CANADIAN WEALTH
Prospective wealth for Canada froia new discoveries of: precious, .metals may, it is hoped,' be'1 heralded'by1 * recent announcement'by Mr. :W: A. Gordon, then Minister of Mines. Geological experts sent' out"6n a -wide survey by the ' Canadian Government some time ago have'found,1 he says, several territories ' suitable for gold prospecting, and' one promising -silver area. In the North-west Territories there are 2900 square miles which' may contain gold; and in Manitoba, North* crn Saskatchewan, and British Colum«' bia there are similar condition's." West of Lake Superior important copper and nickel mineralisation was discov* ered, while 300 square miles are favourable to silver mining.- • Northern Quebec showed :important gold- -and copper prospects near Lake" Ohibou* game. • ' ' "..• ■■ -: • • - . •:.■
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 127, 25 November 1935, Page 14
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116CANADIAN WEALTH Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 127, 25 November 1935, Page 14
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