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Rock hunters from all over North American [sic] converge on Bancroft for the annual Gemboree, to be held this year from Aug. 1 to Aug. 5, and a lot of furious trading goes on
Rock hunters from all over North American [sic] converge on Bancroft for the annual Gemboree, to be held this year from Aug. 1 to Aug. 5, and a lot of furious trading goes on

Rock hunters from all over North American [sic] converge on Bancroft for the annual Gemboree, to be held this year from Aug. 1 to Aug. 5, and a lot of furious trading goes on

Date5/29/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: The area is one of the world's best for a concentrated variety of semi-precious and rare minerals and amateur collectors can have a field day in the old mines.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTS-2-124-GO-083
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Bancroft
County:Hastings (Ont. : County)
Province or state:Ontario
Descriptive catalogue of a collection of the economic minerals of Canada, and of its crystalline rocks, sent to the London International Exhibition for 1862
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