. The province of Quebec: geographical and social studies . the earlier geographicalcontrol. Places on the power line have anequal chance with places at the source of thepower, if the transportation facilities and near-ness to raw materials are also equal. Establish-ed manufacturing centres, however, have theadvantages derived from the local institutionsw^hicli have grov,ai up in such centres and themore or less inherited adaptability of the localpeople to the industries. It is not out of placeto add that an essential industrial attraction ofincreasing importance to-day is wise, progres-sive,
. The province of Quebec: geographical and social studies . the earlier geographicalcontrol. Places on the power line have anequal chance with places at the source of thepower, if the transportation facilities and near-ness to raw materials are also equal. Establish-ed manufacturing centres, however, have theadvantages derived from the local institutionsw^hicli have grov,ai up in such centres and themore or less inherited adaptability of the localpeople to the industries. It is not out of placeto add that an essential industrial attraction ofincreasing importance to-day is wise, progres-sive, and above all, honest municipal admin-istration. MINING. The valuable metals are not foundin undisturbed sedimentary rock formations likethose of the Lowland Plain, but such rocks yieldin different parts of the world more or lessextensive deposits of economic character,such as crude oil, natural gas, salt and are not found in the Lowland Plain ofQuebec but the sedimentaiy rocks afford stonefor building purposes ,limestone for lime and the. ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY OF THE PROVINCE 85 manufacture of calcium carbide, and the mat-erials for bricks, tiles, and Portland cement. TheLorraine shales of Montmorency Falls are burn-ed for bricks; the Utica shales, mixed with Ledaclay, are burned at Delson and Laprairie for thesame purpose; the Leda clay alone is burned forbricks and for the making of agricultural tiles,and v/ith limestone is used in the manufactureof Portland cement. Bog iron ore and ochre are surface depositsboth on the Lowland Plain and on the Laur-entian Plateau, The bog iron ore is that whichwas smelted at Three Rivers nearly two hundredyears ago. In recent years it was worked for atime at the Radnor forges north of Three ore is formed in bogs and swamps by theaction of the organic acids arising from thedecay of plant life. The ochre is of similarorigin, and is used as red paint. The more valuable ores and minerals arefound in veins and masses in
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