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File contains a colour geological map of the province of Ontario ca. 1958, displaying the rock composition underlying the soil throughout the province.

File contains a photocopied typescript list of mineral samples from Hastings County possibly in the collections of Glanmore House, Belleville.

File contains a printed report to the Legislative Assembly of the [United] Province of Canada concerning mines and minerals in Hastings County in 1866.

File contains several typescript reports and correspondence concerning the mineral resources and the treatment of ores, including gold, iron, and other minerals found in Hastings County. Also contains a printed prospectus of The Gladstone and Sulphuret Gold Mining Company of Ontario ca. 1881, which had temporary headquarters at Belleville.

File contains a copy of a manuscript account of the history of Eldorado in Madoc Township, with particular attention to the gold mining industry.

File contains manuscript and typescript correspondence relating to potential leases and shareholders' interests in the Richardson Mine, Eldorado, Ontario. Also contains a printed circular to stockholders concerning the termination of the company's operations in 1868.

File contains a newspaper article concerning the discovery of gold in the Tweed and Actinolite areas in 1897.

File contains a manuscript original and copy of a memorial submitted by the Hastings County Council to Sir Edmund Walker Head, Governor-General of British North America, ca. 1857 requesting a railroad connection between the Marmora Iron Works and Belleville to facilitate the shipment of ore and provide a stimulus to mining in Hastings County.

File contains several newspaper articles concerning the explorations and operations of the Bethlehem Steel Company at Marmora, Ontario, including an account of the 1959 strike by the local of the United Steelworkers of America to which the miners belonged. Also contains a photocopied typescript of a draft chapter submitted for review in 1967 by Gerald E. Boyce concerning the history of mining in the Marmora area. Also present are two printed booklets entitled 'Bethlehem in Marmora' concerning the iron mining operations at Marmora and their shipping outlet at Picton Harbor.

File contains a manuscript index card concerning the specifications and production statistics of the Blairton Mine at Marmora in 1873.

File contains manuscript correspondence, deeds of sale, indentures and statements of account relating to the asbestos mining interests of William Nisbet Ponton in the Marmora area.

File contains a typescript circular letter to the members of the retail section of the Belleville Chamber of Commerce [BCC] from the BCC president J.C.R. Punchard concerning flood warning and watches established by the Moira River Conservation Authority [MRCA] during the winter of 1959. Also contains a printed flood warning statement issued by the MRCA, 14 April 1959. Also present are several newspaper articles concerning high waters and flooding of the Moira River in Belleville in March, 1959.

File contains a copy of Rocks and Minerals In Canada magazine, (Fall, 1964). Includes several articles on the mineral resources of Bancroft and district and local lapidary experts.

File contains a typescript list of maps of Hastings County and other areas of Ontario and Canada, ca. 1967.

File contains a booklet entitled 'Canada's Historic First Iron Castings' / by Harry Miller, for the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, (Ottawa, 1968.) The booklet traces the history and operations of the forge at Saint-Maurice, P.Q., 1738-1883.

File contains a printed prospectus to form a stock company to mine lead in Hastings County in 1863. Also contains a typescript press release of the National Museum of Canada, 2 March 1967 concering the donation to a group of museums in Canada of a large mass of silver ore from the Hi-Ho Silver Mine at Cobalt, Ontario.

File contains several newspaper articles concerning deposits of various ores including iron, silver and gold in Hastings County. Also contains a printed article entitled 'Mines and minerals' / by John A. Thompson Ace-High Novels Monthly, [n.d.] regarding the process of locating mineral ores.