Canadian engineer . and import-ance, until it now occupies third place among the silver-producing communities of the world, the output beingexceeded only by Mexico and the United States. Duringthe year igii the output was approximately 33,000,000ounces, and the production for 1912 will probably be aboutthe same. The camp embraces an area of approximatelyseven square miles, in which there are thirty shippingmines, besides several non-shippers, and fourteen con<:en-trators. The running of mining machinery for comparatively smallplants, as most of those in Cobalt were, does not readilylend its
Canadian engineer . and import-ance, until it now occupies third place among the silver-producing communities of the world, the output beingexceeded only by Mexico and the United States. Duringthe year igii the output was approximately 33,000,000ounces, and the production for 1912 will probably be aboutthe same. The camp embraces an area of approximatelyseven square miles, in which there are thirty shippingmines, besides several non-shippers, and fourteen con<:en-trators. The running of mining machinery for comparatively smallplants, as most of those in Cobalt were, does not readilylend itself to economical operation. The distance of Cobaltfrom the co il-producing centresis great, and asit is an all-railhaul, the cost ofcoal at the minesis neces s a r i 1 yhigh, averagingbetween $6 and$ per ton. Asa con sequence,coal generatedpower is series of tests,carried on at thedifferent minesover a consider-able period, es-t a b 1 i s h e d theaverage cost forthe camp at be-t w e e n 150 and horse. Interior of Concrete Power House on Matabitchouan River, showing four Generators, each being direct-connected to a 2,750 Turbine. $175 perpower year. Within a com-paratively shortdistance of Cobaltthere were severalgood water pow-ers, and when it was seen that the camp was firmly estab-lished as an important producer of silver, and that therewas no question as to its permanence, copapanies wereformed for the development and distribution of this poweron a large scale. Considering the small area and the largenumber of consumers, the district lent itself very readilyto this scheme. Among these companies was the Mines Power, Limited,now known as the British Canadian Power Company, formedby E. A. VVallberg and F. John Bell, of Montreal, whichsecured a valuable water power on the Matabitchouan River,about twenty-two miles distant from Cobalt. Permissionwas also given by the Government to dam several of thelakes above the falls, thus providing for a large s
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