THE RICHES OF CANADA.
The fact that the mineral wealth of Canada has simply been scratched is being proved all the time. In Northern Ontario there has been discovered what is said to be the largest deposit of chromium ore known. Chromium is the essential element in the manufacture of stainless steel. Over a hundred tons of this form of steel were used in strengthening the dome of St.. Paul's, and some of the new shop-fronts arc made of it. The discovery, about a hundred miles north of Winnipeg, of the valuable mineral known as beryl is proving of great interest to mining and industrial experts. BerylHum has about half the weight of aluminium and three times its strength, and if produced in sufficient quantities it will revolutionise the motor and aeroplane industries. This deposit is said to be most promising. But perhaps the most important recent discovery is that of a large deposit of radium-bearing ore in Haliburton, Ontario. This ore is believed to be the richest in radium yet discovered.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20762, 3 January 1931, Page 5 (Supplement)
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