0 s ▁as ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁companies ▁started ▁projects ▁attempting ▁to ▁service ▁the ▁mines . ▁Among ▁the ▁many ▁attempts ▁were ▁the ▁Central ▁Ontario ▁Railway ▁out ▁of ▁Tr ent on , ▁the ▁Belle ville ▁and ▁North ▁H ast ings ▁Railway ▁a ▁short ▁distance ▁to ▁the ▁east ▁of ▁the ▁C OR , ▁and ▁the ▁Bay ▁of ▁Qu inte ▁Railway ▁further ▁east . ▁ ▁Rail ways ▁and ▁colon ization ▁roads ▁led ▁easier ▁access ▁for ▁prospect ors , ▁allowing ▁them ▁to ▁strike ▁out ▁further ▁into ▁central ▁Ontario . ▁New ▁finds ▁were ▁made ▁outside ▁the ▁original ▁Bla ir ton ▁area , ▁areas ▁that ▁the ▁new ▁rail ways ▁were ▁not ▁well ▁su ited ▁to ▁handle . ▁W . ▁Robinson ▁and ▁J . B . ▁Campbell ▁began ▁what ▁was ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁new ▁sources ▁of ▁iron ▁ore ▁on ▁their ▁land ▁near ▁Dev il ' s ▁Creek . ▁It ▁was ▁Campbell ▁who ▁discovered ▁high - quality ▁examples ▁on ▁land ▁belonging ▁to ▁Robert ▁Gib son , ▁but ▁the ▁company ▁formed ▁to ▁explo it ▁this ▁discovery ▁was ▁owned ▁by ▁Robinson ▁and ▁two ▁people ▁from ▁Toronto ▁named ▁Sh ert is ▁and ▁S avig ney . ▁The ▁company ▁was ▁named ▁the ▁Snow den ▁Iron ▁Mine ▁Company ▁and ▁in ▁time ▁it ▁was ▁wh olly ▁owned ▁to ▁people ▁associated ▁with ▁Toronto ▁when ▁Robinson ▁sold ▁his ▁share ▁to ▁Henry ▁St ark ▁How land ▁who ▁lived ▁there . ▁By ▁ 1 8 7 4 ▁the ▁town ▁was ▁growing , ▁with ▁a ▁post ▁office ▁and ▁general ▁store . ▁At ▁the ▁time , ▁everything ▁travel led ▁in ▁and ▁out ▁by ▁w