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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 1 2 3 r t 2 3 :::•■. 4" ^•^^■^ 5 6 ;'.^.i^'f'--- i^:-*^'..' . rt ^OVA^ SCOTIA UMTEW iMItUtV. w;!:' £■«»#*>; HEAJDOniGE i iii*i T7 i 7 i ; i r iii. 'y i n'; ^; /7 ^^ ■' ■ C-P--^ KJ ^ ••-— ^'^ /7 C-^-i?~^-^' ,^ >' /" ^^r / 'L ■l » ilil l i l »i lM I |lM |«(— PROSPECTUS, f qjorts. pajj nH ^tatistto OF THE Kingston and Sherbrooke Gold Mining Company, NOYA SCOTIA. Liahility Limited, Capital Stock, S 100,000. In 100,000 Shares cf 3 1 each. TO BE ORGANIZBt> UNDBB A SPECIAL CHAKTER FROM THB LBGlSliATDlU OF NOVA SCOTIA. KINGSTON : CRBIGHTON, PRENTKR. 1868. I. AH OF PART OF SHEWING TY. S4^ LO C fr4 J I I I po^- S3S SfX9 ■Jf/if - 1 S40 m ffi/VOSTOJ¥ \2S _^27— 7^J 930 HifVO 6- ys /4- 6S 64- 63 rl»: ^w^^m 62 S"' L£^P^.l Stn^ 6/ \Au!^vSS]J, 60 GOlM ^ 6S yy^ /6S y/^ ^6"^ y/3 L3,AD3}i^ -^^_i_y//-— [ ^F ^63 ^62 /6y ^60 ^op '^y/ O ^SP ^OA ^^e 2/S 274. 273 272 2/r 2/0 20^ 20S W.C.CHEWETTACO. Lin AMO SHCnBROO o^ 20S 207 •» "'"/ tmt -£iU, 206 20s 20i- 203 202 J^e Ml ? X.CHEWETTa CO. LITH . TOPONTO. CONTENTS. Page. 1. Prospectus 8 2. Report of A. Heatherington, Esq 5 8. " William Barnes, Esq 9 4. " Professor Bell 10 6. Extract from the Report of the Chief Commissioner of Mines, Nova Scotia 13 6. Nova Scotia Gold Statistics 13 7. Exhibit of the Working of a Mine in the Sherbrooke District. . 15 8. Extracts from the Mining Gazette 16 9. " horn i^Q Toronto Globe... 16 10. Statistics : Average yield per man 17 11. " Gross yield of gold 18 12. Conclusion 19 « i 4 PROSPECTUS OF The Kingston & Slierbrooke Gold Mining Company, Limited Liability. Head Quarters of the Company at Kingston, Ontario. (To be organized under an Act of Incorporation to be obtained from tne Legislature of Nova Scotia). The property of this Company is located in the famous Sher- hrooke Gold District, about 1 50 miles from Halifax by the travelled route. It is .% miles south of New Glasgow, the seat of the Coal Mines of Nova Scotia, and an important Town on the line of Rail- way from Halifax to Pictou. There is a tri-weekly Stage commu- nication between New Glasgow and Sherbrooke, and a weekly line of Packets from Sherbrooke to Halifax. The Sherbrooke District is one of the richest in Nova Scotia, and yielded in 18G7 the highest average profit for labour of any known Gold Fields, producing no less than $5.32 to the man per day. Several well managed Companies have contributed to this result, such as the Palmeiiston of Boston, the Bouldek of Halifax, the Well- ington of Boston, the New Yokk and Sherbrooke, the Hayden AND Deuisy of Boston, and the Dominion of Montreal. The property consists of thirty-five areas (35) of three quarters of an acre each, leased from the Crown for a period of 21 years, and subject to a Royalty of three per cent, viz., Nos. 905, 906, 907, 908, 909, 910, 930, 931, 932, 933, 934, 935, 936, 937, 938, 939, 940, in Block Three (3), and Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 53, 64, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, in Block Ten (10). Four separate and distinct Gold bearing Lodes were traced across these areas by the Govern- ment Surveyor when examining and laying thom off [See Mr. A. Heatheringtons Report 28th Dec, 1867] : and four other Lodes have since been discovered. The Lodes are respectively, 7 in., 3 in., 3 in., 7 in., G in., 15 in., 5 in., and 7 in. [See Report of Wm. Barnes, Esq]. The Lease bears date March 9tli, 1868, and is re- newable, subject to the provisions of the Mini.ig Laws of Nova Scotia, in regard to Quarterly Returns, performance of so many days labour yearly, and the payment of Royalty. The Proprietors of this valuable leasehold property, held as afore- said, oif er for sale to Canadian Capitalists : Capital Stock $100,000, in 100,000 Shares of One Dollar each, of which the Proprietors retain Fifty Thousand (50,000) in part payment, and offer Fifty Thousand Shares (50,000) for sale of the par value of one dollar per sliare. Ten cents per share (10 cts) amounting to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to form the Working Capital, which sum from the experience of other Companies in the £ame District having similar amounts of Capital Stock, has been found ample for the profitable working of the mines, and for the erection of a Fifteen Stamp Crushing Mill. TERMS : (1) Shares payable by 4 eqral instalments at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months from 15th April. (2) Instalment of 5 cents per share when subscribing, being half of Working Capital, and balance of 5 cents at 1 month. (3) A deduction of 5 cents per share, if stock paid up in full when signing. (4) 2000 shares and upwards at 75 cents per share, and Working Cap- ital 10 cents — total 85 cents per share. 500 shares and up to 2000 at 80 cents, and Working Capital 10 cents —Total 90 cents. But no subscription for less than 500 shares will be received. Application for shares to be made to Alfued M. Patton, Clarence Street, Agent for the Proprietors, and Provisional Secretary. And payment on account of the "Working Capital Fund" to Jamks Romanes, Esq., Provisional Treasurer. Dated Kingston, Apiil 14, 1868. /^n. ^ {TV &^ru\ It REPORT BY ALEXANDER HEATHERINGTON, ESQ., Mining Engineer. The district of Sherbrooke in Gnysborough County, Nova Scotia, is already so celebrated for the uniform high yield of its Gold Mines that investments therein are much sought for, and eligible proper- ties command five-fold the price asked for them at the commence- ment of the year, a rise in value which is likely to continue until every area has bcien leased. A few details, therefore, concerning the growth of the district will not be amiss as an introduction to this Report. The Village of Sherbrooke, named after Sir John Cope Sher- brooke, Governor of the Province from 1811 to 1816, is situated near the head of St. Mary's River, on the eastern side. The sur- veyed gold region embraces a tract three miles by six miles in size The developed mines are at present confined to the Village of Gold- enville on the north-west side of the River, opposite to Sherbrooke prope .', and approached by a ferry, there being as yet no bridge across the St. Mary's. The first discovery of gold in quartz was made by Mr. Nelson Nickerson, farmer, on the '2,3rd August, 1861. Mr. Nickerson, by a visit to Tangier, had gained the information necessary to distinguish quartz from other rocks, and while engaged in making hay on that part of the present Gold Field known as the ''Boulder" claim, he noticed quartz rocks scattered about, which he broke up and found to contain gold. He continued to visit the spot regularly, with varied success, often earning as much as twenty dollars in a single day, his plan being to bring the rich pieces of quartz home and there hand mortar them. The neighbours, however, began to sus- pect the cause of his frequent visits to the woods, and on the first of October he was traced and discovered by the sound of his ham- mer. It is alleged that on that day over two hundred persons as- sembled on the field and obtained gold to the value of four or five hundred dollars. A surveyor was immediately sent to the district to lay off areas and receive applications for leases, and in a short time active mining operations were in progress. The Deputy Commissioner for 1 862, in his Report to Government, otates that " many of the areas were taken up by parties on spec- ulation and never worked; some by persons who, on working a week or a month or two, exhausted their means and not having ob- 1 1 6 tanned gold, abandoned the mines and circulated injurious reports in reference to them. Others, who had the energy and capital to continue their operations are generally doing well, and some of them are making fortunes." Since that period the growth of the district has been very rapid, and it now contains a larger developed area, and has given a higher sustained average to the ton of ore and per man, than any other in the Province, and these results, impartially told by statistics, be- speaks the advantages of quartz mining in, at least, one gold field in Nova Scotia. For instance : Yetx. 1862. Grow Golil Yield Annual kvsnge per Miner. Oc. dwi. gr. 1863 3304 14 12. .2023 561 95 660 95 1864 3419 1 20 653 95 1865 3424 12 21 928 57 1866 5829 13 8 1617 45 1867 (9 months). ..6755 9 6 1669 20 The total product for 1867, will be, approximately, nine thousand ounces, and give an actual average of five dollars and thirty-two cents to the man per day, if the present yield continues, but the prospects are that there will be a large increase as new Companies have commenced working tracts that for a long time have lain idle, and the old companies are raising some of the best ore this or any other country has produced. The character of the principal lodes may be inferred from the following table and description prepared from an official report : — Name of Lode. Maximum yield, Average per ton. Cumminger 2^ oz 1^ oz. Aikens 7 Drysdale 8 McKay 7 Blue 146^ Hewitt 12 Hayden 7 u •2| Ai A .3^ The Cumminger lode varies from one foot to two feet in thick- ness, has a band of slate six feet thick on its northern side, and a dip of 45o north. The north side is considerably richer than the south. The Aikens lode is from two to three inches thick : dip nearly vertical. The Drysdale lode is thin at the surface, not being over half an inch ; but at a depth of fifteen feet it already increased to six inches. The dip is almost vertical. The McKay lode has a dip of 50o south, and on one claim varies from three to six inches in thickness, while on the adjoining claim to the west, it shows a thickness of one foot. The rock is much shattered on this lode and water flows through it rather freely. The Blue lode is so called from the color of the quartz, which is of a dark blue and impregnated with fine gold. Four hundred weight of quartz from this lode, crushed in June, 1863, yielded twenty-six ounces and three penny-weights of gold, or at the rate of 146 oz. 8 dwts. 19 grs. per British ton. The dip is 40o north. A band of soft slate varying in thickness from four inches to one foot, encases the north side of this lode. The Hewitt lode is composed of two veins separated by a thin seam of slate. The larger one, one foot thick, yielded at first working but six penny weights to the ton. The smaller vein has proved very rich, and varies from three to six inches in thickness. The dip is vertical. The Hayden lode consists of a number of small veins running closely together, varying from one to four inches in thickness. Several new lodes have been opened during the present year, among the most notable of which may be cited the Zwickel lode that yielded seven hundred and twelve ounces of gold from one hundred and sixty-five tons of quartz. Compared with Victoria, in Australia, Sherbrooke gives a promi- nently higher yield, for example : Sherbrooke. victoria. AuBtralU. Oz. dwt. gr. Oz. dwt. gr. 1862 2 12 15 1863 1 1 6 1864 ,... 1 8 14 — 10 6.9 1865 I 10 13 ~ 11 17.4 1866 2 5 18 — 10 16.2 1867. .2 5 20. Mean 1 17 10 — 10 21 The average earnings per man have been quoted already, but are here repeated in order to place thom in contrast with those of the favorite mining district in Australia, which I do below : — ANNUAL EARNINGS PER MINER. Sherbrooke. Victoria, Australia. 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 Hlners of all classes. $561 95 . 660 95 653 95 928 57 1617 45 1669 20 Mean, $1015 34 Quartz Miners. $615 94 615 94 653 45 507 61 664 35 Miners of all claasei. $339 26 352 30 370 44 371 04 402 06 0610 34 $367 02 I have probably said enough to show that there are solid reasons for this preference of Sherbrooke Gold District', and there only re- mains for me to remark upon the property of the Kingston and Sherbrooke Company Ist. The property is advantageously situated, being central, com- 8f prising areas Nos. 905, 90G, 907, 908, 909, 910, 930, 931, 932, 933, 934, 935, 936, 937, 938, 939, 940, in Block Three ; and Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 53, 54, 65, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61 in Block Ten. 2nd. It has a breadth ranging from 900 to 1650 feet on the course of thij lodes, which are known to be numerous in that neighbor- hood. Four gold bearing lodes have been laid down by Uhe Govern- ment Engineer in his official plan of the survey, as traversing the proptirty from west to east. 3rcl. It possesses the desideratum of ample mining ground, and ther'ffore the Company will not be restricted in their operations for wan^3 of space, as unfortunately has been the case with many pre- viously organized companies. 4th. It is within easy access of the pond which is on the English Company's property and from which issue two streams, one in the direction of the north west end of the claims; either of which sources would supply enough water to feed a steam engine, should a stamp mill eventually be erected. '^raking these special advantages 'into consideration along with the gejieral and very decided advantages which characterize the whole difitrict of Sherbrooke, I need not hesitate to affirm my unbiassed opinion that the property is one of great value if practically and judiciously developed. !i ! ALEX. HEATHERINGTON, * A uthor of Cosmopolite's Statistical Reviews^ and Guide to the Gold Fields of Nova Scotia, <&c. Halifax, N. S. 28th Dec. 1867. REPORT BY WILLIAM BARNES, Esq., C. E., Mining Engineer and Geologist. The Property of the Kingston and Sherbrooke Gold Mining Company here is situated on the Southern side of the Belt of Quartz lodes running Easterly and Westerly through the district, and hes almost due South of the well-known properties of the Palmerston and Dominion Companies, whose largely remunerative yields from their ore have given them such notoriety. The Company's areas lie within the limits of the South Belt in Blocks No. 3 and No. 10, as shewn on the plan herewith, and are traversed by eight known leads, all producing gold ; many more no doubt exist, but have not yet been cut in the prospecting pits and trenches sunk from North to South. The leads which I have examined are as follows :— No. 1 seven inches. No. 2 three inches. No. 3 three inches. No. 4 seven inches, No. 5 six mches, No. 6 one foot three inches (a large tract of three hundred feet to the South is here unprospected), No. 7 five inches, No. 8 seven inches. The lead No. 6 is an unusually promising one and contains visible gold on the surface, as do all the others enumerated. Their dip is South, but at such a, high angle as to be nearly vertical. The property is traversed from South-east to North-west by a Brook of sufficient volume to supply the requirements of a Mill of Twenty Stamps at all seasons of the year. It is now being used lower down in a dam on its course by two Quartz Mills. The principal portion of the land is high and well drained, and as the district is usually free from water in depth, no incon- venience from that source need be expected. I am of opinion a highly remunerative return maybe confidently looked for by judicious working of these areas and the exercise of proper supervision. WILLIAM BARNES, Mining Engineer. GoLDENViLLE, N. S., 10th March, 1868. IP I i! I REPORT By professor BELL, C. E.„ F. G. S. I I The Gold-bearing rocks of Nova Scotia consist of altered Lower Silurian strata, the stratification of which runs in a general way East and West or parallel with the peninsula. The auriferous veins appear to be confined to a particular zone, which is brought to the surface here and there along certain lines of elevation. Thus the gold, although found over a large extent of the country, is not generally distributed, but occurs in isolated tracts t)f limited extent. The geological character of these tracts, or gold districts, as they are called, are strikingly similar. The "country" or pre- vailing rock of the district consists of adark grey slaty quartzite (called " whin" by the miners), interstratified at short intervals with comparatively thin bands of talcoid or clay slate. Along these slaty bands run the auriferous ({uartz veins. From the fact of their following the stratification, some have supposed them to be beds. Their structure and other characters, however, shew them to be true veins, and their occurrence in the slate bands is accounted for by the fact that these offercid the weakest points for the formation of the original fissures now filled by the quartz. Owing to their anticlinal arrangement the veins are almost verti- cal in the centre of each district, and underlie (at constantly de- creasing angles) to the South on one side and to the North on the other. The quartz veins are generally under a foot, although they sometimes reach six feet in thickness. As a general rule the thin veins are the richest. The slate bands often contain two or more quartz veins. They are usuall}' about four feet thick, which is a convenient width for shafts and tunnels. The slate itself fre- quently contains sufficient gold to make it worth the crushing. Both rocks together constitute what is known as the "leads." As a consequence of the conditions under which they occur, the veins are very regular and are parallel to one another. They are also very persistent in depth, and improve in working downward. The deepest mines, however, are as yet only between 300 and 400 feet. They are like other veins in slaty rocks subject to gradual ex- pansions and contractions 'J^he thickest portions are known as "swells" or "ore shoots," and are usually more highly charged with gold than the thinner parts. These ore shoots dip at various angles to the horizon. Professor Silliman refers to the Nova Scotian gold-bearing veins as continuous sheets of quartz. The minerals associated with the gold are small quantities of arsenical, iron and copper pyrites, blende, chlorite and bitter spar, but nearly Il%)l^ 11 1 I the whole of the precious metal occurs as free and uncombiued particles, evenly disseminaced through the quartz. It is thus easy to extract it by the use of mercury alone, by far the greater part being saved, whereas in regions where the gold occurs in sulphu- rets, a greater portion is lost than saved. Parties investing capital in the gold mines of Nova Scotia have the advantage of a history of mining operations extending over seven years successful working. The mining laws have required correct sworn returns to be made regularly every quarter by the lessees of all mines under pain of forfeiture of their claims. As a check upon this, sworn returns have also been required from all mill owners, specifying date of each crushing, weight of quartz, from whence obtained, weight of gold produced, and other particulars. From various causes these returns do not shew the whole amount of gold produced from the beginning, and are, therefore, under rather than over the actual yield. They shew, however, that from the beginning of mining, and taking the whole Province into considera- tion, an average of more than one ounce of gold, or $20, has been obtained from every ton of quartz crushed ; and this result has been attained, not by regular miners, but by fishermen, who had everything to learn while producing it. Mere assays or crushings of small quantities do not constitute a safe guide to investors, especially if the gold occurs under excep- tional conditions. In the Sherbrooke District all the veins tried have been found to be more or less auriferous. Mining has here been going on for about six years, but more actively during the last two, and there has been a steady increase both in the profits and the amount of gold produced. While it is interesting to know that the average returns of all the gold districts of Nova Scotia for the whole period during which they have been worked, have been more profitable than those of any other gold region in the world, it should be remembered that the extraordinary profits of the Sherbrooke field have contributed materially to bring up the returns to this high average. The safest guage by which to estimate the merits of any class of mining as an industrial pursuit is the average earnings of the men employed. In Sherbrooke these have been far in advance of any other district, amounting in both 1866 and 1867 to over $1,600 annually per man. In 1866 the gross weight of gold produced in this district amounted to 5829oz8. ISdwts. 8grs., and in 1867 to 8522ozs. 8dwt8. llgrs., which was exceeded only by Renfrew, which produced 9401ozs. 2dwts. 10 grs. ; but this district employed an average of 189 men, while Sherbrooke employed only 99 (See Report of the Chief Commissioner for 1867, page 51). It should be borne in mind that in Sherbrooke an unusually large proportion of the men were last year engaged in operations not immediately productive of gold. During the five years from 1862 to 1866 in- clusive, the average yield of gold per ton of quartz was no less than 2oz8. 5dwts. 18grs. (See Commissioner's Report for 1866.) In the Sherbrooke district the gold is obtained altogether by quartz crushing — a kind of mining which possesses the advantage 12 over placer digging of a reg ilarity and steadiness of yield vrhich may be relied upon. It however requires skill, organized labor, and a certain amount of capital for its successful prosecution. Tho accurate returns, which the Government have always re- quired to be made, are now proving of great advantage to the gold mining interests of Nova Scotia, since they afford the (safest and most satisfactory guide to the investor. The facts with regard to the indisputable richness of the Nova Scotia Gold Mines, as proved by the official statistics, were make known for the first time when these statistics were compiled by order of the government for the use of visitors at the late Paris Exhibition. Since that time, this source of wealth, as might have been expected, has attracted the attention of Capitalists in the United States and Canada, many new Companies being formed and preparations made to work the mines on a larger scale than at any former time. Nova Scotia possesses great advantages over all other important Gold Fields in accessibility, abundance and cheapness of labor (from $1 to f 1.5U per day) in the low cost of living, cheapness of fuel, materials for construction and machinery. A first-class quartz mill of fifteen headsof stamps, driven by steam, which in the gold regions of the Western States would cost about f 20,000 can be furnished, com- plete, in every respect, in Nova Scotia for S6,000. The St. Marys River, the largest in Nova Scotia, being navigable to Sherbrooke and Goldenville f or vessels of a large class, steam coal brought from the adjoining Counties is delivered at the mines for about $.3 a ton. All the mines which are being worked in the Sherbrooke District are eminently successful ; indeed throughout Nova Scotia generally success in gold mining is the rule, and failure thfe exception. The purity of the Nova Scotian gold goes far to increase the profits. — It is in demand at all the Banks in Halifax at $19.85 per ounce, and ia sold in Philadelphia at $20, thus making the aggregate pro- ceeds of a year's mining much greater than they would be if the gold, as in some regions were worth only $17 per ounce. The property of the Kingston and Sherbrooke Company, com- prising ;}5 areas, is located in the centre of the district — 2r)0 yards south of that of the Dominion Company of Montreal. It is tra- versed by one of the richest belts of gold-bearing leads in the dis- trict, of which only eight have been as yet uncovered. These are of the average width of the leads of the district, and all of them shew gold upon the surface. The largest one, 15 inches thick, runs through the widest part of the property, and a stretch of 1,G50 feet of mining ground is thus secured npon its course. This vein alone will afford profitable work for many years. Some, if not all of the others already traced, are likewise destined to produce large quan- tities of gold. The ground lies well for mining purposes, the surface being dry and undulating. A constant and reliable supply of water for the stamp mill is always necessary for carrying on quartz mining oper- ations, and the want of it on a location often causes serious incon- venience. Such a supply is afforded by the never failing brook which runs across the areas belonging to the Kingston and Sher- brooke Company. There is an excellent mill site in the centre of __ _!._.. the property, and to this spot the quartz from all parts of it may be drawn at the least possible cost. The expense of erecting miner's houses will be avoided, as the Village of Goldenville adjoins on the north side. The large extenc of the Kingston and Sherbrooke property is a very important feature, as affording sufficient ground for carrying on mining for a. great length of time, and ample surface room for all the operations connected therewith. With efficient management this property is, therefore, capable of producing a large and continuous yield of gold. ROBERT BELL. Kingston, April 2nd, 1868. THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. The Chief Commissioner of Mines is required by law to submit an Annual Report to the Legislature ; the following extract, therefore, from the published Rei)ort dated Dec. Ist, 1868, will repay perusal. The Commissioner says :— ^ " In Sherbrooke we iiiid that the result of the year's operations is "most gratifying. This District h.as, from the fii-st, been a continu- "ously successful one ; hut never bi^fore to such an extent as during "the past year. The yield of gold, although still less than half that of " the Waverley, far exceeds the yield of any i)rcvious year. As acon- " elusive proof of the profitable character of mining in this disiirict. I " may mention that for tlie year just closed, the yii'ld of jrold to each " man engaged in the Sherbrooke Mines, according to otHcial returns, '■amounts to no less a sum than one thousand three hundred and " eighty-two dollars and eighty-six cents (|ll:}y3.86), counting the gold " at $1.50 below its market value. This pro])ortIon exceeds what lias "been before produced in any District in the Province. Some new "Lodes of exceeding richn(!ss not previously known to exist, have " been discovered and opened." But the returns for the past year, ending 30th Sept., 1867, shew that the remark that the yield of gold is " still less than half that of Waverley," no longer holds good, since Sherbrooke yielded 8522 ozs. 8 dwts., 11 grs., against 4134 ozs., 18 dwts., 17 grs., for Waverley dur- ing the same period. The Annual Report referred to is made up from the returns filed by every Lessee and Mill Owner, and shows monthly, in tabular form, the amount of labor performed, the amount of quartz raised and crushed, the maxinmm and average yield per ton, and the total yield from every Gold District in the Provine. Accompanying the (,'hief Commissioner's Report there is also one from an otflcer, called the Inspector of Mines, whose (^special duty it is to make fretiuent inspec- tion of the working of every Mining District, and to report annually for the information of the Legislature. . , 3 NOVA SCOTIA GOLD STATISTICS. The following, extracted from the columns of the Montreal Gazette, of 25th September, 1867, amtains much valuable information as shew- ing the products of the Gold Districts up to 30th Sept., 1866. J 14 " The mineral resources of Nova Scotia are beginning to receive the attention of Europeans. The London Mining Journal, the first authority among tlie publications of the world on mining matters, has of late devoted several columns to the subject, and from its Paris cor- respondent publishes the following with regard to " Nova Scotian Ooi.d Statistics. — To ensure the portion of the "Nova Scotian exhibition rejuesenting her auriferous resources to be "readily appreciated, the local Uovernnient liave adopted the very ex- "cellent statistical table of Mr. A. Ileatherington, and a tetraglot — " English, French, German and Spanish — edition of it, with a suitable "introduction, has now been issued, for the bene6t of visitors to the "Exhibition. It is remarked that the mineral repou'-ces of Nova "Scotia are destined to secure for her a prominent position amon^ "nations, but without some publicity and demonstration by figures, it "would be hopeless to expect recognition by foreigners of these "resources or their importance. The small guilt pyramid and the few, "though rich, specimens of auriferous quartz sent to Paris but imper- "fectly represent the capabilities of Nova Scotia as a gold-producing "country, whilst she also possesses mines of Coal, iron, and other "minerals ; and, unlike some of the other rich mineral districts on the "American continent, she is free from pestilential diseases, from "poisonous reptiles, from wild animals, and from treacherous Indians. "The subjoined table shows the yield of gold from 18GJ i-o 1866, both "inclusive, for the several districts : — No. of days Quartz Oold obtained. Haxininm Dlatrict labour. raised. yield ;)r. ton. Value. , cwta. o!. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. (Sterling.) Waverley. . . . 379,498 980,055 33,314 12 31 32 15 30 £137,978 SuKUBUOoKB. 131,794 247,070 18.001 4 13 23 10 9 74,555 Wine Harbour 99,866 287,514 12,651 19 20 73 18 9 52,400 Renfrew 96,928 174,483 9,697 19 17 9 18 40,166 Isaac's Harbour, 89,856 92,745 6,406 1 20 9 U 5 26,533 Oldham 97,838 131,124 5,107 14 1116 2 21 21,154 Tangier 11.5,050 74,232 2,907 9 45 10 9 7 12,042 Montague.... 68,588 33,742 2,819 115 6 2 11 11,676 Ovens 10,426 8,042 442 8 6 2 4 20 1,833 Divers 11,882 9,320 357 3 11 12 1,479 Lawrencetown 3,130 1,970 139 17 12 10 1 14 579 Uniacke 1,326 2,170 72 16 9 10 803 Country Harbour, 936 480 40 5 10 13 166 Total. . . . 1,107,1063,038,947 91,958 10 16 116 3 31 £380,861 In connection with the foregoing it may be remarked that, under the Mining Laws of Nova Scotia, reliable data are at all times procura- ble from the office of the Chief Commissioner of Mines at Halifax, shewing from sworn returns the actual working in every district. Lessees and licensed mill owners are alike required to make quarterly returns under oath, to the end that the areas may be actually worked and not taken up for purposes of speculation, and that the royalty of three per cent may be properly accounted for and collected. Thus every lessee is bound to state the number of days work performed on each area — the amount of quartz raised — the amount crushed — the mill to which the quartz was sent — the date when sent — and the yield of gold from such crushing ; and, at the same time, each licensed mill owner must shew, from entries in the Mill Book (and 15 this book is at all times open to the inspection of the resident Deputy Coramissioner of the District) the following particulars, viz :— Date of crushing, owner of quartz, from what areas obtained, the receipt in tons— the yield of gold (smelted so much, unsmelted so much)— and the amount of royalty payable. EXHIBIT OF WORKING OF A MINE IN THE SHERBROOKE DISTRICT. As an example of the profitable character of mining operations in the Sherbrooke Gold District of Nova Scotia, an extract from the pub- lished Balance Sheet of the First Year's working of the Palmerston Mining Company is appended. This Company owns 29 areas two hundred and fifty yards North of the block of 35 areas belonging to the Kingston and Sherbrooke Company. Their capital is $100 000 (U. S. Currency). ' ' 8TATEMKNT OF THE PALMER8T0N (GOLD) Receipts. MINING COMPANY. J 868. Ounces. Gold. November 119 2,340 06. December 105 2.055 17 1867. February 187 3,651 98. April 806 5,978 34. May 815 6,106 75. Jun^ 248 4,855 33. Ji^'ly 246 4,800 86. August 605 11,859 40. September 575 11,290 25. October 397 7,755 52. U, S. Currency. B . $'^^ 60,693 60 I'remiums on above 34 821 99 Balance brought down , Dividend, 25 per cent. . $85,515 59 43,061 48 25,000 00 Balance on hand . Expenditures. Mining expenses, including royalty, from November, 1866, to Novem- ^eisl867, 124.000 00 Premium on above 9,758 75 Paid for mill and lot. Premium 5,000 00 8,287 50 Expenses Boston Office, freights and charges Balance carried forward . . . . $18,061 48 U. S. Currency. 133,758 75 7,287 60 1,407 86 43,061 48 Boston, November 1, 1867. $85,515 59 CHARLES BARRETT, Treasurer. 16 EXTRACT FROM THE "MINING GAZETTE." Mining havinjf becdino Huch an important branch of induBtry in Nova Scotia, a Journal BjRfcially dovotcd to mining intellig«mco lias recently been eHtabliHlied in Halifax, under tlie name of "77te Mining Oaaette," and in the January number the following items invite attea. tion : — "SiiKRBnooKR Retuuns fou Deckmheu. — Sherbroolie, through the "oi)erutionH of the PalmerHton, Haydou and Derby, Dominion, and New "\ork and Shorbroolio.continueB to suHtain its jjroductive character. — "The yield for December was 10()4 oz. 10 dwts. 8 grs., from 002 tons 5 "cvvt. of (juartz. Total niiml)er of days work, 3,744. It must be stated, however, that although the Dominif>n Company are named among the conlributors to this result, yet as a matter of fact they were not, since they had on hand on Slst December, waiting to be crushed, somewhere in the neighborhood of 800 tons of quartz. Had this amount been crushed, the total yield would have been much greater. On 1st March the quartz uncrushed amounted to over 500 tons. Januahv Returns. — Siiehbuooke continues to sustain its character as a leading district, though two mills have been shut down for want of water, and large quantities of ore are waiting to be crushed. Tlie total yield for the twelve montlis ending 81 st December, 1807, was 9403 ozs. 18 dwts., or an increase of 3034 ozs. 14 dwts. 16 grs. on the product for 1800. The average per man shows an equally satisfactory progress inasmuch as the yiohl for 1800 represented 133i^ (122.423) grs., and that for 1807, 120^ (130.333) grs. per diem, or an annual cash value of !^1017.45, and $1043.3o respectively. The results for last month show 4308 days' work, (JOO tons ore raised, 550 tons crushed, and an average yield of 1 oz. 3 dwts. 12 grs. per ton of 2000 lbs., the gross gold product having i)een 647 ozs. 1 dwt. 6 grs. A crushing on the 4th January of 100 tons from the Wellington Co.'s claims gave 394 07S.— Mining Gazette, Feb. 7. 1868. Pbbruauy Rbturns. — Siikrbrooke— The Wellington Company has sent up 388 ozs. 5 dwts., and the Palmerston 108 ozs. 10 dwts. 11 grs. smelted gold. Other returns not yet received. — Mining Omette, March, 1868. EXTRACT FROM THE TORONTO GLOBE. The Quid Fields of Nova Scotia. "Our readers have heard a good deal, one way and another, of the gold fields of Nova Scotia, and now, when we are having gold fields of our own opened up, and are, besides, politically one with the Lower Provinces, it may be as well to take a somewhat general view of what our friends in Nova Scotia have been doing, and what may be the character and extent of their gold regions. " It is about six years since gold was first discovered in any ap- preciable quantity in Nova Scotia, and for a good while after the discovery was made, very little comparatively was done in develop- ing that source of national wealth which had come to light. " Gradually, however, the matter has been making progress. Those who engaged in mining found that it paid, and their suc- cess always attracted more to make trial in the same field. It It may seem something like exaggeration, and yet we h ive it is quite correct to say that, considering the extent of th. ^old pro- ducing area, the quantity of quartz mined, and the number of men employed, Nova Scotian gold fields, wrought imperfectly as they have been, are the moat productive in the world. The rate of de- velopment has been slow, but now most of the difficulties seem to have been got over. Practical men are coming into the field, skill and capital are being applied more and more freely, and the result, we have no doubt, will be a great addition to the wealth and popu- lation of our sister province. In 1806 the yield of gold in Nova Scotia was 25,454 ounces, and it appears that for the present year not less than 30,()00 ounces will have been turned out. This would give about $G0(),()()() already, almost one-half of tne value of the yearly yield of coal in the same country. Since 1H62, about 120,000 ounces of gold, or four tons and a half, have been secured, amounting in value to nearly two millions and a half of dollars, and all this simply as a beginning. " From a book entitled " Gold-fields in Nova Scotia," very recently published in Halifax, (if it indeed it be published yet, for our Nova Scotian contemporary the Halifax Erenimi Ejrpresa^, prints extracts from advanced, sheets), we learn that in Sherbrooke district, the average yield to each of the miners engaged, was. in 18G2, $501.95, while in 1807, that average had risen to |100St.2O. " There has been as much as one hundred and seventeen ounces of gold got from a ton of quartz, while the average yield over all has been one ounce and three grains, " This is far above what either California or Australia can show. " We are glad that capital and skill are being applied so exten- sively in Nova Scotia to the development of such sources of nation- al wealth, and also, that the same thing can he increasingly said of our own Province and our own gold fields. Speculation in this, as in every thing else, may be carried to foolish lengths; but now that it is an unquestionable fact that there is gold in paying quantities both in Nova Scotia and Ontario, to specify no otliers, it woxild be a re- flection upon the spirit and enterprise of the people of the Dominion, if no effort commensurate with its importance, should be made to turn this fact to profitable account. " We shall always be glad to give publicity to everything which tolls of the advancement of Nova Scoti a in the dvelopment of her large and valuable natural resources ; and that without the slightest eye to her becoming in this way, a more valuable subject for the supposed plundering propensities of us cormorants of Ontario." — Globe, 27th December, }SC)7. STATISTICS : AVERAGE YIELD PER MAN. The profitableness of any pursuit can only be estimated from the average earnings of all engaged in it ; and, altliough in order strictly to follow out the rule, in its application to Gold Mining, it would be ne- cessary to include the officers : the pro])ortion to each miner is not an uncommon, or an unsafe method of average. 18 The actual quinquennial mean for 1862 to 1866, was 1517.32 ; the triennial mean for 1864 to 1866, $680 90 ; and the biennial mean for 1865 to 1866, $744.16. The mean for each district, and the number sha. 'jg therein, were as under : — Dlitrict. No. of days' labour. Annual Averags per man. • c. Sherbrookb . . .131,794 852 60 Wine Harbour 99,866 790 52 Renfrew 96,928 624 32 Waverley 379,496 547 72 Isaac's Harbor 89,856 444 84 Uniacke 1,326 842 64 Oldham 97,838 325 72 Lawrenctown 3,120 279 72 Country Harbor 936 265 80 Ovens 10,426 264 72 Montague 68,588 256 48 Unclassified 11,882 187 52 Tangier 115,050 157 68 The Province 1,107,106 517.32 In reviewing this table it should be borne in mind that much gold has been lost, and much not reported ; and that with economical and well applied labour the production per man for every district could be considerably increased, in some cases even doubled. — HeatTierington's Guide. I STATISTICS : GROSS YIELD OF GOLD. The returns of the gold product for 1860 and 1861 were rendered to the Commissioner for Crown Lands, and a distinct Department of Mines not created until 1862. Even then it took some time to estab- lish a system of record, and little reliance can be placed apon the ac- counts, for the purpose of averaging or comparing, from any date pre- vious to July, 1863. Very little of the gold obtained in 1860 and 1861 was reported at all ; and in conversation vsdth some of the pioneer miners and ex-Gold Com- missioners we have ascertained the fact that at least six thousand ounces were raised and disposed of during that period. The gross yield for the Province, then, from May, 1860, to 3l8t December, 18(36, would read in round numbers as follows : — From Quarts only. Tear. ou. li^n-- ■•••-• "^ 1862 6964 1863 139734 1864 19936i 1865 2534H 1866 25155i 1860-66 95871 Native Gold. Total. 0Z8. ou. 2000 6000 811 7275 28 UOOlf 861 20023 112i 25454J 49 25204i 2587i 97958i 19 Which gives an approximate value of one million, nine hundred and nine thousand, one hundred and sixty dollars. The proportions for each district for the same period stand thus : From Qi<4krtz only. Kative Oold. ToUl. District. ozi. on. cm. Waverley 34364^ ... 34364^ Sherbrooke 19063i 88 lOlOlJ Wine Harbor 13403 .... 13402 Renfrew 9898 .... 9898 Isaac's Harbor 6656 .... 6656 Oldham 5207i .... 5207f Tangier 3058 899^ 3457i Montague 2819 3819 Ovens 281i 2011 2292i Unclassified 268 89 357 Lawrencetown 190 50 240 Country Harbor 90 90 Uniacke 73 .... 73 Total 95371 2587i 97958i The estimated yield for 1867 is twenty-seven thousand ounces, which, with the product of former years, would represent about three tons of the precious metal. — Heatherington's Guide. CONCLUSION. From the reliable information which has been submitted in the foregoing pages, it is obvious that gold mining in Nova Scotia has become a well established and profitable branch of industry, and is now a safe field for the investment of capital. It is thus unlike new regions where nearly everything has still to be learned and a great deal of money sunk before the real merits of the case are ascertained. In Nova Scotia seven years of successful mining (as shewn by the official record) afford the capitalist the best guarantee of what he may expect in the future. These statistics shew that the returns have been on an average highly satisfactory, and in many cases, especially in the Sherbrooke district, unprecedented in the history of quartz mining, and all this in spitw of the inexperience of the men engaged, and the primitive methods employed. The large earnings of the Boulder, Dominion, Palmerston, Wellington, New York and Sherbrooke, Hayden and Derby, and other Companies, working in the district referred to, are only the first examples of a series of enterprises which are being inaugurated. Indeed the prospects of Nova Scotia, with regard to its gold mining, are of the brightest kind. A high average yield being established beyond all doubt, and there being an unlimited quantity of material to operate upon, the production will be in direct proportion to the amonnt of labour employed. Hence, by the introduction of capital, the returns are capable of enormous expan- edon. The grof;s rield is now about $600,000 a year, but there is nothing to prevent it becoming $0,000,000 per annum in ten years. In summing up the advantages of Nova Scotia as a gold field, Mr. Heatheringtou says : — "Nova Scotia offers the following inducements and facilities for mining enterprise : " It possesses an inexhaustible supply of minerals. " Labor is cheap and can always be procured in proportion to tlie do- mand. " Water, fuel, and provisions are plentiful and inexpensive. " The climate offers no obstacles to continuous mining operations. " The country is within tliirty hours' steaming distance from Boston and ten days from Europe. " The laws are just, they encourage legitimate adventure, and are likely to undergo further liberal modifications. " The expenses of miuijig are less, and the profits, on an average, greater than in other countries. " Advantages like these need no comment ; ihey are facts which cannot be controverted, and which, before long, will be univerflally admitted. \ <