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S., I'UoviNciAi. r.Koi.odiST; AND REPORT FROM IIERRERT WILLLVMS, Esy., MIM.N(i KNCINEKIl, Sll'EHlNTK.NDENT OK TllK HAUVKV UILL MINES, iiC. — f f QCEBKC I PUINTEI) liY AIKi. COTE & C" 1805. DESCRIPTION OF THE MINING PROPERTY. The property is situate in the centre of the Gold and Copper bearing District of Lower Canada, and in the Township of Wolfestown, County of Wolfe, and St. Francis Gold Mining Division. It consists of the Fee Simple of 2,700 acres, and the mining rights of 300 acres of land, forming a block of 3,000 acres, >vliich with the usual allowance for highways make a total of 3,150 acres, or nearly 5 square miles. The whole of Ihis Piopcrty is FUKK OF Tlll<: ROYALTY ON COPPER imposed by Ih*; Canadian Government on recent sales of Copper Lauds. I(, is iu llie immediate vicinity of the Henneker Aline which lies on Ihe south-west, partly in Wolfestown, there beim,^ only one entire lot between the block and the lot on which the mine is situate. On the other hand, the Vigor y\m\ and MacCraw Mine, lie to the north-east in Cluisler. The IliNNKKKii MiNF, is worKcMl by the British American Land (^uiipauy, and all hough as yet not very extensively about 100 Ions of ore have been turned out which has been pronoimced by Sir W. K. Logan, our Provincial (Jeologist, who is celebrated for his scienlilic knowledge, as well as for the great caution of his l(!slimony (which is reliable when given) to be a rich ore.—ru'ology of Canada, 1803, page 733. 4 Tlio assay of lliis ore, as prepared by the Crushing Mill at Ihe Mine, and by vvasiiing, has produced at the Ascot Smelting Works 30 iV(i per cent of copper. The Vigei' Mine, in Chester, is also being vigorously worked and splendid ore got out. The properly is from 12 to 14 miles distant from the Grand Trunk Railway, with which it is connected by good Public Roads. It is surrounded by Mines on all sides, in Ilam, Garlhby, Ireland, Halifax, and Chester. It lies in the midst of populous Townships, and Wolfestown itself had at last Census, in 1801, apopulalion of 1422 souls, which has largely increased within the last two years, owing in part to the demand for labor at the several Mining Works being carried on, and partly to the ordinary increase of settlement. The chef-lieu or County Town of the United Counties of Drummond and Arlhnbaska is only distant about 12 miles at Arthabaskaville. This County Town has a population of 744 souls, a Court House built of brick, and a Jail of stone and brick, both very large buildings. It has also a Church and two public schools. The village of Yictoriaville, at the Grand Trunk Railway Depot, is distant from the County Town about 2^ miles, and contains 000 souls. Th(; Parish and Villages united, have a population of 17,000 souls. There is also a Church at about 2^ miles distance from Ihe property in Ilam, and two other Churches in Chester, one, at the Village of Ste. llelene, in Chester East, distant about 3i miles, the other at the Village of St. Paul, in Chester West, distant about 5 miles. There is also a Church in Wolfcsslown itself, and the popula- tion of the Village is about 150 souls. ./ M>' / 't The East Branch of th.; River Nicolet, into which several streams traversing tlie property discliarge themselves, offers a transit hy water-carriage for the ore in the spring and fall, by means of large flat-botlomed Scows to the Grand Trunk Railway in Stanfold, and J Pennoyer, Esquire, the Surveyor and Engineer of the Brilish American Land Company, is ot opinion that this mode will be the most economical. The Scows can be built on the Property. Thus there is a choice of two modes of transit to the Railway. The value of the Property as farming land may be safely put down at $0 per acre, which for the 2,700 acres in Fee- simple would give $10,200. This value must increase year after yeai', and on Iho banks of the River Nicolet a consider- able Town will grow up. The value of the Timber and of the splendid water power on the Property are spoken of in the Report of Ilcibert Williams, EFrpiiro, ^lininj; Engineer^ Snperinlendcnl (tf the llnrvcy Hill Mines. Alteutiou to Mr. Williams' Report ^given l)e]o\>) is r«'speclfiilly asked. [£will be seen he stales « that he /im l/ic fullest belief ihathj judi- cious and careful c.rplvration copper ore uill be found in the properly in sufficient quantities to render its extraction remuner- ative and profitable » Since Mi*. Williiiuis' visit to IIk^ property the proprietor has had a cursory exploration for copper made by a non-profes- sional niiiii, which n^sulled in the copper bearing rocks being found to traverse the property, and in the yellow sulphuret of copper and galena being found in the dolomite', and also in a mixture of carbonate of lime and quartz ; the green carbonate and grey copper were found in the chlorite. 6 The result of this cursory exploration accompanied by a Plan was submitted to our eminent Provincial Geologist, Sir William E. Logan, who more than verified its con-ectness, as will be seen from his note below, and also from the Sketch or Plan showing the Geological formation, and how the copper bearing rocks, continuing on the strike of the Ilenneker Mine, traverse the property. NOTE FROxM SIR W. E. LOGAN, F. R. S., PROVINCIAL GEOLOGIST. « Montreal, 2nd July, 1864. «My Dear Sir, « I send you a pencil sketch to show you how the dolomite runs through your lots in Wolfestown, being those lots marked by 0. Copper occurs in the dolomite in several places, little or none in the black slates, and there are occasional indications of it in the chloritic slates above the dolomite and in the chlo ritic Nacreous and quarlzose slates beneath the black slates. Many thanks for the tracing with which you furnished me. « I am, my dear Sir, « Very truly yours, « W. E. LOGAN. P. M. Partridge, Esq., « Crown Land Office, Quebec. » ■>* ^» REPORT OF HERBERT WILLIAMS, ESQUIRE, MINING ENGINEER. « Harvey Hill Copper Mines, « Leeds, Megantic, C. E. ((Superintendent's Office, 20tii Decr., 18G4. c( P. M. Partridge, Esq.., « Quebec. « Dear Sir,— Having, in llie autumn of 18G2, visiled your property in the Township of Wolfestown, comprising lots No. 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7 in the seventh range, 2, 3, 5 and 6 in the 8th range, and 1, 2, 4, 5, and 7 in the 9th range of the said Tovvnshi[), the following are the notes made by me at the time of my survey, viz : — <( These properties lie in the run of the second Synclinal of « Copper bearing rocks of the Eastern Townships of Canada, (( the dolomitic limestone which carries the Variegated (( Vitreous, and Yellow Sulphurets of Copper at the Ham Mine, M which is situate at a comparatively short distance, has been « found on several of the lots, but as no explorations have, up « to the present time been made on the property, little can be (( said of its value, though I have the fullest belief that by « judicious and careful exploration Copper Ore will be found (( in the properties in suITicient quantity to render its extrac- (( tion remunerative and profitable. Besides the dolomitic (( limestone, which appears to be under laid by Black Slates, <( the out crops of the Chloritic Nacreous and Quartzose Slates (( are to be seen in several places, and these in several locali- « ties in this Synclinal, are found to carry Copper in sufficient « quantities to pay fair protits on working as at the Harvey « Hill Copper Mines.)) 8 ((There are several excellent water powi^vs on Ihe property that may be regarded as important adjunets for the purposes of crushing, stamping and dressing the ores. (( The property is well covered with Timber suited to build- ing purposes, and an ample supply of iuel may be confidently relied upon for many years to come. (( This section of the Country lies within the limits of the Gold bearing region as laid down by our eminent Provincial Geologist, Sir W. E, Logan. <( The property is easily approched by good roads, and distant from the Grand Trunk Railway about 12 to 14 miles. « I am, Dear Sir, « Your Obedient Servant, (( HERBERT AVILLRxMS. » The Proprietor deems it unnecessary to add further evid- ence of the eligibility of the Property as alTording the bases for several legitimate mining enterprises, but would add that it is the opinion of several eminent Professional men that the quartz, the talcose and the black slates or shale contain gold ; moreover practical men who have had much experience up the Chaudiere and its Tributaries last summer, are positive in the opinion that gold will be found in the Rivers and Streams on the property, if properly searched for next spring. The black sand mixed with rather large garnets, in which is found the alluvial gold of Eastern Canada, has been discovered in several of the small streams. P. M. PARTRIDGE, PROrRIETOR. Quebec, Canada East, March, 1865. 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