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Those too large to be entirely included in one exposure are filmed beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to right and top to bottom, as many frames as required. The following diagrams illustrate the method: Un des symboles suivants apparaitra sur la dernidre image de cheque microfiche, selon le cas: le symbole —^ signifie "A SUIVRE", le symbole V signifie "FIN". Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent etre filmds d des taux de reduction diffdrents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour etre reproduit en un seul clich6, il est filrn^ d partir de Tangle sup^rieur gauche, de gauche d droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images ndcessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m^thode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 CK' /wZ^cXJ^^ -^- "^. ^^ / \-Hr, i " \ " ] - l " M > M '' l < l : l - l^l .' l:l ^ l ^ ^ ^ ^ r Commander Folger and Lieut. Buckingham I OR TO t'Hh; :: Secretary of tlie United States Navy, Upon the : Nickel and Copper Deposits I I Of Sudbttry, Ontario. 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Klu'iii SI !■( 1 I I >.i^ r"I''r^**r%**i**'*T*'r*r'I*"I*'r*l~I''I"l''r'I**I'S''r'I' l"I"M**I"l"I"i"I"l"l"'"I"I"I"r* I ^il i I 8IK — PiTUiK nic to add a I't^w lines of preface lo the Kei>ort oC Conniiaiider Kolger and Lieutenant lUickingham which here iullow.s : The i)rodiic(ion oi'niv-kel steel and other alloys of nickel, lor warliki' appliances of every kind and description, has l)ecome a matter ot the greatest commercial import-ince and that importance has been greatly enhanced within the last lew days by the immense sums appropriated by the ]iussian, Jllnglish and United States' Governments lor the strengthening oi' their navies The world's supply of nickel is limited lo two localities, one in the district arc.und Sudbury, in the Province ol Ontario, and the other is on the Island ol New Caledonia, in the Southern Hemis'phere, east ol Australia, in one hundred and sixty live degrees east longitude and twenty three degrees south latitude. At no other place and in no other country in the world has any nickel ol" any iraportanee or commercial value ever been Ibund. As an alloy ol nickel with steel now determines the value, strength and dural)ility ol steel, it also determines the strength, value and durability of a navy made of steel. The power of a nations navy is now determining her place and power in the commercial world. It is a most remarkable frict th;ii at the i)resent time every great nation in the world desires to buy war ships, and it is still more remarkable that in no m;»rkct in the world are any warships lor s.tle, Canada is the only country in the world which possesses both nickel and iron — what use has she made ol these min- erals ^ What use does she propose lo make of them.'' These are very imi>o)tant tjuestiotis. They art* (juestiotis far more important tiian any commercial (jU'.'stion before her Parlia- ment or her Government. The importance of nickel and steel in a commercial way, was lound out about ten years ago. Members ol Parliament have many times askid me : " lias Canada really got a supply of ni«kel siillicient to meet the wants ol the world :' Can she supply it as cheap or cheaper ihaii New Calodonia? Can Canada, by any means, have a monopoly of the i)rodu(tion of this metal? Can she reline it in this country and n\ix it with her iron and produce nickel steel ? " To every one of these questions we have invariably answered, yes But I have been called upon lor the proof of mv statements, and I here oiler it. In IHltO General 11 F Tracy, the Secretary J the United States' Navy, after exhausted experiments, decided to adopt nickel steel for the use of the navy- lUit before doing so he said to me that he wished to assure himself that there was a sullicieiit supply of nickel at Sudbury, and that he wished to Send his own commission of experts to Sudbury to ex- amine all the deposits in that neii^hbourhood- He did send such a commission That lonimission made a report to him and the hllowiiiL'' i>a<4es ot this pamphlet constitute this report and I think art> ubundunt proot of my statements that Canada not only has an inexhaustible supply of this metal but that she can produce it at a cost iar below that at which New Cal- edonia can product' ii and that she thus has a -monopoly of the world'.- use of this metal. As will be seen by the last paaunot be alloyed or melted with nickel unless the nickel is refined in Canada so that the Canadian manufacturer of nickel iron or nickel steel can have his nickel at a prioe d as muvh cheaper than his Amorican (3ompotitor, as the Ainorican has to pay for import duty upon rolitied nickel. Th«^y never will be rchned in Canada while the aovcrn- ment permits them to be exported in a crude state. The whole question, therefor, depends upon the Govern ment exercising the power taken at the last session ofParlia ment and placing an export duty of two cents per pound upon copper and ten cents per pound npon nickel in the form of nickel and copper mattes. No figures less than these will prohibit its export in the form matte. The expense of producing matte at Sudbury has been greatly cheapened since this report was made seven vears atro but the extent of the deposits has not changed, and the work' ing ol the several properties since the making of the report has proven it to have been wonderfully correct. The pamphlet which I have also sent you on "The Question of Export Duties on Nickel and Copper IVIattes," will show you that tSudbury can produce nickel at" about one half the price at which the New Caledonia Mines can produce it and lay it down in the markets ol Europe or the United States but I will not go farther. I ask vou to read this report and when you have read it you will better understand from the highest ofhcial authority, the magnitude of the interest which Canada has allowed and is allowing to be wholly diverted irom her own country. T> n TT r. ^ '^' KITCHIE. Kussell House, Ottawa, March 21st, 1898. RERORT OR COMMANDER FOLGER and LIEUTENANT BUCKINGHAM The Secretary of the United States' Mavy The Nickel and Copper Deposits OF SUDBURY. ONTARIO BUREAU (>F ORDINANCE. Navy Depakt.ment, \Vasiiin<}ton, 0<<. 14lh, U^".»0. HON. B. U TRACY, Soeivtaiy of the Navy, Washington, D-C SIR,— In obedioncL* to the Dopartmonts order of the 2sih ultimo, we proceeded to Clevehmd. Ohio, and on the afternoon of the list instant were received by the Board of l)irectors of the Canadian Copper Conii)any The.se gentlemen informed us that every facility would be afforded to us to see their jiroper- ties in Canada, and the plant, progress and processes at their mines. Mr. S. .1 Ritchie, one of the Directors, was selected by the Board to accompany us, and he subsequently instructed the manager of the works to freely answer all our questions con- ( erning the mines and the operations of the company at the various points under his management, and during our visit we found every indication of the desire on the part of th«^ manage- ment and its employees to show us the exact state of affairs. Wednesc^ay night we left Cleveland. Arrived at Sudbury Friday alternoon in (imi^ to examine the mining operations at 5 Ihe ' TopinT Clid Miiic' Satuicl;iy \v»' visited tlu' roasiting lu'ds and the smt'ltiiiii- works at (\)i)pt'r (>lill, and were shown Ihe indications of I he lint' ol i»r«' deposits extending IVom the lilvans to the M< Conn'li niuu's. Tlie same ev»'niiii; vve Wfiit to White l-'ish Station, on the Ali^onia hrani h ol the Canadian I'ai ilic liailvvay. and the next day vifsited the dep«)sils Cn'aii hill ian^•e and the Vermillion mine. returniiiL!' to Copper Clill' to spt-iid thi' nij^ht. Mjiiday we W(.'iii to the Nau State of Ohio, and granted by special Act ot the Canadian ( loveri.ment all the rights that it would have acquired uiuler a I'anadian charter, subsequently pur- chased tiie tracts of hind colored purple, green and yellow in JJenison township; that colored red in Creighton, and the quarter section called Stobie and colored yellow on the map. These in the opinion of the company, based upon reports of its surveyors and prosjiectors, cover all the t) ofitable deposits in the district. All of the beds of ore seem to lie between the strata of granite on one side ai^-^. diorite on the other, and as those formations generally, plainly appear on the surface they have guided the company in its selection of territory. That the company has, however, secured all the deposits of ore in the vicinity is by no means clear to us ; but we are fully convinced from the surface indications and the borings and shafts already sunk, that they have an amount of mineral which cannot be exhausted by this generation. The surface indications are Ibund in the belt previously mentioned and although they seem in each bounded by the walls of granite and diorite, more carelul examination ofthecountrv when it is opened out may discover other valuable deposits connecting those owned by this company, The general character of this country and the neighbor- hood for hundreds of miles, is broken by rocky ranges from 100 to 00,000, special would ^h pur- t'liow ill luid the the raa]>. reports oil table m to lie 5 on the pear oil ction of all the us; but and the iount of 1- The nt ioned vails of 30uutry le posits ighbor- is from I many h were /"s and mdant in the essible everal About IS years a^o forest lires swept the whole neic;hl)or- hood, and the .standini,'' trunks of immense i)ines are sur rounded by a second ijrowth. which in the valleys is so di'ns(» as to be scarcely passable, and, with iht* fallen trees, slippery rocks and inarshv land, r^Mubrs oven ;i prospectors task diliicult. Tilt' Canadian Copper Company claim to have spent thousands ol dollars in surveyiiig- and i»rospL'ctin<^. and as th^y haH the rii^ht of selection, il is reasonable to suppose, that with the g-reat capital at their disposal, they did not leave much to otheis. The properties of the same companies men- tioned are at the extremities ol the belt, and may be only the frini'-e of the main body of deposits From our examination they app»'ar to b'^'i extent and capability hardly one per cent, of that owned by i!i • Canadian Col'per (-o The Crean Mine at the S. W. extri-mity has been worked out and aban<'( iied, iMid th Vt'orthingion Mine near the same seems to be only a j^oclc L. The Dominion Co's. mine at the other extremity seems to be nearly worked cut ; and the Murray Mine hul comparatively small. iSho'ild other deposits be not found outside of the belt mentioiUKb thi' Canadian Copper Coini>uiy would have prac^ti (•ally evei ythiiiiT. 'I'he otheis •! ;im. howevi'r, to own larg'e tracts oi land to the north and north. vest, bur the existence of ores therein is disputed and seems to be doul)ttul Neither company claims to be doing any work beyotid jn'ospecting at any points we did not visit. The character of the ores in this district is technically described in the paper written by iJr. E- D. Peters, who was for a time manager of the Canadian Copper Company, and is annexed (Enclosure No- 2) It is important to notice from an economic point of view, that these ores can be smelted in then* natural state, that is, they do not rcjuire the admixture of iluxiiiL!; substances The dead pine timber found in great abundance in the neighbor, hood and which can be delivered at the furnaces at ^1.80 per cord, is a good fuel for roasting, though hard wood would be better, but owing to the i'usilile -. 3rd. — SnielHno-. Til.' point.s selei ted ior mininu' are determined i'roni surface indications, and by examination of the substrata by a diamond drill. This drill cuts a core from the rock through which it passes, thus lurnishing material for analysis of the substrata. The conveni-'iKc ot working' and transportation are o( course consi(hMvd. Should the deposits of ore be in large quantitu's on a hill-side, it i.s simply blasted otf' but as they more frequently dip under the surfa -e, mining by a seiies ol levels is less exj'^ensive. A shait 's run at an angle determined by boring a ctnivenient depth, and then the ore blasted out of a large rhambcr. the miners working around the walls and ceilings, standing on the mass already thrown down until the work on this level is exhausted. The shaft in the meantime is co'itinued to another level and another chamber worke-d as b-lore Shaft mining is also much better adapted to the severe winter climate than surface work and is aloni' sulUcient reason for its adoption here The mass ot rock and ore thrown down in the chambers is broken into handling sizes })y the miners, the good ore separated from the rock and low grades, loaded into trucks, and hoisted to the crusher at the top of the shaft. Passing through this, it is divided bv si-ivi's into three sizes, and falls into bins respectively, ileiore and after (rushing the " gangue" (non ore breaking lock) is j)icked out as much as possible. The rock from the < hambers and low grade ore are dumped into a heap at one side. 2nd -Koasting. ]?oast bels are prepared by levelling a surface on the ground, which should be well drained and hard. Up >n this a thin layer of t he " lines "' is layed. then a layer of pine wood from one and one half to two feet in thickness, according to the fusibility of the ores; then " c(. arse "' and " ra<2u-ing " is laid on to a depth ol' about seven feet, and the whole covered over witli lines to conline the heat Fires are started and the mass burns from forty to seventy days, it is then broken up and transjiorled into l)ins neiir the smelting furnaces. ;ird -Roasting. The furnaces are. spcnking generally, A'ertical recepticals- into which coml)nstion ; tarted at the I'lmiiicd I'roiii uiltitrata by Ji rock through inalysis of thr rtation are of re be iu hngc but as they by a seiies ol ••le determined blasted out ol he walls and .:»wu uutil the another level lining i.s also ! than surlace on here ;he chambers the good ore into trucks, lal't. Passing ;es, and falls Hie possible, •e are dumped / levelling a led and hard, len a, layer of in thickness, ' c(,nrs(^ "' and eet, and thi' at. Fires arc Y days, it is the smeltinu' g generally, nrted at the gangue bottom is continued through successive layers of coke and ore. the mineral fusing and running oil as matte at the bottom, and the feeding continued at the top, as the mass smelts down Various qualities of ores are in bins at the level of the charge door of the furnace, and the successive charges of ores and coke are weighed and shoveled into the same. A cold blast at the bottom stimulates, the combustion, and as the mass is fused it runs into a fore hearth from which the slag is drawn off at short intervals through a tap hole near the top, and the matte at longer intervals from the bottom. Upon the disposition of the m(»ans of handling the material through its various staues, avoiding handling to the greatest possible extent, depends to a considerable degree economic production- Having thus generally noticed the characteristics of the district, and the ])rocesses employi^d, we beg leave to give a detailed description of the mines and ore deposits as follows : The CiiiiMdian Copper ClitfCo. : The Cooper Mine and vicinity, The Evans The Stobie The Vermillion " The deposits in Creighton township. The Dominion Mineral .Company : The Blezzurd Mine. The Worthington Mine, The Crean Mine. The Copper Clitf mine is situated on a branch road, the property of the Canadian Copi)er Company, about a mile from Copper Clitf Station, about four miles from Sudbury on the Algoma branch ot the Canadian Pacilic Uailway, and was opened in the summer ot 188*1. The face of the hill about tJO feet high was blasted oil' and a shaft sunk at 4)''' into the earth. The mining is now^ on the Itth level, and the sixth about to be opened, the length ot the shall being about 000 feet; 56,534 tons of ore have been taken to the roast yard from this mine from the opening up to the 1st of October, 1890. At present about 180 tons of ore are crushed daily. There are no indications of decrease in the extent or richness of the ore- It does not appear in veins but the entire mass seems ore of varying grades, with small quantities of rock intermixed. As the depth is increased the percentage of nickel in the ore somewhat increased with a corresponding decrease of copper- 10 Tlx're if^ irrcii'ularity in the oiv as to the i)rop()rli()ii,s <»!' the aboveiiamod miiu'ials one or the other predominating in spots in a way not to ])o predicted or aecounted lor. The averiiii'e amount of eopper and nickel comliined is about 8 per cent : six of copper and two o( nickel. ^'pe(Mmens however, have been picked with copper runninL»" as high as 30 and nickt^l 1') per cent , but the i)resence of small deposits of abnormal richness can noi be considered as indicative of the richness ol the mine, as regularity promises greater extent of the deposits The j)laut consists of a hoisting engine, with two drums and cables, one No. 5 Blake crusher, 15 inches x I) inches aperture with selves for sorting ore. capable ot crushing about 400 tons of the kind of ore taken from this mine in 'J4 hours. A steam pump and reservoii tor compressing air for the rock drills a small machine lor making repairs, two boilers, fur- nishing about SO horse power, which suthees to run all of the mac hi neiy. one steam i)ump use d at the lower level of the mine, which coiuloiscs into the tank it pumps from : one small pump run by compr.'ssed air [or lillinu' this tank, pud four ro( k drills, also run by air. In addition are the ore trucks and utensils for blasting 1)reaking and handling the ore Near ihis mine are the ollices of the (^ompany, and about ore from the bins under the crusher drops into dumping cars u])on the railroad track, which connects with the roast 40 log houses for the employes and their families. yard. This track runs up gradt on to a trestle work about a mile long leading towards tlie smelting furnaces. On one side of this trestle, tlie level of which is about Jo feet higher, the ground is levelled oil" tor the roast beds aho.^.t :2,000 feet alo^ig the track and from lo to 7-") feet wide, the ore from the cars falls throvgh a * hute in hand barrows, by which it is distribut- ed over the beds After roastinu' the ore is carried in hand barrows to a trai k running parallel to the other on th(^ opposite side of the trestle, and on the level of tfie road btnls This track leads to the sm-'lting furnaces and the ore is dump 'din- to the bins thereat. The present capacity of the roast yards is about (30or(i(>ii.s ,,r the iJ:»tiiig iuispots 1 toinbiii(.(l '1. IS ^'pt'f'iuieiis r as high as ;J0 '11 cl"'posils of li'iitivo of the atcr extent of h two drums •'^ X 1) iiu'hes nislnngal)oul: i'l -4 hours. i'or the rock ' boilers, fur- Mil all ol" the ■ Jevel of the s from : one lis tank, pud ho ore trucks he ore 7' and about imilies. The ito dumpino- th the roast "'I'k about a ^>Ji one side higher, the ^ i'ool alo.ig >m the cars is (listribut ^'J in hand the opposite hods This lump d in- asr yards is i'0,000 by iiidelinitely ill sides at vv ore vrere •V oon tract, npany pro vides fuel plant and tools, and the (^ontract price is 20 cents per ton from bins and oil cars on to the beds ; and 30 <.'ents per ton otf beds into cars, and into bins at smelting furnace. Total from bins at the mines to l)ins at the furnace 50 cents per ton- Working full i)()vver, the beds ran boused about four times a year, that is, counting the times occupied in beddinii'. roast- ing and clearing the beds, it cdii hardlv average less than three months, the lull yearly capacity of the present yard is :240,<»00 tons. By additions that could be made in one month the yearly capacity rould be ircreased to oOO.OUU tons. All the roastuig ot the Canadian Copper Company will bo done at this point. In connectiOii ^vith the line of tracks from the main line, and roast yaids are the smelt ing turnaces. The plant here con- sists ol two llerresholl Water Jacketed lurnacos. with two com- plete sets of blowers, either ol which has sulhcient power to supply the blast for both furna tons could easily be re- duced. English furnaces ot the same sixe do not reduce more than f)0 tons per diem. The Manager and Chemist at the works said the average of the last month's production was that about <» tons of ore pro duced one ton of matte. The directors say that the records of the ollice show that, since the smelting works were started about live ton.^ )f ore produced one ton of matte. The ores fiv)m the three bins are smelted here, the Com- pany having no other furnaces, and they are combined so as to smelt readily- (hie ion of coke is used fur every ton of matte run oil'. At the time ol our visit only one furnace was running the other was rt»pairing, the average daily production of matte lor the last month was 'Jo tons. xMr. liilchie said the Company ■was ('ontracting lor ten furnaces ol similar design. These would 1)0 built in Canada, if they could be built in the desired 12 time, if not. all or part from the United States. He said they could he })uilt, delivered and set up within six months. The full ( aparity of the two furnaees per diem would be about t)<) ton.s of matte The matte averages about 17 per |] cent nickel and '2o per cent copper. The daily output of nickel at this rate 10.2 tons, and for ten furnaces at the same rate 50 4] There is at ()resent about (J, 500 tons of matte ready for delivery, and tln' ore on the roast beds will produce about «i,000 tons more, containing 11105 and 1020 tons of nick«jl resi)eclively. To run one furnace the following' men are required : — One weigher, Two engineers, Two lurnaix^ men. Two slag wheelers, Two chargers, One yard man Total, ten men at an avertiu'e pay ol |1,S0 per diem. Attached to tlie furnaces is a well lifted laboratory with F. L.Sperry. chemist, in charge, and two assistants. Here each run of matte is analysed and assays made of ores as needed. The whole disposition oi the plant is well planned for working with economy, and it will be observed that the ores are handled ])ut four times; 1st, into the i:ars from the mines 2nd. into the crusher, ;]rd, oil' the roast beds, 4th, into the furnace, at other operations it falls by gravity into or from the ])ins or cars. To increns" the jijant the company has purchased a Gates Orusher Irom the dates Iron Works at Chicago, and it with its accessories, is now on the grounds ready to be set up. It is the largest size they make (No. 8,) and with three ap- pertures 1^ inches by 42 inches each and its capacity is .stated in the catalogue of the makers 100 to 150 tons per hour, Mr. Gates, whom we saw in Chicajjo, stated that it would crush 2U0 tons oi the friai)le ores, ol Sudbury per hour. This will give a total per diem capacity at the Canadian Copper Company's mines of 000 tons. THE VICINITY OF THF COITFR CLIFF MINE, Starting from the hill into which the shaft of this mine is sunk, we rode over a range of hills to the point named on the map •' McConnell Mine," a distance along the range of about ■21 miles. On the hill just back oi the shaft of the Copper u He said they mouths, diem would be ' about 17 per - tons, and for tiatte ready for produce abort tons of uickol 'equired : — ClifTMine, ))orinn^s have been made all finding good ores One O to" ">er diem, boratory with is. Here each as needed. !1 planned for that the ores icm the mines 4th, into the to or from the purchased a icago, and it to be set up. ith three ap- ' capacity is 311 s per hour, lat it would • hour. This dian Copper MINE, this mine is ined on the 3'e of about the Copper was sunk to a depth of 2!) 1 feet at 15 degrees from perpen dicular and the core extracted showed good ore for 220 along this length. Following along the ridge, which we estimated was from 100 to 250 feet above the level of the valley at Copper Clill and from 300 to 1,000 feet broad at base the surtace indi cations are continuous At the Lady Macdonald Mine, and the McConnell Mine the hills of ore were most conspicuous and at places of each the surface had been blasted away to a depth of several feet where rich ore unallected by exposure was found. The surface indications are so evident that no expert knowledge is needed to pick out the ore bearing rojk, which is reddish brown, and quite friable, very dirterent from the granite and diorite ranges which bound it. The assays of both the above mines show rich ore, better than at Copper Cliil, and in the case of the Lady Macdonald, blasting at the top of the hill and about 150 feet lower at the small lake iiuds good ore, leading the prospectors to assert that the hill was a rich mass through out. From this range to Stobie Mine, the land is lower and the country hardly passable. We are told that surface indications at various points connected these with the range of Stobie de- posits three miles to the north east. We did not attempt to ride through this country. Specimens from the various points blasted out were pro- cured on the spots, and can be analysed if the Department so directs. The Evans Mine is situated about 11 miles S. W. of Copper Cliff Station, near the Algoma Branch of the C P. R., and is connected therewith by a half mile of track owned by the company. It was opened in the summer of 188t) but w'ork was not pressed, and in 188T only a de))th of 2) feet was reached .N^ow the shaft runs down to a second level of 186 feet from the collar of the shaft. The first level has been blasted to the surface, and a large pit about 1^0 feet deep and 200 feet in diameter is exposed. The sides appear to be for the greater part, ore, and no limit has yet been reached. The mining plant here is practically the same as at the Copper Clifi". The hoisting machinery, however, is somewhat heavier, and the steam power is provided by a battery of four boilers, capacity of 22 0. 11 P , of which two are sufficient to run the plant. The crusher capacity is the same as at Copper Cliff, about 4'"0 tons maximum per diem. .32,817 tons of ore are I 14 \ been taken from this mine to roast previous to Oiiober 1st 18tl0, At present about 180 tons are evushed daily. B^^'^'l The g-rade ol' the ore is not quite as high as at Coppor^^^V Clitl, and averau'cs about 7 per cent. iSonie roasting has been ■ done ht're. but in future all the or.'s will be taken to the mainV"^^ roa.st yards A short line about one half mile, eonnects with ; the main line and Ikcjliticj lor handling ores ire the same as at Copper CI lit Till': VKMNITY OF THK EVANS MINE. A uraniti' range between the hill now worked at Kelly Lake seems to bound the deposits in a south-westerly direction. . ^ The company owns the lots which are shaded by hatching iu rr\.j lulditiou to ihost^ colored red on the map. ^Surface indications are found to the north connecting with the Copper Clitl" range, and the hill halfway between has promisina' deposits ; thence acros^N the vallcv io Copper Cliil are no surla<'e indications nor have anv borinsi's been made, but it is thoujiht that the bed ot ore conneeimg the tv\o may be found at a moderate dept h The Stobie Mint- is situuied about three and one-half miles north ot :Sudburv. near a branch of the Catiadian Pacific Eailway built to serve this and the Blezzird mine, and con- nected therewith by a one fourth ot mile of tra^T Dy runninut wo tunu'-ls horizontally 100 leet into the hill- jiide about l.ei it>et apart, both oi' which developed excellent ore. J^ince then mining has been carried on by simply blast- ing oft the iai e ol the lull to about oO ft, depth and 300 ft. across the faee No limit to the deposit has yet been reached. lo.Tl'O tons of or" haviii-r been earried from this mine to the roast yard up to (,)ctober 1st, Is'.iO. and the daily average at present is 110 tons. The uniimLX ida a is ahoui. the same as at the Evans mine, one Dlake No .5 crushc. drilling' and hoistiuLi' machinery. The blasted ro'k is broken uj> in the pit, loaded by hand into buckets which are dumped into trucks, hoisted up an incline to the crusher, and then.'C passinu' to the bins. The P'M'rentage of nickel and copper at this mine is smaller tiian .'ither ol the oiliers. hardlv averaginu' above 5 per <'enl,. but several pockets very rich in niekel have been worked. The or.- iv rein.irkable for it> lluxm^' qualities and forms a valuable mixture to Miielt ihc less fusible ore ot the other nort| aboj ma; ea> mil mcl sb lie by m tV ii o \\ i s 1 lUly. mines, and iMitiri'lv (tl)via,tt\s tliu uecosisiiv of the addition of iti no: ^t Coppf.,.any ibivinn llnxin<4'sabst,an (•(•>. as b eeri F to the iTiain Copper (MiH. '■^^nuQcts with : Tii'j crushed ore is carried on cars to the roast yard at th ^ same as ■ked 'i-Jvd It Kol ly hatch t' taction. '^' ^Jidicat ^»g in .'•ahons ano-e *^^^^- theiH^e ' ^"^JK^atiouN (hat the ^ moderate ^''■CJiifraj i'ht JiehaJfmiies ^'^^'i Pacific ^^' and coa- ^^'ned by the . summer of "itothe hi]], 'tl ^'X'-eJiejit ''H'ly blast- and .300 iY ^'1 i-^^ac]ied ' 'i"ie to the average at ^»s mine, neiy. • '^v hand tt>d up a,j "line is above 5 ave been •-^ ibrm.s 'h> other THK VICINITY OF TlIK S'VOVAK MINE Stobie is, in the opinion of the Canadian Copper Co., the northwest limit ol'th-* valuabh^ b.'lt of ori> dep. and IVom ^500 to 1,000 across the base ot the mounds forming the ridge. Tllli: VERMILLION MINE AND VICINITY. By this \y(i mean that portion iii Deni'^ou Township shaded yellow and jvarple on the map To reajh it, it was necessary to ride over a trail Irom Whitelish Station as shown by arrows on the maj) Alter leaving the fork to which a cart might haved j^assed. there was noihuig but a path through the woods, dillicult ol ac<;es3 on horseback, i he first surface indications were at tlie commencement ot tlu' ridge sketiven orders to cut a road into it immediatcdy, and to survey for a railway line to be rnn from Copper Clitf, or a convenient point, on the Algoma branch ot the Canadian Pacific Railway. No assays have been nuul' ot the ore of this deposit, and we can only say that the indications of an immense deposit were more striking here than at any other point. This property was acquired by this company in 1886 and 7- THE DOMINION MINERAL COMPANY. The IJlezard Mine. This, the principal mine of the com- pany, is situated on a branch built by the Canadian Pacihc Railway, and owned by it, in the quarter section marked "PuCharmb" on the map, and colored yellow. It is about four and one-half miles north of Sudbury, and it is the northern extreme now worked or known to us to exisi. The Canadian Copper Company claim to have had this property at their option for two years, and to have rejected it as not worth acquiring. We have read a report made by this Company by Mr. J. l3, Evans, a surveyor and at present the manager ot the Cana- dian Copper (Company's works, who appeared a most efficient and trustworthy man, in w^hicli he states that he did not consider the property worth working. Three shafts are sunk into the hill vertically, about a hundred fett apart. The main one is sunk about 90 feet, and the chambers worked from this level. They extend for about 200 feet in each direct- ion, and the manager said that since July 15, 1889, 45,000 tons of the ore had been taken out. The rumors in the neighbor- hood are that the mine had been worked out, but they were from competitive sources. The chambers seem w^ell cleaned from ore, and though lighted by electricity, we could see but few evidences of active mining. Mr. Erans said that the iloor of the chamber was rock. The manager claimed a daily pro- duct of 180 tons of ore ; that it took from 9 to 12 to make 5 of matte and that this averaged from 20 to 30 per cent nickel and from 12 to 15 per cent copper. The hill which was being worked was about 100 feet high and about 500 feet in diameter. We saw no evidence of other deposits near, and the manager claimed none. The plant is excellent, and copied after that of the Copper Clitl" mine in the is sekution oriiiat'hiiu'i-y. Oii<' Blak*' No. 5 crasher, and rook drilling and pumping raacliim'ry ol'the .same pattern as before mentioned — (he whole rather better installed than at the Copper dill Mint' T.ie roa.st beds, however, wisre placed all about the grounds and rould not bt? so economically handled. We counted 2t'> hc;ij)s in all and estimated there was about lo.UO ' tons ol ore upon them In the smelting works is one furnace similar to those at the Canadi;in Copper Company's works, with similar acces- sories. They had not more than ten tons of mattt! on hand, in tv.'o heaps which they claimed to a.ssay dO and 'd-\ per cent of nickel. We procunnl samples from each pile which can be assayed if the iJepartnumt directs. The manager claimed that the company owns 5,000 acres of land upon which were !> places they con'emplated working, for coi)per and o for nickel. He ypoke of the Worthington Mine as being the riihest, and gavt' us a sample of on' which he claimed would assay 40 per cent nickel. He said that one shaft had been sunk 72 feet (Crean Mine) one 2;) feet (Worthingtou Mine) and at four other places crosscuts had been blasted Although the deposits at Crean Mine as shown on the map had been represented to us as worthless owin^' to his representations we visited them. The Worthinuton Mine is situated on the Algoina branch of the Canadian Pacilic Railroad, about 7 miles west of White- lish JStalion. We found a mound about oO feet high and .30 in diameter with a small shaft sunk in the middle about 25 feel deep From it had been taken a lew^ tons of ore, which appeared quite rich in nickel. The man in charge, however, said it appeared to be only a pocket and that the end had been jH-obably reached. He mentionedone very line specimen otore, half of which he had sent to the principal oliice, and showed us the other half of the piece we had in our possession. As the property is alongside a railroad, now seven years in active operation, it seems reasonable to suppose that it does not pay to work. The Crean Mine is within a few hundred feet of the Worthington. The shaft was sunk by previous owners to a depth of about 70 feet, and was abandoned as unprofitable. No work has been done on it since. The Murray Mine is situated on the main line of the Canadian racilic Railroad, two and one halt miles NW. of Sudbury. Mr. Ritchie claims that this mine was also at the ol r\ hi P a] 19 option of the Canadian Copper Co , and rejected. The railway cuts thvoaj^h the deposits. On the left side is a hill about 75 feet al)ove the track and extending about 300 feet perpendicular to and 150 feet along the same This embraies all the deposit claimed on this side ol the railroad- On the other is a mound about 15 ieet high, and extending 100 feet perpendicular to and 70 feet along the track. Both of these are evidently or ore bearing rock. Beyond the mound on the north side of th(» track, across the marsh about 100 feet wide, another small deposit was visible, which the manager claimed extended to the N.K. for miles, he knew not how many. They were inakinu' no preparation to work these latter deposits and there existence is disputed The manage'" sav^i another Company owns the section north of them, but l)eyond that they owned a large territory. There is one shait sunk in the hill on the south side of the track to a depth of 00 feet, and from this they are taking small quantities of ore. which is handled in hand barrows. They have a small crusher of not over 75 tons capacity per diem. The furnace is of the English pattern, the same us used in the company's works at Swansea, England. It can reduce about 40 tons of ore per diem, and has been in operation about three weeks Another similar but larger turnace is building. The works are not economically planned for working on an extensive scale. Eight thousand tons of ore have been mined in the last year and a half since the mine was opened. The ore runs about two per cent of copper and nickel. The matte is 8 per cent nickel and 4 per cent copper. The manager said he had orders to mine 40,000 tons next year The place cannot in any way be considered as a competitor of the Canadian Copper Company. 20 GENERAL SUMMARY. Ciiimdian Copper Company. Dominion, Viviant*. Acres owned known tons . 18,000 480 320 Additional claimed. 5,000 4,000 Amount ot ore taken from mines to October Ist 105,000 45,000 8,000 Daily furnace capacity, matte 72 14 6 Daily crushing capacity, • •;-. ore .'. 1,200 400 150 Estimate of tons of ore above surface of ground in deposits seen by us 050,000,000 2,500.000 240,000 We visited the Fraser and Chalmers Co, and the Gates Iron Works in Chicago, where the various statements con- cerning the capacity of the plant and embodied in this report were verified. Very respectfully, WM. M. FOLGER, Commander US- Navy^ B. H. BUCKINGHAM, ' Lieutenant U.S Navy. > i ■> i