. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1897-98, hether therewas any gold in it or not, but, judging fromthe appearance of the mercury, there waslittle or none. I also j^anned some of thegravel they were rocking, but found no are some extensive beds of gravelaround Massey bay, rising from 50 to 75 feetabove the w^ater line, but I found no gold inany of them. On Vermilion River. On Wednesday, tlie 25tli, we crossed thelake to Skynners bay on the west side of„ , , , Wahnapitae lake, from which a Marshy lake ^ on Vermilion chain of three small lakes and four river. ])ortages form a conne
. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1897-98, hether therewas any gold in it or not, but, judging fromthe appearance of the mercury, there waslittle or none. I also j^anned some of thegravel they were rocking, but found no are some extensive beds of gravelaround Massey bay, rising from 50 to 75 feetabove the w^ater line, but I found no gold inany of them. On Vermilion River. On Wednesday, tlie 25tli, we crossed thelake to Skynners bay on the west side of„ , , , Wahnapitae lake, from which a Marshy lake ^ on Vermilion chain of three small lakes and four river. ])ortages form a connecting linkwith the Vermilion river. We reached thelatter that night, opposite an expansion calledMarshy lake, in the northwest corner ofCapreol. On the east shore of this lakenumerous holes had been sunk in a gravel ,jbed of some extent. I found near the bankiiand near the surface a couple of colors in onftj!pan. In two holes sunk to a depth of eighfciland 12 feet farther inland, I found merelytraces of gold. I also examined a couple of 256. V. 1898 numerous holes bad cer (lej>th Paniiings e showed 3 or two ids from 1 nearly ss lake. lake is ti being was a ridge, done. ths of ter in 3 was from oald One s, I dis- ion. een out on 3k ] e invisible to the naked eye. her in the any gold. he next of consequence, were several locations. One on 257
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