MINING IN NEWFOUNDLAND. The extent of the Newfoundland fisheries in which such a large proportion of the inhabitants of the colony are employed may have caused the importance of its mineral industry to be overlooked to a certain extent. As a matter of fact however recent investi gation has shown that deposits of copper and iron ore in various forms are so extensive that the island prom ises to contribute a very large percentage of these metals to the world's sup ply for an indefinite pe riod. While gold-bearing quartz as well as lead and silv er ores have been found in various parts of the
MINING IN NEWFOUNDLAND. The extent of the Newfoundland fisheries in which such a large proportion of the inhabitants of the colony are employed may have caused the importance of its mineral industry to be overlooked to a certain extent. As a matter of fact however recent investi gation has shown that deposits of copper and iron ore in various forms are so extensive that the island prom ises to contribute a very large percentage of these metals to the world's sup ply for an indefinite pe riod. While gold-bearing quartz as well as lead and silv er ores have been found in various parts of the island the access i bility of the iron and cop per deposits has caused attention to be confined to these almost entirely. The mining of copper has been carried on about f or ty years but only recently have the beds been worked on an extensive seal e. The principal center of the industry is in the vi cinity of what is known as Tilt Cove near Notre Dame Bay on the north ern coast. There are four mines adjacent to Tilt Cove named North East South and West respec- of large buckets attached to cables wound on drums. It is then emptied into tramcars and hauled by ani mal power to the ore docks. At some of the ore mines the deposits are so near the docks and at such an elevation above them that the loaded cars can be car ried to the vessel's side by gravity being hauled back by a cable system. At present the output of the three localities referred to ranges between 75000 and 85000 tons of ore an nually. None of it is smelted in Newfoundland about half being shipped to England and half to the United States for this purpose. Nearly all of the deposits are found in the serpentine formation and are in the lower Silurian series of rocks. The ore occurs how ever in a chloritic slate which lies parallel to the serpentine rock. The ore assays as high as 12 per cent of pure metal and the veins have been traced a distance of 40 miles in the Notre Dame region. It is an interesting fact that the iro
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