Object Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1982.06.01 |
Object Name |
Stamp |
Date |
1889 |
Features |
Stamp, iron mount and spring operated handle with two circular discs; raised lettering on lower white metal disc 'Gold Horn Mining Company of Lennox and Addington Limited - No Personal Liability'; incised lettering as before on upper brass disc. Black stamp with linear gold accent around edges of mount, a red star outlined in gold on either side of mount and a red circular indentation where handle connects; base perforated with a hole at either end for securing; top surface of handle covered with white metal |
Object Story |
The Gold Horn Mining Company In Lennox and Addington County, the southern edge of the mineral rich Canadian Shield extends into the Varty Lake area of Camden East Township. In 1895, the Gold Horn Mining Company of Lennox and Addington Limited was incorporated under the Ontario Mining Companies Incorporation Act. Earth and rock samples found on Israel Stewart's farm, Camden East Township, were reported to contain minute quantities of gold. Israel Stewart was elected President and General Sales Manager of mining stock. Shares were sold for one dollar. At the mines, three shafts were dug, the deepest being sixty feet. In one, a side draft was completed. Samples of rock were tested from time to time, but without the consent of the shareholders, the results did not warrant sinking the shaft further. A meeting of the shareholders was convened at Moscow head quarters of the Company. Since Moscow was a station on the Napanee, Tamworth, and Quebec Railway, several shareholders arrived by rail. Following several hours of deliberation, operations were suspended. Five, possibly six shafts remain on the site (private property). They follow a rock fracture that forms a ridge through second growth woods. The shafts are partially filled in with rock and brush but the end one still goes down 50 feet. Mounds of black and pink granite and a soft green rock, kimberlite, surround the shafts. Israel Stewart, the elected President and General Sales Manager of Mining Stock, for the Gold Horn Mining Company, was born on February 16, 1831, in Kingston to Rachel and Allen Stewart. Israel married Mary Anne Molyneux, in Sheffield Ontario, December 24, 1851. Between 1851 and 1871, he worked as both a labourer and a farmer. Israel and Mary had four children together including Emma Clara Stewart, who married Levi Sagar Evans. The stamp was passed down through the Evans family ending with Emma's granddaughter Marion Taylor (nee Evans). Israel passed away April 8, 1906. |
People |
Stewart, Israel Stewart, Rachel Stewart, Allen Molyneux, Mary Anne Stewart, Emma Clara Evans, Levi Sagar Taylor, Marion (nee Evans) |
Subjects |
Mines Stamps Mineral deposits Mining |
Search Terms |
Gold Horn Mine Gold Horn Mining Company Varty Lake Camden Township Sheffield Township |