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metal which he took for lead. Consequently he [[strikethrough]] made [[/strikethrough]] filed a claim for a lead mine which turned out to be a vein of almost pure silver. I saw the vein on the surface between the rock about 4 to 5 inches wider. Could be polished with a knife so as to show the native metal from which indicated other veins in other fissures. Nipissing just a short distance further and other mines slowed the same abundance of unusually rich ore.
Lunch at the rudimentary hotel at Cobalt. A big wooden box divided in small wooden partioned 
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chambers serving as sleeping rooms about 15' X 8'. This is about all hotel accommodation which can be obtained. Many banks have [[strikethrough]] their repres [[/strikethrough]] erected subagencies at Cobalt. Service at hotel again by polite healthy looking young women. It certainly looks as if in Canada there was a more law abiding and gentler spirit than in the States.
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[[strikethrough]] A forma [[/strikethrough]] After lunch went with Dr. Stuart of Toronto to discover the whereabouts of Mr. Williams of Yonkers who was camping in the neighborhood with his family. Located him just near the [[strikethrough]] Ob [[/strikethrough]] O'Brien
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