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06/04/08

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How Canadian Prehistoric Wealth Was Found

In the pre-Confederation days prospectors crossing Northern Ontario were puzzled by the fact that their compasses spun crazily in the area of present day Sudbury.

The mystery of the spinning compasses was eventually solved during the 1880s when construction gangs were blasting with dynamite through the pre-Cambrian rock in order to lay down a road bed for the Canadian Pacific Railway or C.P.R.

What they found was was nickel deposits so vast in scope that it staggered the imagination of the entire world!

Mystery solved.

Source/s:

It Happened In Canada
By: Gordon Johnston

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06/04/08

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