The Newtown bee., 1906-09-07
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into any exhaustive description of the
 geology of this section, a few facts
 along this line will prove interesting
 Two eras or geologic periods are rep
 resented in the outcropping country
 rock. The first, known as the lower
 Huronian rocks, consisting of con.
 glomerates, brecccias and states, rest.
 ing on rocks of the Keewatin series.
 Both .the flower Huronian formation
 and the underlying Keewatin rocks
 have been penetrated by intrusive
 dikes of diabase. The early discover
 ies were all made in the conglomerate
 formation and for that reason the idea
 that no veins of value would be found
 in the diabase had become pretty
 thoroughly settled in the minds of the
 pioneers in this camp. Later develop
 ments, however, not only entirely up-
 set this preconceived theory but es-
 tablished the fact that the richest de-
 in which we'll defined veins can be
 traced from the conglomerate sinto the diabase with little or no apparent
 change in width or values, are very
 common, but what may be revealed at
 greater depths is, of course, an un-
 known quantity. In order to deter
 mine this point so far as possible and 1 in the shortest time, method fre-
 quently employed in other mining
 regions has already been used in this
 district. This apparatus is commonly called the Diamond Drill" and con- sists of tubular tool whose lower end nit n,,@ fv4o . li~
 mondS, but which serve this purpose
 more perfectly than any other sub
 stance known. This tubular drill,
 which bores a..vertical hole of varying
 diameter, according to the size of the
 drill, ranging from perhaps three
 inches to five or six, is made to pene-
 trate any and all kinds of rock which
 it may meet in it's descent. and being
 hollow, the central portion of the rock
 through which it descends enters the
 interior of the drill in the form of core. An ingenious devise enables the
 operator to bring up this section of
 rock, which constitute the core, for ex- animation, in order that an accurate
 knC wledge of the various strata
 through which the drill passes may
 be obtained. There are instances in
 which the diamond drill has penetrat- ed to depths of nearly five thousand feet and this method has proven itself to be well-nigh invaluable in deter mining at the very least expense what may be expected when actual develop mentS have reached similar depth. The drill has already been sent, at var ions points in and around Cobalt, to depth of five hundred feet, and in all brought to the surface showed that values are greater at this depth than those encountered at the surface, and also that the veins are wider rather than narrower at this depth. Actual operations at depths varying from two hundred and fifty to three hundrcd d and fifty feet have fully confirmed the advance information given by the dia- mond drill. This is accepted by all as conclusive evidence that the deposits are unlimited both in extent and val ue, thus rendering it certain that Co., bait is permanent mining camp.
 To those whose inclinations lead them to the lakes and woods for their annual vacation or outing, there is no section which offers more and grea ter attractions than the country lying in and around Cobalt. Large game, such as bear, moose and deer, can be found l within five miles of any of the stations on the Temiskaming & Northern On tario Railway beyond North Bay. Pickerel and bass abound in all of the ! hundreds of lakes profusely scatte red | over that region, and the unbroken forest extending in every direction off, fers the hunter and the fisherman an | ideal camping4 ground, where | he can be absolutely free from the noise, hustle, heat and discomfort of | city life and can secure. to the fullest l the benefit to both mind and | body which an absolute freedom from l care and anxiety, together with the i most perfect climate and surroundings, can bring to tired and wornout hu- | manity. If the vacationist does not take to the idea of camp life he will | find at Lake Temagami, some seventy five miles beyond North Bay, several hotels where he can be acceptably housed and fed at very reasonable figure. This is one of the largest lakes yet reached by the T. & N. c. Ry., be- ing some twenty-five miles in length, with several steamboatS running from the railroad station to the many beau- tiful islands which ornament it's sur face, and upon some of which excellent hotels have already been built, as we'll as to the many landings and points of interest along the shores of the lake.
 From this vicinity there is choice of two routes between here and North Bay, and whileeI made no inquiry re- yarding this point I presume the fare from New York by either route would be the,.same. One may go by any of the railroads running to Niagara Falls, md from that point take the Grand Trunk via Toronto to North Bay, or may go to Montreal direct, and from there go by the Canadian Pacific to North Bay. One advantage which the former route offers is that the Grand Trunk Railway runs through sleeper which avoids the necessity of a change of cars at North Bay, the sleeper go- ng to the end of the T. < N. O. Ry., a point called New Liskeard This is the present. terminus of the T. & N. O., md about ten miles beyond Cobalt.
 The fare from New York is SIG. .65 to Toronto at which point return tick .t to Haileybury, five miles north of <; Cobalt, may be secured for Sl3 85 good or return to Toronto until November l. Tbese figures do not include the expense of sleeping car, but the pur- { ;hase of such a ticket will give the tourist an opportunity to visit what is , thn nnoSf Uondarful min | ,