A New Article
We’d like to draw your attention to a new entry on our research page: an excellent monograph written by frequent contributor, Allan Stacey. The subject: the Right of Way Mine.
A labour of love, Stacey spent over a thousand hours on this comprehensive work. As he discusses in the foreword, the history of the Right of Way Mine company exemplifies the “goings on” in the early days of all of the mining companies in Cobalt.
It is also an important account because of the association with the railroad company, a relationship that has often been challenging from the beginning.
And of course, the iconic #2 shaft house is still standing, and we use the image as our trademark.
More from the Foreword
A section of this monograph has been set aside to record something of the various individuals involved with this mining company and its mines. The biographies are not meant to be extensive, but to give a brief picture of that person, in the hopes others may wish to carry out their own research. It has been the author’s experience that many individuals who have been instrumental in the development of the mining industry are given short shrift when their lives are reviewed on their passing. Quite often, mention is not made of their mining industry contributions.
About the Author
Stacey attended the Provincial Institute of Mining at Haileybury, Ontario. He worked in geophysical exploration in the Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, northern Quebec and southern Ontario. In 1965 he was employed by Agnico Mines, Limited. Then he spent thirty years in mineral processing and metallurgy for Falconbridge Nickel Mines, Limited in Ontario, Manitoba and the Dominican Republic as well as ore process development for Cyprus Anvil Corporation in the Yukon Territory.
Author’s remarks
The Right of Way Mining Company And Successor Companies COBALT, ONTARIO is copyrighted, but individuals may excerpt reasonable portions for their own research, so long as the author is credited. The colour photographs may not be reproduced without permission. This monograph has not been aided by AI (Artificial Information) thus preserving the author’s quirks of grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc.
Please persevere!
Allan Stacey
Chelmsford, Ontario
Thank you for your interest in this. I am the product of two pioneer families in Cobalt and I want to explore their time in the Silver City. Your images will help me to build a representative of the Right of Way mine.
Delighted to hear from you, John. Glad we can help “illustrate” your ancestors time in Cobalt.