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Mining boom across Atlantic and Canadian frontiers expands
Smelting works near St John New Brunswick. William Gibson opens quarry in Bocabec black granite district. gold shard from Ballou mine Malaga Nova Scotia. new vein found at Lake Rosseau Muskoka. Ontario diamond drills to be purchased. Canadian ore usage rises with 90 percent from Canada. Rat Portage Mining Company advances Black Jack mine with 750 acres planned and 10 stamp mill setup.
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St. John
N.B
Harbor
Wm. Gibson
Boston
Bocabec
Ballou
Malaga
N.S
Nappan
Amherst
Peter Pascoe
Milwaukee
Michipicoton
Michipicoton Island
Ontario
Toronto
Port Arthur
Rat Portage
McKellar’s Island
Port ‘Arthur
Ont
Duluth
J A. Camirand
Sherbrooke, Que
J.W.Y. Smith
FP. Reid
Wim. Hood
Moncton
Hopewell Hill
Albert
N.L
Hall
John A. McPhee
Sheet Harbor
Morehouse
Hamilton Smelting
Lake Superior
Windsor
Gypsum Co. Nox
Wentworth
Baltimore
W.E. Wortman
Salisbury
Black Jack
Lake of the Woods Gold and Silver Mining Co