New-York tribune., 1907-01-27
CANADIAN MINERS.
Some Are Not Abore Capturing
SerUant Girls Uoges

Only one-tenth OF Canada's mineral -a,to,- -
yet oeen explored All Labrador all Keevratf1 o,,
-Aa0Ae"@le RIVER the most Of the Peace River a,5
<."auasca' a hine-tenths OF British Columbia 80
uNUr are sun terra incosnita for the pros
pectOF' Nhat these unknown minerslfzed ra-,o
may Yield may only be inferred from, 4Js,o,-
aaHy oeing made. Two cases will illustre4o .L
uneovering Of nicked and cobalt beds IN Nortbo--
Ontario IA Northern
For years anybody who has travelled o,-.r .,.
.'n wastes between the Ottawa River ana tbs
Great Lakes must have felt convinced tba+ -
would some day be discoyered under those LEAGUES
upon leagues OF weathared. mineral stained rocks
east ana west Of Port Arthur. When the railroad
were discovered They were tbongB3 ~ ore beds
and actually bonded over 20 American cspits1issts
minias companies when returns came back from
not cnDpe bt 70 learn that the mines were
rare metal in the world How the mines oS t6nS SSe
finally opened is romance by itself Opiv aTe one
S Oe.G[ country mas such supply of the metal most
In the mines OF New Caledonia There was re-
nsuat ms io6s period OF experiment. and discourage
correct only 100000 worth OF the nickel bas S oe
works % Of TSPe Seafd Sf Of Spt nv when @ The great
the deposit had been proved. they offered 10 bIy
To the American public interest in the discovgT1 Ie
GENRES &c round the fact that America has an
lheNAausunle supply of the metal alloy for arula-
ments that Is almost bal-pyoof The discover
mas reVolutionized armor plating for the American
The discovery of cobalt came in almost the san,a
Way. Inc Ieniscamtngue Railway construction
ore II was thought to be low grade silver ~
copper a specimen was sent to Toronto 9OO MILES
away. for analysis. Meanwhile a long headsd
young fellow, who had been earning 81 pittance ar
himself OF for hurried course in nineraiosv T5a
official report the specimen was so IA buons tbo1
the people OF Ontario would not believe IN on
tario had been terribly bitten in the two mining
both KoOtenay and the Yukon Americans were ~,
producers and had Skinned the sHS erea eS Of 20 the be
grohts before conservative Canadians would invest
capitalist did invest he found many OF the KOot-
enay and Yukon mines worked out. Instead or
cream, he found skim milk, and he az once prO-
ceeded to recoup himself by putting on a bravo
venture with an absurdly big capital and sold
enough cheap shares TO pay himself for his own
loss. with the result that almost every servant
girl IN Ontario contributed hard earned wages 70
these sharks was in the koOtenay when this
game was worked and the barefaced way IN which
eminently respectable capitalists gave themselves
70 this mendacious robbery is a thing 70 be- re-
SO when the Official report stated that the sp.c,-
men or ore was coDaltsilver that would run from
500 70 $500 ton. Eastern Canada turned a deaf
ear. What with Aootenay and Yukon. Il had had
enough OF mines for some time. History rApeata1
itself Americans rushed in during the fan 0f Iq05
at the rate OF eleven hundred a day. When actual
ore shipments were made 70 New York and New
Jersey and actual cash sent back in checks OF
$500. 900 and 100000 for load-the ore running
SOD and $500 ton the official report had stafe3
Canada woke up and went mildly wild The
mining camp became the town Of Cobalt with a
mushroom popula item ard II history Is still further
TO repeat itself, the next thing in order is series
ital TO hlch the servant girls wages.-Agnes q
Laut In The Worlds Work for February.