. The Varsity war supplement 1916. ded that his metallurgicalworks would forego the opportunity to treat the ore, notwithstanding heand Eustis had mined copper ore, containing some nickel, near the villageof Orford in Quebec, about 1878. Nickel in those years was worth around$ a lb. Messrs. Thompson and Eustis had erected a small reverberatoryfurnace, at Orford, hoping to smelt the ore. They took on double slag was too stiff—the metals would not separate—they confessedfailure. Consequently they bought a low grade copper mine at Capelton,Quebec, produced a matte, and shipped t
. The Varsity war supplement 1916. ded that his metallurgicalworks would forego the opportunity to treat the ore, notwithstanding heand Eustis had mined copper ore, containing some nickel, near the villageof Orford in Quebec, about 1878. Nickel in those years was worth around$ a lb. Messrs. Thompson and Eustis had erected a small reverberatoryfurnace, at Orford, hoping to smelt the ore. They took on double slag was too stiff—the metals would not separate—they confessedfailure. Consequently they bought a low grade copper mine at Capelton,Quebec, produced a matte, and shipped the matte to , however, to complete the treatment of the matte, without resortto others, Colonel Thompson concluded to have his own works makecopper ingots out of his ow n Canadian copper. So he located his refinery—?the Orford Copper and Sulphur Works—at Constable Hoek, alongsideof the Standard Oil refineries and various chemical plants. There it was that Sudbury District Nickel Copper ore became his. Nemesis, and outlined his life work He leased his Orford Works andwent west. Later he returned and made the acquaintance of Ritchie, asthe representative of those who were piling up overdrafts and ore at whatis now Copper Cliff. Richie, with all the exuberance of the Count ofMonte Christo and Colonel Sellers, declared theres millions in it!Copper ore for centuries of effort existed in the new Canadian fields. Greatly to his disappointment Colonel Thompson soon discoveredthere was a rift in the lute. His chemists could not coax copper out of theclean chalcopyrite they were receiving from Copper Cliff. This was whatled him to proffer the exclusive privilege of treating the ores to the NicholsChemical Company. Yet, when his chemists informed him there wasnickel in the ores, Colonel Thompson determined to master their metallurgy. It was easier thought of than done. What was to be his reward, wasbeyond his ken. Nickel steel alloys were among the things drea
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