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be that Cobalt has reached or is approaching its 

 ch'macteric, for it must not be forgotten that a mining 

 camp will not last for ever. The present rate of 

 production may, however, be maintained for some 

 time to come, and doubtless Cobalt will be producing 

 silver a generation hence." 



Porcupine goldfields, which attracted a good deal 

 of attention recently, are situated in Whitney and 

 Tisdale, west of the recently opened Temeskaming and 

 Northern Ontario Railway, and near to Kelso on the 

 Canadian Pacific. 



In 1899 the region was explored by Dr. W. A. 

 Perks on the behalf of the Provincial Bureau of Mines. 

 He discovered gold widely distributed, whilst the 

 region south of the trail to Porcupine and other areas 

 showed traces of the metal. With the approach of 

 the railway in 1907, there was a rush made by 

 Victor Mathison for Nighthawk Lake District. In 

 1909 John S. Wilson and a party discovered Dome 

 Mine, and from that centre a region of fifty miles 

 yielded gold, varying in grade to the prospector. A 

 boom in speculation followed. A letter to the 

 " London Times " urged the investment of British 

 money in the enterprise. 



A Glasgow firm sent out a representative to 

 investigate, with the result that the Scottish Ontario 

 Syndicate, was formed, and property was acquired. 

 Other British companies followed. 



Expert opinion was generally favourable to the 



