| Show SILVER MINES M INES AT COBALT new york commercial members of the canadian parliament have just completed a hurried visit to 4 a few of the big mines in the cobalt silver district of ontario three hours were spent visiting the timmins and mine at cobalt at the timmins property a rich vein was uncovered only last week and the visitors had the opportunity of inspecting what is claimed to be the richest silver mine in the world the vein is four or five inches wide on the surface and runs to an unknown depth A nugget was exposed which was said to contain pounds of metal almost solid silver several visitors went down into one of the working mines and observed the process of blasting out the ore and removing it to jhb surface at the Thet heway mine ore rich in silver cobalt and arsenic was being brought out and the product of the timmins mine was readily seen even by the inexperienced perien ced who were about collecting samples prospectors have been going up the montreal river in droves lately from latchford and many properties are being worked nothing startling has hitherto resulted but the development at several places has gone on sufficiently to give indications of good values A nugget weighing about pounds was brought up to the imperial bank at cobalt last week it had been taken from a good sized calcite silver vein and carries fair percentage of silver there a is noth starting in either its size or value nothing but it a most encouraging indication of is 8 what be expected from this latch latchford ford toay n end of the t camp and hudson bay prospect pros pectin parties are still quite fashionable 8 but t th ll 11 e old prospectors are satisfied that the ji first rat new camp will be located much nearer the cobalt camp than either of those more inore dis tant points the movements of men ho are known to have been tramping through the different parts of the north country are carefully watched so intent is everyone to find the location of this new promised land where the opportunity will be offered to those who first get wise to drop in in on the ground floor until fits its location it is satis satisfactory fae to know that new discoveries are being made on the properties which are being developed in the township of coleman the parliamentary visitors were staggered at the real live opportunity offered to them at the la rose or ti timmins emins mine of walking on a vein of solid silver and all they had to do was to scrape the heels ol of their boots on what they were walking on and the shine and glisten of the silver convinced them that it was no dream where the steam drill was in operation a good sized nugget was disclosed firmly imbedded embedded im bedded in the vein like a huge cone it lay exposed obtruding i itself upon their notice fortunately for the mine owners it was still solid in the vein so there was no temptation to remove it and carry it away as a souvenir |
