Ore samples

Ore samples from Baffin Island collected by Dr Walter Kenyon in 1974 from mines worked by Martin Frobisher between 1576-78. Kenyon organised a visit to Kolunarn Island in 1974 on behalf of the Royal Ontario Museum and collected artifacts from the site of Frobisher's camp. The black horneblende ore did not contain gold as Frobisher had hoped, and the venture to commercially extract it was abandoned.

Object Details

ID: AAA3955
Collection: Polar Equipment and Relics
Type: Ore samples
Display location: Not on display
Exhibition: North-West Passage
People: Kenyon, Walter A.
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 25 x 114 x 51 mm
Parts: Ore samples