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Typically, the quiet area located on the Temiskaming waterway quickly became Ontario’s first mining boomtown soon after the first claim was filed. Known as the hard-rock mining birthplace of Canada, it was the world’s fourth largest silver producer at its peak.

Silver Mined By First Nations People

First Nations people are known to have inhabited the area for at least 6,000 years. The silver that was mined by them was traded for goods. Some was traced through the eastern woodlands of North America, and as far as Florida. Silver artifacts that dated back 3,000 years were found in Temiskaming area burial mounds.

Geologist Confirmed Quality of Mineral

Ore samples found by Fred LaRose were sent to Professor Willet Green Miller, Ontario’s first Provincial Geologist. He determined that LaRose’s samples carried a high percentage of native silver (the purest form). During inspections of the area, Miller saw that some loose pieces were “as big as stove lids and cannon balls”. He posted a sign by the railway tracks which named the town Cobalt.

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