Annual report . lyl)rospected, as it will be in a short time owing to the rai)id settlement which is nowtaking ])lace. (\V. G. ^Miller in the Peport of the Ontario Bureau of Mines for]001.) ) ihe abo\e Icmarks were written nearly a generation ago, covering the territorybetween Lake Timiskaming on the south, and the height of land, between JamesBay and the St. Lawrence valley, on the north. It is interesting and instructiveto note that, since Dr. Miller suggested the ])ossibility of valuable ore depositsoccurring in this Iegion, deposits of undreamed-of richness have been is only
Annual report . lyl)rospected, as it will be in a short time owing to the rai)id settlement which is nowtaking ])lace. (\V. G. ^Miller in the Peport of the Ontario Bureau of Mines for]001.) ) ihe abo\e Icmarks were written nearly a generation ago, covering the territorybetween Lake Timiskaming on the south, and the height of land, between JamesBay and the St. Lawrence valley, on the north. It is interesting and instructiveto note that, since Dr. Miller suggested the ])ossibility of valuable ore depositsoccurring in this Iegion, deposits of undreamed-of richness have been is only necessary to mention Cobalt, Porcupine and Kirkland Lake to realizethat the prognostications stated in the preceding ])aragra])h have come true. As part of the Ben Ne\is area was included in the territory to which forecast referred, it is not unreasonal)le to believe that important orebodies will be found in tins oi- adjacent localities. Fornioi]y known as La iline Dor Huioni: 1920 Ben Nevis Gold Area. ?i -M. I. III. Department of Mines No. 4 Summary The Ben Nevis area constitutes part of that great belt of Keewatin rocks whichstretches across northeastern Ontario and includes such gold-producing cani]is asPorcupine and Kirkland lake. Since the Ben ISTevis area is underlain by dark-coloured Keewatin lavas which are intruded by a few masses of syenite and feldspar-por])hyry, it is a prospective field in which gold-bearing quartz veins of economicvalue may be found. Gold deposits occur in the country immediately south,]iamely: the Larder lake area.^ They are also found in Gauthier townsliip. imme-diately southwest of the area, including the Argonaut gold mine, and In both these areas, Gauthier township and Larder lake, auriferousdeposits were being worked at the time this report was written, March. quartz veins also occur north of the Ben Xevis area, in Holh)\vav andITarker townships. The BtU Xevis map embraces an area of some .JOO squ
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