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RPPC photo postcard of the Right of Way sliver mine headframe on land beside railway line, Name of mine on 2 sides 'RIGHT OF WAY MINING COMPANY LIMITED.
Labeled on front 'COBALT'.
On back TRAIN NO. 2 DEC 28 -- (N. )BAY & ENG(LEHART R.P.O.) Railway cancellation on 1 cent King Edward VII stamp, mailed to Toronto. “27/12/08 Hello Maude Wishing you a happy New Year Frank bx 589’
In 1908, North Bay and Englehart were key points on the newly built Temiskaming & Northern Ontario Railway (T&NO), a government-run line designed to open up Northern Ontario for settlement, agriculture, and mining.
This property was originally owned by the Temiskaming & Northern Ontario Railway as their mandate reserved the mineral rights for 50 feet on both sides of their track. On September 12, 1906 an Ottawa consortium leased this strip of ground from Mileage 101 to 105 for the sum of $50,000 and an annual royalty of 25%. This was the Right of Way Mining Company and eventually over 3,000,000 ounces was produced.
The building housing the headframe and adjoining facilities is a classic “rockhouse” The ore sorted at this facility was sent to a custom mill near the south end of Cobalt Lake
https://cobalthistoricalsociety.ca/right-of-way-mine/
The Cobalt silver rush started in 1903 when huge veins of silver were discovered by workers on the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway (T&NO) near the Mile 103 post. By 1905 a full-scale silver rush was underway, and the town of Cobalt, Ontario sprang up to serve as its hub. By 1908 Cobalt produced 9% of the world's silver… However, the good ore ran out fairly rapidly, and most of the mines were closed by the 1930s.
The Cobalt Rush was instrumental in opening northern Ontario for mineral exploration. Prospectors fanned out from Cobalt, and soon caused the nearby Porcupine Gold Rush in 1909, and the Kirkland Lake Gold Rush of 1912. Much of the settlement in northern Ontario outside the Clay Belt owes its existence indirectly to the Cobalt Rush.
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