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The Directors of the Notre Dame Mining C();i]])any suhiuil tin.' following licj)ort of the jM-cscnt eomlitiou of llic C'unijiany. The Company was formoil in ]'^'V.\ ami ro^i^lcre 1 in accDnlincc with the Act for tlie l'.inii:;li"n of hK'<)r|i'iraliou - in thi^ I>lar.il: its object being to rai-i' ('ni)|H'r and other 'Ji'c's in NowrMaiuilanil, a"(l it.s Capital IjuiiiL' .(.1 i. '»»'", — ofwliirh .I'lJ,'.!.';') liavi' been paid, .f;."(l| are now remaining nnpaid nj)oa eails jia.-l due, ami .L'J.odO iuuc a.> \tjt not been ealkd lor. The following i--, ihe I,i-t oi' Pcr-ins \\lii> have been Sliari- holdei'-, and of iImnc wIio in.itiiiue to hold ."rliare-, as al.-io of ;liobu whose payments are in ; ai', vi/..: ■/* 1 (/ X T, ,Sli in!i(iMi'i->. - -= ?- Mi.\i('lio:clrr,i. 1 ~ "^ il i ^ > £ 1 < 1 CO • _e: , , . .-3. '^ 1 £ 1 Bowrin^-. C'l!:iil("^. . noo ■i .")()() Forwai'd 7.-I ().')7S 20S !>i)\\riiiL;, ^\ 111. 1). . . !.'<> ISO KiiDZi'ii, .loiui II. . . jijit lOSO \'>i>\<\, '1 liDiiias .... V2 SI 2ni(I)nimall..\k'\ .. •) IS ( "k'iii'v. rii;li|). :\IcDoii-all. John.. s 72 tni-tft' •M 21i» GO I'aiiif!!, Wm. J. U. ,) •1.' lOvaiis, Mdwai il . . . liO 1S(I I'iiisfUt, (Jharlus S 20 2:U (iill, Wiliiniii [ID ISO riiisi.'nt.'ri'.i)iiias W o IS ;,ill. Ih-niv (_;. 11. lio ISO Ktiinif, David S. . . •10 ;](io (ili'csou. JaiiiL's . . . •> IS Kt-'uiru', r'lt'il W. . . .) -l") ( JiL'en, llaiulal . . . . >) IS ]{ uisi', Williani. O >) IS llaivi'V. iruliard . . U(' ]S0 Sliortall, U'khaiHl. . • 27 ilavwaid. A. (>.. . . ;] l."> Sniilh, I'^dward . . . 10 i>i) Jlii'tcirniL;>. rhilij).. V_' SI 2t ^Valtt■l■s, T. II. trus . J 2 108 .I.ickiiiaii, \Viliiani. ■") ■l.*. A\'arn.ii, JdIiii II. . ■IK) :;:{ss;]5G .Iar\i-, I'idwiU'd J.. ~> ■1.". \\ aricii..l.II.ti'Msti'i .-) ■i.'j Ku'mlit, -la UK'S li. . r ■ir. Waiivi,.Wm. M. II . <■:! (;.")7 Kuiulit. KdluTt C< ')( :;.".o 100 \\'irili'. Laiiri'iiif . •> 27 KiiiLiht, 'i'lixinas . . 'j< :.::n ^Vit!lv^-, diihu \V. , M 12'. I'orward. 7.11 (i.'TS ■2i)^ *' \^',()a i2i»;}(>r.(U The" Minin'.r operation^ at r.iirti>n"> Pond wciv siispoiidcd diirinpf Ihf l)a~t year: and. ia acfordanco willi [In- Uc-olMtions pa-.-cd at tin- la-.t Annnal M.rih!,i;- oT \hv Shai'dioldcrs, llic <)w I'aiscd at tlic Mine ■sva^ .-hii'iH'd to Hn-land an(U 'Id, and a caivi.d Mirvoy of i\w Mine and t!u' pi-op.rty o! the Company was made l)y lluyh K. Fletehor, J:>(i., Minin;,' i:ni;iM^'er,— a -. iitleni.in whose scientifie attaiuaieiit.s ;uid pr-ctiral (-;perien(c as a (icolo-i-t have received very I'avora'de reeo^'iill'.on hy ilie hi.d .^I'th- ' ..■oh .-leal I) /j-artinent in Canada, and by the Cuvenunenl (ieoh.yi-l of .\e\\ l-undhmd. Ml. rieHherV- IN'port to tin- Dlre'ctors 's anne\» «,f whieh have al.,u been .sent to the SharehoUUa-.. individually. Till' n.lld-.vin,^- is .\ Gcnei'al xVbstr.i.jL of the Compaiiy'.-i Piaancial AlTaii-s, iiiaJi- Id 'M-i Deccnibor, 1872, viz.: I>i Ci: 'i''> (.'iijiilal S(()clc,i •J !.";,( ii)i) or whic'ii .•uiiDuiil tluTc lias li''cii paid. — iii- ■■ludiii-- (oi-rciti'(l '■ c'd ill iTL'cliuii of >liai<- C]2,!»30 (I IJnildiii.os 850 '' J\,>iiiiiali(l vaiuej ot" supplies on By pnnliasc nioneyj of I . iiton'rt l*oiul Mma £0,000 Air.mint, e'xpend-; hand '' Ca>li ji " IJalaiKf of expen- diture ill wages oi Oiileers, Miners, j 'luols and Inci- dentals il 1.10 103 1 9 5,832 15 3 i:i2.!':; i (i £, 12,0;iG The Directors, while tliey regret that so hirge an anionnt as «>ne-third oC the Coinj.any's eajiital should have been exjiended nn- prolilably in sjarehlng lor the O.'e whieli the (leologieal I'eatures of the loer.lily iiulieate, and this loo alter having paid a still greater sum for tin' pun-hase of the propcit;-. can now only submit to the Sliare- h ihhi's the alt'rnative of an increase of Capital for further opcra- lioii i under more seientilic direction, or of a transfer or sale of the proiierty, and an e:[uitabL' distribution of the p roceeda of such Kale. CIIAS. LO WRING, President. JOHN H. V. AIJTJEX,^ 'J'llo.MAS KNKilli", I, j;i( II \!;i) iiAU\ i:v, r ""■^"^•^o". C. S. riN.'^E NT, J r, T,.DWARD L. Jahvis, .^ccTctary and Ticas.nvr of th.. ,N,,,r*. Dame Mming Company, do swcai- that tlie Coregoino. Stalcnu.u :u .1 licport of (ho Dh'cctors of the said Company ar< tru. t„ ,!,.. b.-t ot Jny knowledge and l.eUof. K. L. JAiai^ hworn to beibrc mo at St. John's, ) IVowlor.ndhind, this 10th dav ol ( Fcbriiaiy, A. D., 1873. ' J ROBT. R, W. LILLY, t; P. TO THE PRESIDENT AND DTKECTORS OF 'illE NOTRE DAME MINLNU COMPANY; In accordance with yom- instructions I have visited and inspected your Mine and propeity at Uurton's Pond, and beg to repoit as follows: — The property of the Xotre Dame Mining Company is situated at Barton's Pond, Green Bay, in the Bay of Notre Dame, and comprises an area of six hundred and forty acres. The prevailing rock of the district is diorite, the eiuption of which seema to have been the force which produced the mctamorphism of the stratified rocks within its influence, together with the numerous dislocations and distortions manifested by them where they appear at the surface. These arc, in a great measure, covered over by the diorite, and show on the surface only where faults or fr'^c-turcs occur in that rock. The subsequent action of the red and givy syenite, which form extensive ridges on the north side of the property, does not, in this locality, extend to the mineral bearing bands of the stratified rocks. The serpentine, with which the ores of copper in this Island, 8ccm ui'lformly to be associated, is exceedingly Avell develojjcd, and extends through the entire length of the property, from east to west. .Steatite and chlorite, also mineral bearing rocks, show in large masses find fragments, and no doubt, underlie the serpentine here, in the same order in which they occur in other localities. The mineral band is nearly two hundred feet wide, and is com- posed of a dark chloritie slate, steatite and diorite. The diorite ia intrrtriivi., and hv'mgs \n tlio surfacu a:>loc;itc(l portions f)f tho stoatiu- arnl I'lilorilf. Thf ore coiitniiica in these roclc; is a yellow Biilplmret of copper, .ual is deposited in llie form of eoneretionary hiyors and hnnches; usually following or conforming to, the lines ^f stratification, bnt also ucenrring in veins and seams, forming various angles with the strike of tho strata. In tho soutli drift the copper jjyrites forms a vein of from 1 to 8 i'Khes in thickness. In the north drift it occu's in minute seam«. more or less spread over the entire face of the drift, and in small >H.(ln!ar masses. In both drifts the coj)pcrhas frequently been cut oil hy intrusions of diorite, and this may be expected to continue until th.. workmgs are carried beyond the immediate influence of the oints of the property, beginning at '^ Powder-liouse hill," taking the f^tratificd rocks in their order of superposition, Ircm south to north, ai)d the erupted rocks as they occur ou the surface. JS^s. 1, 0, 10 lidgos are diorite, more or less affected in color and texture by the rock through which it has been erupted, and with which it is often intcrftised. The purple diorite, where in contact with the red syenite, is slightly porphyi-ilic, the crystals being white f' Ispar. The surface of dio-lte on the location, taking its width in three places, is over thiee thousand feet. No. 2. — A bed of amorplious green slate, intersected and reticulnt- od by thin bands and dykes of diorite, 200 feet thick, showing in places stains of green carbonate of copper. So. .",.—( Miloiiiic slate, sUatite and dioritc, LSO foot Avido. This is lliu niiniM'al hiind, and cai-ries yellow sul!)litiret of copiHT in th« • hlni'itu aiid stcatitr, in seaiiis, veins, and small iiodid-ii' concre- tidus. X.). 1.— A thin outcrop of .steatite, 8 feet wide, e(,nsiderably altered. Fi-ajrments of this rock are foufvd in the present workiiigs of the mine; and in the north di-ift there are indicatio- j of its h;ivin(» " youth ih ift, driven on tiie adit level 2U() " " 10 fm. level L'74 - ^'•""' ^^''^t. " " " adit level 178 - ■■ 10 fin. level (Ji) - A cross cut between the north and south drifts at (he JO iin. lc\ el, 18 feet west ol' the main shalt .-Ji.' " Three trial cross cuts at the lO fni. level r)S " r.ai lon\ Pond is hctwech five and six f, .t above the sea level at liigh v.a'.r. With a south or south ca^i win. I, the ti,l.. (lows into the r'nid. In the event of mining In hig carried on. on the south side and Cist end of the ixmd, it might be made available lor scoring the OM', .*::: 'In- entrance to the j.ond could be deepened so a^ to adn.ir a s.-,Mv. at little cost. The .soun.lings of the pond are as follow .s, viz:— In the cMitro. 1;10 feet off (he wotern slioro n f,„^ ( ':!' ilii' i>! ^outh westi'in jioint p , '• 1 'ioi iic ;i int, north sidi' ... .^' i I " ** Trontin .; : ock " Birthv I'nnd Brook 4 " "LusUiU end, 1.30 feet fiom the shore ,• r.nl th.. cheapest mode rf tran^t for the ore. .^-c., wonl.I ]„. ,„ cntiMru.t a !r,;,n.vay along tl„- s.nlh si.ic of (|„. |„„„|^ ^j,,, ., „.,..,^j__ K.d)-cie.!fly steep to admit of the ore cars beii.g sent along it by ;,^i,/„ llie-i own eiee of gra\ity. I The lar^'c brook mnning into the pond at the oast end, whore it has a fall of oO feet, on the Xotre Dame property, would form a water power of great value for the purposes of cr'ishiiig and dressing ore.— Duiing the summer months it al:':)rd8 water enough to drive a 25 feet ovcrshat wheel. The shipping facilities arc good. Tcsscls may safely lie off the mine and load, in moderate weather, and ean always lind secure an- chorage and slielter from all weathers in Pitman's Bight and Nipper's Harbor, half a mile, and a mile west of c mine. There are two good dwelling houses, two small cottages, a pow- der house, blacksmith's shop and a store ou the property. I strongly recommend that the explorations and mining opera- tions be continued, and have great coniidencc that the mine will ulti- matel}' become a paying enterprise. I have the honor to bo, (fee., &c., nUC.II U. rLETCHER, f h .Tn^nr-., T'!.,r, r>^:»'^^- '"t. '--3, I r J