File contains a manuscript petition of the Marmora Iron Company to the County of Hastings Council in 1857 requesting the reduction of toll rates on the Hastings County roads through which iron and coal passed.

File contains a newspaper clipping announcing the offer for sale of the Marmora Iron Works on July 23, 1827.

File contains a printed program of events at the unveiling of a historical plaque commemorating the opening of the Marmora Iron Works in Blairton in 1823. Also contains two photocopied engravings of the Blairton Iron Mine.

File contains a photocopied manuscript memoir by Gertrude Hay Caverly, relating her experiences as an early settler in northern Marmora Township and describing conditions in the township ca. 1850-1857. Submitted to Gerry Boyce for his book, Historic Hastings.

File contains photocopied extracts from the Hastings Directory, 1860-61, 1864-65. Includes a brief description of the village of Marmora, and the Township of Marmora together with a listing of landowners by concession and lot and a description of the natural resources in the area.

File contains a photocopied typescript history of Mayo Township from its settlement in 1858 to ca. 1906. Also contains an excerpt from the 1889 Hastings County Directory, listings Mayo and Carlow Township land owners by concession. Also contains a newspaper clipping concerning the history of McArthur's Mill to 1934.

File contains a photocopied typescript history of Mayo Township from 1858-ca. 1964 by Marjorie Slater, McArthur's Mill, Ontario. Also contains a printed brochure ca. 1960s, of YMCA Camp Wangoma near McArthur's Mills, Mayo Township.

File contains photocopied manuscript field notes of H.O. Wood, Provincial Land Surveyor, 1869, and M.J. Butler, Provincial Land Surveyor, 1880. Provides description of Mayo Township natural resources including timber and soil potential.

File contains a newspaper article concerning exploratory drilling for natural gas and oil in Trenton and Melrose, Ontario in 1964.

File contains several original printed and manuscript stock certificates issued to members of the Johnston family for shares in the Melrose Oil Syndicate, in 1903.

File contains a newspaper clipping which includes a reprint of a letter from W.N. Ponton concerning a mineral springs on the Ponton property in West Belleville near Zwick's Island.

A double sided, folded map showing the location and types of mineral in Ontario. The back side shows photographs of each type of mineral. Published by the Ministry of Industry & Tourism and Ministry of Natural Resources.

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

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 printed map of the Geological Survey of Canada showing the distribution of corundum deposits in Hastings and Renfrew Counties in 1898.

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

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.

File contains a completed printed share in the Hawkeye Gold and Silver Mining Company.