Royal Ontario Nickel Commission Report and Appendix, 1917 No. 4429

Archive

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Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

Name/Title

Royal Ontario Nickel Commission Report and Appendix, 1917 No. 4429

Entry/Object ID

2009.015.004

Tags

Mining History, Mining Industry, Nickel Mining, Sudbury, Ontario, International Nickel Company of Canada (INCO), Mond Nickel Mine, Copper Mining

Scope and Content

Book, report of the Royal Ontario Nickel Commission in the year 1917.

Context

The report discusses the state of the nickel industry as of 1917 in Ontario as well as: public ownership, uses of nickel, nickel deposits, competition, refining processes, hydro-electric power, costs of refining, nickel-copper steel, nickel statistics, nickel as a by-product, price of nickel, losses in mining smelting and refining, sulphur fumes, precious metals, trade conditions. Naturally, the book focuses heavily on the Sudbury area and mines. The book is broken down into chapters, they are as follows: 1. Agitation for Home Refining of Nickel 2. Historical Sketch of Nickel Discoveries 3. The Operating Nickel Companies 4. Nickel Deposits of the World 5. Properties and Uses of Nickel and its Compounds 6. Non-Ferrous Nickel Alloys 7. Nickel, Steel, and Other Nickel Alloys Containing Iron 8. Smelting Nickel Ores 9. Refining Processes 10. Recovery of Metals of the Platinum Group 11. Recovery and Utilization of Sulphur 12. Statistics 13. Taxation of Mines and Mining Industries

Collection

Mining History, International Nickel Company of Canada

Cataloged By

unknown

Category

Primary Source

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Report, Technical

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Report

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Administrative Records

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

A. T. Wilgress

Date(s) of Creation

circa 1890

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

Royal Ontario Nickel Commission Report and Appendix, 1917 No. 4429

Description

Book, report of the Royal Ontario Nickel Commission in the year 1917.

Creator

Royal Ontario Nickel Commission

Date(s) of Creation

1917

Subjects

History, Nickel mining, Industrial development, Mining, Copper mining, Iron industry

Notes

"Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited" stamped onto first page

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Toronto, Ontario

State/Province

Ontario

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number (Assigned from FileMaker)

Other Number

712

Dimensions

Width

6-3/4 in

Length

9-3/4 in

Location

Location

Wall

Mining History Section

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Category

Storage

Date

February 1, 2022

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Poor

Condition Detail

Embrittlement, Fading, Scratch

Date Examined

Feb 1, 2022

Examined By

Kat Bezaire

Materials

paper, ink, binding, leather

Notes

The spine is extremely fragile and in some parts the binding is no longer attached

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Mining History

Provenance Detail

Fran Michelutti

Owner/Agent

Fran Michelutti

Role

Board Member

Place

* Untyped Place

Capreol, Ontario

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Acquisition Method

Gift

Notes

Donated on November 4th, 2009 by Fran Michelutti

Deaccession

Deaccession

Duplicate Item

Notes

The duplicate copy was deaccessioned on February 1, 2022

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Originally cataloged by an unknown user, re-cataloged on February 1, 2022 by Kat Bezaire

Created By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Create Date

February 1, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

February 1, 2022