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Mining : Marmora Iron Works, 1823

File contains a typescript brief biography of Charles Hayes who was an early promoter of iron ore mining and smelting in Blairton, near Marmora, Ontario.

[This is the text of a plaque erected in Marmora by the Archaeological and Historic Sites Board, Department of Public Records and Archives of Ontario. For more on the location of the plaque, see https://hastingshistoricalplaques.ca/regional-maps/marmora-ironworks-1823/92 .]

Plan of Gatling Co.'s Gold Mining Property and adjoining lots in Marmora

"Plan of Gatling Co.'s Gold Mining Property and adjoining lots, Marmora, County of Hastings, Ontario." Scale: 1:3000. Published by The Desbarats Lith. and Comp. Montreal.

Donated by the Col. W. N. Ponton Estate. Col. Ponton or a relation presumably made the additional pen-written notes on the map.

Gatling Company owned the Gatling and Tuttle shafts at the Delora Mine, which were first opened by the Gatling Gold and Silver Mining company in 1873.
Read more: http://www.marmorahistory.ca/1866-founding-of-deloro

Desbarats Lithography and Company

Bethlehem Steel Company, Marmora

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.

Marmora Iron Works : memorial to the Governor-General re: Belleville to Marmora railway

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.

Marmora : history

File contains a photocopied manuscript history of Marmora from ca. 1820 to 1965. Includes a hand-drawn map of the townsite. Also present is a photocopy of a one page extract from a survey of Midland District, 1822.

Warren, Grace

Marmora : history / by Grace Warren

File contains a photocopied manuscript entitled “History of Marmora,” by Grace Warren. Also contains a manuscript letter of explanation of the history from Ms. Warren to Carl Bateman, Hastings County Clerk. Also present is a photocopied excerpt from W.H. Smith's Canada: Past, Present and Future, outlining the history of Marmora Township and the Ironworks.

Warren, Grace