Of
Porto Rico. Hawaii. the Philippines and
the two islands in the Samoan group. The
will demonstrate this as we'll
as many of the vas; resources that are for
the most part lying dormant.