Just Passing Through
~The People and the Places
North of Matachewan
by Frank Holley
Frank Holley shares his memories of his time in the Matachewan area with the prospectors, trappers, and traders from late 1920s to the 1950s, when the area was scouted for mineral wealth, and people living in the bush lived off the land, a 'long' way from settled parts. With the re-opening of the Young-Davidson mine, other mineral deposits Frank mentions may be of interest, as well as his warm stories about the people who shared his time in this Northern Ontario bush.
Additional maps, additional text and a preface from Frank Holley for this 2010 edition make this an excellent collection to capture the history of the people and the places near and north of Matachewan.
Easily read, and warmly-told stories of his personal experiences with the unique collection of prospector, fur-trappers, and denizens of the Matachewan area through the 1940s and 1950s. The areas of mineral occurences he catalogues here seems almost prophetic now in light of the re-opening of the Young-Davidson mine he discusses [2010].
ISBN: 9781894747509 | WMPub#1025 | 8½" x 5½"
140 pages, trade paper, perfect bound | $14.95
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Table of Contents
4 Foreword
4 Preface to the 2010 Edition
5 Acknowledgments
7 Chapter 1 The Time- The Place
7 Chapter 2 The River
18 Chapter 3 Fort Matachewan
29 Chapter 4 Thesaurus Gold Mine
41 Chapter 5 The Power Lines
45 Chapter 6 Head of the Lake
51 Chapter 7 More Water Routes
62 Chapter 8 Mineral Occurrences
70 Chapter 9 Some People
79 Chapter 10 Hugh Millar Kell
83 Chapter 11 Old Time Prospectors
87 Chapter 12 Sam Kell
91 Chapter 13 Assessment Work
92 Chapter 14 Sharpening Steel
93 Chapter 15 Drilling Rock
96 Chapter 16 Loading and Blasting
100 Chapter 17 More People and Places
107 Chapter 18 Fish and Game
117 Chapter 19 Getting Lost
120 Chapter 20 Cabins and Trails
126 Chapter 21 Nighthawk
128 Chapter 22 Conclusion