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Title: A statement concerning the extent resources, climate and industrial development of the province of Ontario, Canada
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Ontario. Dept. of Crown Lands
Subjects: Industries
Publisher: (Toronto, Cameron, Pr.)
Contributing Library: Queen's University Library, W.D. Jordan Special Collections and Music Library
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the UnitedStates. A large and handsome mill for the manufacture of sulphite pulp, amore valuable article than mechanical pulp, is now about completed. Inthe manufacture of chemical pulp, sulphur is required, and for its produc-tion the native resources of the country are also being utilized. Sulphur isbeing obtained from the sulphurous ores of nickel and copperNickel-Steel founci m the district. • This has incidentally given rise to thedevelopment of a nickel property, and the erection of a reductionworks capable of treating five hundred tons of ore daily. In this connec-tion blast furnaces employing heat generated by electricity have been erectedfor the production of ferro-nickel pig. This is afterwards refined intonickel-steel. A contract has lately been entered into with theSodium and Krupps 0f Germany for a five years supply of this metal. Forthe separation of the copper from the nickel, sodium is neces-sarv. In order to procure it, an alkali works has been erected, where (68 1
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NORTHERN ONTARIO Ontario salt is converted into sodium and chlorine. From the latter,bleaching powder is made to supply the home market. But the story of development does not end here. In the mining andsmelting- of iron and its conversion into manufactured articles, the recordpromises to be even more remarkable. Near Michipicoten harbor, onthe north shore of Lake Superior, 125 miles west of Sault Ste. Marie, veryextensive deposits of iron have been secured by the Clergue Companies.Ir M Operations on the Helen mine began in the spring of 1900, and by the following autumn 1,000 tors per day were being shippedin steel ships to the blast furnace at Midland. The ore is a rich red hema-tite, and it is estimated that on this property alone there are now 30,000,-000 tons of ore in sight. Other valuable iron deposits exist in the sameneighborhood. During 1900, four steel steamers, each of 2,500 tonsburden, were employed in transporting the ore. This season the capacityof the fleet will be doub

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