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REPORT. 
 
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 (COPY.) thief Gold C'ommismner'n OJice, 
 
 Halifax, July 28, 1863. 
 Sir,— I have the honor to submit the following semi-annual report for the infor 
 mation of his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor. It contains a short account 
 of the gold mmmg operations in Novascotia for the half year ending on the 
 30th June last. ^ 
 
 UI8C0VERIE8. 
 
 As gold mining in the Province is every day aiisuming a more settled and 
 permanent form, the report of a discovery of gold in a certain district does not 
 occasion such a wide spreoxl excitement as formerly. The consequence is, that 
 upon the opening of a new district, capitalists have a much better opportunity 
 of securing a greater scope of ground for their operation.s than is possible when 
 a large number of applicants for leases are attracted by the report of a recent 
 discovery. This has plainly been the result at Montagu. 
 
 A report of the discovery of gold in this place was made here on the 21st 
 day ot April, and althoi gh 203 areas of class No. one have been leased, 150 of 
 these, or about the three-fourths of the whole, have been taken by four companies. 
 
 In this district about one hundred men have been employed during the past 
 month. Two crushing machines are in course of erection in it; and the parties 
 engaged in mining generally, speak with the highest confidence of success in 
 their undertaking. Thirty-eight and three-qua.ter tons of the quartz mined 
 have been crushed at some of the mills at Waverley, and have yielded 116-8-5 oz. 
 of gold, being an average of three ounces to th3 ton; and the New York and 
 Novascotia company have procured from specimens, and by hand mortaring, 
 one thousand dollars worth. 
 
 The richest vein in the district as yet discovered is about three inches in 
 thickness, but there aiv,- numerous leads varying in size from that to a foot, which 
 have proved auriferous, and the district is now undergoing a thorough prospecting. 
 
 Over half a mile of road has been made in the district at the government 
 expense, costing $200, and a further expenditure is required. 
 
 OTHEIl DISTRICTS. ^ii^^^H 
 
 \yithout making any particular lefereuco to the result of mining operatioti= 
 :n the .several districts which were proclaimed last year. I beg to refer for infor- 
 mation Ml respect to them to the tables herewith enclosed. 
 
 Table No. 1 shows the quantity of quartz crushed, and the yield of "-old 
 therefrom, in the several districts therein named. The average yield per°ton 
 being a trifle over an ounce, which is below the average of last year; but it 
 must be borne in mind, that in (juartz reported as crushed at Sherbrooke and 
 Wiiie Harbour, a large quantity of gravel or rubl)ish is included, the exact 
 amount of which I am not able at present to ascertain. There is, therefore, no 
 reason to conclude that the average yield of gold per ton of quartz is much if 
 any, below that of 1802. 
 
 By table No. 2, it appears that the yield of gold per man employed in the 
 mines, is 8-38 oz. for the six months, which shews a higher average of 2-78 oz. 
 for a year than the calculation was for 1862. (See page 29, Gold Commissioner's 
 Report, 1862.) 
 
 No. 3 refers to Waverley, by which it appears that the barrel quartz crushed 
 in that district has not yielded equal to that in 1862. The yield from the West 
 division is also a trifle below that of last year. 
 
 Table No. 4 shews the total yield of gold in all the districts as reported, to be 
 0,193 ounces. 
 
 When it is taken into consideration *' a large proportion of the labor 
 expended during the past six months is preparatory to the operations of the 
 latter half of the year, it may be said that the results of the half year's opera- 
 tions have been suc^essfii:. And 1 may safely add, the prospects at present 
 indicate a much larger return of guld for that part of the year to come than 
 has been obtained in that ju&i terminated. 
 
 I have, Sir. the honor to be, 
 
 Youi most obedient servant, 
 
 ^, „ „ SAMUEL CREELMAN. 
 
 Ihe Hon. Provincial Secretary. 
 
 [For tables referred to above, see Appendix A (1, 2, 3, 4,) to Commissioner'B 
 Annual Report for 1863.] 
 
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