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Identifier: annualreport192000onta (find matches)
Title: Annual report
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Ontario. Dept. of Mines
Subjects: Mines and mineral resources
Publisher: Toronto
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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work was commenced on the Wright-Hargreaves and Wood-McKane (Kirkland Lake). In March, 1917, ample hydro-electric power reached the camp from Cobalt,65 miles distant, and active mining was begun on numerous properties. Towardthe close of the year mills were in course of erection on the Lake Shore and Kirk-land Lake, and at the latter the shaft had reached a depth of 700 feet. The Lake Shore mill commenced operating in March, 1919, and up to thestrike in June, 1919, produced bullion valued at $648,134.51, the recovery being$26.05 per ton. The finding of the main No. 2 deposit under the lake early in 1918was of great importance. The Tough-Oakes closed in the midsummer of 1918, thedeveloped ore having been exhausted. Other properties also closed temporarily onaccount of the high cost of supplies and labour. In 1919 three mills operated, namely: Kirkland Lake, Lake Shore and Teck-Hughes; and others were being constructed on the Burnside and Wright-Hargreaves. 1920 Kirkland Lake Gold Area
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2. M. PAKT IV. Department of Mines No. 4 Work was also resumed on the Ontario-Kirkland and on the Tough-Oakes, the latterhaving amalgamated with the Burnside. Owing to the miners strike, which causedall mining operations to cease from June 13th to October 22nd, 1919, the yearsproduction was low, namely, $489,207.30. Up to the end of 1919 the camp hadproduced bullion valued at $2,987,994.42. During the early part of 1920 the mines were running smoothly. The pro-duction for 1920 will probably be in the neighbourhood of one million dollars.The yield is small compared with the ten million dollars annual yield of Porcupine,the most important gold-mining camp in Canada; nevertheless, Kirkland Lake issecond in importance among Ontarios gold camps and is rapidly developing. It ischaracterized by the richness of its ore. y^ Topography The Kirkland Lake area is situated a few miles south of the divide betweenthe Hudson bay and river-St. Lawrence waters. A contoured topographical maphas been mad

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