Interesting Facts to be Found Throughout This Booklet 
T HE world has used more metals in the last twenty years than in all Thirty vessels will bring bauxite, from which Aluminum is manufac- 
preceding time. This is a metal-power age, tense with invention, tured, from British Guiana to Quebec. The automobile industry is 
science and research. Tremendous mining activity is under way through- causing this by using 469, of the aluminum manufactured in America. 
out Canada and Canadians should endeavor to retain a large share of Page 78. 
their rich natural resources heritage. In 1911 Canada’s mineral pro- ) : 
duction was $103,220,994—in 1925 $224,846,237—a gain of 1187, in Hollinger Gold Mines, where 3,000 workmen pass through the gates 
fifteen years. See production chart, page 7. daily, 1s an indicator of what mining is doing for Canada. Eighty per cent. 
of the Northern prospectors and miners are Canadians drawing a high 
Gold at the rate of $2,500,000 per month is now being produced in wage and largely owning their own homes. Hollinger has sixty-five 
Northern Ontario. Canada ranks third, and will soon rank second, in miles of underground railway —pays $6,400,000 dividend yearly. 
the gold production of the world. Gold is the Canadian product which Page 21. 
commercial travellers do not have to be sent out to sell; it is current in 
every banking house in the world. See production chart, page 20. Lead and Zinc production have an important future in Canada. In 
. . : ; America last year the automobile used 8.59, of the lead production, 
The Silver mines of Northern Ontario have paid $100,000,000 wn 3.59, of zinc production. The radio, mainly in batteries, also uses a high 
Dividends, and have produced $300,000,000 to date. Cobalt continues percentage of lead production. See Lead Production Chart, page 67. 
production and dividend-paying, with South Lorrain and Gowganda 
silver mines now on the dividend list. Silver mining has the merit of Northern Ontario’s purchasing power from the production of its mines 
requiring less investment in order to get returns than gold mining. has reached the astounding figure of $60,000,000 annually. Northern 
Page 16. mining is probably not five per cent. developed—vision what a home 
The Nickel mines of Northern Ontario have paid $100,000,000 in parket wl be created when i iptifn poncens. developed De Xho raves 
sd : also furnish a remunerative home market for the settlers on the clay 
dividends and have produced $650,000,000 to date. The Sudbury mines tlt ol Railwavs. See Statistics, page S. 
produce 859%, of the nickel of the world, and are now running 409, over RB CaO, Wyss ’ 
pre-war production. They are in a more permanent position than ever McIntyre Mines are driving down a shaft 4,000 feet deep at a cost of 
before. Page 35. $2,000,000. The shaft alone is using one and a half million feet of square 
Copper-Gold-Zinc ores in Northern Quebec and Northern Manitoba timber. This five compariment a, i on Aen SU 
are attracting world-wide attention. Northern Manitoba ores, running ~~ VF And fohoveuil ent fer : pa ee To 
$13 to $30 per ton and over, exceed other American coppers; and betterments and rest account. tage 21. 
Northern Quebes, with iis 890 16.50 ore, surpasses all others.on ibe The use of water powers in Canada’s industries has increased 245% 
continent. See production chart, page 29. in ten years. Canada is now second per capita (next to Sweden) in water 
In Canada there is no taxation on indicated or proved ore reserves. power development in the world. Cheap water power for mining and 
The mining man from sections of the United States will grasp what it electrolytic smelting has a direct bearing on dividend returns. Canada’s 
means that there is no Municipal, State or Dominion Tax on developed enormous quantities of this white coal, is a safety factor favoring Can- 
or indicated tonnage and should decide now to secure holdings in Canada. adian investment and is unparalleled by any other country. Page 76. 
Page o. At Rouyn the Copper-Gold-Zinc content is running from $20 to 850 
$70,000,000 wn plant and power is now being invested by the Aluminum per ton with a Copper content at the Horne and elsewhere of from 49, to 
Company of America in Northern Quebec on Canadian National Railways. 159, and higher per ton. At the Horne Mine the average gold content 
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