Burgess Mine, Carlow Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canadai

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Burgess Mine	Mine (Inactive)
Carlow Township	Township
Hastings County	County
Ontario	Province
Canada	Country

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This mine is made up of a large adit driven into the west side of Burgess Ridge and a large dump located beside a pond about 35 meters from the adit.

The mine is within a northeasterly trending body of syenitic gneisses & pink & white leucosyenite pegmatite. These syenites, along with granitic rock, form the Burgess Ridge.
(Eardley-Wilmot, 1927, description as follows)
Mining was started in July 1902, on concession XIV, lot 14, by the Ontario Corundum Company. Operations were continued until 1905, when the property was taken over by the Ashland Emery and Corundum Company. Shipments were at first small and irregular, mainly owing to the depletion of the ore at the original location. Mining activities were transferred to a deposit on concession XVI, lots 15 and 16, north of Grady Lake, about 2 miles (3.22 km) to the north, from which a considerable tonnage was obtained for the next two years. In 1907 these deposits were also abandoned, and ore was taken first from concession XII, lot 10, a haulage of 3 miles (ca. 5 km) to the mill, and later from the deposit on John Armstrong's hill, concession XV, lot 10, about 1.5 miles (2.41 km) to the west.
Early in 1910, the Armstrong Corundum Company, Limited, secured a lease on the Burgess plant, but after operating only two months, it was taken over by the Manufacturers Corundum Company, which was already operating the Craig mill and mine about 4 miles (6.44 km) to the east. The crude concentrates from the Burgess mine were finished at the Craig mill.
In the main workings in the steep hillside just to the north of the old mill, the quarry is about 200 feet (ca. 61 m) in length with a 50-foot face. The corundum, which is very pockety, occurs as large, brown, or bronze crystals in coarse, micaceous, red pegmatite syenite. There is very little to be seen in place except at the north end of the workings near the contact of the syenite and banded gneiss.
The nearest railway is at Barry's Bay station, 32 miles (ca. 51 km) to the north. The ore and concentrates during the summer were hauled to a wharf on the York River and shipped by barge to the station.

In the main Burgess workings, the interbanded layers of grey and pink syenite lie almost horizontally. Corundum occurs in both types of syenite, sometimes in association with magnetite.

The mine buildings have long been removed, but the road through the property is passable for automobiles; the Burgess property is now PRIVATELY OWNED, and collecting is not permitted. NO TRESPASSING!

Mineral List

11 valid minerals.