Page 14 found months apart, their clai ms were recorded fairly close together . Four major discoveries announced in a relative short period certainly got the attention of the newspapers, min - ing circles and above all, fnancial or - ganizations. Edwards, who had some knowledge of Northern Ontario from fshing trips, headed north after being advised of the fnd. Despite falling out of a ca - noe in Frederick House Lake and later twisting his ankle, the portly plumb - ing contractor achieved the site on a handmade stretcher .. The original party had consisted of W ilson, Preston, Clif f and Frank Campbell and Geor ge Burns, plus two Indians. Before the discovery , Clif f Campbell became bushed (mental problems from being in the bush for long peri - ods) and left. He was replaced by Gil - bert (Bert) Renault who became the group’ s blacksmith and Phil Meck - lenbur g. The lat ter wandered into the camp looking for a lost dog and got hired as the cook. He was voted one-sixth after the fnd. The fnal deal hashed out around a fre in the middle of the bush was 50 per cent to Edwards and Dr . Jamieson, 10 per cent to W ilson as party leader and 40 per cent to the other fve prospec - tors. As well, each of the six prospectors was paid $1,000 for his one-eighth share of the discovery claim (that held the Golden Stairway). The Dome was developed on six of the 18 claims the group fnally legal - ly staked and recorded, another fve claims saw the Dome Extensi on Mine developed and eventually swallowed by Dome. W ilson was later to say the Mammoth Mine was found on the last seven of the 18 claims staked by the group. Edwards then had the problem of fnding people who would invest in developing the property . He used the Kind Edward Hotel in T oronto be - cause mining people hung out there and eventually attracted the interest of two mining men from Sudbury , Jo - seph DeLamar and Ambrose Monell. They were executives with Interna - tional Nickel and had made money with personal investments in Cobalt’ s silver felds. They were part of the Monell Syndi - cate and it put up $375,000 to develop and operate the property . The Dome Mines Company was in - corporate March 23, 1910 with a stock issuance of $2.5 milli on. The debt to the fnders was settled with the issuance of $450,000 in bonds to Ed - wards, Dr . Jamieson, W ilson, Preston, Burns, Frank Campbell and Rheault. There was no mention of Mecklen - bur g but Ida Maud, W ilson’ s wife, got a payment. Perhaps it had something to do with the fnd named after her but ignored for a period of time after the “Golden Stairway” was found. The Ida Maud claims ended up as an important part of Dome. Cont’d from pg. 10 Six pr ospectors each get $1,000 cash bonus for discovering the Dome Mine “The Porcupine Camp” 100 Y ears of Mining Page 12 1 0 0 o w n e d fla gs hi p p rope r t y , ov e r 7 0 ,0 0 0 he c t a res His toric a l hi gh - po t e nti a l ni c k e l a nd g ol d ta rge t s Sig ni fic a nt in du s tria l in fras truc ture i n pl a c e M oU s ig ne d w ith Fi rst Nati o ns Sig ni fic a nt tim b e r an d w at er res ou rce Pote nti a l c a s h fl o w from c a rbon c re di ts fo r t im be r M ul tip l e j oi nt v e ntu re de v e lo pm e nt o pp ortun iti e s TSX. V: NO B FW B: NB7 O TC.PK: NLPXF E X P L ORA T IO N D E V E L OP M E NT I N C ANADA ’ S M OS T P RO L I F IC M INI NG DIS T RIC T ww w. no bl e m i ner a l e x p l ora t i o n. c om P h: 416 - 214 - 2250 / F a x : 416 - 347 - 1954 / e M : i nf o@ nob l e m i ner a l e x pl ora t i on. c o m