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PREFACE. 
 
 Before giving the Public details of the present workings of 
 this Company, it may not be out of place, considering that the en- 
 terprise is a new one, to say a few words as to the location of the 
 mines and general character of the country. 
 
 Mining locations numbered F. 22 and X. 82, upon which the 
 Company is now working, are situated on the east shore of the 
 Lake of the Woods, about sixteen miles south-east of the town 
 of Rat Portage, and ai in what is beginning to be known as the 
 true mineral zone. This mineral belt seems to cross the Lake in 
 almost a straight line running north-easterly as the same lodes 
 or veins of quartz a . w found at Clear Water Bay, thirty miles 
 ilistant, are found again on Hay Island and all intervening 
 islands, and run into the main land through our property. The 
 belt is supposed to be about six or seven miles broad and most of 
 the mining claims have been taken up within it. Although all 
 the properties within this section of the district are not of equal 
 value, great differences existing between some of them, still 
 the presence of such a defined belt places the existence of vast 
 mineral deposits in this region beyond a doubt. 
 
 Until this summer the deposit there of mineral in paying 
 quantities, was almost universally doubted, and no interest was 
 taken in the properties, except by a few old miners who had a 
 knowledge of their values. This year, however, a great change 
 has taken place and several experts have made exhaustive 
 investigations into the mining prospects of the region, all coming 
 to the conclusion that the mineral wealth of the country can- 
 not be overestimated. 
 
 Mr. John T. Nagle, a gentleman who has had some eleven years 
 experience as Mining Superintendent in California and Nevada, 
 
nn<l one who Ijas seoii too inueh of the tips uinl downs of niinin^j 
 to be over-sanguii.e, state«l to a representative of the Winnipeg 
 CoMMKIU'IAL that "lie was perfectly satisHetl with th*? prospects 
 ahead, lie luul made four openings in the veins (Hay Island) and 
 three of them showed ricli pay streaks, the veins running in 
 such a manner as to satisfy him that the <U^eper he r nt the 
 richer he would find the rock. While the element of uncer 
 tainty is never wanting in gold mining, yet he never saw a 
 country where there was less chance of failure than the Lake 
 of the Woods mining belt. " 
 
 Three other gentlemen of large experience in the mines of 
 the United States, have also testified to the general rich- 
 ness of the formation, and as doctors ami jirofessional experts 
 of all kinds are notorious for disagreeing, when they are unani- 
 mous there must '' he something in it." 
 
 The character of the (|uartz is such as to permit of the greatest 
 facility and economy in its treatment, the Ukajority of the veins 
 containing " free milling ore," and the compactness of the rock 
 formation warrants the belief, that water, the miner's greatest 
 enemy, will not flow in in sufficient (quantities to necessitate 
 the use of steam pumps. No country that has ever been pros- 
 pected can offer more natural advantages than the district around 
 the Lake of the Woods. Timber for mills, crib work, fuel, etc., 
 can be obtained in abundance on the locations. A plentitude of 
 good water can be had for all purposes. A trans-continental 
 railway passes along the shores of the Lake, within easy distance 
 of the mines, giving unequaled facilities for transportation. 
 Labor and supplies are easily obtainable ; and last, but not 
 least, the work which has been already accomplished has placed 
 the existence of vast mineral wealth beyond the shadow of a 
 doubt. 
 
 He would be a far-seeing man,, indeed, who would endeavor to 
 calculate the inestimable value of these hidden treasures, which 
 only require the application of energy and capital, to become 
 the fountain head of fortunes, and one of the chief factors in the 
 prosperity of the Dominion. 
 
PROSPECTUS. 
 
 Bt'lii'vin^ that wlicii ininiiifj is conducttMl on lionost and 
 economical principli's, it is a legitimate enterprise, and compara- 
 tively as safe as any other, the C'ompany l»ej;s to suhmit the 
 t'ollowin<^ facts and fi<rures for thc^ consideration of the investing 
 puhlic. HavinjLj cash in the treasury an<l competent men on the 
 •rrounds to work our min«'s, large amounts of monevcan he made 
 rapidly and safely an<l on smaller investments than in any other 
 business, First let us take 
 
 MINING AS AN INVESTMENT. 
 
 The Winnipeg C'ommeikial, an independent commercial jour- 
 nal, which of late has been taking some interest in the mining 
 affairs of the countrv, says in the issue of the 1 4th Nov., 1882; 
 " There are great differences of opinion regarding tlu; profits 
 secured in different classes of investments, and not a few capi- 
 talists are rather sce})tical regar<ling tlu; average returns secured 
 from those in minin<; un<lertakings. The huge fortunes made by 
 many in such speculations are proof that cases of success are 
 much more marked in connecti<m with mining, than any other 
 field, not excepting North-western real estate. * * * * Xo 
 those who wish to ascertain the chances of good returns for 
 money investe(>in mining generally, sonu; figures on the subject 
 may be of interest, and on this subject a recent inind)er of the 
 American MlNlxrj Le!)(JEH, says of mining in the ITnited States, 
 ' For the thirty years ending 1880, the money invested in mining 
 for the precious metals — buying mines, labor and machinery — is 
 estimated at §^70(),000,000. For this expenditure we have a return 
 of values — values can be converted into cash at sight in mines — 
 mills and actual cash received, of Si ,200,000,000, which is over 
 •SOO per cent, on the investment as actual profit. Over half of 
 this profit has accrued^within the past twelve years. The next 
 five years ending in 1885 will show a product of $2,000,000,000, 
 with an expenditure of less than S')00,000,000 giving a net profit 
 of over .500 per cent, in five years.' " 
 
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 We might give one or two individual instances of colossal for- 
 tunes made by very small investments in mining enterprises. 
 Lieutenant Governor Tabor, of Colorado, owes his fortune of 
 $5,000,000 and upv/ards, to an investment of less than $50 in a 
 mine. The late Lieut.-Gov. Robinson of Colorado owed his suc- 
 cess to an investment of only $18, which secured him an interest 
 in the famous Robinson Mine, sold recently for $2,000,000, also 
 the following well known Colorado millionaires, viz : Hon. J. L. 
 Routt, Judge Bowen, Senator Chaffee, Judge Pendery and many 
 others living in all parts of the United States, who have become 
 enormously rich from very small investments at the commence- 
 ment of their careers. 
 
 It may be argued that the above immense fortunes were made, 
 more by speculating in .stocks, than by receiving actual dividends. 
 While this may be true to a certain extent, still the Mining Com- 
 panies must have been paying enormous dividends, if the stock 
 rose so rapidly as to make millionaires of iilen a short time before 
 comparatiNely poor. 
 
 So much attention has been attracted towards mining of 
 late, that the experience gained has placed the industry on a 
 more certain footing than ever before, and it will be found by any 
 one who gives l little attention to the subject, that where mines 
 had good prospects, and were conducted on a legitimate basis, they 
 nearly always turned out good investments, if taken only as 
 dividend paying concerns, and not counting the indirect return 
 from the increased valae of the stocks. Of course there have 
 been a large number of "wild-cat" companies floated by irrespon- 
 sible and unscrupulous adventurers, just as there were a number 
 of worthless paper townsites sold during the Manitoba real 
 estate "boom," but mining when managed as fairly as any 
 ordinary business, will give much greater returns than any other 
 class of investment without a corresponding increase in the risk. 
 Taking into consideration the present splendid shewing of miner- 
 al, the Company do not consider it a too sanguine estimate to 
 expect a return of twenty or twenty-five per cent, dividend dur- 
 ing the next year. 
 
Secondly we come to 
 
 OUR LOCATIONS. 
 
 The Company did not decide upon working locations F. 22 and 
 X. 82, at hap hazar<^ >ut secured them after careful comparison 
 with others on the Lake. Mr. John R Brown, the Superintendent, 
 a gentleman of large experience in mining, and formerly super- 
 intendent of the " Miner Boy," mine near Leadville, Col., spent 
 three months this summer carefully going over and making assay 
 tests of the various properties on the Lake. After careful com- 
 parison, he decided upon the al)Ove, and the Company now liold 
 them fully paid for and clear of incumbrance. The property 
 consists of two hundred and sixty-nine acres, the formation bein<j 
 seamed with ore bearinix veins of all sizes. Those on F. 22 car- 
 rying free milling quartz, requiring treatment, which will be at 
 once simple,, expeditious and economical, while the ore on X 82, 
 although requiring more elaV)orate treatment, will, owing to the 
 magnitude of the pay streak, Itucome especially valuable. 
 
 The following is a copy of Mr. Brown's last report on the 
 mine. 
 
 The Mines of the Winnipeg Con. G. M. Co., 
 Lake of the Woods, 
 
 Dec. 11th, 1882. 
 To the Directors 
 
 Winnipeg Con. Gold M. Co., 
 
 Gentlemex, — I herewith beg leave to submit to 
 you the following report of the work done on our properties, since my 
 arrival in the beginning of October of this year. 
 
 On commencing regular operations, I found it difficult to choose at 
 once from the many veins which out-cropped throughout the whole of 
 the locations. After a careful and thorough exploitation of some of the 
 most promising veins, I have decided upon the location of two shafts 
 and an incline with the following results : 
 
 Upon the first of these properties, Location F. 22, at a distance of 
 ibout six hundred feet from the water's edge and at a place where the 
 country rises abruptly to a height of about seventy feet, I discovered a 
 vein which out-cropping at the foot of this ledge and rising with tlie cliff, 
 presented a well defined quartz vein, exposed for about five hundred feet 
 while a few cross cuts in the wash sliowed that it was regular for some 
 
(listanre further. These out-croppings in every instance when tested 
 showed free gold in fair quantities. The width of this vein on the sur- 
 face was from four to ten inches, accompanied by a gangue of talcost^ 
 slate of about the same width, Here I started an incline and ran in 
 with the vein about twenty -four feet, in order to ascertain the probable 
 future character of the ore. 
 
 The result was far beyond my anticipations. Where I commencect 
 to drift in the vein was from four to six inches, of good pay rock. It 
 gradually increased in width until it reached a maximum of about fifteen 
 inches while becoming richer at every foot, carrying as well an equal 
 width of talcose slate which had now increased also in value, from its. 
 contact probably with the richer portion of the vein. The total width 
 of the vein in the incline, from wall to wall is about thirty inches to 
 three feet. I append notes of several assays made while driving this 
 incline : — 
 
 5 feet from mouth of incline, gold per ton, ^87.85 
 
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 12 feet 
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 113.6.3 
 62.01 
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 144.69 
 82,68 
 46.51 
 
 13 to 24 feet, 6 assays from .f31 to *103.35 per ton. 
 
 Twenty-five lbs. of this ore crushed in a large mortar gave a result 
 e(jual to ^63 to the ton of free milling gold. 
 
 Feeling now justified in the further development of this property, I 
 commenced a shaft near the mouth of the incline. Everything so far 
 is eminently satisfactory. I am now down about twenty-five feet. The 
 vein is being continually augmented by the addition of numerous 
 feeders of quartz and is now in its narrowest part about fifteen inches 
 in width, while it shows in one place a width of thirty inches. I refer 
 to what is known as the pay streak, which is on the hanging wall. The 
 gangue of slate which is also increasing in width, averages from ^8 to 
 ^10 to the ton free milling gold, and will all be utilized for milling pur- 
 poses with considerable profit. The walls of the vein are well defined, 
 very regular and unbroken, with an incline of seventy degrees, while the 
 width from wall to wall is a few inches undf^' five feet, fcsome of my 
 tests of (i[uartz from this shaft, at different times, give i-eturus of from 
 $48 to $191 to the ton, free gold. As I have sent in specin^ens of the 
 
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 rock for assay ajid mill tests, I have no doubt that the returns from these 
 will corroborate my own results. 
 
 This pay streak, I may mention, is composed of celular or honey 
 comb quartz, so much decomposed as to make it necessary to sack it. 
 Depth seems to make no difference in the character except that it is 
 both wider and richer as »ve descend. Very little silver is perceptible 
 and I have in no instance been able to discover more than a trace. 
 
 On location X. 82 I started another shaft which is now down some 
 
 fifteen feet on a well-defined vein of about four feet wide, which carries 
 
 both silver and gold from the surface down. While much free gold 
 
 was found on the surface of this vein, depth shows the ore to be slightly 
 
 refractory and rec^uiring different treatment from the ordinary free 
 
 milling process. The ore in the vein is now in the form or sulphurets. 
 
 Assays made are not high but in my opinion this property has a good 
 
 prospective value aiul will in time probably equal the first. 
 
 Assays made by me : — 
 
 Highest, (lold, per ton, s?48.23 
 Silver " " 15.40 
 
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 others .$9,57 to $40.00. 
 
 My surface improvements are so far of the most primiti\o descrip- 
 tion. A log house 28x24 for the men, Othce 14x12, Blacksmith Shop 
 and two Shaft Houses compose the whole at present, as I thought it 
 better to devote all my energies to the development of the mine, ratluM- 
 
 than to the erection of elaborate buildings, which can come at a future 
 date. Yours Respectfully, 
 
 (Signed) JNO. R. BROWN, Manager. 
 
 Desiring to have .ui intelligent and unbiased opinion about the 
 mining properties on the Lake of the Woods, this Company and 
 the Keewatin Mining Company arranged with the Winnipeg 
 daily papers to send reporters out with the Companies' represen- 
 tatives, to view and report upon their several locations. Below 
 we give a few extracts from the report which appeared in the 
 Tl\h;s of the 13th December: 
 
 * * * * "Your correspondent decided to throw in 
 his chances with the party destined for the Winnipeg Consolidated, 
 and pushed forward to Big Stone. We had a hard piece of travelling 
 in the dark, but our pilot knew th(; way, and though in the blinding 
 snow we had to make a slight detour for safety, we struck the Winnipeg 
 
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 Consolidated camp in good time, and were received heartily by Mr. J. 
 R. Brown, a son of Winnipeg's city clerk, who is suparintendent of the 
 works. After refreshments, the party sat up chatting until the hour 
 for rest, when weary bones found repose on buffalo robes stretched on 
 the floor. We were up betimes next day, and, while awaiting the ar- 
 rival of the Keewatin party, paid a visit to the closer of the two shafts 
 being sunk by Mr. Brown* Having gained assurance from running an 
 incline that he had located his shaft on the best spot, Mr. Brown be- 
 gan sinking in earnest, and as one is lowered by a rope down into the 
 cavernous depths, if he be capable of thinking of anything else than 
 his own safe arrival on the floor beneath, it is that Mr_ Brown has 
 l)een most industrious during the past two months. Without pretend- 
 ing to a specialist's erudition in mineralogy, your correspondent knows 
 enough to enable him to say with confidence that the Winnipeg Con- 
 solidated have in this shaft a fine property. The foofcwall 'is excellent 
 and the vein is wide, the pay streak being rich and well defined. The 
 ore is decomposed and therefore will be easily worked by free milling. 
 Exceptionally good pieces of ore will run away up into the hundreds 
 when assayed; the average ore will assay $100 to the ton, so that in 
 milling a return of at least $40 a ton may be calculated upon with cer- 
 tainty. The mine is well located, being only a few hundred yards 
 from the beach, where I suppose the company intend to erect their 
 stamp mill, which will at first be operated with fifteen stamps. A 
 tramway from the mouth of the shaft to the mill can easily be con- 
 structed, timber strong enough for the purpose and for other mining 
 needs being plentiful on the location. After the arrival of the Kee- 
 watin party early in '\he afternoon, they having lost two hours by 
 wandering into the Pipe Stone narrows instead of holding to the left, 
 so to make Big Stone, they were shown the closer of the two shafts first 
 described, and the joint party proceeded inland for about half a mile to 
 the upper shaft, which is being sunk under contract, the rate being $15 
 a foot. The quartz in this shaft is a hard iron-grey ore, which carries 
 gold and silver, assaying on an average over $50 a ton. To treat 
 this ore completely on the spot, would require the erection of. over 
 $100,000 worth of machinery, so it is Mr. Brown's intention to con- 
 centrate and ship the ore. This will cost perhaps $2 a ton, and will 
 leave a very large margin for profit. There can be no possibility of 
 doubt that in those two shafts the Winnipeg Consolidated have a fine 
 property, on which mining can be carried on upon commercial princi- 
 
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 pies, and with all the certainty of a manufacturing industry. Mr- 
 Brown has been getting out wood for underground work, and has 
 erected shelter over the mouth of the shafts, without which running at 
 this season of the year would be well nigh impossible. In his office, 
 Mr. Brown has many rich specimens of ore, with a record of their 
 assays, and your correspondent is sorely tempted to put some of these 
 on record, but as mining should be conducted as a purely commercial 
 non-speculative business I content myself with recording general im- 
 pressions and making deductions from the evidence before me, which 
 I think can be realized by thorough work in all departments. In Mr. 
 Brown I am satisfied that this company possesses a superintendent who 
 understands his business, and possesses the required energy to carry 
 his operations to a successsful issue. After dinner on Sunday a por- 
 tion of the party struck out for Rat Portage, having a journey before 
 them of at least fourteen miles through heavy snow over a lake more 
 bewildering than a maze. Your correspondent, who desired to make 
 an especially minute examination of the Keewatin property, left the 
 party off Heenan's Point, and made his way into the Hay Island camp, 
 where superintendent Nagle at once placed himself at my disposal. 
 
 * * * Mr. Nagle is not naturally an enthusiast, nor is 
 Mr. Brown of the Consolidated, and it is reassuring to hear them both 
 declare that not only are they satisfied with their properties, but chat 
 Nevada, Colorado and California have never shown such magnificent 
 opening. "To pay from grass roots" is considered marvellous out west; 
 but here are two mines that not only pay, but pay well from "grass 
 roots." 
 
 * * * It would be quite easy for your correspondent to 
 extend the record of his observations upon the mines of the Winnipeg 
 Consolidated and the Keewatin companies, but what has been stated are 
 hard facts, and satisfy me that not only is work being prosecuted in 
 dead earnest, but the prospects are so brilliant that they require cau- 
 tion rather than enthusiasm in describing them. 
 
 Thirdly, wt' wish to show tests that have been made by outside 
 disinterested i)arties and so come to the 
 
 ASSAYS. 
 
 The first specimen was taken near the surface of the incline, 
 in F. 22, and was sent to Mr. J. S. Phillips, Mineral Assayer and 
 
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 Metallurgist of No. 8 Beach St. New York, who replied as fol- 
 lows : — 
 To Mr. Brown, New York, Oct. 28th, 1882. 
 
 Your sample of rusty quartz has yielded at the rate of 
 J$158.40 of gold per ton. The gold is in a free milling condition. 
 
 (Signed) J. S. PHILLIPS," 
 The next specimen was from the same incline. 
 
 • " CERTIFICATE OF ASSAY. 
 
 Office of the Canada Assaying Co., 
 
 No. 2 McDermott St. 
 
 \Vi>:xiPE(j, Man., 18th Nov., 1882, 
 
 Deposited by Winnipeg Con. M. Co. 
 
 1. Specimen Free milling rusty quartz : 
 
 Description metal, f Gold - - $8.3. 1 7 
 
 weight per 2,000 lbs value in coin. | Silver - - traces 
 
 Total . - - - 183.17 
 I certify that the above is my assay of Specimen No. 1. 
 
 (Signed) G. Wm. WALLS, Assayer. 
 
 The fourth test was of a pound and a half of lOck, from the 
 shaft, sent to the Assay Department of the Mining Record, GI 
 
 Broadway, New York, and resulted as follows : — 
 
 "Assay Department of the Mining Record, 
 (Fuller & Stillman,) 61 Broadway, 
 
 New York, Dec. 1st, 1882. 
 Report on sample of ore Assayed : For Winnipeg. 
 We Hnd the ore as represented by sample, to contain per ton 
 of 2,000 lbs. avoirdupois : Gold. Silver. 
 
 800 dwts. ounces. 
 
 Value per 2,000 lbs. $809. 
 
 Total net value .$809. 
 
 (Signed) Thos. B. Stillman. 
 
 The fifth test was of a piece of rock taken about fifteen feet 
 from the surface of the shaft on location X. 82 : 
 
 "certificate of assay. 
 Office of the Canada Assaying Co., No. 2 McDermott St., 
 
 Winnipeg, Man., 14 Dec, 1882. 
 Specimen No. A. 73 ; Shaft X. 82. 
 
 Deposited by Winnipeg Cons. G. M. Co., Winnipeg, Man. 
 
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 Description : Gold bearing, partially decomposed ijuartz, with 
 small per centage pyrites. 
 
 Value in coin : Gold - $60.04 
 
 Silver - - 7.42 
 
 Total 
 
 $67.47 
 
 I certify that the above is my assay of specimen No. 2. 
 
 (Signed)' G.' Wm. WALLS, Assayer. 
 The Mixth assay was of a piece taken twnety-five feet below. 
 
 the surface on location F. 22. 
 
 "CERTIFICATE OF ASSAY. 
 
 Office of the Canada Assaying Co., 
 
 No. 2 McDermott St. 
 
 Winnipeg, Man., 14 Dec, 1882. 
 
 Specimen No. A. 74. Deposited by Winnipeg Cons. M. Co., 
 
 Winnipeg. Description : Free milling, rusty. Metal : Auriferous 
 
 quartz, with traces of iron pyrites. 
 
 Value in coin : Gold - - $106.92 
 Silver - - traces. 
 
 Total 
 
 $106.92 
 
 I certify that the above is my assay of specimen No. 3. 
 
 (Signed) G. Wm. WALLS, Assayer. 
 This gives an average for five outside assays of $144.99 
 free milling gold per ton, and over a $100 for sixteen assays made 
 outside and at the mines. 
 
 Your attention is next invited to a 
 
 MILL TEST 
 
 of oOtbs of ore shoveled up indiscriminately from the bottom of 
 the incline, about twenty feet from the surface. This was put in 
 a sack and expressed to Mr. Walter Hamilton, of the Hamilton 
 Reduction Company of New York, to be crushed and the gold 
 worked out by the ordinary milling process. 
 
 The difference between this test and an assay is, that the latter 
 is a SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS of the ore, while the former is an 
 
 ACTUAL WORKING TEST. 
 
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 " \ ^alter Hamilton, Mineralogist and Assaver^ 
 120 William St., 
 
 New York, Nov. 4th, 1882. 
 Deposited by J. K BROWN, 
 
 Winnipeg, Manitoba. 
 
 DESCRIPTION. 
 
 METAL. 
 
 WEIOIIT OF METAL PER 
 TON OF 2,000 LBS. 
 
 VALUE IN CO 
 PER TON. 
 
 TOTAL 
 
 Working test by amalga- 
 mation, of 50 lbs. of ore, 
 rec'd from you by express. 
 
 GolO 
 Silver 
 
 dwts. grs, 
 7.-) 00 
 a trace 
 
 $77.25 
 
 $77.25 
 
 I certify that the above is my report of i^ssay of the sample 
 of free milling quartz. 
 
 (Signed) V/ALTER HAMILTON, Assayer. 
 Enclosed gold button result of above workings." 
 
 The gold button mentioned is at the office of the Company, 
 weighs forty-five grains and has been pronounced by Jewellers 
 to be unalloyed virgin gold of the best quality. 
 
 That the above average assay and return from the mill test ia 
 a very high one, may be seen by glancing at the following re- 
 turns of some of the most valuable mines of the United States. 
 All of them except the Keystone are now milling steadily, and 
 giving good results. We compile the list from the New York 
 Mining Record of December 9, 1 882: 
 
 Bodie Consolidated Mine, California, average assay value of pulp, 
 
 174.78 ^jer ton- 
 Georgia, " 
 Montana, *' 
 Dakota, " 
 
 Colorado, " 
 Montana, " 
 Utah, 
 S. Carolina, " 
 
 If the above mines can be made to pay, contending as they 
 do, with all the difficulties of mountain transportation, water in 
 the shafts and levels, and a high rate for labor and supplies, 
 surely the future of this company, situated in a country where 
 nature seems to have done everything in aid of the miner, cannot 
 but be splendid and profitable. 
 
 It has been calculated that the ore on location F 22 can be 
 
 Keystone 
 
 {( 
 
 Moulton 
 
 (( 
 
 Penobscot 
 
 ({ 
 
 Robinson 
 
 K 
 
 Silver Bond, 
 
 i( 
 
 Tecumseh, 
 
 « 
 
 The West 
 
 «« 
 
 " 36.00 
 value 40.00 
 
 " 5 to 6 
 
 " 50.00 
 
 " 40.00 
 
 " 30.00 
 
 " 10.00 
 
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 mined and milled for from S7 to $9 per ton at the outside; if we 
 place the \ alue of the rock ut less than one half of the average 
 assay, say S50 per ton, it will leave a net profit of S41 per ton 
 ove- and above working expenses. 
 
 By the spring the development work will have proceeded far 
 enough to enable us to keep a twenty stamp mill in continual 
 operation, ar^d crush about 30 tons per day. 
 
 The ore on location X 82 being more refractory will have to be 
 concentrated and shipped for treatment. This concentration 
 will embody the value of five tons into the bulk of one; that is, 
 one ton of concentrates will equal the value of the five tons 
 taken to produce it, estimated at $150. Deduct the cost of 
 ^iiining, concentrating, smelting and transportation, and it will 
 leave a net profit of about $100 on every ton of concentrates 
 produced. 
 
 Tlie Company have offered to lease, for a short term, the five 
 stamp mill now upon Boulder Island, within a short distance of 
 their claims. Although this mill is totally inadequate to the re- 
 quirements of the Company, it will serve to make tests as the work 
 of development progresses, and probably crush a small amount 
 of ore during the winter, the bullion returns from which will 
 materially tend to advance the price of stock. 
 
 Only a limited amount of non-assessable working, or treasury 
 stock will be put on the market at present, the pro- 
 ceeds of which will be devoted to the further development 
 of the properties, the purchase of machinery,, etc. 
 
 Nothing more quickly attracts foreign capital than the 
 discovery of large deposits of the precious metals, and the 
 North-west mining "boom" will doubtless eclipse even the great 
 movement in the real estate market. 
 
 From the facts and figures given above, the public can decide 
 upon the merits of the company, remembering that the price of 
 stock will steadily advance as the work of development pro- 
 
 gresses. 
 
 Further particulars may be obtained by mail or upon applica- 
 tion to the Secretary at the oflfice of the Company.