of 1921 , gold ore was being put through the reduc- 

 tion plants of the gold mines of the Porcupine 

 and Kirkland Lake fields at an aggregate rate of 

 approximately 2,066,400 tons every thirty days. 

 Based upon the achievements of the months of 

 September and October, an estimate of $1,584,- 

 000 in gold bullion per month is made. This 

 means that ore is being drawn from the gold 

 mines of Northern Ontario at the rate of ap- 

 proximately 25,996,800 tons annually, resulting 

 in a yearly production of about $19,008,000. 

 This means an increase of more than seven 

 million dollars over the 1920 valuation, according 

 to the estimate of a writer in the Canadian 

 Mining Journal. Another estimate of the Tem- 

 iskaming district, which embraces the Porcupine 

 and Kirkland Lake fields, is a daily rate of 

 $52,300, or equal to more than thirty per cent 

 of the total current yield of the United States. 

 The preliminary estimates of the Canadian 

 Mining Journal of the value for the year, by 

 individual mines, is as follows: Hollinger Con- 

 solidated, $12,000,000; Dome Mines Company, 

 $2,880,000; Mclntyre- Porcupine, $2,100,000; 

 Wright-Hargreaves, $720,000; Lake Shore Mines, 

 $540,000; Teck-Hughes Gold Mines, $384,000; 

 and Kirkland Lake Company, $384,000. 



Over 3,000 Men Employed 



In order to produce gold at the above rate 

 there are approximately 2,600 men employed at 

 the mines of the Porcupine district, whilst there 

 are approximately 500 men at the mines of 

 the Kirkland Lake district, making a total of 

 3,100. These figures deal only with the seven 

 mines at present producing and do not include 

 properties in the development stage which, 

 on a conservative estimate, would add another 

 300 or 400 men to the total employed. 



The prospects for 1922 are even brighter and 

 indications would lead to the assumption that 

 this year's production will again be substantially 

 greater, as the result of the initial steps in devel- 

 opment effected in 1921, which will be completed 

 this year. The same authority estimates that 

 completed developments will add to production 

 to the extent of 780 tons in daily capacity, divi- 

 ded as follows: Schumacher, 200 tons; Por- 

 cupine Crown, 140 tons; Porcupine V.N.T., 100 

 tons; Dome Lake, 100 tons; Tough-Oakes, 140 

 tons; and Ontario-Kirkland, 100 tons. 



Allowing for an income of $10 per ton, and 

 not making allowances for enlargement of plants, 

 which will undoubtedly take place, the daily in- 

 come of these mines should reach approximately 

 $7,800, or at therate of $2, 847,000 per year. 

 This production, added to the current output, 

 tends to indicate a yield at the rate of $21,855,- 

 000. Additional probabilities are increases of 

 possibly $2,000,000 a year on the Hollinger and 

 $1,000,000 on the Mclntyre, thereby making a 

 total of close to $25,000,000 within the range of 



possibility within the next year or so, or about 

 six million dollars in increase over the 1921 esti- 

 mated value. 



The Eel Fishery 



Recently, to meet a sudden dearth of eels 

 in the New York market, some 200,000 of these 

 fish, worth $100,000, were shipped to the United 

 States city in three specially constructed barges 

 which were so arranged that water flowed in and 

 out of the vessels at all times, keeping the fish 

 alive. The fish, stated to be the finest kind of 

 silver eels from the mouth of the St. Lawrence 

 river, passed through both salt and fresh water 

 in their journey without suffering any ill effects 

 and arrived in New York in the pink of condition. 

 The sudden discovery of the absence of eels 

 from the fishstalls of New York and the ensuing 

 demand, called for hasty catch and quick ship- 

 ment, and no expense was spared in securing 

 the amount needed and in getting it to the desti- 

 nation. 



.This urgent demand of the United States 

 and the fact that a shipment of such extent could 

 so speedily be amassed and so rapidly absorbed 

 by the market, may have a special significance 

 for the fishing industry in Canada and the pos- 

 sibility of the Dominion enlarging and expand- 

 ing her market for this fish when it is considered 

 that the total annual export falls in value be- 

 low this special consignment. 



Eels are common in all Canadian rivers dis- 

 charging into the sea, and the specie found in the 

 waters of the Dominion is of a high quality and 

 in general favor. The eel was exploited at a 

 very early stage of Canadian history, the dis- 

 coverers and founders of New France describ- 

 ing the Indians as indulging extensively in the 

 fishery and the catch forming an important item 

 in their diet. Fishing along the St. Lawrence 

 river by day was practiced with a wicker bas- 

 ket, into which the fish were led at low tide 

 through a way arranged by heaping stones along 

 the beach. At night the Indians fished for the 

 eel with a harpoon, a light at the prow of the 

 canoe. They were in the habit of smoking the 

 catch and hanging the cured fish about their 

 wigwams for future consumption. 



High Quality and Flavor 



The industry in Canada at the present 

 time is not very extensive, though holding pos- 

 sibilities in the prolificness of the waters in 

 many sections. A valuable fishery is carried on 

 on the Richelieu River which brings in from $10,- 

 000 to $15,000 to its owner. There is another 

 profitable fishery carried on from Navy Island 

 in St. John harbor, New Brunswick. These are 

 the only two commercial enterprises of any size 

 and import. Of recent years, eels have been in- 

 troduced into Lake Ontario, where they are 

 thriving, with the promise of returning a hand- 



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