Fonds 98-018 - Deloro Mine Collection

This collection was donated by Professor Roy Bowles and by Professor Morgan Tamplin via Professor Roy Bowles in 1998. Additional materials were acquired in October 2006 from the Ministry of the Environment via Heather Hawthorne.

None

Further additions added in September, 2007 and accessioned as 07-007.

Plans, layouts, architectural drawings, and some photographs located in Large Materials Cabinet - Drawer 37; maps located in Map Cabinet - Drawer 11.

Box 1

Folder

1: William Regan File (Plant Superintendent at closedown) [donated by Eleanor Bicknell)

Essays and Short Histories:

Deloro Public School by Dorothy Kepp, 1963

Draft Factual Information re Deloro

Deloro History chronology of dates

Speeches:

Deloro, presented at R.G. Walsh at Dinner Meeting "Industrial Night" Marmora Chamber of Commerce 1953 on Cobalt Products

Background of Deloro Stellite and Remarks Concerning New Plant at Belleville as presented by Mr. Walsh to Belleville Rotary Club Aug. 22, 1955

"Deloro" presented by C.T. Nicholson at Dinner Meeting Marmora Kiwanis Feb. 7, 1960 - history of company, town and products of D.S. & R. Co. Ltd.

Pamphlets:

Short history on Deloro Stellite, 1962

Records:

Monthly Time Book of Grant Airhart, foreman Dec. 1956, names of employees and hours worked

Newspapers:

"When Arsenic Means Life - Deloro", Jan. 19, 1957 Reeve C.H. Buskard contents on Company town

"Deloro Smallest and Likes It" - on smallest incorporated village

Books:

Minute Book of the Deloro Amateur Athletic Association 1918-1931. Co. run sports with Co. executives on the committees and in offices - expenditures, areas involved

2: Eva D. Barlow [donated by E. Barlow]

"Deloro" typed article by E.D. Barlow (Mrs. H.C.) and factual background notes; "A Short History of Marmora" by W.R. Freeman; Deloro Satellite, Vol. No.5, 1970; Quarter Century Club programs and members lists for 1945-1949; 30th Anniversary dinner of incorporation of M.J. O'Brien Ltd.; 5 photographs: 3 school, laboratory staff, interior Christmas scene with tree and gifts and unidentified family ca. 1900

3: Penny Grey [donor anonymous]

Program of unveiling of tablet, 1922; invitation to see model of 1824 ironworks, 1979; photos of baseball, 1927 and soccer teams, 1933; 25 snapshots including 1 tinted photo greeting card of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Bapty; 5 plant bulletins, 1944-1945; speech by Henry O. Loveless at the inauguration for the Quarter Century Club, 1945

4: Copy of deed from John and James Terrior to Alexander M. Chisholm dated 1892 of mineral rights for East 1/2 lot 13 in 9th Concession of Marmora; appraisal of buildings, equipment and machinery of Deloro Mining and Refining Co. Ltd., 1941; sheriff's office, County of Hastings, affidavit, Dec. 17, 1896

5: Documents from Site File #1

Newspapers:

Marmora Herald, Jan. 30, 1930: article on Safety Committee

Health Information:

Two pages with instructions for the Call Bladder x-ray technique, English and French; Booklet - x-ray supplies and accessories, 1947-1948, G.E. x-ray Corporation, Toronto, index of equipment, description and prices; label off large container warning of White Refined Arsenic, contents and antidote description

Records of Operations:

Form printed for the D.S. & R. Co. Ltd. May 18, 1953, Arsenic Record, printed in two languages, English and Slavic, concerning furnace operations; Cyanide Department July 2, 1941, description of shifts and work done in department; Blast furnace, Feb. 7, 1954, job description, hours, amounts processed; Blast furnace, Mar. 23, 1954; Blast furnace, Jan. 26, 1960 - 3 sheets from time shifts

Records of Employees:

Time cards, Nov. 12, 1956, 44 cards with names, times, work descriptions; Employee's Rating card, description of qualities rated

Interdepartmental Memos:

March 10, 1948 Industrial Accident Prevention Association memorandum for Industrial Executives, including names of those who received it, 2 pages plus another memo on prevention, small piece of paper with notes from a Safety First meeting; Dec. 28, 1951 memo to all employees from the Safety First Committee, concerns a poor safety record and hopes for a new record for 1952; Feb. 3, 1958, from J.N. Cram to W.D. Caverly, the gatehouse concerning grievance procedure; Feb. 4, 1958 from Cram to Dept. Heads, concerning grievance procedure; Feb. 27, 1958 from Cram to Dept. Heads, concerning Dominion election on Mar 31, 1958 and procedure

Letters to Company:

Grasselli Chemical Company replies 1) Jan 18, 1922 from Mr. Chute, manager of sales, concerning a "standard measuring arrangement of Arsenate Lead powder" 2 pages; 2) Feb. 2, 1922 from J.C. Richardson re arsenate lead powder labels; 3) Feb. 13, 1922 from Chute re insecticide market; 4) Feb. 17 and 20, 1922 from Richardson; Letter of Instructions on Operation of Calcium Arsenate Density tester by US Dept. of Agriculture; Message of Confirmation Feb. 6, 1922 concerning American Sales, no difference in sizes needed, barrel or sack

Letters from the Company:

To Grasselli Chemical Company Ltd. Royal Bank Building Toronto Ontario 1) Feb. 3, 1922 thank you letter; 2) Feb. 6, 1922 addressed to Mr. Chute re Arsenate of Lead prices 0.60$/lb. 3) Feb. 7, 1922 addressed to Mr. Chute, costs in shipping certain sacks and barrels; 4) Feb. 14, 1922 concerning shipping 200 lb. barrels; 5) Feb. 17, 1922 concerning future shipments; 6) Feb. 20, 1922 thank you for an order approx. 13 100 lb. to be shipped to Canada Rex Spray Co., Brighton, On; DEC 10, 1950, to Company in BC re Deloro Stellite distribution in BC

Reports:

Cobalt Operations 1958 3 pages, copy to A. Barnett contains General Plant Materials, Alinco, Reclamation Plant Materials; Report of Accident, Jan 25, 1955, description of accident to Chancey Cox including his job and times; Report of Accident Jan 20, 1955 Glen Briggs

6: Documents from Site file #2

Statements:

Report, Financial and Cost Statements, 16 Schedules index of profit and loss, expenses and products; Report, similar to above; July 1, 1918 Cleanup figures, detailed;

7: Documents from Site File #3

Reports:

D.S. & R. Co. Monthly report Jan 1958 on Cobalt Operations C.H. Huskard, Manager of Cobalt operations (13 pages); Jan 30, 1934 from C.W. Drury to Dr. S.F. Kirkpatrick " A Review of the Cost of Treating Low Silver Cobalt Ores"; April 25, 1949 Metallurgical and General Report on Cobalt Operations, Cobalt Metal, Cobalt Oxide and Silver Plants; Deloro Research Laboratories, July 27, 1926, descriptions of tests done on medals; Feb. 13, 1928 report to R.A. Elliott from the Silver Plant, operations, units of ores from mines.

Records of Operations:

Book, Aug. 16, 1950 - DEC 3, 1950 Ballmill operations log by Foreman and technical language; Book, Jan 11, 1934 to Jan 7 1950 Blast Furnaces Ballmill operations, detailed descriptions of operating procedures

8: United Steelworkers Contracts and Contract Proposals

Reports:

Amendments to the Collective Agreement Feb. 1958, 7 pages of articles; Conciliation Statements of the Union Aug. 1956 (13 pages), wages and working conditions; Collective agreement June 20, 1956, articles on the settlement of the strike, 15 pages

Books:

Agreement between D.S. & R. Co. Ltd. and the International Union of Mine Mill and Smeltworkers, Local 889, May 17, 1956 re union politics; Agreement between D.S. & R. Co. Ltd. and U.S.W. Local 5375, Nov. 2, 1956; Agreement..., Oct. 22, 1957; Agreement between Deloro Stellite Division of Canadian Oxygen Ltd. Belleville, Ont. and U.S.W. Local 5533; April 1, 1974

9: William Powell:

Correspondence:

1959-1961. Correspondents include: Lamoureaux, Lowery, Fenwick, Gargrave, Goldberg, Clemens, Robarts, Moon, Dale, Cram, Moffat, Hughes, Dickie, Waisglass, Metzler, Storey, etc.

For detailed description of correspondence see folder 9

United Steelworkers Union material:

Statements:

1959 USW Fabricating plants (list of plants, locations, wage settlement agreement, other improvements); Mines (except Gold and Silver) District 5, Feb. 1960; Mines District 6, DEC 1958; Conciliation April 1960; Amendment to Collective Agreements, March 1959

Correspondence outside Company:

1960-1961. Correspondents include: Dickie, Cargrave, Scott, Huser, Moffat, Lowery, Sefton. For detailed description of correspondence see folder 9

Lists:

List of Local Union Officers July 3, 1958 Local 5375; List of Union dues deducted, names and accounts, Mar 8, 1960; List of jobs, June 13, 1960

Interdepartmental Memos:

Re dust control, masks, 1960; re Layoffs and pay settlements, 1960

10: United Steelworkers Union materials, File 1

Lists:

Notes re D.S. & R. Co. - lay-offs, changes in schedules and names, union proposals; Voters List of Members of Mine, Mill, and Smelter workers and USW and D.S. & R. Co., Sept. 21, 1959 (two copies, slightly different); Union Members, Nov. 1958, owing to local union.

Reports:

Text of address by Fenwick, Feb. 11, 1961, re unemployed workers; UIC record re Douglas Smith, Feb. 8, 1961; 3rd step grievance meeting, Oct. 20, 1960 and Dec. 14, 1960; Conciliation Board 2nd meeting, Sept. 7, 1960 re plant closure; Conciliation Board 2nd meeting re Deloro, June 8, 1960; Management Step Grievance meeting, May 30, 1960 re company health, vacations, contracting out; Meeting re price of cobalt and silver ores, March 3, 1960; Ontario Labour Relations Board, Nov. 24, 1955 re Union of Mine Mill and Smeltworkers and Port Colborne General Hospital, application for certification; Board Hearing, May 19 re Union and Mr. Bishop

Memorandum:

Powell from Fenwick re schedule "M", Feb. 20, 1961; Of settlement between D.S. & R. Co. and USW, agreements

Letters:

1960-1961. Correspondents include: Dale, King, Lowery, Powell, Clemens, Valentine, Vauley, Cram, Fenwick. For detailed description of correspondence see folder 10

Newspapers:

The Standard, Oct. 24, 1960 "Government Sends Placement Agent Trade Courses Available Soon" Union meeting with Minister Starr

11: United Steelworkers Correspondence File 1

1955-1960. Correspondents include: Storey, Howells, Fenwick, Clemens, Metzler, Park, Galarco, Brunskill, Cram, Gilhoolev, Scott, Doucet, Goldberg, McCloskey, Sefton, Fine, Markle, Savage, Bradley. For detailed description of correspondence see folder 11

12: United Steelworkers Correspondence File 2

1956-1959. Correspondents include: Storey, Fenwick, Clemens, Metzler, Brunskill, Cram, Brown, Goldberg, Sefton, Fine, English, Caverley, Dodds, Fell, Goodchild, Cargrave, Galarco, Lowery, Scott, etc. For detailed description of correspondence see folder 12

13: United Steelworkers materials File 2

Reports:

Summary of Selected working conditions of Plant and Office Employees in Canadian Manufacturing; Grievance Report May, 23, 1960, lists grievance and name; re "Arsenic Bonus and Suits", June 2, 1960; Conciliation June 1958; Sheet "Steel had a chance and failed", Sept. 28, 1959, re voting Oct. 2 by Local 889 Mine Mill; Message from Mine Mill Dec. 14, 1958 in English, French and German re Dec. 18 vote between USW and M.M. & S. problems between the two, list of Mine Mill workers; Amendment to Collective agreement March, 1959

Application:

Between USW and D.S. & R. Co., April 17, 1958 re conciliation

Books:

Manual of Local Union Elections, USW, April 18, 1956

Records:

Employee Warning Record, July 14, 1959 re Joseph Darrah, Engineers Department, nature of warning and reasons not suspended (laid off); Time date Schedule for D.S. & R. Co., 1955-1956

Cheques:

Cheque for $3,000 to pay debts from Local 5375 Strike from International Union 1) Dec. 16, 1958 2) Jan. 7, 1959, list of expenditures or received moneys; Note from Powell about cheque enclosed Nov. 24, 1958

Memorandum:

re D.S. & R. Co. Application for Conciliation, April 18, 1958; Memorandum of Agreement made in quintuplicate, 1956, Union copy of articles; re Board Report, Aug. 14, and 21, 1958; re Strike Vote, Sept. 8, 1958; re Contract, Sept. 25, 1958; re Strike, Oct. 21, 1958; re for strike position, Sept. 4, 1958; notice to all employees, Feb. 14, 1959, questions re company; re Co. case, Feb. 2, 1959; re meeting, April 24, 1959. For more detailed description see folder 13

Statements:

D.S. & R. Co. Statement of Profit and Loss for 6 months ended June 30, 1958; D.S. & R. Co. - Dominion Life and Sun Life, 1956, Medical Insurance Deductions; Wage rates, Marmora and surrounding area, Aug. 1, 1956 (3 mining companies); Wage rates at Bethlehem Mines, Aug. 13, 1956; George Fortune from C. Clemens, Feb. 3, 1958; D.S. & R. Co. Dec. 18, 1958 USW Sec. Treas. account debited

14: United Steelworkers materials File 3

Newspapers:

"Deloro Smelter Strike Settled After 6 weeks" Globe and Mail, Nov. 24, 1958; "200 Returning to Deloro Jobs, Strike Settled", Peterborough Examiner, Nov. 24, 1958; "Smelting Firm Facing Strike", Globe and Mail, Oct. 2, 1958; "Board Agrees Terms Could End Plant Strike", Ptbo Examiner, Nov. 8, 1958; "Maintenance of Plant Agreeable", Ptbo Examiner, Oct. 14, 1958; "Who's to Pass Through Deloro Picket Lines?", Ptbo Examiner, Oct. 11, 1958; "Attempt to Settle Strike Fails", Ptbo Examiner, Oct. 17, 1958; "Small Silver Producer of Cobalt Boom Days Put Back into Operation, Toronto Star, March 14; "Mine, Mill and Smelter Makes Bid at Deloro", Ptbo Examiner, April 20, 1959; "Steel Funds no Help to Deloro Strikers" Marmora Herald, January 1959; "Steelworkers Win, 87-39, in Deloro Vote", Ptbo Examiner, after Oct. 9, 1959

Notices:

Meetings re: strike, negotiations, voting, dues, etc. For more detailed information see list in folder 14

15: United Steelworkers materials File 4

Reports:

Company Brief Nov. 14, 1949 re dispute between D.S. & R. Co. and Mine Mill Local 889, factual info re D.S. & R. Co.; Meeting re Strike and cobalt market, 1959; Labour Relations Board re USW, D.S. & R. Co., Mine Mill, etc., March 15, 1956; Submissions and Arbitration Board re grievances, Oct. 21, 1959; Arbitration meeting re grievances, July 27, 1959; Grievances meetings, Aug. 13 and Sept. 8, 1959; Insurance meeting, April 30, 1959; Grievance report re Joseph Darrah and his lay-off, July 13, 1959; Report re J. Darrah, July 22, 1959; Amendments, Deloro Agreement, May 15, 1959 to May 15, 1960; Amendment proposed by Union, Feb. 1958; Collective Agreement Aug. 1, 1956; Grievance report re Arsenic in P.T. department, Jan. 16, 1959; Amendment to Collective Bargaining Agreement Feb. 22, 1957; Department of Labour re Conciliation Welfare Plan, Nov. 7, 1958; Grievance re R. Anglin, Dec. 19, 1958; Welfare Insurances to be paid up Dec. 18, 1958; Meeting, Nov. 25, 1958; Meeting re Insurance, Oct. 11, 1958; Negotiations re Cobalt prices, competition, Mar. 7, 1958 to April 1, 1958; Conciliation Board report re Union security, Sept. 11, 1958; Agreement between D.S. & P. Co. and USW, 1957; Appendix to articles; Amendment to Agreement, May 15, 1958 re grievance meeting, etc.; D.S. & P. Co. Draft Clauses re Pension and Maintenance of Membership; Conciliation Board, list of names and offices re Cobalt market, Sept. 12, 1956; Conciliation D.S. & P. Co. and USW, August 1956; Collective Agreement; Co. proposal sheet contract from Sept. 13, 1956 - June 30, 1958; Board Meeting, Sept. 12, 1956; Re Cobalt production, June 9, 1958; Grievance reports re J. Howard; Company stand re strike, Nov. 7, 1958; Re Co. and USW filing claim, Oct. 29, 1958; Union security and Audit, Nov. 17, 1958; re Financial Information, Jan. 23, 1959; Grievance re Davis, Anglin, Jan. 16, 1959; Dialogue between Anglin and members present at meeting, Dec. 20, 1958; Minutes of Grievance Meeting, July 17, 1958 re grievances. For more detailed list see folder 15.

16: Miscellaneous documents 1956 - 1962

17: Miscellaneous documents, no date

18: USW and Ontario Foundry Council Conference, Ottawa, 1960

19: Sam Stevens (President of USW Local 5733) correspondence Feb. 8, 1960 to March 15, 1962

20: Health and Safety papers: T. Goldbergs paper on Canadian Labour's approach to Health Centres for population at Banff, 1960; USW brief to Royal Commission on Industrial Safety; Workmen's Compensation Board's submission on arsenic poisoning

21: Dr. Sutherlands' thesis on respiratory cancer mortality at Deloro, 1928 - 1952

22: Fred Stewart File [anonymous donor]

Booklets:

"Notes taken during the period he worked as a draftsman at D.S. & P. Co. re flowcharts re flow of materials through departments and machinery, etc.

Box 2

Folder

1: Deloro records from Morgan J. Tamplin (#1)

Notebooks:

1. containing rough notes on smelter tests, 1925; 2. "Blast furnace log", 1926; 3. containing prescriptions of Cobalt tests from test 1 - test 47 and summary of results, first notation from 1925; 4. Daily procedures from Dec. 8, 1927 to April 14, 1928; 5. "Deloro Smelting and refining Co. Ltd., Deloro, Ont., Cobalt Oxide. Plant"

2: Deloro records from Morgan J. Tamplin (#2)

Onion skin folder re budget categories; memo from Mr. Buskard, letter from R.A. Elliott, 1923; summary of Oxide Plant costs; permit "Dissolver Change #686", 1929; test procedure (aged); "Preparation of [Bortox ?]"; lab procedure; lab test, Oct. 25, 1926; handwritten "Preparation of [Bortox]"; results of tests #1-#3; "Comparative Tests on Aluminum"; test result table; "Thickener and Toiling Tank Cleaning", Jan. 21, 1929; "Ore Receipt and Sampling"; "To Determine Total % Na20 in [Chl], Arsen and Speiss; Silver Plant Lab Procedure; "Arsenic Determination on Roast Ore and Roast Speiss; 18 Forms Weight record No. 5; Sept. 29, 1928 to Aug. 10, 1928; "Samples of Speiss .."; "Samples of KCN and Acid Soil .."; "Oxide Dept. Process, Equipment, and Costs"; ".. Cloralizing and Arsenating ..", 1928; "Speiss Roasting in #8", test #2; Misc. notes to do with roasters 5 & 7, new and old stock, samples; D.S. & R. Co. Safety First Committee Employees Suggestion Blank (#136); "[Deschanrs] Refining of the British America Nickel Corporation"; exam book "Imperial College of Science and Technology"; ... charges for January, 1926; monthly charges; blueprint map of Company, May 30, 1924; article from Engineering and Mining Journal on housing; Regulations for Sanitary Control of Mining Camps

3: USW printed materials, booklets, surveys, manuals, copies of agreements, etc.

4: Department of Labour printed materials

5: Workmen's Compensation Board printed materials

6: Canadian Labour Congress printed materials

7: Hastings and Prince Edward County Legal Services

Large Materials Cabinet Drawer 37

Folder

1: Plant layouts, site plans

2: Plant layouts, site plans, Marmora Township plans, plans of village of Deloro

3: Architectural drawings of residences in the village of Deloro

4: Photographs of village of Deloro

Map Cabinet Drawer 11

Folder 1:

Map: Deloro Smelting and Refining Co., Central Ontario System, Transmission Lines, Hydro Electric Power Lines, 1920

Map: Hastings and Prince Edward, 1943

Map: Marmora - Deloro & Vicinity, 1942

Additional materials were received in 2006. These maps are too large for the map cabinet so they are stored as rolled maps in archival map tubes and located in a free-standing map box.

Deloro Mine Site - Addition Maps Received in October, 2006

Box Slot

1. Deloro Smelting & Refining Co. Ltd.
   . plant layout - northern section
   . April 6, 1955
   . Dwg. # 37-2230B
   . 2 copies

2. Deloro Smelting & Refining Co. Ltd.
   . general plan showing more important equipment
   . Mar 30, 1931
   . Dwg. # 4-1729-A
   . 2 copies

3. Deloro Mining and Reduction Co.
   . electric lines
   . showing roads and buildings and number of lights
   . Dwg. # 4-15-1908

4. Untitled Plan showing Plant layout
   . no date
   . no scale
   . no dwg. #
   . 2 copies

5. Village of Deloro - Properties
   . sheet 1 of2
   . Assessment Division – Prov. Of Ontario
   . dated 21/8/74
   . Revised 05/85
   . 2 copies

6. Plan - showing relative positions of proposed Mill Site and Tramways
   . May 31, 1898
   . 2 copies

7. Deloro Mine & Reduction Co.
   . profile of Moira River
   . Dwg. # 7-21-1908

8. Deloro Smelting and Refining Co.
   . map showing Falls on Moira River and five foot contours
   . no date
   . 2 copies

9. Deloro Smelting & Refining Co. Ltd.
   . layout of Village & plant
   . Feb 8, 1961
   . Dwg. # SK-217

10. Deloro Mining & Reduction Co.
    . location of the Derry Mine
    . 7-10-1908
    . Dwg. # 152

11. Information Regarding Lot Ownership Con VIII & IX, Lots 3 -11, Marmora
    Township from Belleville Registry Photostat
    . Feb. 4, 1958
    . Dwg. # SK-169

12. Railway, Land and Mines of the Mineral Range Iron Mining Company
    . Bessenser, Hasting County, from the survey by John D. Evans
    . 2 copies

13. Deloro Smelting & Refining Co. Limited
    . Plan layout of village & site showing buildings
    . March 1946

14. Plan of lot 6, Con IX and 6 ac on Lot 6 Con VIII - Marmora
    . tracing from original plan
    . Decl2, 1896

15. Deloro Mining and Reduction Co.
    . plan dwg of site showing distance between bldgs.
    . Dwg. # 127
    . no date
    . 2 copies

16. Deloro smelting & Refining Co. Ltd.
    . plan showing plants & areas within plants
    . May 30, 1924
    . 2 copies

17. Property Owners
    . no date
    . no dwg. #
    . scale - 40 chains to an inch

18. No Title
    . old map -layout of Village showing streets, managers residence
    . no date

19. Twp. Of Marmora
    . property ownership map
    . date unknown

20. Two small maps
    . misc. information
    . near iron bridge
    . date unknown