THE MINES OF ONTARIO 43 



has made machine rooms healthier, cleaner, and 

 better lighted." 



The mining industries of Ontario for the most 

 part are happily shorn of those sensational elements 

 which engender wild excitement and fevered expec- 

 tation among speculators and adventurers. 



The traveller who skirts the northern shores of 

 Lakes Huron and Superior has little conception of 

 the hidden mineral wealth that lies beneath the hills 

 which the railways burrow. West and east, north 

 and south, mines are being discovered and worked. 

 With better machinery and the application of modern 

 methods of engineering, the marketing of mineral 

 wealth becomes only a question of time. 



The report of Mr. Thomas W. Gibson, Deputy 

 Minister of Mines shows the annual progress made 

 since 1903. The various products are valued as 

 follows : — 



As compared with 1908, the year 1909 shows an 

 advance of 28 per cent. 



The nickel and copper of Sudbury were the first 

 to be developed in the province. In this district the 

 Canadian Copper Co., the Mond Nickel Co., the 

 Dominion Nickel Co., and the Helen Iron Mines are 

 situated. The latter are the largest shippers of ore. 



