This week Bill takes us inside of mining adit that has significance
It looks like an early spring and because of the mild winter people often ask, “Have you seen any bear sign yet?”
Most communities suffer from the boom and bust cycle of market conditions and the long-term viability of the mineral deposit. This was true of Cobalt, as highlighted in a recent story. North Bay has no active mines in the area but a large mining manufacturing and service sector. What can be startling is the diamond appearance of the deposit. It is now winter but in the other seasons on a sunny day, the sparkling pieces of transparent mica glisten as you walk the roadway to the destination.
A personal interview is sometimes like a mineral discovery especially when looking for information that is not there. Then you discover a gem of a person. Mr. Blanchette said the American government, through its agents, the Colonial Mica Company, contracted to take the entire output of this high-grade mica. It was thought that the Purdy Mica Mine was the largest source of muscovite in the "free world" during World War II. Its importance as an electrical insulator was paramount in manufacturing war munitions, used by armed forces around the world.
"Horses were used to drag the chunk up the side of the pit," said Mr. Blanchette. "It was always a hair-raising place to work and we took great care not to shatter such a prize find."
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