New-York tribune., 1909-09-25
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ANNOI NJ tMfStS
wHERE EARTH YIELDS sILVER sToRE

Cobalt IN the northlands OF Ontario. Canada.
Is the worlds ne~est and greatest silver camp
aud the Ia Rose Consolidated Mines COmEauy
is its leading producer. Last year Cobalt mined
and shipped one tenth Of the total output o.
the world. tbs year Il is producing One-s~v-
entb. or at the rate OF thirty million II
date Cobalt has shipped over sixty-fve thousand
tons cf ore. paid over Sl4011.OtO in dividends.
ana has more ore In sight in the drifts. wiuzes
and Slopes Of IT'S going mines than ever befors
In It's history. This wonderful silver area. hard
ly twelve miles square IN extent. IS putting ouJ
much Of the white metal ~ Montana. Colo
RADIO and Nevada combined and these a-- III
banner silver states of the Union.
The Ia Rose Consolidated Mines CoIapau. .
Incorporated for S7-S0O.s divided into ons
million five hundred thousand shares with a par
value OF s. each John McNart.u and L r.
Timmius. respectively president and yiee-presi-
dent of the company. known As pioneers %
the Cobalt camp. and have always been promi-
nentIy identified with It's interests Among ths
directors are David Fasken. one OF Ontarios
leading ha-risters: Duncan CouIson. managing
director Of the Bank of Toronto and one %
the best known and most highly considered
fnancicrs In the Dominion, u. Ioru- NIc(iibb0E.
Of Montreal president of the Canadian CouSoli-
dated Rubber Company. and closely allied With
the United States Rubber Company. and Ellis
L. Earle. Of New York. president o. the N.Dis-
sing Mines Company. chairman Of The board %
directors OF tie Nipissing AIniug COMPANY. and
prominently Identified vit1 other large mining
Interests.
The Ia Rose mine w5S CoLait-s first discovery
The first ore az the camp was shipped from this
mine. which j. the most continuously fssured
claim, has produced and shipped more SILVER
than any ether single development. and has paid
more dividends than any other equal area IN
the district To June t0 1893 Ia Rose clr.-
tributrd twelve thousand FIVE hundred tons or
over - Per cent ot the entire OUTPUT Of -
Cobalt camp And yet this forty-acre lot is o7re
one OF The eight properties of the Ia Eos.. con
Sohd9ted Mines Company's holdings n torai -
'~@' acres. an located within the proven ruu-raI
area OF the district
tur "t the properties, the Lawson Is tbe IA
nous silver Sidewalk. the most w0n,i.rflf
surface showing Of native silver in the world
rms vein has been stripped for appruxirre.triy
NiN hundred te~t. varies in width from SIX L.
twenty -eiSht inches, and shows rich silver out
groupings throughout its entire length SINGS
last spring development work on the Lawson
has uncovered fifteen veins il less than hall The.
area ot The Lawson tract. Four shafts are bair-
sunk on the property, which Is said 10 IL. pros
pectitvly the richest forty acres in Cobalt
The Princess. one ot the smaller holdings os
the Ia Rose. il also among the shipping mines
az the camp. Here the La Rose COnsoIida.tei
has -FOUR distinct claims. each OF which is a big
mime In itself and four other properties sun
practically unproSpected. which are known 20
contain silver values ana on which there i5
every Likelihood cf splendid discoveries when s.,
ever systematic development is undertaken.