Ontario Mining, The Early Years...

Name/Title

Ontario Mining, The Early Years...

Entry/Object ID

2022.221.01

Tags

Mining History, Mining Industry, Ontario History, Prospecting History, Cobalt, Ontario, District of Sudbury, Southern Ontario, Eastern Ontario, Timmins, Ontario, Porcupine, Ontario, Northern Ontario, Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Red Lake, Ontario, Oil and Gas, Temiskaming Northern Ontario, Ontario Northland, Sudbury, Ontario, District of Cochrane, District of Temiskaming

Scope and Content

Book containing a photographic history of mining in the Province of Ontario.

Context

The book includes a list of mining highlights/events that occurred in Ontario between 1604 and 1940. It also categorizes the photographs into chapters, featuring a short caption on each. They are as follows: 1. Prospecting and Mining Methods 2. Mines Ministers 3. Southern and Eastern Ontario 4. Discovery at Sudbury, (The Devil, you say!) 5. Cobalt 6. Timmins and the Golden Porcupine 7. Kirkland Lake 8. Upper Great Lakes 9. Red Lake 10. Oil in Canada 11. The Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway

Collection

Mining History, District of Sudbury Collection, District of Cochrane Collection, District of Temiskaming History Collection

Cataloged By

Matthew Gill

Category

Secondary Source

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

Ministry of Natural Resources

Date(s) of Creation

1900

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

Ontario Mining, The Early Years...

Description

Book containing a photographic history of mining in the Province of Ontario.

Creator

John Stiff

Date(s) of Creation

1973

Subjects

History, Mining, Prospecting, Photographs

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Ottawa, Ontario

State/Province

Ontario

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number (Assigned from FileMaker)

Other Number

13806

Dimensions

Width

7-1/4 in

Length

7-1/4 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 28, 2022

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Condition Detail

Scratch

Date Examined

Feb 28, 2022

Examined By

Kat Bezaire

Surface

One small scratch on the front cover

Materials

paper, ink, staples

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Linda Johnson

Owner/Agent

Linda Johnson

Role

Donor

Place

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Acquisition Method

Gift

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Originally cataloged on February 26, 2015 by Matthew Gill, re-cataloged on February 28, 2022 by Kat Bezaire

Created By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Create Date

February 28, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

February 28, 2022