1 62 The Ottawa Naturalist. 



whilst the remainder describes items of general or specific interest 

 to mining men, such as accidents, mining schools, etc. The 

 closes with the. fifth report of the Inspector of Mines. 



Maps — Two maps accompany the Report and bear more 

 particularly on the geological resources of the Rainy River 

 district, showing all mining locations filed up to date in the 

 Department of Crown Lands, June, 1895. — H.M.A. 



Fifth Report of the Bureau of Mines, Tofvrtto, 1895. Published 

 by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Toronto, 1896. 



In this report, just received, the Director of the Bureau of 

 Mines for Ontario discusses the important and growing industry 

 of gold mining. Besides this, the economic value and relations 

 of nickel, copper,gypsum, salt, petroleum, natural gas,and graphite 

 for Ontario are given. 



Section II contains Dr. A. P. Coleman's "Second Report 

 on the Gold Fields of Western Ontario" from p. 47 to p. 106. Prof. 

 Coleman quotes extensively from Dr. Lawson's report on the 

 " Geology of the Lake of the Woods Region," in part CC. of 

 the Geol. Survey of Canada, Rep. for 1885 and .other 

 geological survey reports. Bag Bay, Shoal Lake, the Manitou 

 region, L^ake Wabigoon and Lonely Lake region, Sandy Lake, 

 Lake Minnietakie, Abraham's L., and Pelican Lake, the Seine 

 River region, Vermilion and Shoal Lake, Little Turtle River, Sheep 

 Rock Lake with other gold locations and regions are reported 

 upon in detail accompanied at times by diagrams and cuts 

 showing the mode of occurrence of the various rock formations_ 

 Iron and silver locations are also described. 



The report closes with chapters on the " Glacial and post- 

 glacial deposits," pp. 87-93, quoting extensively from Dr. Dawson, 

 Dr. Lawson, Mr. Tyrrell, Mr. Upham and other writers, adding 

 several " stratigraphical and petrographical notes," pp. 94-105. 

 Maps of parts of the Rainy River district, exhibiting the Seine 

 River and Rainy Lake regions, also the Manitou, Wabigoon and 



