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Department were placed where directed in your instructions, and the mounds, 

 pits and trenches well formed in the proper position that applied to each case, 

 except at the point of intersection of the line between Townships No. 9 and Chalet 

 with the westerly limit of the Township of Marquette. This point was 4.5 

 links south of the northwest angle of the latter township, and as the placing of 

 another iron post, and the making of the necessary pits and mounds, would 

 interfere with those already there, the latter angle was made the point of inter- 

 section, and the old posts marked accordingly. 



The chainmen were instructed as directed by you, the steel tapes compared 

 with the standard before, and during, the survey; a clinometer used on all grades, 

 and every precaution taken to insure accurate measurements. 



Timber. 



A great part of the area included in the outlines has been timbered over 

 many years ago, but at the present time pulpwood is being taken out in places, 

 and some stands of jack pine adjacent to the Canadian Pacific Railway have 

 been cut quite recently. There is considerable timber of pulpwood size along the 

 first meridian, excepting the last five miles, and along the south boundaries of 

 Chalet and part of No. 7. The timber along the north boundary of Alton, the 

 west boundaries of Alton and 6 and 8, and the east half of the north limit of 6 

 and 8 is of good quality, much of it being suitable for pulp, with several good 

 stands of jack pine well suited for ties. Along the north and west limits of Alton 

 there is a considerable number of white and red pine, big and apparently of good 

 quality. Two large areas were recently burned over, one between the Hog's 

 Back Channel and the west branch of the Spanish River, on both sides of the 

 line between Townships 8 and 9; the other between the east and west branches 

 of the Spanish River on either side of the line between Townships 5 and 6. 



Water Courses. 



In this district is a network of excellent water courses. East of the C. P. R. 

 the three branches of the Spanish River, and the Dead River, with their connect- 

 ing lakes, furnish good routes for canoe traffic and river driving, the portages 

 being well cut out and comparatively short. West of the C. P. R. the Indian 

 Lake and the Hog's Back Channel provide a fine route to the Mississaga Forest 

 Reserve. 



Rock Formation. 



The predominant rock in this area is reddish coloured biotite granite of 

 Laurentian age. It is well exposed on the shores of many of the lakes, and on 

 the steep slopes of some of the hills. On the north limit of Township No. 5 

 inclusions of Keewatin schist were observed in the granite. On the north bound- 

 ary of Township No. 8 where the rock is well exposed in the brule area there are 

 several diabase dykes, and on the east shore of Indian Lake a big dyke, similar 

 in nature, some chains wide, on which have been staked a number of claims, was 

 noted, but no mineralization was detected. No indications of economic minerals 

 were observed during the entire survey. 



Physical Features .and Soil. 



The area as a whole is very hilly, and the granite ridges and the lakes have 

 a general north and south direction. The soil of nearly the entire area is a sandy 



