Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1896 — IRON IN LABRADOR. [ARTICLE]

IRON IN LABRADOR.

Vast Riches Said to Exist in That Little Known Land. The existence of one of the greatest known deposits of iron ore nnd the fact that the larger portion of the supposed Labrador peninsula is in reality an islund, are among the latest discoveries of A. P. Low, of the Dominion Geological Survey. Mr. Low’s explorations were made in that part of central Labrador in which tha rivers Periboncn, Ontnrde. Moniconagan, and the Big river of Hudson Bay take their rise. The Municongan river was ascended for 200 miles from its mouth to Lake Mochalagun. Thence it was found impossible for a long distance to follow the stream, on account of its rnpid character and the high, rocky banks, which preclude portaging. For over six miles the river descends between almost vertical walls jn a continuous heavy rnpid. The first portage of ii mile and a half has u rise of over 600 feet. , f The deposit of Iron ore reported by Mr. Low is between the headwaters of' Ontarde and ‘Maniconagan rivers. The ore occurs in a gneiss composed of quartz, fuldapur aaul .maguetilt*,,. and according to the proportion of magnetite present grades from ferruginous gneiss into an almost pure iron ore of high grade. This bed, in great thickness, can be traced along the strike of the rocks for upward of thirty miles, and there is an immense niomitnin of almost pure metal, called by the Indians the “shinning mountain” because of the glistening of the ore faces In the sun. when they present a most dazzling appearance. -The provincial government is expected at once to send mining experts to report upon the deposit, but little cun be done toward developing it until a railway la built to it. i