﻿ni] 
  The 
  Five 
  Isi^ands 
  : 
  Petite 
  Anse 
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  Prospect 
  hill 
  and 
  Round 
  Top, 
  which 
  occupy 
  separate 
  spurs 
  on 
  

   the 
  northern 
  end. 
  This 
  dividing 
  ridge 
  does 
  not 
  fall 
  below 
  80 
  

   feet 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  Prospect 
  hill 
  reaches 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  152 
  feet. 
  

   Its 
  eastern 
  slope 
  contains 
  two 
  deep 
  pit-like 
  depressions 
  which 
  

   are 
  occupied 
  by 
  wooded 
  ponds. 
  A 
  third 
  upland 
  lake 
  or 
  pond, 
  

   Willow 
  pond, 
  separates 
  Round 
  Top 
  from 
  Smith's 
  hill. 
  From 
  

   Smith's 
  hill 
  a 
  chain 
  of 
  hills 
  follow 
  the 
  shore 
  line 
  southwest 
  to 
  

   the 
  beautiful 
  residence 
  of 
  the 
  Avery 
  family 
  where 
  it 
  turns 
  and 
  

   extends 
  a 
  little 
  way 
  southeast. 
  A 
  fourth 
  pond 
  valley, 
  now 
  

   almost 
  entirely 
  drained, 
  separates 
  Plum 
  hill 
  from 
  Cherry 
  hill 
  

   which 
  with 
  its 
  outliers 
  occupies 
  the 
  southernmost 
  point 
  of 
  the 
  

   island. 
  The 
  whole 
  group 
  assumes 
  on 
  the 
  map 
  the 
  appearance 
  

   of 
  a 
  great, 
  rude 
  capital 
  E 
  near 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  Salt 
  mine 
  

   valley. 
  

  

  The 
  lakes. 
  — 
  The 
  three 
  upland 
  lakes 
  are 
  essentially 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  

   those 
  seen 
  on 
  Grand 
  Cote. 
  Willow 
  pond 
  is 
  reported 
  to 
  be 
  15 
  

   feet 
  deep 
  and 
  is 
  the 
  principal 
  ' 
  ' 
  crater 
  of 
  elevation 
  ' 
  ' 
  of 
  Thomassy 
  . 
  

   Wooded 
  pond 
  and 
  DeVance's 
  pond 
  show 
  remarkably 
  well 
  the 
  

   rounded 
  sink-hole 
  shape 
  of 
  these 
  valleys. 
  The 
  water 
  level 
  in 
  

   the 
  lake 
  is 
  between 
  35 
  and 
  40 
  feet 
  above 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Gulf. 
  This 
  

   would 
  show 
  the 
  lakes 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  comparatively 
  recent 
  origin 
  for 
  

   the 
  streams 
  have 
  not 
  yet, 
  even 
  with 
  this 
  gradient, 
  succeeded 
  in 
  

   cutting 
  down 
  their 
  outlets. 
  

  

  Near 
  the 
  old 
  mine 
  are 
  numerous 
  great 
  funnel 
  shaped 
  open- 
  

   ings 
  whose 
  origin 
  has 
  been 
  fully 
  explained 
  in 
  the 
  discussion 
  of 
  

   the 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  lakes 
  on 
  Grande 
  Cote. 
  Their 
  depth 
  ranges 
  

   from 
  20 
  to 
  60 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  surface. 
  To 
  prevent 
  water 
  from 
  

   running 
  into 
  these 
  holes 
  and 
  thus 
  into 
  the 
  mine 
  a 
  ditch 
  has 
  been 
  

   dug 
  to 
  conduct 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  stream, 
  which 
  flows 
  north 
  of 
  

   the 
  office, 
  into 
  Willow 
  pond 
  branch. 
  It 
  originally 
  emptied 
  into 
  

   Iron 
  Mine 
  run. 
  

  

  History 
  of 
  Mining 
  Operations 
  

  

  Early 
  period: 
  Prior 
  to 
  1862. 
  — 
  The 
  existence 
  of 
  brine 
  springs 
  

   and 
  possibly 
  rock 
  salt 
  on 
  Petite 
  Anse 
  was 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  aborigi- 
  

   nal 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  this 
  country 
  long 
  before 
  it 
  was 
  known 
  to 
  

   white 
  man. 
  A 
  great 
  deposit 
  of 
  potshreds 
  and 
  ashes 
  in 
  places 
  

   three 
  feet 
  thick 
  and 
  extending 
  over 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  possibly 
  five 
  acres 
  

  

  