Box 1, Folder 10: Notebooks

[Left Page] Monday July 1-1872 Bartley & Thomas [and circled] Breen discoverd an iron mine on N 1/2 Sec 22 T " 39 R 28 in — 1866 -

Temp - of a Spring water 43° Brook 55°

Ores dip 10° to 15° S Strike NE & SW

Examined the several pits and trenches made to expose the one of the Breen Mine.

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[Pencil Sketch with text] Section through Breen Mine North & South

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The covering of drift from 2 to 6 feet did not admit of an examination of the inclosing rocks.

The boulders and pebbles are largely made up of Potsdam Sandstone & Lower Magnesian Limestone.

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Tuesday July 2

[Pencil Sketch with text] Sec 8 T 39 R 28 Mich Little Sturgeon Falls

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[Pencil Sketch - Map with text]

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Walked to the foot of the Little Sturgeon falls; examined them along the South bank of the river

Missed the way home

Laid under a log all night in the rain, near a creek

Matches wet & good for nothing hence had no fire

Comfortless night!

[Left Page] Wednesday July 3d

Spent the day searching for home! Lost in the woods -! 4 of us

Bottom of small lakes white with a soft slushy matter that I take to be nothing pollen of the pine

Found two small lakes not on Government Plats: one oval one triangular

[Right Page] [Pencil Sketch - Map] Sulphur Spring Cousin Jack's Lake 20 acres or so Lake

Lakes Where not known at present

Below the inlet from this lake on the northern west side of Hamilton Creek, and above the Long Hamilton Lake is a fine Sulphur Spring! Which may at some future time become famous.

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Rambled northward to a creek which we followed down to Hamilton Lake, from whence we knew our way home! Great relief —

Got to Camp at 3 p m hungry & weary!

The Section lines and corners are so grown over as not to be recognized except by experts, of which we had none. [line drawn]

A pit 6 feet deep between house & spring shows lean one at bottom in place

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July 4th Made further examination of the Breen Mine

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1-Boulder drift, granite, diorite Potsdam Sandstone, Lower Mag. Limestone Iron ores &c &c with reddish clay. 2-Rotten iron ore in its natural bed. 3-Slaty ore, Rock ore & Banded ore . 4 & 6 - Same as 1 5 same as 3