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river, running along a stretch of Huronian rocks, lies very 

 little south and is within two degrees east of the south end of 

 the Lake of the Woods. 



These are but very few of the many points taken up by 

 <Jompanies and prospectors. That some of them are well- 

 paying properties does not say that they are the only rich 

 mines. The districts quoted are miles apart and are scattered 

 over no less a region than of fifty miles square. There seems 

 no good ground for saying that all the good locations are 

 taken. 



6. The possibilities of failure are : 



(a). The circulating of false or misleading information 

 about localities. 



(b) The substitution under the name of one mine of 

 assays from samples of ore taken from recognized rich mines. 



(c) The returns made by incompetent analysts, not to 

 speak of fraudulent agents. 



(d) The running out of veins which may prove good for 

 a time. 



(e) The lack of money to develop. 



(f) The difficult}^ of guarding against dishonest em- 

 ployees, even when gold is secured. 



Undoubtedly there is room and much need for the govern- 

 ments of Ontario and Manitoba, which are interested in this 

 matter, having laws on mining, organizing competent scien- 

 tific departments, under which piecautions may be taken to 

 protect the public from deceit, and giving true assays of ore, 

 with certificates of the localities and the like. A government 

 -certificate should be issued only under the strictest regulations 



MANUFACTURING. 



1. The splendid sheet of water found in Lake of the 

 Woods, with its important tributaries, has for years given 

 opportunity for the important industry of lumbeiing. Excel- 

 lent timber is obtained from the banks of the streams leading 

 into Rainy River. Great numbers of logs are every season 

 brought down to where the Lake makes exit into Winnipeg 



