A^ .# ^^«> w o^A^>Tx^ IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) A i^. f/j v. 1.0 I.I 1.25 '-IIIIM IM 156 113.2 1^ 1 2.2 t 1^ II 10 1.4 1.8 1.6 Vi <^ //, A '<3 -c^l °> .,^ o 7 M Photographic Sciences Corporation 4^ •^ 40^^ \ n\ ^ *^ ^^^ ° .Sou eh - f B'-.' C.'' . PROFILE OF THE WORK NOW IN PROGRESS Section N° I. D,&iayatcc to tfteaf/il -n hUs/ \li/)ri hrri .0.,'^>i C3 71 ^- 30 . o 3> (75 CD CD '• 'I ^^^ ■ i T ■r. I V' XJ - O c O cz o 11 % ■X. c - 5f %. t^ 32^3f REPORTS ON Tin: IMtol'KlilY or TIIK larteg fill Pilling aiilr %m\k^ C0. p, Ll'lEDS, CANADA EAST, ".-.^ i .HJXE 1, lN,i:J, >■;■ . ■ 1 '■■', ./; ■1/ "\ -<-#.fc. B S T N : PRESS OF GEO. C. IJAM) ^. AVERY. Xo, , CORNHILL. 18(3;j. INDEX n!i:r.iMi\Ai;v notks, kijom a si;(()M) vi> PnL'i- I!i;i'i)i;t or iiki;i!i;i;t wii.i.iams, i;s(»., .MA.\A(ii:i! at tiik .mini; Sli; \V.\I. K. r,(i(;A\, (II IKK (IK TIIK (iK(lK( ICK Al. >KI!VKV OK (AN AHA . 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'''-'"•'Ki.iNi:, Mav i'.'), Isi;;]. f.KNTl.KMKN: Ilavino; nv.uh a s,rond visit (<. the Ilarvrv Hill .Muu. o„ ,lH. ni.u.t.vntl, a,„l hv,.nti,.th of Mav, in r.m.panv with Mr. Jluratio Hip-lnw, uiul Mr. .lani.s IJ.rk, of I!,,.,,',, it lia>nr..unv,l to ,n. t„ ...11 y„„r ult.-.iti..., to ...... or tu'o points o nnportance, wlnelt were left unto,ielie,l in the previous liejioris. ' '''';;■ < '""|)nny oNvi, tr„ aeivs of huui o„ the East Jlranrh of 1'"' lalnier Riv.t, .hstant on.' and a ,,uart,T mih-s Iron, the '■• ^^'ll' 111.' ri.uhr of way for a tram road, to he scLrto.! at '''''" '^ '^ iiev.'r-lailiiiu' stream, and her.' ir is pr„. iH's.Ml to .Mvet a stani). mill an. I svashin- iioors. Thrv iiave tlK- n,-ht to huihl a (him :;<)(. H.,.t h.n-, l,v :;o \W\ in hoh-ht «''l'i'"l<' or aflimiino., at k.ast. .10 imrs.>-p,nv.M', at a eost mueh l^'ss tlian that m.M.riv.l hy th.' emphniucnt oi steam, and ^ulli- J'H'i.t Tor movin- all the maehinery us.hI in dressino^ the ores '''"'•"<.v Ihousaml .hdlars is prohahly ample lor the eoustruetio.i ol ihi' ciitiri' Work. As th.' .'Mimat,' of tl„. , |,,,,. ,,|' ,]„, i„,,>ps|ra!ili..d h.>,l lui-ht eonv.'y ih,. imprcssi.ui that th." ore wouhl vn arr.'s ,,f underlie, or in ahout twenty yars' time, it seems proper to state, that there is .werv reasou '" l"'liev,. in Ih,. e..nlinuan.'e ,,f ||„. ImmI a.Tos- lh.. entire i.'n-th "I' l!ie Company's prop,. ny. — ahout (;.i;(lO f.vt. — allhouuh ,x- I'lorations liav,; not lH',.n carried h,'y,,n,| i'dr, fatli,>ms This wouhl -iv.' a |,,ial aiva of n.'iirly :J(M»" a..|...s ,,f th,' h,.,|. ,.,,ntaiii- '"-• i"'.,u',limr I,, th,' a,l,.pie,| rule.. alM.ut To aeres ,,f ri.d, ."■'' "'• "!■ '''lou-h 1,1 last !ur thirly-hv,' ,,r forty y.'ars. ,.n the lar-v s.-ah' of woi'k pr,ipose,l. an, I w,.rlh. at a ii'ioiVrai.' valua- tinn. .^11..-,(I0.( )(((). This eomputati,.u is from li-iavs niv,.u me hy Mr. ||,.i.|„.rt Williams, the mana-er. ^^ 4 Altliougli tlic traiisportaliMii of this (luantity ol' oro to the ruihvay wouhl Ihm'oiuc worthy of scM'ioiis (.'oiisidenitioii, wore it to he cai'i'iud on (hiring the early sjiriiig and lall, wIhmi tlie roads are heavy, it ceases to he an olistaeh', when we eon- sidei" tiiat thirlng the loiii;' (/anadiau winter the snow offers nearly all the advanta>i'es of a ti'ani road, and there seems to l)c no reason to douht that the entire annual ])i-oduet of the mine can he delivered, with ease, at Methot's Station, duriiiu' that ]»eriod, at one-tliird less than th»' estimates. It can Ije rei.dily hauled lor ^!t.00 ]ier ton. dui'inu' the i\vy summer months, if it were important to meet a luLih nnirket. Seven months' work, from O (•toiler 1, lSi;:>, to .\hiy 1, iSd h' IS remai'Kaoi(>, when we eon shows the following- result, which sider that the eiilii'c product, with the exception of the suhsi- diary yiidd from the "Fanny Hliz;; (iasli Vein Vniulu'i- Two," has heen derived from opening the h'vels, no stoping having hoeu done in the mine. The figures ai'c iu gold curi'cncy, taking copper at twenty cents \)vv pound. 2,000 tons of -ll ]>or cent. ore. from the interstratified hed ^ohtaincd from driving levels), at ><4.00 per uni; - ... - Deduct ( .e-lifth for waste iu dressin >:<2S,000 A.dOO .s4.oo() .•sl,s.4iH) ]»alance ------ Cost of dres>iug hy steam-[»owcr, '^2.00 per ton JJalance ------ Carriage to I'oston. at -^lo per ton, 20 per cent, im ] Jala nee - - - Tottil expenses at the Mine taken from cost sheet. isKl.SOU idO ^14.-2()0 J5alai .f I nee ol liel pl'olll o n iaterst ratified hetl. xil.lnil Net profit on '• fannv Mli/.a. NO. : Sujiplies on hand, paid Inr in sev( ii month .111)0 I'll Ml Net pi-dlil fur seven montli> *0.0l)0 H esi iillv voiir; Al'CiUSTINE SUUllTLKFF HEPOKT OF IIKUiJKHT WILLIAMS. Harvky IIiij. Mixes, Lekds, ITthAj.ril, 1803. Dkai! Sir: 1 ),avc nuK'li ].l.-i,sure in roniplviiio- with vonr roquost, hy s.ihinittiii- to v.hi the full,, win- 'Kepnrt on tlio Harvey JTili GippL-r Mines, situate ..n tlu- ITtii Lot, in the L5tli lu.nge, HI the Township of Lee,ls, i,i the Countv of Me-antie Canathi East. ' (^ ^ The natnre ol' tlie nictainr.Toiis (h. posits discovered liere, nsNvell as the -eo],.ui.-al structure of this part of tlie rountry' has alieady l)ee). eareJulIy (h'sorihcl ly Sir W. K. Lo-an, In' the Oeolo-ieal IJeport of Canada for tlie year iSfjS, us a'lso the works tlien in pm-ress, witli a view to proviu- i„ a down- ward direction, tlie naturo and value of the rich' cu]n-ifenms deposits dis(,.vered eroppino; out at surface^ on this property. The aeeunipanyin- plans and sections will show the nature and extent of the ex])loratory W(u-k executed on the property lip to the present time. The a.h't marked (D) on plan has been .lriven,altoo-et]ier,a].out 124S fathoms, and although some 'piart^ courses have heen )net within it, similar to those found at surfice, tiny do not appear t(. he in any way connected with^ each other, as, hy explorations upon them from the acht. we li.id them to thin out. both verticallv and horizoiitallv. m ri'i'Ki; UKii. <)ne of th(> (piartz courses met with in the adit was found 1o lie immediately under the upper interstratilied bed, at the P"iiit of its intersection with that diiva-e mark.«d(h,. ]t earried some vi^ry lidi vitreous copper or(>. whilst the bed ilself presented scarcely a trace of copjx'r, and could onlv he distinguished from the adjacent slates by its character'istic lii;-ht ■■•ray P(»lor. and the amount ol' (^uart/ and chloriloid dis- trilaited thi-ouuh it. - SE((tXI> IlKO. 'I'lu,' sccdiid copiicr-licai'iii,!;' Ix'il. wliidi coiistilutcs t\\r {(i[i )!' a six-l'rt't Iicd (if soiipstiim.'. iiiark('(l ( 15 1 in Srctinii No. 2. iidt Ihm'ii met \vith in tlic adit am I 1 am iuclincil to lii'licvc it has tliiiiiicil out hctin'c n-ai-liiiij;- tliat dcptli. as its tiiitcrnp at surl'acc, at a slmrt distaiici' tu the cast oC Fiviiioiit's ift -.Halt, also roas(.'s, win k' it can lie traced in a wustcrlv direc- tion lur a distance of over two miles. Tin tin iu:i). At alioiif twenty fiitlionis fVoiii the extreme end of the adit, after l>assin,^■ thnjngh aliout twehc iiithoms td' a dark bliiisli, soft seiiist, a li^'ht gray slate Mas met a\ ith, earryiiii;' a little copper pyrites ami a considcralile amoimt of chloritoid, and the same kind of ground is now in the rwil. '^I'his last liaiid is irrciiular in its di[), which is in some places !>") and 40 degrees, and in others 10 to 14 de,uri-es. Some ((uartz courses have als(» been met with in it, one of which has been i)artially exploreil. and yielded some ])ieces of copper pyriti's, \-aryinij;- from one to three and fonr jioiuids in weii;ht. yielding, by as>ay, about '11 ])or cent, ot' pure copper, 'i'his mass, from its highly mineralized nature, 1 regard as of gi'eat importance in tlie futui'c of till' umlertaking, and likely to carry cojiper in remunerative (Quantities, when exploi'cd at other jjuinta of the property. 'i'i.i' upper interstratitieil beil wa< fii'st met with in sh; ■ marked (('), ( foi-merly called gi-a0 fathoms, and I oiiowei 1 in the ilii'i'cfioii of it: dip frou! the 20 fathoms to the .'10 fath.aiis level, a distai ice 1)1 ii\-cl' iO fathoms on the incline: and we are now I'ollowing it to the I'i- e oi ine ift, as well as on its coui'se (jasi and west, from the 20 and ;iO fithoi IIS |e\-e The distances at ]irescnt driven in the latter le\el< is ovim' 40 fathoms, and in resciir iiriveii in tin the former 2S tathoms. Ill tliu eai-ly part nl' I; the 20 ijltlloiiis level, wliei-u 1 i>r vear an i>x ponmont was made at ni'ukt'li and wei; lit'd Was lound t .Oil (.■acli cwt..) (,r three and a half IIS. Ill ciipnei- t .'^tipcrlieial l'atlK>nis ul' j;T(iund rao'c 2')H vwt. (of 112 pvr cent, on-, e.pnd t(» o avi II llie the (li-c hi'iikeii I'yuin t\ II-' ••{() liitl per rent, nf copper, thu- Ihthiini of -mujid lirokcn. And iiiiiis level avera,uvs aiiout five 111 the (jiialitv of the mass as it d iiiwiii^- a vei-v niarki'd iiiiprovi'nienr In d I'seemls. nvinu' the .'{O fitl ^\'lth a K'litienlai- eonr: loiiis (Toss-ent IVoni the shaft we met I' III quartz similar to t in the (Jeol,,,i.i,-al Keport, and olitaiiied from it a 1 tons ol" dresrieil or lose relefi'ed |o ittle over ")(> e, avera^'ni"' almnt 1 i per cent, of i.'oppor, "I'DIMXC 111 stopin^- thi s Iroiii tlie iiaelc o tl V oi riie le\-ei, we ioiind it ti tliiii lint as it approached the interstratilied Led. and iiig'oii thennderlavol'thi' hed. 1 111 Sllll level." a marked poverty w etweeii the 20 and ;',0 fati lOjIlS IS ohservahle on oaeli side from tl point at whhdi the ,p,art/. eonrse dropp,.,! from it 111 the end d riving- east on the lied 1 we met with another I rolii ,".(» iiithom.s level. di]) of the lied, eiiiieular course strikin-' partly on tl and wliieli li'niii It,- thi.- ■d continuation 'i"' drivages on the hed we I liii'iilly met with, and great profit may lie lave met occasioiiullv with $ ])iitcln iiniirtz iiiibcddcil in the slates; these tire also leii- tieiihir in I'unii, exteiidiii;;' in lcnj;'th from a few iiielies to six and seven feet, and in thiekness IVoni u (piaiter til' an inch to eight and tvn inelies ; and in the 20 fathoms level we have met with siime as nuicli as two feet tliiek that would average about seven or eight per cent, of copj-'er in their rough state as liroken, whilst the adjacent slates, for a thiekness of five to six H'ct, would average aliout five to six per cent, of eo[)[tor. In these masses of ([uartz we lind some purt; samples of the very rai'e metal molybdenum, which, upon in(piiry of Dr. T. Sterry Hunt, chemist and un'iieralogist to the Geological SuiWey of this province, I learn has found several apolieations in the arts, notwithstanding its scarcity, and is worth about $3.45 per pound. The form aiul great purity in wdiicli this rare and valuable mineral occurs here leads mo to the o])inion that some nuanti- tiea of it may be met with in the working of the interstrati- fied beds. Notwithstanding the fact that ou r operations up to tl 10 present time have been conlined almost exclusively to explor- ing the property, the following (luantities of ore, averaging about ;>.") per cent, of copper, have been met with and shipped from this mine to Knuland. Tons C\\*. Qrs. I.bs. 1858 185!) 18G0 18(;i 18(;2 1 104 7 21 .") ■} 4 1 (5 !I4 17 21 Total . . . 322 We have at grass about 1.000 tons o( halvans to dress, worth in th(> rough about l.l per cent, of copper. We have also about loOO to 2000 tons of stulf ob- kimpnigs and taineddui-ing the winter from our d rivages on the interstrati- fied bed, woi'th between 4 and o peT cent, of copjtei-, besid es about 12 to 14 tons of ore tak ken Irom a (piartz course duriuj. the winter, and estimated worth about $2,500. 9 r„ 11,0 onrlv part or l.„ ,v,a,. „„, .„vi,„-i„l „„v.,„„„.„t .^.. a .,„„, „, ,.,000 ,„w,„,i, ,i,„ c,„„r.Mi„„ „,■:,,„„,;:! mu a.,1 ..,„,,„ v,„« s„,co,l„.t,v,.,.n tl,i. i„„.„.|,i,, „,„| Mo l,„f, ■■^ h"„ ,„, ,1,0 (i,,,„.l Tn,„k liaihv,,,, „,„, , |,J., J^^ .nl«aj ,11 1,0 l„.,so„oa al,„„t „„o.ti,i,-,l, „,.,! tl,o .-hai-.-o for a,.s|,„,,„„. „,„ ,,„ ,,,„ „,„ „,„^^ „ .„ ^^ ,o,»o„c., "t ,ou tlie same proportion. is Jl'I'^d '"rt^ '"""""'' ''" ^'"'^'^^"'^ ••"^- ^'^t--t'-atific.l beds, ic llTx ^ 7-nt high rate or wages paid in this dis-' c the ext.aon hnary ow price at which the ores fi-on. thi. e .0 d lor ,n Kn^^and a few n.onths ago, and the present 1^ J and carriage to the railway. And as a veay consider- ■ '^ adNance nmy be reasonably expected in the r.rice of cc.pper,and a large reduction in the price of labor when this Trl^-'l"^"'''''"^- '''"""'■' '''''' '^'''^'^y ^^^ttled, and the f.lb one-thn-d the present rates when the road to Methods Mat.on .s opened the Hgures here set down n,ay be taken as .1 salt bas.s of calculation, presunn-ng that the mine will bo opened out e.pml t.. a yield of 100 tons per day. Hence, 100 tons of ;]> per cent, ore per dav, at 84.50 per unit ))er ton . .., ...- „^ J^cs!, los^ -n dressmg, say one-lifth . . $31.3 OO Less breaking, raising, and deliveiing to dressing floors, at $4.00 per ton Less dressing, at .$1.7.1 per tun., f rough ore Less agency .•md contingencies, 25 cents per ton Less freight and carriage of 14 tons of 20 ].er cent, ore from the mine to IJoston or England, at $15.00 per ton . . . 210 00 1,125 00 Profit per day . . . . . ; ^^^7^ "InVh, at the average of 300 working .lays in the vear.am.umts to ;r 100,000, without taking into account the rich masses that 2 400 00 175 00 25 00 <•!.« 10 will 1)0 met with in Wdikiiig nway tlio lied, and wliicli Avill give vory large prolits on the amount that may bo expendoil in their extraotion. In reviewing the prospects of the mine gonorally, altliongli the openings at Kent's shaft at the present time ri'preseiit an area of abunt 1,000 fathoms only of the bed, its extension to shaft (c), a distance of 170 liithoms, is fidly identified ; and as its outcrt)p along tlio surface can \tion of this mine. The accom])anying plan a .d sections are reduced I'rom draw- ings furnished to the Survey, ou a scale of one inch to a chain, l>y Mr. Herliert Williams, the skilful director of the Harvey Hill Mine ; who has also kindly given many details to com- jdeto the description. The co])per ores at this locality occur both in courses or veins, and in heds. The strata are here, for the most part, liuely micaceous slates, which, frcmi their unc- tuosity, are often called talcose, hut are generally not mag- uesian. A hed of steatite is however met with, and dark hands, approaching to ai'gillite, o.cnr in some pai'ts, while others ar(^ whitish or light gray in color, and contain a large amount oi' chloritoid disseminated. Tlu> dij) of the strata aj)- pears to he from 2.") iU^^x, to SO deg. W. of N.. -^^''h an average inclination oi' li-om lil'leen to thirty degrees, i courses ai-e really ii-n-gular and interrupted veins, which do luit coincide with the strata either in dip or strike. The lieai'ings of eight of them are from north to \. '20 deg. E., while others I'un nearly eastward, 'i'heir underlie is generally to the westward, at from lifty to nearly ninety degives. These veins, which ap- pear to hive lilled up llssures in the slates, an- more or k'ss lenticular in shape. Some of them have been traced for as much as lOO fathoms on the sui-tace, and are occasionally six or seven feet wide in the thickest part, thinning out however hoth horizontally and vertically. !.f' 12 Those veins liavon fraiifuo or(|imrl'/.,n(M'asioni)lly luisi'd with i'nk:-s|iiir, i)i'nil-s|)iir aiul chlorite, aiid (Miiitiiiii rich ores oC ci>|i- jM'r; sdiiic of thciu yicl(liii]L2: the vaiic^iit».'tl ainI vitreous spe- cies, and others copper |tyri|is. Tlics(> are soiuetimi's so aliiiiidaiit that ms iimcli as two tons of "20 jier cent, ore have heen olitained from a fathom. Within an area of aliout tiiirty ncros, opi'ii (■nitini's 'i!i\(' lieni n. mIc upon as many as llfleen distinct courses, and shafts liavi; lieeii siinl< upon two otiiers. Notwitlistiindiiiu' the riclmess of portions ol'tliesc veins, the ore is disseminated in them ii, such an irreiiidar and uncertain manner, that they are consi(h'i'ed secondary in importance to the intei-stratilit.'d beds, in whicli tlie sulphurets of copper are disse 'inated in the sliit e roc Tlie lirst of these lieds has a tiiicler-hearinir rock,anout twenty fathoms I'rom the extremity of the a dc^r. to ■10 dt'jii'tx's. The iiifci'slni(irn'd hcds coiiiain flie yellow and Viirie;^'atod ores, (li(! liUt(;r uviienilly predoiuiiiafiiiu'. These sulphiuvts iir,' • lisseiiiiiiati'd throii.iiv flic slatf in small masses, ot'leii of a leii- tieiilar lurm, nmiiiiin' uiij, d,,. Iieddiiiy. 'I'liey arc uciierally (hill and small, hii) s(»melimes allaiii from (iiic-liali' Id three- loiirths of an inch in tli; 'kness, and oeeasioiuilly present in section a lenii'tli of six or even twelve inches. Hesides plates and Icnticnlar masses, which intcrlm-k and overlap one an.o- ther, nnmerons small forrisoirs adit, the nppei- copper- liearim;' hcd was met with at a depth of fifteen fathoms. Im- mediately heneath it was lonn on either si(h> of its contact with t)o\('i'ishi-(| 1(1 the (inai'i/. coni'S' . In (h'ivini!' cast on t!ie In-d, IVoni th(! liiirty- latliom U'vel, anotliei' h'nticuhu' ([iiail/, course is juet with. ninninu' nearly with tlie di|t of the lied,- whidi hist is ahnost destitute ol' copjier on lioth sides. The course, howe\ (M", ^vllich is lieinu' lolliiwed, an<) fathoms, show that much may he expecteil f, hi-ariiig hed. In some courses in this working, a consideralile (|Uanli(y of sulphurel of nioiyhdenum is I'ound, with a lillle coppei' ore, in a gaiigue of ipiartz and liillei'->par. \ol unfrcfpieiilly these course^ hold hii'Lie masse-- of the coiiper ores, which are sonie- .vorlcing this copper- time-; perfectly pure and homogeneous, and at other times ei <'lo>e clea\alile masses of liitter-spar, r, covei's tlie surfaces of tli(' ore in contact with the crystals. Sinular specimens of (piariz iiave lieen found in the vitreous copper ore of this locality, and also at tlie Ham mine. Fremont's shalt was suid\ upon a (puirtz vein, which had an underlie of 7") deg. to tlie eastward. Aft(U- following this for Ibrty-livc feet, the underlie changed to tiie westward, still with the same angle ; hut the shalt heing c(Mitinued vertically for seventy-live feet moi'c, the second e(ipper bed, with its under- lying stratum of steatite, was met. The layer in contact with the steatite was excavated for live fathoms ou the incline, iti the course of which the vein from the surface was again met with. At the l)oltom of the incline, a hjvel was driven in the l>ed for aliout live fathoms; and the cop|)er ore licing continu- ous throughout these distances, its preseuce may be said to lie shown over aliout twenty-live stpiare fathoms of the hed. In some [larts of this working, the cojiper ore is found in the steatite ; a layer of which, several inches in thickness, some- times liecomes a highly crystalline iiwvn talc, holdinu' hitter- spar, and rich in disseminated sulphurets of copper. The shaft at (1 was suid; upon a (piartz course, which aliouiided in vitreous ore. In a cross-cut from this shaft, at a depth often fathoms, a second (piartz course was met with. The following (juantities of ore, averaging about thirty-five per cent., have within the laj)cnd it here ; — 1-s, Clarexdo.n Road, Nottinc; Hill, London, W., 8lh AwjuM, 18G-.>. "\VlLLL\M Stohart, Esq., Secretary English and Canatllmi Mininfj Co. (Limited), 30 Broad-Street Buildlnga, Londim, E. C. Pm : In accordance witli instructions received from yon, I proceeded to Canada in ^[ay last, and have carefully surveyed the mineral projierties |jelongin,i:,- to the English and Canadian Mining Company, situate about forty-eight miles south of Quebec, in the township of Leeds, county of Megantic, Canada East. The freeliold ]>ro])erty belonging to this Company in the above township is aliout four thousand acres, and although strong cupriferous mineral indications have been discovered at various pdints, the principal mining operati(»ns have been confined to near the summit and on the northern slope of that pai't of tlu' Company's proi>erty t'alled Harvey's Hill, on Lot 17 of the 15th Range {fklc ^Map). The gcologi(.'al formation of this part (d' the alnive township is "Talcoid Mica >Slates," which Imm their lustre are called " X'^acreous Slates," and arc of the Quoboc GiMup, Liwer Silurian. These slates are in bands, varying in rolo>' from deep to light blue, bull', and pearly white; they underlie to the north-west at about 20 degrees I'rom the horizon, and some of them are thickly studded with chloritoid, and one near the ridge of the hill is nnudi diargedwith steatite, and is known as the '■ Soaj)stone Red.'' In these slates have been discovered sonic remarkable I 'Lenticular Mast UTS, and ther^o oivs i.n.s,.iit, with the slates in which tl les" and " Inicrstratiiied JJcds" of cupper are embedded, geological features totally dilf.TL'nt I lev ot th roni tli(is(^ ;'eneral nnniiig districts ul Northern Europe, hut may be considered a type of an cxtei ive cupriferous t()nuation peculiar to this part of Lower Canada, and which tl I ere are strong reasons Ibr believii we alth. ig contains a vast deposit of nn'nenil From the appearance of the co])por ores wlu^n discovere- i ore and bitter spar, In tl u'ir occurrence and productiveness thev wil es in which the\ proltably bo governed liy the bands of slat are embedded. The probable avi-rage size of these lenticular masses is from GO to 72 feet in length, by 30 feet in hei-ht, and at the coitre from 'J to 4 feet in thickness. ui\- some are mucii Thev ai'e exceed these limits, ainl finally variable in product, as some have only yiehled a i'vw liundred-weight of ore. while others have given several tons. About 300 tons of Copper ores have been raised from work- ing's made on tl lese masse woi'th about cCO.OOO. Of tl IIS i|uantity aliout per, have been olitained from the "Fanny Eli/a" alone which has been discoveriMl aiul worked at a depth of ;i(t tiithoms fnMii the surliice, by a cross-cut from Kent's shaft. over// 2'>'oirs a slnrfidar hikI iiiqtoiiant Jhi- T/iiis vabnible dist tnrv of tills tiitcrjirm', mnl one i/rcafl// in i/s j'n-of, iiamelv that the lenticular mass liuiiid in the (hrjiesf poi/if has yielded the ij rent est qninitt'tf/ of rich ore, and from its ajiiiearance, and the liivorable geological character of the nacreous slates, there is every reason to believe that at a jreater ikjAh these 18 "luutinilar masses ' will be iuuml to increase in size and productiveness. Ill siiikiii,n' Fremont's sluift to prove one of these "lenticu- lar masses," the soapstone l)e(l previously referred to was in- tersected 90 i'eet I'rom the surface wiiere some portion of it carries copper ore between the laiuinic of the rock. About 720 feet iinrtli of this bed another band of slates has been in- tersected ill -No. 2 Grass shaft, at a depth of about 70 feet, where the ore-bearinp; portion of the slates is termed "inter- stratified bed." It i.s at this point about G feet tliick, and from it G tons of good ore have been obtained, " dressed " and shipped. The orey portion of the bed in this J^haft terminates abruptly in descending, but appears to enlarge on its westward course towards Kent's shaft (924 feet west of Grass shaft), in which the same or a similar kind of bed has also been discovered at the 20, 24, and 30 fathom levels. At the first level it has a thickness of 12 feet; the ujiiier portion near the "hanging wall" carries yellow, and tlie lower or that on the "foot wall," purjtle co])per ore. At the 24 or second level, the same size and pecidiar division of the ore is observable ; an excavation of about 10 cubic fathuiiis has been made on the lower portion of the bed at this point, the ore i'rom which, after being roughly '• pickeii >)ver," produced 135 tons, containing three and a half per cent, of Clipper. At the 180 feet level, the thii'kness of the bi'd has not as yet been ascertained. From the present appearance of this bed yoUr sn])i'rinteiuleiit and myself are of oiiiuion that when it is projierly opened the ore can be raised liir abdut eighteen shillings per ton. In (M-der to arrive at a more definite and correct oi)inion of the value and extent of tiiese beds, we would stro)!//!// advise your having 10 or 20 tons of the 135 tdiis relerred to above sent to this country h< be tried by Mr. Henderson's patent jirocess for tlie extract ion of caiqicr/roiii taw inrcoitatje ores; in the mean time, we would urge the continuance of Morrison's adit cniss-cut level, to prove the soajistone bed in depth, and also the drivage of the cross-cut from Kent's shaft ,at the ISO fuet level through the "interstratilied bed,'' and to open levels on its course east and west, to prove its continuance, regulanty, and value at this dopth, as, in tlic event of its proving satisfactory, and Mr. Henderson sliowing that his process can he successfully apphYMl to the treating of these ores m Canada, returns might he made as soon as the re- duction works are estal.lishcd, and for which the Company has an eligible site on their estate near the mine, on the eastern branch of the Palmer River, wjiich alfords the necessary water-power. In conclusion, I beg to refer you to the accompanving plans, epecimens of ores, and detailed report, fbr further particulars,' and to state that alter a canfal examination of the Company'^ propertu, both with respect to the rich lenticular masses of ore, and that occurring in what are termed " interstrafijicd beds," and also with regard to the jmition of the mine, climate, price of labor, fnel, c^-c, and other conditions that niigjit affect the successful working of the enterprise, I am of opinion that the undertaking is one of considerable merit, and is uyrthi/ ^f « vigorous prosecution, ended by an a.deipiate capital; to accomplisli which I would advise an engine shaft being sunk to prove in depth tlie " interstratified bi;ds" and highly mineralized nacreous slates, in whicii the "Fannv Eliza" and other "lenticular masses" of rich copper ores liave been found. This shaft should, in my o])inion. be sunk so as to prove the beds and slates about 100 fatiiums deeper than the lowest point already reached. Some good returns may be expected from the "lenticular masses" and "interstratified beds," especially as they show such evidence of increasing value as greater de])tir is ob- tained. 1 remain, ."^ir. Your oiiedient Servant, A. TIIEGONIXG. 20 IIHPOUT OF I'HOFKSSOR (JEORCJE I. CIIACE. (iKNTi.KMKN: lu tlio coini)anv of a j^arty of j-entlom(?n from Boston and N-^w J^cdfonl, 1 last week visited and examined the Harvey ilill Aline, situated in the townsliij) of Leeds, Canada Kast. Mr. Thomas Maefarlano of Aeton Vale was also of the party, and rendered me valuable assistance^ in the examination. 1 have the honor to sulnuit the following Rejjort : — LOCALrrY OF THE MINE. The TIarvcy Hill Aline is situateur](lc sulpliurots of cop- per, principally the formtM'. it is sometimos ajxirrro'atcd into coiisideraiilc ninsscs, but more tre(|iu!utl} occurs in tliin lami- na} or in -natcd as lenticular. The central iiortion of the mass is scmie- times several feet in thickness. As you proceed from this outward, the mass grows thinner, until at the circumference it is reduced to a mere edge. Some of these lenticular masses arc of great size. From one, the upper edge of which showed itself at the surface, 100 tons of 40 \)ev cent, ore were taken. Another, met 30 fathoms below the surfiice, yielded .50 tons of 45 i)cr cent. ore. They cut the horizon for the most ])art at a high angle, and in their bearing conform more or less nearly to the curvature or bend of the hill. Tlie cojjper-ltearing l)ed in the ncigbliorhood of these masses is said to contain l)ut little oi-e — a fact leading to the supi)osition that it has l)ecn roltbed by them. These lenticular masses occupy what were once local and detached fissures in the rocks, and are undoid)tedly the product of segregation. We may, therefore, well suppose that when near the cupriferous bed tliey have drawn their sup- plies of ore to a greater or less extent from it. Were they reg- m ular ami continuous, tliey would bo a most productive sotirco of the richest jiurplo and yellow ores. But occurring as tiiey .00 for freight on the railway to Boston, we have for the entire cost of a ton of 20 per cent, ore, delivered in the market, the sum of 8'")8.00. The present value of copjjer ore, reckoned in gold, — all these esti- mates are made ujton a specie l)asis, — is 84.00 per unit. De- ducting half a unit for the ditfercnce Ijctween the dry and the wet assay, we have 8TcS.OO for the value of a smelter's ton of 20 per cent. ore. If we subtract from this the cost of production, wc have a net i)ro(it of 820.00 in gold or 830.00 in currency. On the basis of the above estinuitcs, if we sui)pose the daily produc- 24 tioii of the miiii' to 1»L' !()(» tons of nrntfli ore, — to wliicli it is holiovc'd it mitiiil without dillieulty Ik; hroii^ht, — yioldiiig l-i tons of '^n |»ur cout. oi'o, wo luive a iii't profit per day of >'2S<) ill tidld, or of •'ii'4'20 iu ciirrciicy. IJy tiio construction of a sliortcr and better T tuns of 20 per cent, ore, worth in the market *ll)7,(S8G. 2."> PRonARLK vri:!,i) of the mfxe. ir we su])))Oso tlie coitpor-lKMiriiiL'- IhmI to uiidorlin tin' oiitiiv iiortliorly uiid iioi-tlioastorly slope of the liiH — jbr whidi tliciv is ju'ood reason — it must have aii ami, witliiii the limits of the l.roperty of not less than t'20 acres. The lu-d has heeu reaehed at thre(! dirtereiit points, at its intersection with Morrison's adit, its intoi'section with '•rass shaft No. 2, and at its intersec- tion with Kent's sliaft. At the first point, it wan not mel;dlif- orous; at the second point, it contained copper, !»nt not in suflieicMit quantities to he worth working-. At the third point, and along the drifts extended from it, tin; entire mass of tho rock was found to contain an average f)f 8^ per cent, of copjjcr. Jf we judge of the whole hcd from the portions that havohccn reached, — the f)nly hasis we have for forming a judgment, — out of the area of 120 acres avc may expect one-third, or 40 acres, to be workalde, and to I»e as highly charged with cop])er as the section lying altout Kent's shaft. This, at 1,210 su])er- ficial fathoms to the acre, will give 48,400 superficial fathoms, or 30,300 cuhic fathoms of ^ per cent. ore. Multiplying l)y Id, and then dividing Ity 7, we have 82,971 tons of 20 per cent, ore, worth in the market >'t),471,738. To remove this ore, with a daily production such as wehave supposed, would recpiirc about twenty years. It will l)0 readily understood that this calculation is of probabilities only. There may bo, in the unexi)lorcd parts of the bed, much more ore, or there may bt; much less, than the figures wculd give us. Their pi'oper and legitimate use is in guiding and restraining conjectures. Before the jiroduction of the mine can be greatly increased, more extensive arrangements for dressing the ore must be pro- vided. Water must also be had in greater abundance than can be ol)tained in its immediate neighborhood. 1 should recom- mend the purchase of a site for the dressing-house on the Palmer River, only Ij miles distant, together with the right of way to it. The erecuiun of the necessary structures here, if water- power were used for crushing the ore, would i)robably cost about 820,000 ; if steam-power, aljout twice that sum. A tramway 26 wouM have to l»o coiistmctotl botwocu the mine iukI the drossing- liouso. Jii coiidiisiDii, permit mo to say that I liavo visitotl no mliu' in Canada wliosc jxTniancnt character s^oems to nie to he so well eslalilislietl, or whose valiie can he jilaecMl on so reli'ji'le a basis of calculation, as tlie Harvey Hill Mine. The copiter- hearing bed in the nciglihoiliod ol" Kent's shaft has proved rich in ore, and I have little doubt that it will retain its richness over a wide area. The unusual thickness of tiie bed (4.] feet) makes the removal of the ore eonijiaratively easy and inexpensive. The ollsets to these advantages are, the distance of the mine from the railway, and the dillicult roads over which the ore has to Ije conveyed in reachinj',' it. Their exact measure is given in liie cost of transportation. Yours truly, ' GEO. I. CIIACE. IjUown r.MVEiwiTY, May o, 1803. 27 UEPOllT OF AUGUSTINE SnCHTLEFK, M. [>. IJnooKLiNR, May 5, 18G3. (lEXTLRMEX: Aftor the f,.rep.inff vory al.Ie iu,.l oxliaustivo report, luinlly anytliing can bo gracofuUy added. I will say theroforo, but a word. ' On the twcnty-sevonth of April, in company with Prof. Cliaco, 1 visited tlio Harvey HHl Mine, and assisted in the rig. orons examination of the prui^orty which was made at that time. The samples of cupriferous shale were collected at regular intervals through the levels, in a mamier that rendered selec- tion impossible, and such ai; amount was taken from every part of the i)ile at the shaft-mouth as to ensure a fair average. The assay was conducted with great care, and several times repeated, furnishing, in my opinion, as true an indication of the value of the rock as can jjossibly be attained. The csti- mates based upon this result, and u[)on measurements, both al)ove and below ground, are, I iim conlident, considerably within bounds. Although the two jjarallel beds are not counted in the esti- mate of the property, they should by no means be ignored, as all mining history would go to show that at points they may become very productive, and those remarkable gash veins, or lenticular masses, with which the whole hill seems to be per- meated, may, from time to time, with their rich massive ore, add materially to the returns. Xo one can visit this mine without being struck with its great cai)abilities. Standing, as it does, upon an elevated point, commanding the most thorough drainage, with this iiimiense stratified bed «4" copper underlying, "at least, one hundred and twenty-three acres of its area, and everywhere within easy reach of the surface, an exiierienced eye cannot fail to be convinced of its brilliant future. Indeed, the pro- J.i, 28 duct would seem to be limited only by the facilities for hoist- ing from below. After a few months, when the new working-shaft shall be completed, its daily yield will, in all probability, fully equal that of its justly celebrated neighbor, the Acton. EespectfuUy yours, AUGUSTINP] SHURTLEFF. 21) REPORT OF J. C. IIOADLEY. New Bedford, May G, 1863. Gextlemex: In compliance with your request, I give vou below the result of my examination of the Harvey Hill Coiiper Mine, and of my calculations of its value. As the location of the mine, the extent and nature of tlie explorations, and the geological formation of the region, will, doubtless, be fully described by Prof Chaco, I need enter into no particulars on those subjects ; but may proceed at once to a consideration of the quantity and value of the ore, the cost of mining it and sending it to market, the probable profit per annum, and the total value of the property. 1. Quantity of Ore. The principal value of this mine, so ilir as revealed, lies in a bed of shale, talcoid slate, and talc, iii- terstratified with thin veins or strata of copper in the form of purple and yellow sulphurets, the whole evidently of sed- imentary origin, and Ibrming a deposit of nearly uniform depth and value. Deposits in all respects similar have been cut at Halifax, at Sutton, and at other })oints ; an;^ the evidence is very strong that a bed or beds, analogous in form to coal measures, will be ibnnd to extend over a wide area. Two conclusions will follow tVom this consideration: First, that deposits extending over whole townships nmst underlie entire tracts below the outcrop, in the direction of the dip of the strata, liowever deeply covered by superimiKtsed formations; and, second, that the deposits inaij be expeeted to increase In deptlt, or thlekness as tlu.'y recede from the outcrop towards the more deeply burled portions of tlie bed. The first of these conclusions is sustained by the explora- tions. At the Kent shaft, an area of about one and one-quarter acres has been explored, by a gallery north and south, on the 80 dip of the bed, 30 fatlioms in length, and l)y two galleries east and west, one at the 20 fathom level, 31 fathoms in length, and the otiiev at the 30 fathom level, 52 fathoms in length, — the whole nearly in the form of a letter If, with its liorizontal lino extending north and sonth, on the dip of the bed. The bed holds its character with great nm'fornn'ty over this limited area: this fiict, in connection with the nature of the deposit, leads irresistibly to the conclusion that it extends to a great distance below the outcrop, although possibly broken by faults and dis])lacements. The ([iiantity of land within the limits of the property, be- low the outcrop, is said to bo about 123 acres ; and as the dip of the bed at the lowest explorations is very low, — no more than six or eiglit degrees, — the surface may be taken without mate- rial error as the measure of the bed. The depth or thickness of the bed, so far as explored, is from 4J to G feet ; assuming the smaller depth as the mean thickness of the bed, we have 148,830 superficial fathoms, | of a fathom in thickness, amounting to 111,023 cubic fathoms. What abatement should be made from this, will be considered when discussing the next point, viz.: — 2. Valnc of the Ore. The bed, where explored by the galle- ries at the Kent shaft, was found, by methods of sampling and assay (which will doubtless be fully described elsewhere, and which seem open to no objection), to yield 3.1 per cent, of cop- per, which result agrees exactly with the careful and repeated assays by Cajjt. Williams. This gives 82.32 lbs. of copper to the miner's ton (21 CAvt.) of crude ore ; but in dressing the ore up to 20 per cent, for transportation to market, there will Ije a loss of one-fifth, leav- ing 05.86 lbs. of pure copper, or 329.30 lbs. of 20 per cent, ore per ton of rough ore. The weight of the crude ore is about 170 lbs. per cubic foot, equal to 30,720 lbs., or 15.01 tons per cultic fathom. The yield, therel'ni'c, of 20 per cent, ore per cubic fathom will bo 2.18 tons, or 1.04 tons per superficial fathom. It is not to lie ex[)ected that the bed will prove of uniform richness tlirougliout. Causes analogous to those which have 31 resultotl in tho the shale into dititiu-it segregation of the sulphurcts of copper and ^- ■'■■■-" strata, or lanu'nic, may have produced more extensive absorption, enriclnng portions of the bed contiguous masses of rock, at th or portions of the bed. It seems a sat the facts, to say that one-third of tl :, at the expense of the bed, or of assumption, in view of le area of 148,830 supcrfi- cul fathoms mil prove productive ground, yieldmg 1.G4 tons -U per cent, ore per superficial fathom, amounting, in the aggregate, to 8 1,300 tons of 20 per cent. ore. It IS a safe estimate of tiie market value of copper ores to call tJ,em worth, in the market, $iM per unit per ton, giving, for 20 per cent, ore 880.00 per ton. ' « »' It is now worth $G.OO per unit in currency, equal to about b-i.OO ni gold. Therefore 81,3G0 tons of 20 per cent, ore, when mined, dressed, and sent to market, would be worth $0,508,800 in (jold. ' The cost of mining, dressing, and sending to market, as es- tanated by Capt. Williams, is as follows : - Breaking and raising to grass . i dressing Agency and contingencies ," [ Total, per ton, crude ore . . , $6.00 The cost of sending to Boston is stated to be : — Hauling to railway 8!).00 per ton. $4.00 per ton. 1.75 " " 25 " " Freight to Boston' 0.00 Total, per ton, of 20 per cent, ore . . $15.00 Now the crude ore to bo mined, to produce 81,300 tons of 1^0 per cent, ore, will be 581,143 tons. We may therefore make the following general estimate : — 3. Profit 2)er annum. ESTIJfATE. Product, 81,300 tons of 20 per cent, ore, at $80, $0,508,800 Cost, 581,143 " " crude ore, at 80.00 3^80 8.58 81,300 " Total cost Profit 20 [(cr cent., at $15 1 !22o!400 4,707.258 $1,801,542 ■4- ■ 32 It is caloulrttccl that witli certain additional facilities for rais- 1 drcssino- the ore, 100 tons per day may be mined and Ills; ant dressed regularly, yie dav Idino; say 14 tons of 20 per cent, ore per •VV( The qnantitv of ore assumed in the foregoing estimate )ut in 19.37 or say 20 years, show- q mild therefore be taken ( inu' the average net earnin vs to be !*00,000 per annum, for 20 vear: see no reason I'iUi ■ulat ions aiK .. to doubt the substantial accuracy of these 1 I'stiuK'tes. It will, of course, bo said that tntiiiuH'iit iikI unforeseen expensi will be incurred in prose- cu tint:' work of such niagni tude, for so long a period. But, on the .)ther'hand, the assumed cost of mining and transportation is verv ampl-, and the assumed price of the ore very moderate ; and all is reduced to gold, so that the effect of our in(late cost, both by improving the road-way and lessening the distance. ill The priw iiidiidrs driv a-.'s mvI - dends ; and it will be certainly considered moflerate to call the average time 10 year' , compounding the interest, equal to 75 per cent. We then have, total net earnings Int. on divd. during 20 years average time Total net earnings and interest thereon Present value, one-fourth of earnings $1,800,000 1,350,000 $3,150,000 787,500 As all these estimates are made on the gold basis, it would be proper to add 50 per cent, to ascertain the value in cur- rency. 34 Then, present value in gold Add 50 per cent. Present value in currency $787,500 393,750 $1,181,250 It will thus he seen that if the property can bo bought for $700,000 in currency, it will in all probability prove of much greater value, even without the discovery of further de- posits of copper, and that it would turn out a good invest- ment, returning the principal and G per cent, per annnm, semi-annual payments, though the net earnings were to tall to two-thirds their probable amount. Yours respectfully, ^ J. C. IIOADLEY. 1 36 RKPOUT OF THOMAS MACFAUl.ANE. Gkntlkmkn: In accorduut'e with youi- I'tMjuesfc, 1 cxamiii(3d the Harvey Ilill nuiiiii<;' property, aci'oinjjiiuied by ProHissor Cliace and other gentlemen, on the 27th and 28th April last. I beg to present the following report as to the result of my investigations : — The Harvey Hill ^Line, belonging to the English and Cana- dian Mining Conij)any, is situated on the ITth Lot of the loth Concession of the Township of Leeds, in the County of Megan- tic, Canada East. This lot and the adjoining east half of the l(>th Lot, same concession, are held by the Coinjtany in fee simple, and have an area of about oOO acres. On the other two lialf lots (the western half of Lot 1<) and the eastern half of Lot 15), situated to the westward, and pro|)osed to be in- cluded in the sale, the Company only possess the mining right. The rocks of the district are micaceous clay slate, dark roof- ing slate, clay slate with intercalated quartz, nacreous slate, soapstone, «tc. They have a general strike from east to west (all the bearings are given in relation to tlie magnetic north), and a dip to tlie north of from f)^ to 37°. They contain, dis- tributed through tluMU. many irregular (piart/ courses or masses, of very vai'iablc thickness, Avhicli cut the strata, and contain more or less copper pyrites, purple copper and co])- per glance, as well as calcspar, bitterspar, and chlorite. The mining on the jtroperty of tlie Company was connncnced on these in-egular masses. Altliough many of them were found to 1)0 exceedingly rich in ore, others again did not r<>i)ay the ox])eHse of \V(»i'king them. Moreover, it was found that they W(M'e altogether isolated from each other, incapable of being followed underground, and, on the whole, the result was arrived at, according to the aide manager, Mr. Herbert >Villianis, that of themselves they could not be explored and mined with advantage. Some of them \\ci\\ however, found to be connected with a stratum of slate impregnated with ore, and although the 86 latter tiloiu! lias hocn found to be onuiiently wortliy of excava- tion, it is i)r()l)al)lc that some of the irregular qiuirtz masses in its iK'ifihl)<)rh()()(l will also hecome sources of profit. The first indications of the existence of the so-called copper beds were, 1 beli(>ve. discovered in Fremont's shaft in 185!); but it was not until recently that their importance became fully ap])arent, and preparations were made for their excavation. Thev consist of nacreous slate, generally studded with clilovi- toid, IVom four to eight feet thick, with which small lenticular masses of cop]ier i)yrites, i)uri»le copper and <|uartz, are intcr- sti'atified. Although th(ire are evidences of the existence of several of these beds, it is only the uppermost of these which has Ikmmi explored to any consideralde extent. This deposit, usually called the upper copper bed, is intersected at a depth of ±2 fathoms i)y Kent's shaft, the position of which may bo seen by a reference to Mr. Williams's ma|). At this point the bed has been explored by SO fathoms of levels and ;?0 fathoms of winze and drift to rise. The dip varies from 24° to 80^ (to the nortli). and the strike is almost exactly cast and west. The area of bed explored by the workings in Kent's shaft we estimate at 1, (*)();") >i(/iuire fathoma. Assuming the thickness of the bed to ])e 4] feet, this area corresponds to l,-24*/' cubic fulh- Diiis. These, at It) tons each, will yield 11»,9S4 tons of rough ore. With regard to the coppt'r contents of this rough ore, we liave l)cen very anxious to (Uiermino it correctly. A series of sam]iles taken in tln^ miiK^ were found to average 8.(i per cent, copper. The heap on the surface, resulting fnnii the excava- tion of the 20 and :)0 fathoms levels, was also sauipled in as thorough a maimer as possible, and the result gave l)y common humid assay :>.4 per cent. ; by the volumetric method :}.(i5 per cent. I therefore concluded that the }»ercentage stated by Mr. Williams at the outset, viz. :5.] jjcr cent., was essentially eorrect, and adopted it in my calculations. The loss in dress- ing up till! crude ore to 2t) pi>r cent. I estimate at one-lirili of the copper contents. 1 consider this a reas(»nable estimate IVom experience gained in dressing ore elsewhere. On this estimate the 1!',084 tons rough ore, mentioned al)ove as ex]M^sed in the workings of Kent's shaft, would yield (at 2.8 per cent.j 87 2,708 tons of 20 per cent, ore, or, after doducting the ditfor- eucc betwixt humid and dry assay, 10.') per cent. The valno of this ore, delivered at the snioltinir work, assuming tlio i»rico per unit to bo ¥4, and jtor ton 'i;'7«, is .i!«21S,-244. (The esti- mates of cost l)oing wholly in (Canadian curi'cncy, the abovo vahic is to be understood as in gold.) The cost of producing and sending to market the al)ove 2,708 tons of dressed ore would, according to Mr. Williams's estimates, which 1 ('(^isider vera liberal, be as follows : — Drifting, stoping, and raising to surface 1,240 cubic fathdms of ore ground, at i:i<44 . . . i?<54,0')6 00 Cartage of 10,084 tons rough ore to dressing-liouse, at 25 cents 4,<)<)(5 00 Dressing 2,708 tons of 20 per cent, ore, at *1 2.50 84,075 00 Packing same, at 80 cents . . . . 2,2:58 40 Cartage to station, at $0 . . . . . 25,182 00 Freight to iJoston, at >j!l] . . . . . l»),78-ir(ifcr (i(/r(nif(ii>r t/itin jirr- rious/i/. The upper copjier bed has also been struck at a deptli of 15 fathoms in grass shaft No. 2, about 170 fathoms to the east of Kent's shaft. It is here seven to nine feet thick, has a strike of N. 07° E., and a dip to the north of from 14° to 22°. The bed promised well at fu-ijt, and at one point, from a bore-hole 8S of 10 iiu'lips !,■ (issni/in<^- 7 ix'r (nit. J'v/.s ohtaiiwd Alxnit 'JO fiitlioms w(mv driven horizon tally upon it, when it M'cami' tlucU.M', Imt the o..i'l'"r ore beeanie nmre di tl'uscd tln-untili ii, and the workin.ti- was tempi )rai ■ily mispeni led. Theiv has also Ikmmi a drift on the ris excavated, seven fathoms lono-, t\v..-thirds of whieh are som.>\vhat impr .><>;natod with ore The upper eoppoi rison s ai \\\ a (hreelioii __ ^ . . 1„m1 has also lieen inlerseetcd l>y ^hlr- lit, whieh' has l.een driven "248 fathoms into the hill, h as t.) eut the strata olili.pu'ly. On enter- inii' the adit. tht> slates are found to dii>only 10^ to the noi th. Tliev oraduallv, however, heeonie more m miic ;h contorted, in whieh latter case they con •lined, often very tain much quartz. Ahout 140 fathoms from the ukui th of the adit, nacreous slates. with chloritoid, have heen pene trated, which represent the lied. Tliev are upper eopper m< hut this is said to he attril of an irrejiiihir (piart/ vein, c however, destitute of co])ptMv hutahle to the presence lunh-rneath nUed " Seweirs liode." The dip 10° until the end of of the strata continues ])retty nuicli ahout the adit is reached, where they dip only 0° to 10% still to the tl nortli The upper copper bed has thus been intersected at three dil ferent i.oints, at two of w hi(di it was found iiuremunerative, at the other cmwvulln in-odadirr. It wouhl thus appear reas..n d iust to assume that two-thir- shafts for raising- the ore ami drivin;^ levels, ite., through the dcatl ground. This we estimate at ii?lO per fathom of ground, or >^LM) per ton of 20 per cent, ore . . . . . o74,812 40 This deducted from L3aves as net profit .^4,632,588 »;0 t),4r)7,:520 00 !i!l,Ul4,73l 40 It must, of course, he rememhcrcd that this estimate is only approximate. It may exceed the truth, and may fall short of it. It is also to ho remembered that this prolit is altogether irrespective of that which miii'ht result from iror/i-inii- the (/iiartz courses which would prohal)ly bo discovered in exjiloring the bed. If -ve may judge from the results obtaincil in excavating the Fanny Eliza masses already referred to. the jirofts from this source would not he inconsiilerithle. The uncertain na- ture of these deposits, however, renders any reliable estimate (tf their value im[iossible. With regard to the ore-producing capabditii^s of the niine, it would seem (piite jjraeticable at once to raise the production of the mine to 100 tons crude oi'c, equal to 14 tons 20 pi-r cent, ore, per day, at which rate al)out 20 years would l)e necessary for excavating the ([uantities above estimated. With the pres- ent dressing-house and supply of water, it would be impossible to dress 14 tons daily, 'i'lie erection of a dressing establish- ment on the Palmer River would Ito indispensable, and would cost, with road to it from the mine, about 820,000. The pres- ent condition of the road from the mine to the railway, at Craig's Road or Recancour station (:'.l miles), would also seeiu to present hindrances to the production of such a (quantity of 40 „,, .lailv as thai iiulirat.-l. Whorcforo, it wouM ho l.i^Jily necessar;- at once to oinpl-t. the n.a.l iVoui tU. .an,, to Mc- thot's Mills (-21 niik's). I, I,,, Imc.^.MUK' n.p.,rt, 1 have prcscutcl you w.lh ..1 he au,a ,K.ssil.lo,to enable you to form au i.lea ot the value ol the property. I romaiu, CJoutlenieu, Yours, most resi)ectfully, TIIOMAH MACFATILANE. Acton, 4 May, 1HG:3. 41 RKPOHT OF (iKOKCK II. IMEHCH. Uirini(t\i>, Oct. li."), 1802. •lACon Slkki'ku, Ks.}., I'lvs. II. ('. M. C... nKAliSlit: As propustMl in my lust note, 1 |»aiil tluriug the past \v(!ek a visit to the " Leeds .Mines," in onlei" to aseertaiti what analotry, 11' any, cxist(!tl helweeii it and our own, so that we niitrht lie, eiiiilileil (o takt; ailvanta^'c of tlieii- e\|ierieiieL, ; ,> far as possilile, in the (li'velopnu-nl of (he Jlalila.K Mine. Through tiie ivinthiess al' Mr. Ilerheit Williams, th(! «i-enth'- iiianly superintendent of the mine, every facility was alfurch^d luo for a thorongli examination of the various workings of the mine, as well as mneh \alualile inlormation and many statistics given, which otherwise 1 siiould have been unalih; to olitam. As the analogy lietweeu the two mines will, 1 think, warrant, you will pardon nu', I trust, if 1 give you somewhat in detail my ohservatioiis at Leeds. The Leeds or Harvey ILIl .Mines, situated on Lot Sevenl(!eu of Ihii Fifteentii Range, of th'- Township of Leeds, is the prop- erty of the " Kiiglisli and Canadian Mining Co.'' Tla; otit-- crops, so far as exp'oicil, occur on the north-west ^lope (jf a hill of some two linndr;'il feet in lieight ; the strike of tiie rock — whicli is conijiosc'il principally of a. dark-colored clay- slate, witii hands of liiiiit-eoioreil nacreous clay, intersti'atified — is north-east and sonlli-west, dipping to the north-west at au auule of from \'2 to -•"> dciirees. In tl lese 4at( at surface, several ((uari''. courses occur, run ning in various directions, ami dipping at all angles, soi no runiiHig wi th tl It! siratilication. hut cutting it in dip, while others cut both in trend and ilio. Tl lese courses, which from tlicii' form are termed '" Lenticu- lar Masses," are very rii-h in copper, containing ti'c gray, purple, and yellow sulphurets, as well as varicms proportions of chlorite, hrowji spar and calcspar, intermixed with a consid- erable (juantity of green carbonate of copper. m All oi tlii'po courses I Ccw tons iiiLi' troiii ; that have yet heeu worked, after yieUl- ti. several liundred tons of rich ore, fathom levels of th. slud't, .Irifts were rnu m a iioi tl\-westerlv direction, meetm;. the hed in the rise, an an ni( cnt on the lin.' shaft run hetw.-en the two points of the hed tluis I lor liO fathoms. At the ±1, as w.dl as at the :".<) ithoi U level, tlie liei 1 lias hi'cn driven »ii sinne sevi'ii or eiiilit falhoiiis on each snle ol ihe incline sli aft, *() tar a^' the hed ha^ lieeil e\plore(l it shows a thickness o f ahoiil si\ feel, and (Is Its ell character remarU ness 111 (It kahlv w(dl. ll also increases iii ncli- hv me fidin the '-'M ■ pth. Some samjdes hron;jlit up I'y ni a I hom lev(d. and which 1 took as an arrni-'r samp lie. uave liy measiireiiieii t fi'oiii nine to tell percent, riie veltow siil|ihnre whi''li was Iniiiid ill the lied al 1 wilh purple more purpli he -l-l lalliom le\el. associa ted iiv. has disaiipeareil al till' .1(1. and is replaceil liy he lied it-elf. a: «tratilied with, as \\i helniv mentioned, is nacreous shue; niter- ■11 as disseininaled ihronuh it in uraim va rviii'j in size from those so line as iiardlv lo he (h'lected wilh tl le naked eye. Up lo those III the size o r a kernel of corn th co|iper iiccn: iiiterstralitiei I II ikes varv in thickne 43 from tliatof a slicct of i)ii[Mn'. to (jiu'-half an in» li in lite tliiekcst part, and in Icnti'tli rnn IVuni a cijnplc of inriies to ono loot; these lurni splices liy ov('i'lap])int>' one another, so tliat tlie gen- oi'al appearance oC the edge of a stone taken from tlie bed is very iinilorni as I'ar as the rehitive proportion ot' copper to dead rock is concerned. in (h'iving from the shaft, at the '»0 fathom level, to meet the bed, a rich mass of ore in tjnartz, similar to the snrfaee ont- crop, was met with at about eight fathoms from the shaft. Tills mass (called the '•'Fanny Kli/a") was of lenticular lorm, soui"' four feet in thickness, and running out in lens form bot'i hoi 'tally and vertically. A the time of my visit, another of these masses had been met with, in the diii't on the l)ed, toward the north-east, at the 80 fathom level. This seems to cut entirely throuiih the bed and run into the dark slates on either side, while the "•Fanny Eliza" was entirely below the bed, with its upper extremity only coming to the bed. The connection existing between the bed and these masses is as yet unexi»lored : the lenticular mass cither cuts the bed, or has one of its points in the vicinity of a cupriferous bed ; the bed at the same time is poor, and some- times, even, divested of its ore, on approaching cue of these masses, for a distance of two or three fathoms. The adit, by computation, should have cut the same bed at a distance of 120 fathoms from its mouth, but met instead another of those masses, in what appears to be the sauic light- colored bed of slate, l)ut carrying very little copjjcr ; however, (he adit shaft No. "J cut the cupriferous bed 12 fathoms above adit level, as it should, and we may consider the bed has been tolerably well proven over the limit of the two workings. All the ore is left in reserve, and only that raised which is cnt in these explorations, so that as yet the mine has not been a ]taying one, for the reason that their primary object has been to (h-vehip it and allow the ore to remain in reserve until better facilities for dressing and transporting on a large scab,' would be warranted. We may jierhaps I'orm som^ idea of the value of ore in sight, as well as the i)roltable value of the bed between the working shaft and adit. At the work- ing shaft wc have in sight 1 X 20 X 1-") Mhoins = 300 cuhic latlioius of 8.] per cent, ore, at the very lowest. This at ^4^ per unit will give", if we allow the stone to weigh 20 tons per fatlioni, about !if84,000, or, if we eonsider the bed continiious from the working sliaft to tlie adit, we have 100 X «0 X l,or SOOO en)>io fathoms, which at -ii<280 per fathom gives !*2,240,000 as the gross value of ore above the oO fatlioni level l)etwecn the adit and working shaft. On the whole, I look upon tlie Leeds Mine as one of the ricliest, if not the very rieliest yet oi)ened in Canada, and 1 believe there is a great future before it; and many years of labor will reciuire to be spent before the deposit will be sensiljly diminished. Yours very truly, GEO. H. riERCE, A^ent IL C. M. Gentlemen : In compliance with your request, I have given an estimate of cost of the proposed tramway from the Harvey Hill Copper Mine to the Grand Trunk Railway, based on th(^ most reliable information I have been able to ol)tain, both from Government maps and my own knowledge of tlie country through which the line would pass. It should be liornc in mind, however, that without an actual survey of the route an estimate cannot be given that will be perfectly reliable ; still, I anticipate the figures given below will be f Cost per mile . . Or for "25 miles a total cost of . $ 120.00 100.00 1 .000.00 500.00 (580.00 205.00 100.00 500.00 $;3,205.00 041.00 $:3,H4(,).00 S9G.150.00 To obtain the cost per ton of freight, let us suppose the road to i)ay seven i)er cent, ou its cost per annum, and that the run- ning expenses be 50 per cent, of the gross earnings of the road, then we have — Interest on cost of roail, at 7 per cent. Running expenses . . Gross earnings . 10,730.50 G,7;30.50 . 11:5,401.00 Suppose one-fourth the freight over the road is freight going upward or toward the mine, then thrcc-foui'ths of the al)ove earn- ings must Ik- clKirgeal)le to down frcught or ore from the mine, or *10,01t5.75. Supjiosc tht' mine to raise 100 tons of throe and one-half per cent, ore per day. that the h)ss in ilressing to 20 is 20 per cent., then we luive 14 tons of 20 per cent, ore to Ik; sent over the line p(u- day, or, for :)Otl days in the year, say 4,200 tons. This is at a cost of 810,0!t5.75, or ><2.40 per ton. This is the cost per ton. the I'oad paying as iui iiivcstment. If tiic cost of l)uilding the road is charged to the mine, then the cost of freiglit will only l>e that of rumiing expenses, that is, $1.20 per ton. PhouM otli.'f IVciu'lifs tlian those I'or the miuo i)ass over the road, tlu'v will coiitrilmtc, of course, to the revenue and lessen ])roi)ortionally the cnst \n'v ton. Trustiim- tht^se fiLiures will he found ai)proximately correet, I remain. Ac., GEO. U. IMERCE, Cin'l EiKjincvr. lliciiMoNO, May 11th, ISC.:',. 41 MOLYBDENUM. KXTIIACT riiOM nr.OF.OGH'AI. KKlMiIJT OV CANADA VOM 1SC3. Tliis rare iiK^tal exists in luitui'c Inf the most pai't as a sul- phuret, known as niolyltilcnitc, or in llic Conn of niolylKlate of lead. The former ore is the more eonunon, 1»nt is vmy sehloni met with in any considerable (luantity. Notwithstanding its scarcity, it has howcviu- found several aiiplications. Tlie eom- hiuation of molyl)dic acid witli annuonia is used as a reaucnt for the detection ami determination of phosphoric acid, in chemical analysis. A fine hlue [jigment has also been prepared from molylxlenum; and a few years since a German chemist l)roposetl the Idue of molylidenum as a substitute for indigo in dyeing silk, cotton, and linen. ExiH-riments to test the appli- caliility of this substance were made liy Kurrer, and are rcDorted in Dinuler's I'olvleclmical .loui'ual lor is,"):]; from which it appears tliat liy tlie use of molybdenum, and a salt oi tin, blue tlyes of every sliade, and of I'emarkalde duraliility, when exposed to sun and air, wei'C readily fixed upon silk. Durable lilues, inferior to those given to silk. ai'C impai'ted to cotton bv the same dye. The molybdates luay also be employ- ed in printing, to give what are called topical colors to both silks and cottons. The molybdic acid for this purpose is said to have been manufaelured at I'raiiuc. from a massive molyli- date of lead, wbieh is found in SMna' (piantity in IJaxaria. It does not appear thai these iiniccsses have ever become adopted to any great extent, one cause i>f which is nndoulitedly the rarity and costliness of molybdenum. At the Industrial Kxhi- bition of IS,"),"), i)atka. a manufacturing chemist from Prague, presented s].eciniens of an impure molybdatc of soda, prepared^ for dyeing silks, and containing less than one-half its weight ui' molybdic acid. Its price was .^l.liO the pound, while that (.f the native sulphuret of molybdenum, exhibitctl by him, which mav be made to vield about niue-tenlhs its weight of molybdic acid, was ^-^A:) tlic pound. The small supply of the material, ooMJoiuod with the demand for it I'ur tlic uses of the lal)oi'atory, has |)r()halily prevented its more <>'encral cm]»loymut this also was diseontiuued at the end oC ()etol»er, so that now all expi'iidiiuri' is applied to llie "J") fallionis of gi'ound. yielding oi'c of an average richness of :'..', pel' cent, 'i'his would lie (Mpiivalent to a (pnmtily in sight of T.ot'O Ions, according to Mr. Williams's opinion, of which aliout tludiiii'' profit, ivud that conseiiueiitly a considerahle lloatin.u' capital will he ueeessary for the purpose. It was on this account that your Dif.'Ctors called the special general nieetin;i' held on the sixth March last, to consider tlie propi'iely of I'ai^iii.i;- fresh capital, when it was resolveij tliat the present meetiiiii- he made special, to take into c(msideration the said plan. At the aforesaid special meeting, your Directors, at tlie yo- (piest of the Canadian shareholders, called the attention of the meetiiig to theii' desire for a change in the mode of manage- lueut of afliiirs at Quebec, and for the appointment of an agent to represent the interc'sts of the Canailian shan;holders at all m iiirctiiigs of llic >liiu('li(il(li'rs ill i']imlaii(i. 'I'lu'si; >ULjj''Otitions won; relen'oil l»y tin; s|M'ci;il pciiciiil luccrmu- to iIh; nirccturs ; liiit your I)iiv(;t(»rs, i.'oiisiilci'iiiu- iluit, tncii it' in'iictifiilplc, they could not lie carried iiilo clU'ct witlioiit a cliaiiuc in the con- stilulioii oi' lilt.' ('oiii|iaiiy, have not tlioimlii (it, in llio pn'sciit position (ti' liic ('oiii|iany's alVaiis, to lake any steps in tiu; matter. It niust lie renieniliered tiial (lie Canadian siiarejiold- crs already possess, liy means ol" proxies, the i'aculty ol' ci«m- plete j'epivscntalioii at tin; lueetiniis ol' slian.'liold(;rs iierc;, — a lacnlty, however, ol' whieji they have never availed tliLMiisedvijs, Wit!) rerereiice to the propositions which have i)een madtt l.o your IMrectors, \\>v a sal'' of a portion or portions ol' the Coin- |)aiiy's estate, as the negotiations are still peiuliiig, your Di- rectors altstaiu from entering into particulars. 15ut tiiey may state that these propositions appeared suHiciently serious to induce your IMrectoi's to send to .America your alile and zealous su[)eriiitendent. Mi'. Ilt'i'liert Williams, and lliut. suit- .se((ueiitly, their colleague, .Mi'. Stoliart, who during the last three years has perl'ormed gratuitously the duties ol' secretary, and who so deservedly possesses the I'lill conlidenee of the l>oard, has procecde(l ihilher for the pur|iose of carryiiiLi.' on tlu' negotiation. LihIci' sueh aiisjiices, your Directors an^ persuaded that the interests of the Company will lie carel'uUy att('ii(led to. Two of your Directors, .Mr. AlexandiM' ^forrison and Mr, Henry Sewell, now lio out by rotation : lieing eligible, they offer themselves for re-election. It also devolves on the nieet- ing to elect two auditors. I)y order i)f tin.' IJoard, JOHN h. 15KXNHTT, Secretary pro tern. TTE3IS FI{0:M Till'] 1}ALAN('P]-SI1KKT OK TIIK EXGUSII AND CANADIAN MININC COMPANV, LONDON. The items given Iiclow were tiii . iiou1':rt roRTEii, C ^"''''"'■^- RKrOHT OF TTTA^. T. .lACKSOX, M. I>.. (IIIOI.OCIST AND STATK ASSAY Kll. Okntlkmkn : In uccdrtliUKH' witli your i-c(jiicst. I visitt'd iiiid (•Xiiiiiilird the Harvey Hill ('(i|i[)ci' Mine, diiriiix tli«' lirst hair (if till' present iiiniitli, and have new the hnunr of re- jiiirtiiiu' my nliser\ atiinis. SITUATIOX OV TllK MINK. irarvey Hill C'oiiper iiine is sitimteil in the tn\vii from the (Jrand Trunk ixailroad to (.^udiec, twenty-one hy the nearest road yet opened, and alunit thirty miles hy ihc common roads. 'JV) Craig's Jtoad Station th ' di>taiice liy the old road is thirty- two miles, and twenty-one mih's liy the new J-oad now in course of fbiniation from the mines to the .Methot Station on the (Jrand Trunk Kailway. In a direct line Quebec is fortv miles north of this mine. OKor.or;v ok TifK nisTnifT. The rocks of Harvey J 1 ill are talco-argillaceous slates, of the Taconic grouf), and arc styled in the Canadian Geulugical !{c|i()rts UiU'iTniis ,>Ii\tcs, oil iUTitiint "f tliclr |ic;irly lustre. 'I'lirv arc oi' vai-iiMis shades el' (•(•lor, \hn\\ nearly wliito t!iroll;i-|i sliailes III' ^'iveii to coiiiiiioli roolili--slate lilile. No fossils liave ever been roiiixl inlliis roniiatiou, wiii.li evidently lielon-'s to the Azoic epoch of -'eolo-y. The slate strata hear miiricroiis hcds. veins, and hnticular nia>ses oj' ((uart/,. some rasonite, since named chloritoid. occurs al.uudaiitly in the nacreous slates of this mine, but no other e ystalli'/ed minerals \t^ero observed excepting (|uart/., which occurs in the veins. SlTl'ATION AND NATl'lil': Ol' TllK CJiKS. The copper ores of TTarvey Hill M'le exist in the state of iiiterstratilied beds, g-asli veins, and in leiitii'ular .nasses asso- ciated with quartz. Some of the lenticular masses are of larii'c size, and. consistinu' of the richest and purest ores, arc very vahialde. 'J'Ik; ,L;ash veins are not reliable, and ^'cnerally runout to mere strin^-s. It is upon the iiiterstratilied beds, wdii(di are of i;-reat dimensions and extend with the strata to unknown depths, that the miner chielly rtdio in mines of this character. 'I'he (piartz veins. bcarin,L;- rich bi iiclics of copper ore. are apt to split into strin,^' veins, and to run iiit,\vhile tiie inlvrstniliiicd orrs are j,ii:s!fi/vii/ irilli Ihv sli 'I' iiiclosinj^ them. 'I'liis result has liceii ol>taiiie(l l)y observation ih many localities in Canada I-^ast. \'eiiis riiiiiiii:-' with the "(H)untry," or imbedded veins, are found to be more certain than cross veins in the "slate mines;" but these beds are nol so iiv\\ as those \vhi(di occur in biimhes associatcil with ([uartz, the strata yieldini;- from three ami a half to Ibur per cent, of metallic copper, u hile the pure bunches yield 71 per cent., and, on an average, of broken ore, about -iO per cent. The 56 In^ '•• •^Tiitilicil IkvU arr liowrvcr vitv tliick in niii> locality, (•cTliii..ly iiKii'f tliaii 1(1 I'cct, ll.r they haxc liccii cut into tt» ili;i extent witliniit limlini;' tlicir liiinlris, tlicir avcrim'c. Iidw- or y, \h']M'^ alidiit li\c I'cct. I shall <;ivc the details in my iin . s written in the mine, ami tin rdlire mnv puss to the i]i;>ij;'iiation ol' ihc nature of the ores. 'I'hese arc, lirst, yel- low co|i|ier |iyiites, coiitainilii;' ;> 1 |iei' cent, of cojijier : iiell- inetal ore, e: 'nlainin^' 21 |ier cent.: crulieseite. or j)iir|i!c eo|». pel' ore, containing' iVoni (iO to TO jicr cent,: co|)|iei' Lvliiiicc, ur vitreons copper ore, containin;;' T^i per cent. Theso ores aic uiixcil with each other in varialile pro- portions, iiid most of the erubescite is mechanically mixeil with the copper u'lancc. ami the two ores may lie ilis- tiii,ii'uishe(l liy the eye, since the crniiescite tuiiis of a heau- tifiil piii'ple ami iiliie very soon after exposure to the aii'. ami when cut has a pnr|)le color, w hilc the copper ^huico is of nearly a tin nv lii'i^ht lead Muish white, and preserves this e-olor. an Silic;i . . . . . . To which add sul])hur lost TS.4T is..-)l 1 l!i t !»!).()() 1.00 100.00 I also made a chemical assa\ of a sam[)le of the mi.xed ornliescito and copper glance. >villi the following results: — iMetallic coppfr . . . . . Tl.-O >UlpllUI' Iron i^ilica 20.00 8.;]0 0..')0 100,00 These specinu-ns were taken I'niiii the Funny Kliza Winze, and eanio from one of t!ic liirji'c h'nticuliir masses of ore asso- riateil with hyaline quartz. Interstrat ilied with the slates we tind t\iQ same kind of ore, with liell-metal and yellow (M)))[)er pyi'ites. Till-; MINK AM> inM:ssi\(;-iiorsi;s. Deseemlin^' hy lad(K'rs tn the .'50 liithom level, ISO feet from the snrliiee, we examined the dilferent exposures of the ores in tlu' levels and winzes where the minors wei"e at work. An adit level, whii-li penetrates this liiM across the strata, some 24:S iailnmis in len,L;th. hein.u' hloeked up hy deep snow, was not examined, and I ionnd that little inl'ormatinn eoidd he ohtaine(l in it lieyond that shown in Mr. II. Williams's dia- gram. m;iih' when the I'oeks were freshly cut. The fdlldwini:' miles wei'e made in the mine and dressing- houses : — ■ At the hiittdm oi' the .'IK fathom levid we s(>e, at the rising- level, or winze, an interslratilied hed el' copper ore, which is cut t'or nine feet ill thickness without iimling its limits. 'I'he di[) of the strata was found to he at this place 20 degrees north-east. Xuiiierous lenticular masses of (|uarlz. with cop- per (U'es, of the ]iurple and vit reiuis ,-pecies. W( i-e also oh- served. This I'i-e is to lie cm-ried up to the 10 fatlium level, and will jiass up wilh the interstratilied fed of ores. At the 20 IJithom level, in its ea-tern end. the sti'ula were I'o ind to di[) 20 tleg. and .">() deg. (Mgllt or ten degree-; West of nol'th. ihere heillg a wavy form to the strata. 'i'he inter>t ratified lied was ex- amined tor the extent ot' 1,") filhoms, pieces of d stull'" and '"veinorc!" weri^ far richer. Tlie cost per ton of the dressed oie. ready fir lunrkot, was fi'oin sll to sl2, and they estimate that, when th(>y have an abundance of water for washing, the cost will be reduced to §8 per ton. Transportation of the uvc, packed in boxes, to Craig's Koad Station on Ihii I'aiiroad, thirt}-two iuiles. is at present !<'.) per ton: and it costs but s(l ets. per Ion to cari'v ilie ore from Craig's Road Station to 'Quebec, and from thence to Kngland the freight is 8;{.50 per ton only. 8 68 Transportation of the ore from Craig's Road Station to Bos- ton is estimated at 8G per ton. The pine boxes in which tlie ore is packed cost twelve and a lialf cents each, and sell for the same price in England, so that they really cost nothing. These boxes contain from 300 to -iOO ponnds of ore, according to its density. There are now empU)yed in this mine lifty to sixty miners and laborers, the miners being paid !«;40 per month, and the strikers 8--, v^diile the " grass men " receive but 75 cts. per day. Twenty boys, at from Is. to oO cts. i)er day, are emiiloycd in the summer at the dressing-house, where they tend the jigs, buddies, and trunks, and also pick and sort the ores. Tiio machinery and dressingdiouses contain a Cornish tubular steam engine of iiftecn horse-power; a battery of eight heads of stampers; a crusliing mill, much worn ; three iitra'in'i- frames ; two ties; one round huddle ; two dolly-tubs ; six trunks: two slime-i)its; six drags; one shaking-trunk; two small slime-pits, and one fan-tail or A' huddle. Besides this machinery, the Com])any own twenty dwelling- houses, which are occupied by iheir workmen and various employes. Last suunner, in two months, 100 tons of .".G ]hm- cent. copper ore Avas prepared at this establishment and was sent to England. One thousand tons of 4 per cent, ore is now on the suriiice, to be dressed. 'I'his will yield 10 tuns of copper at least. li' the ore is stamped it costs 8'» per ton to do the work, the battery yielding one ton of stampeil ore per hour. The stampers weigh 1G8 poiimis each. 'J'he steam engine has a cylinder twel\e inclu's in diameter and is e>timated at lilteen horse-power. It is a (.'oal-burner, and does not work to ad- vantiigc with wood i'uel. it is a portabh,' engine, and may be removed to any jilaci; wliei'e il may lie needed. 'I'liree cords of wy the new road to :Methot'3 :Mills, now in course of forma- tion, the distance to the railway will be reduced to 21 miles uf good road, which will reduce the cost of hauling the ores to that station to about $J:.50 per ton, or to half of what is now paid. 1 am also mlbrmed that water povrer, ailequatc \r nuving the stanipingand crushing maclii-cry, may be readily .'i,tained on I'almer's U-iver, at the jMiint '•.here the prop.- > ■! tiani road will terminate, 'i'liis will rciluco the cost of <'- • ;g the ores V(My eon^'deiably, since the exiiensu of fnel will be saved, and also atlendance on the steam engine, with all its costs. Fnini a consideration of all the data. I am t» upinmn that the l!arv>y Hill Mine may bo wr.umht at a largo profit, and that the sujijily of copper ores within reach of mining npera- tions at that place will lio enough tl 1JSU.J 21| cts. 28 cts. 20^ cts. 27 cts. IS-jS 1.S-.0 l.sOO ISfll 22{; cts. 22 cts. 21 cts. 20] cts. CIIARTEE. ri^iu'i 1" 'I'hc ;iilv:iiitiip's (if ihc tlillowlni;- I>ill or t'liartcr li-nnilcd In- tlio ( ,iii;i(liaii (iiiM'i'iiuinil. csjircsslv with a \\rw Id tonnliiu- a Cum- ]iaiiv (if Am ricaii (•a[)itali>ls, will lie readily ai>i)r('ciat('(l. Xo. 2:27.] 15 ILL 1H(58. An Act to itirorporate the ILirrrij Hill Miniitii- fi>i' of an Act to that end; and whereas it is exjtcdient that such i)rayer Ix; yraiited : 'riii'i'el'ori!, ITcr Majesty, Ity and with the consent find advice of the Li\i:islative Council ami AssemMy of Canada, enacts as follows: c. ii,,nii..v,..n. 1. James Foley, V>.'\vv Clarke, Lester M. Clark, 15. S. Kolch and L. A. I'lunuucr, l']s(juires, touethei' with all such other persons as shall hecome shareholders in the C((ni|»any herehy constituted, shall he. ami they are hen-liy constituted a Itody corporate and politic, i>y 03 tln> naiiic of tlir ■• Harvey Hill Mining- iiud Smclliiii;' Coinpaiiy of Leeds, in tin; ("ouiitv of ^l(.'tiaiitic, ('aiunhi 2. The Coiiipaiiy may ciiLiap! in and Inllow lln' I'urt-u'K. liusincss (if eanyinii' on ex|ilonitii)ns for, and of niiidnLi' fui', findinu- and ii'('tiin,u' coiiin'i-, lc;id and otlici' ores, metals and minerals williin the limits aforesaid, and of nianufaelni'inii', dealinji' in and disjiosinu' of sneh ores, metals and minerals ; and may do all tliinus necessary to such ends, consistently with the i'i,i:;hts of other jiai'ties. and with the condilions of aiv title under which the ('om[ianv may hold tin; hiiius in or upon which such thinus are to he done. •). 'I'lie Company may, i>y any le^i'id title, aciiuiui" i!..ii i»t;i and 1 iol( :iiy land or minin<2' necessary nv reiinisil*; for the carryinu' on n[' such husiness. not exceedinu' two tliousand acres in su)ierlicies. and construct and main- tain such Itnildiuiis and machinery and other improve- ments tli(U'Con, and sell and ilispose of the same, and acipiire others in their stead, as the Company mav ilecni for its ad\antaL:'e. 4. TIk; Capital Stock ol' the Company shall he the lapjtii \' money upon llie respective sliare-'nH- liolders. in respei , !'!' such stork, shall he jiiiid wln'ii, where, and as the l)ire(.'tors of the Company shall from tiiiK; to lime rcipiii'e, in confoiauity. always, with such rules, as to notice or otherwise, as the hy-laws of the Company may ordain, and interest shall accrue and fall due, at the rale of six per centum per annum, upon the amount of v\'i'v\ uiiftaid call, fnjxu the day ap])uiuted for paymeut of such call. G4 raifr""""'"'^ iii|tany may oiifoi'co invyinciit of siidi calls iuid iiiten'sl by iictiitii in any competoat Court of law, and in such action it shall not hti neccssiuy to set Ibrlii the sjK'cial nialt(M', but it shall bt; sulliciout to (lei'lare that the defendant is a holdei' of one share oi" more, statinji' the number of shares, and is indebted in the sum of money to which the calls hi ari'ear amount, in res[»('ct of one call or more upon one sliarc Of more, stating' the numlier of su<'h calls, and the amount of each, whereliy an action hath accrued to the Company under this Act, and a certificate under their seal, and purporting' to be sii^neil by any ollicer of the Comiiany, to the' effect that the defendant is a shareholder, and that sueli call or calls have been made, and that s(.) nuich is due by him, anil unpaid thereon, shall be received in all Courts of law as [iriiita facie evidence to that effect. Forfeiture. 7. If, after sucli deiuaud or notice as by Ity-Iaw of the Company may lie [irescrilied, any call made u[)On any sliare or shares be not ])aid within such time as by such liy-law may lie limittul in that liehalf, the i>irectors in their discretion, by vote to that eftl'ct, reciting' the facts ami duly recorded in their minutes, may •y jiroxy sliiill liLi a (|iioruni tlicrcof; and sni'li Directors may V(tt(' Ity pi'oxy, and in case of ihr, dt-atii, resignation, removal or dis(|ualili('alioii of any Hireetor, sneli l>oiir(i, ir tliey see lit, may till llir \aeaiii'y until tin' next nnnuid meeting ol' the Company, liy appointing any (|iudilie(l slian-liolder thereto. I'aiiiiri' to fleet, l)). if at any time an election of IMret tors he not made or do m)t take et'lect at the pi'oper time, the Cor- poration herehy consliliiteil sjiall not l»e held to bo Ihcrehy dissolved; lint such election may take place at any general meeting of the Company duly called for that purpose. nxtors, I'rovisionai Hi- 14. I'ntil the first ch'ctlon of sucli l)oard, the said James Foley, Peter Chirk, Lester M. Clark, B. S. Rotcli and L. A. Plununer shall he the I'rovisionai JJoard of Dii'ectors of the Company, with |)o\vei' to lill vacancies occurring therein, to open Stock-iiooks, to assign stock, to make calls thereon, and grant certili- cates and receipts therefor, to make provisional by- laws on any matters admitting of regulation under this Act hy hy-law, such provisional hy-laws to have force until the lir>t genei'al meeting of the Com])aiiy, to convene such meeting, and to do all other ads re(piire(l to lie done in order to the organization of the Com- pany and the conduct of its affairs. I'fiwers of Hoaril. 1'). The I'xiard of Directors of the Company shall have full power in all things to administer the afliiirs of the Company, and may make, or request to lie made, any description of contract which tlii' Company may hy law enter into ; and may from tinu' t(j lime make hydaws not contrary to law, to regulate the making of calls on slock, the pavnient thereof, the issue and reg- istratioii of cei'tilicab's of stock, the forfeiture of stock for non-payment, the disjiosal of Ibrfeited stock and of r.7 tlie |.r.,rr.Mls tlicvof, (1,0 (ransi;.,- of stork, ,1,,. ,|,.rla- ml.o., :,ihI |.,yin..nt ..f ,livi,ln„ls, tli.- n,.|M,i„tnu'nt, »>"i''ti..i,s, duti.-s i„Ml iviM.nal of Mil iiovnts, otli.M.rs ami ^'•'•v<'i.tsoril,,>('on,,,a..y,tlu.s..,..uritv.ol.,. ..iv,,, I'.y tli.'in to tl..; Conii.uiy, tlioii- ivn.uiM-n.tioii, nixl tliat, ('I iin.v) of 111." |)i,.,.,'tors, tl,.. ti.iM-nt uhiH. i.nd tli.. I'liic.' when. t|„. ;„„„„| ,„„, ,„,„,,, ,„^,,.fi„„.^ ^,,. „^^, <'<'"M•'l'^^^^ll^ll l.r hrhljl,. ,;UHno.of uio.tmo;s...,HM'al «>'«l sp.rial, of the |5o;,nl of DinM'tors. ami of tlio Coiiipan/, tlio iv,|„i,vnRMits as to proxies, and tlic oro- cc.liiiv m all tlini-s, at siid, in.r(in<.-s, fl„. sito .»f tlicir cliiof j.lacc of husiiicss. and of any oilier oiri.M-s uliicji they may re.niire to liave. the iniposiiion and ree.,very »•' i'll iK'nalties and forfeitnres admiltino- ,,f r nlatioii by l.y-Iaw. and (]„> eondu.-t in all jnirtieulars of iho allan's of the Company: and may from time i,,iinio repeal, amend, or re-enael the same; hnt every snch I'v-hnv, and every repeal, amendment or re-enaetment tlu'reof, unless in the meantime eonlirmed at a s|MTial general meet in,;-- of the Company, called for that pur- pose, shall only have Hare until the n*'xt annual meetin- of the Company, and shall rcpiire to bo coidirmed thereat: and every copy ,,f anv hy-law under the seal of the Company, and" purport in- to i.o signed hyanyoflieer of the Company, shall he received as prima facie evidenee of sueh hy law, in all Courts of law. 10. Til addition (,. the ordinary phuv of Imsiness Asmdos. within the i'roviiHM^, ihe Conijiany may estahlish and have any phiee or places of husiiiess in (!rea( iJritaiu or in the Cnited Stat,-s of America : and may, at any one thereuf. open hooks of suliseriptioi, for (heir stock, and may receive there suliseriptions for such slock, transferahle there respectively, and may make all in- stalments tli.uvon to he called in, and all dividends thereon to be declared payal)le there resjiectively : and may at one of such ])laces of business order, direct, do m iiml iiMiisiici tlioir nITiiirs aiul Itusiiioss or any tlioroof, ill such Hiniiiifi' iis may 1m> [hvsi-imImmI hy tlic l>y-la\vs. •rru»t». 17, 'I'll,' <\iiu|iuny shall not III' huiintl to s(M> to the .•xccution of any trust, whothci- cxpniss, iinitruMl or ('(Histnidivf, ill ivs|M'c.t of any shaft's; ami the receipt (if ihe [lersou in \vhos(^ name the same shall slaml in till' iMM.ks of till! Company shall he a vali«l and l.ind- in;-' dischar-^e to the (Company IWr any dividend or monev itayal)le in respect of such shares, and whether (,r nut •■•oliec (if such lni is. The shareholders of the Company shall not, as '-t. '^''"''■'"'''' Mich, lie held responsilil.' for any act, default orliahili- ly whatsoever of the Company, or for any enoaoviiu'iit, claim, payment, loss, injury, transaction, matter