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Nice photo postcard of the Matabanick Hotel located in Haileybury Northern Ontario. Men standing outside. The owner of this Hotel, Arthur Ferland was a key figure in the nearby Cobalt Silver Rush
Written on negative ‘MATABANICK HOTEL HAILEYBURY 2’
Message “Dear Brother this hotel is opposite the shop where I am working a few hundred yards from the lake shore. They have two roller rinks that I have seen here . form Bert”
Postmarked ‘HAILEYBURY ONT AP24 11’ and receiving postmarked ‘DUNVILLE ONT AP 25 11’.
Cobalt Silver Rush
In October (1903) another railway contractor, Tom Herbert, was working on the east side of Long Lake when he came across a vein. He described what he had found to Arthur Ferland that evening at the Matabanick. Walking the property the next day with Herbert, Ferland recalled his conversation with Gibson about ambiguity in the Mining Act. The Act stated that prospectors could stake claims 40 acres in size. However, a little known loophole in the Act, closed soon after, allowed the staking of 320 acres if a surface showing was discovered. With this information, Ferland spoke to four engineers working on the railway. Herbert sold his share to Ferland for $5,000, and Ferland formed a syndicate with the engineers. On October 21 they staked a claim of 846 acres on the east side of the lake. The great Nipissing Property had been born, dwarfing all others in the camp.
https://www.mindat.org/article.php/1398/Exploring+Cobalt+The+Historic+Silver+Capital+of+Canada
