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nogt Tow lg Belmont township who meet surveyed in H525. Thu zlrst ectunl resident was a Mr. Faddick who sowed here with his xnnlly hut they were no elnrned at the howling of wolves that they soon noved to n dinerent part of the country. Th- flrtt settler tn whom a patent at land was issued ‘afl Hobart stewnrt. Belmont mndo rnpid progress end by lose the number of haulehnldar. was 33 snd in 1852 they numoered 1.1 while by 1866 there were I85. There wee a still more striking progress “win in the rapid increase or school houses mostly of a superior kind. The first snwmill in Belmont was built hy Mr. Jahall Breckenridge which was later destroyed ny lire. Mr. Breckenridge then erected n sawmill and grist mill on North River near Belmont Lake. Within a few years a Post onice named HBVGIOCK was opened in Belmont, at the place now Known as Old Eavelocx. P. Pearce was nopolntsd Past Master. The farmer-E of Belmont had no reason to complain of want of success as msny of them succeeded nduirnuly. In the eastern part of the township iron ore was {‘3 , in abundance at tho Bleirton iron mine on lots 7 Bi 8 of the first concessil This mine was operated rirst h the Cobourg, peterhoro d harmcre Mining and Raih‘lay‘ Co. :t produced large quantities of ore. The yield at one time heing as much as 500 tons a day, hut either trom practlcal knowledge or some other cause was {amid unproiitahle, The cordova Gold Mining Compsny started aperstions stout I900. Roads were huilt and mnihtained hy pathmnsters, every rotopnyor was assigned so many days statute laoor, according to his assessnnnt. He took his team of horses and labored under the direction or the psthnaster, road holding Sometimes the psthnaster did not havs the faintest idea about road building, so the roads were not always what they shoold have hasnl The Rnilwey rirm collapsed and as so many other things fizzled out. churches and cheese Factories were built at several locations in the township. The Cheese Factories have an