Annual report . )orts. The data presentedregarding the iron ores, oil possibilities, and deposits of refractory cjay of a qualitysurpassing that of any yet found in Canada, are both interesting and go to show that much mineral wealth, some of it of a nature hithertounsuspected, exists in this northern region. I wish to express my appreciation of the courtesy and spirit of goodwillevinced by the Department of Mines at Ottawa, and of the valuable assistanceof R, G. McConnell, Deputy Minister of that Department, in the carrying out ofthis expedition. I have the honour to be, Sir, ^
Annual report . )orts. The data presentedregarding the iron ores, oil possibilities, and deposits of refractory cjay of a qualitysurpassing that of any yet found in Canada, are both interesting and go to show that much mineral wealth, some of it of a nature hithertounsuspected, exists in this northern region. I wish to express my appreciation of the courtesy and spirit of goodwillevinced by the Department of Mines at Ottawa, and of the valuable assistanceof R, G. McConnell, Deputy Minister of that Department, in the carrying out ofthis expedition. I have the honour to be, Sir, ^ Your obedient servant, Department of Mines,Toronto, 1920. Thos. W. Gibsox, Deputy Minisier of Pliotn bj J. G. Cross. Smoky Falls, Mattagami Rivkk. These beautiful falls, with a drop of 86 feet, receive their name from the mist which continually hangs over the crest. I.—PRE-CAMBRIAN ROCKS AND IRON ORE DEPOSITS In the Abitibi=Matta8:ami Area By J. Q. Cross Introduction Acting under instructions from Thos. W. Gibson, Deputy Minister of Minesfor Ontario, the writer joined the party which was in 1919 making a reconnaissancesurvey of the proposed extension of the Timiskaming and Xorthern Ontario rail-way from Cochrane to Moose Factory. He was instructed to examine care-fully the territory along the projected route and to confine the work to the pre-Cambrian area. The Paleozoic formations and clays were to be investigated, re-spectively, by M. Y. Williams and Joseph Keele, of the Department of Mines,Ottawa, Dr. Williams and Mr, Keele were to report upon mineral occurrences ofa non-metallic nature, and it was the writers duty also to examine and report indetail on the deposit of iro
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