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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 32 X 1 2 3 4 5 6 I' MONTREAL APATITE COMPANY */; A INCORPORATED UNDER 27 AND 28 VIC, CAP. 23 CAPITAL $100,000. SUBSCRIBED $100,000. 8HARES S5 EACH. MONTREAL : Printkd by M. Lonomoobb & Co., Pbintinq IIousr, 67 Orrat St. Jauks Strbet. 1865. t t MONTREAL APATITE COMPANY. The Montreal Apatite Company, incorporated under the General Mining Act of Canada, [1864] with a limited liability to the Shareholders, is now being organized for the development of the extensive beds of the mineral, generally known as " Phosphate of Lime," existing on the property of this Company, situated in North Burgess, on the Rideau Canal, about six miles from Perth, C. "W. The explorations of the Geological Survey and the developments of the Rideau Mining Company, on one of the adjoining lots, prove that the quantity in this locality is almost inexhaustible, lying in surface deposits as well as in well defined veins, yielding 90 per cent. Apatite, and capable of being wrought at small expense. The value of this Mineral as a manure (reduced to a Superphosphate) is now admitted, and bids fair to rival the far-famed guano, adding to the economic minerals of Canada a product as valuable as her Iron, Petroleum, Copper, or Gold. 4 The demand is limited only by the wants of Agri- culture in all parts of the civilized world, whilst the supply, except from these extensive fields of Canada, cannot be met by the deposits of Sweden and Spain. The property of the Company consists of 170 acres freehold of land and minerals ; 527^ acres freehold of minerals ; 795 acres leasehold of minerals, subject to an annual rent of $160. The titles are perfect in every particular. * The proximity of this property to the Rideau River, one of the lots fronting thereon, and adjoining the one worked by the Rideau Mining Company, affords facilities for mining and shipping at the lowest possible cost. The cost of mining, shipping and realizing, is thus estimated per ton : — Mining and Picking, |4 OO Cartage, 50 Freight to Montreal, 2 50 Loading, 25 Wharfage at Montreal, o 25 Handling, 25 Freight to Liverpool, 10 00 Charges, Management and Commission 1 50 Allowance for Extras, q 50 Interest on Capital, q 25 Total Expenditure, $20 00 -^ Value in Britain, France and Germany, <£6 10s. stg. ; at 9| per ct. = $31.63,' say $30 00 Margin for profit per ton, .... $10 00 « See page 12 for detai!?. : no / ^'V l^i >* 5 These charges have been intentionally estimated at a high rate, and may be nuieh recbieed by carelul management. By working gangs of men continuously on the several lots, from 100 to 500 tons per week may be obtained. Assuming, however, 100 tons per week; 100 x .V2,= 5,200 tons at $10 profit, $52,000 per annum. The property has been secured at a voM of one- tenth free stock, = $10,000 ; and cash $10,000, pay- able one-quarter doAvn, and the balance* in three equal quarterly payments; without interest. It is proposed to allot the stock in blocks of 1000 shares, of $5 each, and to call in 25c. of $1, thus :— Cash, ^500 Three months, ...... 250 Six " 250 Nine, " 250 ^i,250 Multiplied by 18 assessable blocks, . 22,500 From which deducting the cash payment on the property, 10,000 Leaves a working balance of . . . 12 500 A sum ample to develop and carry out the mining and shipping contemplated nnder the present orgnni- zation. The return thus anticipated is over 230 per cent, per annum on the proposed investment. 6 The mininr enterprizes of Canada are in their in- fancy, and may be called experimental, but it only requires the judicious investment of the limited means of her people to open up a new and vast field for the development of her resources, the employment of her population, and the advancement of the com- mercial prosperity of the country. The following extracts bear on the subject and ex- plain the views of the Geological Commission of Canada, page 759, Geology of Canada :— " Of late years the increasing demand for Phosphates as fertilizers, has drawn attention to the use of the crystalline mineral. Phosphate of Lime or Apatite, of which large quantities have been imported from Norway into England, and attention has recently been turned to the abundant supplies of this sub- stance existing in Canada. According to a letter received in September 1862, from one of the largest manufacturers of Superphosphate in England, he a few years since imported several thousand tons of Apatite from Sweden, and only abandoned its use, because the English Phosphates of Lime could be furnished at lower rates than the Swedish. He writes that the following prices may be expected for Phos- phate of Lime in England : — For a mineral containing 90 per cent, of Phosphate of Lime about M 10s. stg. per ton ; for one containing 80 per cent, £6 10s. stg., and for one 70 per cent. £4 10s. A mineral with a ^ \ lower per centage than tluH, would not, it is said, l)e merchantablo." As to the Assay of Phosphate from an adjoining lot, it is stated : — " What was regarded as an average specimen from one of the beds on the fourth lot gave by analysis, Phosphate of Lime 01.20^ tiuoriu of cal- cium 7.60, ehlorid of Calcium 0.78, insoluble 0.90 ; 100.48. This mineral Phosphate contains only traces of oxyd of iron ; and from its purity it might per- haps be used instead of bone ash on the manufacture of English porcelain." Mr. Robb, a man of practical experience in Canada, of professional ability and of reliability, states in his Essay on the Mineral Resources of British North America : — "MINERAL MANURES — PHOSI lATE OF LIME- — SHELL MARL. -GYPSUM ^^ Apatite or Phosj^hate of Lime. — This mineral, the constituent el: r^ents of which form the base of ani- mal bones, is ibund in great abundance in the Lau- rentian rocks of Canada ; and although not hitherto brought into very general use as an artificial manure, is plentifully distributed by the hand of nature from the debris of the rocks among the soils, contributing no doubt very materially to their fertility and value. Its occurrence in rocks of such primitive geological age, points to the existence of animal life at a period 8 vastly earlier than the received geological theories admit. " Tlie mineral phosphate of lime has for some years ))ack attracted considerable attention both in En-land and the United States, as a substitute for guano and bone dust. So importaut is the substance deemed that the British Government sent commissioners tJ Estremadura in Spain, where the mineral is found for the purpose of arranging for its importation into' England; Imt the result was that it did not appear to exist in suflicient ^.,\fi ! '> "r"" n u- V.J () 1 \ r <%> Iv MAP 15 I 16 n T==m \ r K KV H \ ^^ r LOT j ; -+=.-^= "xt'ii'*"! 1 !>;j I 24 25:26; 27rt±±:i' ^ E- J' -Hi iS i 7 6 5 > 4' ! 3 ^^ -^f-- 1 iA ==^.-..=4--- B u A \ s 30 ! ?J) •IS H ' . I M^--^ ' i ' ^4u..4^ P' / LO N O h,^ ',U '<■ (\ 1 ^-^-■H YlII l. '^ .■^^r \J E A. X \ M I L , Ei ■^w .ri^r '■' ■■)■', :^ 2 rJ t =h -^ J ^. Rohb, .Mhttnq KrtrfifKTK.ifoitfrar/, Hdh, rfx f Ki/,'ff>'>/(f, ////fo . ihni/r, It/. "—• "-"—n-nwtMi— nil SPECIAL REPORT ON PROPERTY OP THE MONTREAL APATITE COMPANY 4- By CHARLES ROBB, Esq., Mining Engineer. 96 St. Francois Xavier Street, Montreal, 28th Juno, 1865. Wm. B. Lambe, Esq., Montreal. Dear Sir: • Having been honored with your instructions to visit and report upon certain lots of land in the townships of Burgess and Elmsley in Canada West, which had been selected for the mining of apatite or the mineral phosphate of lim^ I proceeded thither on the 20th instant and devoted the remainder of the week to a superficial examination ot the property, m so far as it was practicable to do so. As the lots in question had been but very partially explored by blasting and uncovering the rocks, I considered it necessary in order to arrive at any definite conclusions as to the probable quantity, mode of occurrence of the mineral, and general prospects of the undertaking, to inspect also some of the lots adjacent to your own, upon which exploratory works had been carried on to a considerable extent On the accompanying map, which represents the portions of the townships of Burgess and Elmsley in which the phosphate of limehaa been found m available quantity, I have distinguished by the red tint the lots selected by youj and have also marked the lots on which toiniug operations for apatite are now, and have been durin- last >v, 12 season, successfully carried on by the Rideau Mining Company The following IS a list of the various lots selected by you • 1. Lot 27 in the 8th Concession N. Elmsley, about 50 acres. 2. S.Wir " 1 3. " " 4 4. '• 2 and 3 " 6- " 8 and 9 " 6. « 12 << 7. «' 24 " 8. " 3 « i^.N.E.J&S.W.il2in5th 10.SW^« 15 " 5th 8th 8th 7th 6th 6th 6th 5tli a (( t( (( (( If a N. Burgess, « (I « 100 " 190 " * 295 « 335 1924 200 120 100 100 " more or less. Comprising in all 1,682J acres The geological horizon to which the deposits of apatite found in this region belong, lies towards the base of the Lower Silurian system ot rocks, appearing to occupy a position between the Laurentian lime- stone and overlying Potsdam sandstone. These formations are here however extremely irregular and difficult to trace ; such irregularities being indicative of a period of convulsion, and probably attended by powerful chemical reactions. Patches of Laurentian gneiss, granite and limestone are distributed in a somewhat confused and capricious manner, associated with masses of diorite or greenstone. The deposits of apatite occur at or near the junction of these several descriptions of rock, and appear to me, for the most part, to partake of the cha- racter of segregated veins, occupying fissures generally (though not always) parallel to the stratification of the rocks, the mineral substances of which they are composed having been gradually eliminated from the surrounding rocks while in a plastic state. Such deposits, althougli not generally considered so regular or reliable as true veins, are fre- quently found of vast dimensions and amply remunerative in working; and even although exhausted in one place, generally leave sufficient indications in the rock by which to trace the locality of similar adja- cent deposits. In some instances the deposits assume the appearance of true veins cutting the rocks, but their real character has not yet been thoroughly tested. The mineral occurs both in the crystallized and compact form, both being, however, equally pure. So far as yet known, the tract of country in which these great deposits of apatite for the most part occur, occupies a breadth of *• This lot under offer of sale. 13 about 3| miles, commencing a little beyond the eastern end of Otty Lake, and running in a direction South 20° West, coinciding with the general strike, and extending a little to the south of the Ridenu Canal and Lake, or a distance of 8 or 9 miles. The lands acquired by you all lie within the designated area, with the exception of one lot, (the 24th of the 6th Concession, N. Burgess,) upon which, how- ever, phosphate of lime has also been found in promising quantity. The mineral is almost invariably associated with pyroxenic rock, and with more or less black mica, which, as it usually extends to the sur- face of the soil, forms a useful practical guide to the discovery of the more valuable mineral. The apatite veins are in most instances par- tially concealed, or pinched up at the surface by a capping of barren rock, which on being removed, or the deposit worked into, generally shows a rapid improvement, both in thickness and quality. Although regular mining operations for the production of the mate- rial for market have hitherto only been carried on to a very limited extent, sufficient exploratory work has been done, within the area above specified, to establish the fact that the mineral phosphate of lime exists here in vast abundance ; probably more so than in any other region in the world hitherto examined for mining purposes. On two lots belonging to the Rideau Mining Company, I learn that during 'last season, with a force of about 30 men, including those employed in clearing and stripping the land, making roads, wharves, buildings, &c., upwards of 400 tons of pure phosphate were obtained, although their works may be regarded as chiefly of a preliminary or exploratory cha- racter. Your lots, as I have before remarked, are comparatively unexplored ; in feet, on most of them no blasting or picking has been done ; and some are covered with a dense growth of forest and under- brush, rendering examination of the rocks almost impossible. Never- theless, the surface indications and developments made so fiir, lead to the belief that some, if not all of them, will prove as rich and pro- ductive as any of those tested. No. 1.— This lot is divided into two parts by Otty Lake ; contain- ing about 30 acres on the North side, and about twenty on the South side of the lake. It is entirely in a wild state, and so overgrown with timber and brush as to render even a superficial examination extremely difficult. However, I inspected the Southern portion somewhat minutely, and observed out-crops of phosphate at four different places, and under highly promising conditions. No data were afforded, how- 14 over, by which to determine the precise nature or extent of the deposits. At one point, where a rocky cliff abuts upon the shore of the lake, there is a bed of flesh-colored crystalline limestone, richly charged with crystals of apatite ; one crystal was observed here, measuring upwards of three inches thick ; and the whole mass of rock would probably yield phosphate in the proportion of one to three. The separation of the phosphate from the carbonate of lime would probably be readily effected by simply calcining. From the existence of the more valuable mineral in such abundance here in the crystallized form, it may be reasonably inferred from experience on other similar places that it will also be found abundantly in the compact form. On the North side of the lot, the mineral is also found in a vein running from the lake shore inland for some considerable distance ; but here also the lot is too rugged to admit of minute examination without the expenditure of some labor. I was credibly informed that a great bed of good steatite or soap-stone had also been observed to exist on this part of the lot, and which may prove most valuable. This lot is in the immediate vicinity of one of Oliver's (25 in the 8th; on which much work has been done, and which is regarded as one of the choicest and most valuable phosphate lots in the country. No. 2. — This lot is unexplored, except by merely walking over. Small crystals of apatite are found abundantly diffused, indicating the probable existence of the mineral in quantity in the rocks below. On a lot immediately adjoining, several openings have been made, which show the mineral in such abundance as to establish the value of this lot also. No. 3. — This is one of the lots on which phosphate was first observed by Dr. J, Wilson, of Perth, and subsequently examined and described by Dr. T. Sterry Hunt in his Report to Sir William Logan in 1847. I also learn that the fine specimens of phosphate of lime sent to the London Exhibition of 1851 were obtained from this lot. Dr. Hunt reports having found large crystals of apatite in abundan - on the lot. I had not an opportunity of inspecting it, being given to under- stand that nothing now could be learned by a personal examination. No. 4. — This block of land is also but little explored, being covered with impenetrable brush and thickets. Fine specimens of apatite, in the crystalline form, have been obtained at many points, chiefly on the shore of Otty Lake ; and there can be no doubt that, for an unde- veloped property, it pieseutw equally favorable promise with any of the others. If found in tibundnnce here, iis [\w\v is ivti.soii to believe the facilities for shipment nre very favoriiblo. No. 5.— This large block of land, which lins been mostly cleared in front, has been explored to a considerable extent, by blnstiiifr, digging and picking, and holds out the most encouraging prospi'cts for succesfT- ful mining. I examined twelve or fourteen openings (in four of which the rock had been blasted) and found more or less phosphate in all ; and in some, obviously important deposits, although too little had been done to enable me to specify dinumsions, ito. The veins, of which there are at least four, traceable ov(U' the whole width of the block, or nearly two thirds of a mile, si^eni hero to run with the stratification, which is somewhat less disturbed than at most of the other locations examined, the general direction being >forth 40° East. The apatite occurs here both in tlie crystallized and massive form, and everywhere marked by the i-resenee of the black mica and pyroxenic rocks. At one opening, n vein which showed only about two inches at surface widened out to fourteen inches of solid apatite of the best quality, on putting in a few blasts. The openings referred to arc all in the front or cleared part of the property, but , other discoveries of phosphate Imve been made towards the rear, though undeveloped ; and there is reason to believe that when the laud is cleared and explored discoveries of greater itnportance than heretofore will be made. These lots lie about the centre of the mineral rungo, the boundaries of which I have indicated ; and directly in the run of some of the best discoveries yet made ; and I regard thcin us likely to turn out equally important with any of the others in the district. The land abuts upon Long Lake, which is navigable for barges, and which, with very trifling expense, could be connected with one of the reaches of Kideau Lake, by means of half a mile of cutting through low land, and one rude lock, tlius establishing water connuuniciition close to the mines. No. 6.— This lot, which appears to be about ouo-fourth cleared, also holds out excellent promise, phosphate having boon found in con- siderable abundance wherever openings have boon made, which has been done by the spade and pick only, in five or six places, and in the same small field or clearing. The deposits horo also obviously run with the rocks (N. 40° E.), but too little work haH been done to enable me to enter into further details. From ono of these small 16 openings I obtained u ve,^ perfect ..rvstnl. ..l.out 4 inches thick, I hi have handed to_ you. This lot I consider «s n.ost valuable forth purpose in (luestiou, and being nenotrated by a I J . - ' ' ' ' ""■"rs '" ">^"''"tt'd Ity a bay of Lon" L.-.ke, tiio n,ethod of outlet already spcciKcl would be available " No 7.-This lot being at a consi.Icntble .listance from the rest and the t,n,e nt my disposal not adn.itting of it, w„s not visited b^' me on lus occasion. I was infonncd, however, on the n.ost reliable t L t[; i" T 'r "'"""" "'"^"*''" ''•■'^ ^-' "'>^--' f- It, and tliat the deposits proniise an abundant yield. No. 8.-This lot lies inuuediately adjoining, to the Kast, one of the ".08 m>portant of the Ilideau .Mining Co's locations, f on. vhieh lot the large crystal of 60 lbs. w,« sent to you. biing h t ^vlnch n.ost work has been done by then, last season; andthede^^ lopments n.ade by them have an.ply p,oved the value of the lot in nueshon Being entirely in a wild state, no positive discovery had previously been n.ade, so far as I an. aware. I„ tnive.sing the ht however I found a good show of phosphate in two places ^p : andlentertan. not the least doubt that it will prove as i.nportnit as' No. 4 0,1 the sa.ue range, on whicli true vch.s undoubtedly exist. The fiontoftheot abuts upon Rideau Lake, the water be ,.g of ..4 depth close the shore, and the .-ear upon Ada.ns' Lake%-hil also navigable for scows, and con..ected with Ilideau Lake by a navi- g^.ble_ channel; so that this lot possesses uno.juallod advantV^es for shipping the produce of the mines. From fact's within my knoS d'e I think It highly probable that n workable vein or veins of copper ore will be found towards the rear of this lot Nos. 9 a,id lO.-No exploratory work do-.o o.i these lots, which are very rough, rocky and tangled. With th- exception of a si„. lo Tn- stance oc^curring on the rear of lot 15 in f.e 5th, I am not aware'of any positive discovery of apatite upon any of these lots, but it as be found in promising conditions on properties imn.edi tely d o „ „! from which circumstance and from their positio.i in the heartTf he phosphate range or belt of rocks, their value n.ay bo safelyrflL As regards the quantity of phosphate which n.ay be ob n d on «.ese properties, it is obviously i.upossible to form any\.a ! i ate Con idering however, the extensive diffusion of the mineral and the results which have been attained on adjacent n..d apparlyntl^ favorably situated properties, T should iud-ro it m.ifn i T 17 tons annually, after tlie lots are dcarea and the cap rock removed at several points. Supposing the deposits to prove moderately extensive, the cost of extraction, including stripping. &c., should not exceed $2 per ton— that is, for open (luarrying,— but as a mining operation, that IS m case shafts and underground work should be required, the cost may be two or three times this amount. The average cost of teamins; by wmter roads to the Rideau Lake may be estimated at 50 cents per ton. The apatite found in this locality is extremely pure, yieldin