Newtown Township find, Ontario

In 1976 Talisman Mines Ltd. and The Shield Development Co. Ltd. formed a venture to explore an asbestos find in Newtown Township, in the Rush Lake-Horwood Lake area of northern Ontario, Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, reported; the U.S. Bureau of Mines' Minerals Yearbook called it "a possibly important new find."^1,2 The sources describe its extent differently: the journal reported "five separate showings of asbestos mineralization along a length of just over 1,600 feet," and later "surface showings of asbestos fiber along a strike length of 5400 feet," while the yearbook described "asbestos mineralization over 3 miles long."^1,2,3 The yearbook added that some fibers "may be 1-1/2 inches long and of spinning quality."²

The documents describe this as a deposit or prospect: they report exploration or describe the deposit, not mining for sale.³

Year by year

Every statement about this mine in the documents, in each document's own words, by the year it is about.

1976

• Exploration: “Algoma-Talisman found five separate showings of asbestos mineralization along a length of just over 1,600 feet; some of the fiber is as long as 1½" and is of spinning grade” (Talisman Mines Ltd.; The Shield Development Co. Ltd.), p. 32¹
• Exploration: “a 50-50 venture for the exploration and development of an asbestos-bearing property discovered by Hollinger Mines Ltd. in the Rush Lake-Horwood Lake Region; surface showings of asbestos fiber along a strike length of 5400 feet” (Talisman Mines Ltd.; The Shield Development Co. Ltd.), p. 34³
• Exploration: “A possibly important new find in northern Ontario” (Talisman Mines, Ltd.; Shield Development Co., Ltd.), p. 9²
• Exploration: “asbestos mineralization over 3 miles long ... fibers may be 1-1/2 inches long and of spinning quality”, p. 9²

References

1. Asbestos Magazine, 1976, August 1976 (August 1, 1976), p. 32.
2. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1976 (January 1, 1977), p. 9.
3. Asbestos Magazine, 1976, December 1976 (December 1, 1976), p. 34.