What is your source of information re Mikado Mines - , places of birth etc
The following may be helpful. there is an area to contact same.
http://www.lakeofthewoodsmuseum.ca/collectionsandresearch/st...Perhaps there is a special section in the Census - for persons working at the mines ?
a quick search of the following does not find the family in 1901 - may not be complete
http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com/transcripts/1901/...1916 Census - shows Eileen SHAW age 38 - head of household - arrived Canada 1898
Children
Charles age 16 born Ontario
Cyril age 10 born Ontario
Ethel age 3 - born Alberta.
Eileen Eyre Age:84 Event:Death
Place Langford
Date:1958 2 27 (Yr/Mo/Day)
Reg. Number:1958-09-002783
Microfilm #:B13236 (GSU # 2033177)
Groom Cyril Desmond Shaw
Bride Muriel Grace King
Place Victoria
Date:1936 11 26 (Yr/Mo/Day) Event:Marriage
Reg. Number:1936-09-441526
Microfilm #:B13772 (GSU # 2115038)
Cyril Desmond Shaw - born Kenora Ontario
Father: Thomas SHAW - born USA
Mother Eileen born Dublin Ireland
Groom Frederick Bertucci
Bride Ethel Kathleen Shaw
Place Victoria
Date:1930 8 1 (Yr/Mo/Day) Event:Marriage
Reg. Number:1930-09-366293
Microfilm #:B13759 (GSU # 2074555)
REGISTRATION - shows
Father Thomas SHAW - born State of Maine USA
Mother: Eileen MacDONOGH - born Ireland
Witness Mother - Eileen EYRE
Frederick BURTUCCI - passed away 1990
Obituary for Eileen EYRE / SHAW nee McDONOGH - may show some life information connection to persons who may hold information
Have you contacted the family members: - they or their families may have information/ memories.