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[Itrimil mi Ihc Mntnal ltfji)iiielf lo ns iimler one iiiiil'onii ah|)eet ; ;i loii!,' prelimiiiarv workiii;.;, mid llieii ii smlileii |nibliLMtioii ami rccoKuiLiuiiviK- .1. C'Ai.vKirr. [dtild llitrl:^ of (lrt((l llriidin and lirldiid.i l©7'-4-. TUrBXEK, & CO., 07 & o!), ].ri)(JATE lllLL. Ci WKiN iJt Co , Temiile rriiiliiin Workn, llDinerif Strci't, Wliiti liiiirs, I.oiuldii. / THE MINING INDUSTRIES OF NOVA- SCOTIA, rOMPUISIKO / % iicbiclvi of tbc 60I1J Diclir fccotia. tlie nearest part of ("anada to (uvat Britain, and that the comparative cheaiiui'ss tiiere of lahniir, freight, and the neccssai'ies of life, ought to make intelligently couduclcd mining operations in that I'mvince jiarticularly remunerative. llerCoAi. and Ikon deposits have begun to receive some attention in Euro[)e, l)ut the Gold Fields — 1" the extent and value of which ]MM. Maksii, Sii.UMAX, 1Iu:;t, ]\[i(jin:i,, Dawsos, Ski.wyn', W. Wahinotdn- Smyth, J. A. I'liii.mi's, with other dislingui.sh''d ge(dogisls, and a yield of nearly one million pounds sterling, testify — are strangely neglected. 'Die autlior has laboured in a humble way. during some yean-, for tlie ;ulvance- meiit of Canadian mining eidei'jirise, by ](ublis|iing a Ga/.ette, annual statistics, and other matter, in its interest. Her Majesty tin; tiUieeu graciously accepted a cojiy of his " Guide to the Gold Fields of >.'ova-Scotia,'' and his eftVirts have received com- mendation from Sir Wm. E. Lociax, ex-Director, and Mr. A. 11. C. Sklwyx, the present Director, of the (Jeological Survey of Canaila, many eminent jiolitical economists in the Tnited States, ('anadu, and luirope, and the Industrial Press generally. Although, now, as oAvner and the representative of ownei's of properties for which working capital is sought to be raised in Europe, the author's advocacy of the Gohl Industry is less disinterested than in former years when Avriting only as statistician, the accuracy and impartiality of his statenuuits may still be relied u})on, and he hopes, therefore, that the present compilation will likewise be received with favour by all who desire to see the resources of Till-; HuMlMON- properly api)reciatcd and developed. JuttP, 1H71. A THE MINING INDUSTIUES OF NOVA-SCOTLV. i I N D E X. PUEFACK . . . ■ • Co ; Industry, The licin ,, . . . • Ll-'Hll ,, . ■ Coiipcv „ . . . • J 111 .,, (^uiinyiug „ . . • • (iolil Yield of XuVii-Si:otia, li^viiW >» »» TAQH. I 7 7 7 ( !) VI u IG 17 18 19 20 21 ''2 21 THE COAL INDUSTEY NOVA-SCOTIA.. Okxkual llr.vii-w. — Tlio total quantity of Coal produced li\ tho Province during the years 1827 to 1873 incluaivo, amounted to 1'2,S7!),S0S tons (of 2210 11)8.), a tritlo in cxccgg ot the quantity exported by (ireat Jlritain iu the year 1873 alone. The pales for the decade ended December 31, 1873, as shown in Tabic I,, were almost equal to tho asgregate production of the previous thirty-seven years. From ail abstract of the Customs Ucturns ot the I'^xports of ('"iil for live fiscal yearn ending .Tune 30, 1873 (omitting the returns (or 1872, whith at jircsent writing are not accessible), it will be seen that the United States, despite the al)rog;(tion of tho Keciprocity Treaty, are still the best customers of the Xova-Scotian collieries, their consumi)ti()u for the period shown iu Table II. being 81'0 of the quantity exported ; New I'.runswivk, (.luehec, and Newfoundland taking Ki-O ; the foreign West Indies, I'.') ; tho French naval stations of St. Pierre and Micjuehin, ro; the British West Indies, 0-3 ; South Atnerica, 0-1 ; and (ireat Britain, O'l. Many of tlie collieries, in fact, owe their develoi)ment entirely to I'niled States enterprise. The Coal industry of Ndva-Scotia i)of.sesses a very able champicm in Mr. 11. G. ILmiiukton, ■who has endeavoured to instil some little energy into his fellow ctJliery-owners, and to induce them to seek new markets and more thoroughly exploit those already opened. An abstract of the quantity of Coal exported from Great? Britain to America in the year 1872, which is added, by way of contrast, to the quinquennitd summary of exports from Nova Scotia (Table II.), shows that there is room for exertion ; but Mr. Haliburton's eloquence is lost, the spirit of enterprise being foreign to the soil. The colliery owners prefer to await the revival of the Keciprocity Treaty, in the hope that the Americans will come to their aid, and find for them outlets for their produce which, with due intelligence and perseverance, they n)ight have found for themselves long ago. In addition to the Mines Department Reports, ttie following modern publications have special reference to the ])rogrcss of the provincial coal industry : Acndian (Jeulngii (.1. W. Dawso.v, M.A.); Coal Firhls of i'ltri/mn (Do.); Coo/ Fiehh of Sova-Sotni (John Ki rilEiil'ouii, M.E.) ; doal Fieldn and Coal Trade of Cnpc Hrvtoii [liwnww^ IJaow.v, F.O.S.) ; Exiihnalinus in I'ictou Coal Field (U. a. Hai.iiukton, M.A.) ; F.rji/uni/ion iu Vumberland Coioii;/ (H. Y. Hind, F.O.S.) ; (feo/oi/ical tSurvei/ of yvva-iScofia mid Cojie lire/on (D. Honkvman, F.O.S.) ; dcolufiicul Hurvci/ of iSprini/ Mill Coal Fields (Fi)W. Hautlky, F.O.S.); Miiicialoi/ii of 2\'oiu. Scotia (IIjiNUY How, F.C.S.) ^ . ;. TABLE I. Abstract of the Qnantili/ of Coal IIaisfd and Sold in Xvvn-Scotia and Cape Breton Island, durlnif the Decade ended Z\st December, 1873, an iiil;en from the Reports of Collicri/ Managers to the Mines Department. Raised, Nova-Scotiii Proper and Cape Breton Island. Sold. Year. Cumberland.' Pictou. Total Nova-Scotia Proper. Cape Breton. Grand Total. Tons. Tons. Tons, Tons. Tons. Tons. 1864 ,562,102 20,612 226,633 247,145 339,972 687,117 186,1 71.5,786 11,865 190,328 202,193 424,991 627,184 1866 664,998 16,088 181,658 197,746 360,774 658,620 1867 617,52-5 10,066 136,U5 115,181 326,004 471,186 1868 462,188 10,104 144,862 154,9.56 298,669 453,626 1869 678,062 8,515 198,211 206,726 306,069 611,795 1870 625,769 7,884 226,626 234,410 333,867 668,277 1871 673,242 11,737 245.800 257,637 338,881 596,418 1872 880,950 14,1.53 388,417 402,570 383.344 785,914 1873 1,051,467 20,345 333,984 300,329 .520.777 881,106 Total 6,732,089 137,369 2,271,424 2,408,793 3,632,318 6,041,141 (') l\ TAULli II. Ahsti-iiit of (Unttiim JliiiiSi! H/Hiits (■/ /fic (iiiiiutilics i>f Cunl V.\vi\k\\\\ I'roin X'lva-'ici'fia for tin Fisiol Yeatw ludfilJiiiieMHli, iNtls, iNii'i, isTO, 1S7 1, «>*,/ l.s7;i 1 Market. IHCiS. ISCiK. I lS7n. I 1S71. 187.'!. Total for ."i Yi'iiis. Coal Kx- ports from {it. Hritiiiii to America. 1«72. Tons. Tom*. 1!J8,1)2U ;{7(i,i:ij United States . . . New Itrunswiek, (Que- bec, and Newiouiid- \ j \5,'H)1 50,fi')0 land ) I Foreign West Indies ) j and Spain . . . . / St. Pierre and Miquclou . I'.oHO 2,33(1 British West Indies . .' H'iO ' 51 South America .... 11 7 I 180 4,311 2,107 Great Britain OtiG 200 Tons. •JO!),! IS 51,007 12,.").V) 2,009 1,170 120 100 TonM. Tons, Tons. 2.52,170 232,700 1,20!),133 4!),30S ; ,-) 1,067 Total 252,700 131,008 4,020 : 2,93.) 3,302 1.381! -.- , 05 , 1,345 270 I 500 1,052 1,888 281,149 311,110 292,747 251,008 20,858 12,.)72 5,310 1,803 1,796 Tons. 108,105 175,902 301,323 < 47,007 011,313 1,509,740 , 1,074,040 REVIEW FOR 1873. Gkneual Resii.ts. — The ontput of 1873 was 1,051,407 tons, or 170,517 tons in excess of that of 1872. The sales, as reported by the colliery managers to the Mines Department, amounted to 881,106 tons, or 95,192 tons above those of the preceding year. The output was derived from twenty-four seams, worked by as many different collieries, and the quantity sold was for the following destinations :— Quebec, 187,059 ; New Brunswick, 08,217 ; Newfoundland, 55,861 1 Prince Edward Isl:md, 26,840; Nova-Scotia, 215,295 ; the United States, 204,760; West Indies, 54,213 ; Great Britain, 0076 ; South America, 1885 tons. It will thus be seen that nearly 03 per cent, was required for consumption in the Dominion, 30 per cent, by the United Slates, and only a little over per cent, by the West Indies and South America, where, as before remarked, proper exertions should be able to esiabliiih a very largo market. One sin sueression ot the btdi, Mr. f'rLWVN' con- siders that the whole series in Nova-Scotia clo.--ely rcseniblis tiie ("andiriau and Liiigula-ilag series of North ^Vales, in confirmation of which view he refir.s to having detected in the grey sandy and flaggy pyritous slates at the Ovens Ijluifs, in Lunenburg County, specimens of the genus Eophytun, regarded by Mr. Bili.inos, the paUeontologist of the (Jeological Survey of Canada, as characteristic of the Primordial Silurian epoch, Mr. Ski.wvx is also of the opinion that "all the deposits of auriferous quartz in Canada have been formed nincc the deposition and consolidation ot the rocks with which they are now associated." MixEUAi.ooicAi. CiiAKAC'TF.R. — The gold-bearing quartz of Nova-Scotia is mostly undis. tinguishable in colour, structure, general appearance, or associated minerals — which are chiefly galena, blende, arsenical, copper, and magnetic pyrites — from the quartz of other gold regions, except, perhaps, that it is richer in visible gold. One species of dark-grey, laminated, excip- tionally rich quartz, occurring only in veins of six inches and under, does appear to be pecidiar to the province, as it has not yet been matched from any other country. Tlie Director of tho Geological Survey of Canada states that " it is now generally admitted auriferous quartz veins present no features which would servo to distinguish them from any other class of ore lode, either in their origin or in their mode of occurrence;" and on tin so grounds he has long held the opinion, that there is no u ;»'io/t reason why such veins should not contain gold in sufficient quantity to bo profitably extracted at any depth to which ordinary mining operations can be carried. Total Yiflo, — The value of the gold production from tho autumn of ISOO to the close of the year 1873, at £f sterling per ounce, amounts approximately to One Million Pounds Sterling', of which £010,893 7s. are distinctly traceable and officially accepted. f)f this sum £89(i,9.30 ys. (id. was derived from vein stuff, and £13,913 3s. Gd. from alluvial washings, of which latter the greater part was obtained at the Ovens. Since the 1st of January, 1803, leaseholders and miD.owners are compelled to make returns, under oath, of the quantity of material raised and crushed, the 10 Rold obtained, and the uuuibcr of days' labour exptiukd ; tlius no other mining country enforces better checks, or has greater faeilities for obtaining exact returns. The hirgest decLired aggre- gato yield in one year was £101),2.")S for 1S()7 ; the largest annual yield of any separate district i')7,017 lor Wavi-rley, in ISGo; the largest r.nnual yield of any single mine (not including; a largo amount known to have been stokn) £;il,!)10, (rom the Tudor, at Wavorlcy, in 18!l.) ; and the largest b ir of gold ever east was 1200 ozs.—.C1800-in June of the same year, from the same mini , then the property of Mr. Leopold Biirkner. The largest aggregate amount obtained from separati; mines owned by one syndicate is £200,000— the WcUlnr/tnii and Pulmcr- stoii at Sherbnioke. tiio Oiihir at llenfrew, and the Ainerican at Waverley, contributing respectively XSO.OOO, £:5(!,000, 172, 000, and .£02,000, the whole of the worked claims not exceeding l.SOO feet in length. Tlie laruest amount produced from a mine owned by one person is £72,000 frcm the Tiiilor, at Waverley, consisting of 7'jO feet on a vein 12 inches in width, the greatest depth being ')!) fathoms, and t)ie mean deptli 40 fathoms. The largest return in proportion to the workings is £SO,000, frdm the Welliitiiton ^line, the greater part of which was obtained from a 13-inch vein, opened ISO feet in lengtli to o20 feet in depth. The largest yield from a given space is £2")2,()00 obtained at Sherlirouke, within an area of 10 acres. Pm, Kn. — Promoters of public companies have received about £1,000,000 sterling in purchase- money. 'l"he largest priL-.3 ever paid was £4500 for two so-called /'/vc claims, of only l.jO feet each, at AVaverley. The largest nominal capital of any mining corporation, proportioned to their holding, was that of the Tipperary and New York Company, who, owning 300 feet in one and loO feet in another district, organized for the amount of £')0,000. Taxes. — The Provincial Government has received over CoO.OOO for vents and royalty. Cost or LAiiori;.— The cost of 2,321,020 days' labour, taking wages at 5s. a day — until the year ISOS good minors were paid 'Is., and deck hands or labourers 3s. to 3s. Gd. only— maybe stated at £.5SO,2o.5. Cost or Mii.i.s. — The cost of •")■; mills (37 steam and IS water-driven) tl: ; greatest number at any time existing, may be given as £110,000, or, on average, £2000 each ; the housing being chiefly of wood, and the machinery of the simplest and least expensive kind. Ctknkuat, I'lx censes. — This item, including stores, hauling, superintendence, repairs to machinery, &c., should be covered by an average of ,S2 per ton, which, on 291,000 tons, would amount to £117,000. PiiosiTCTivK Yir.LD. — The production of the several proclaimed districts from the quartz mines alone, continuing developments on lodes now actually worked, within present lateral bounds, to a depth of 1000 feet, according to the average of declared vield, would exceed £25,000,000. QiAiii/ ^Iim;s. — It will bo observed from accompanying "Tables that quartz is the chief source of gold in this Province, and that tho jjroportion per tc \ varies considerably in each district. There are nut only patches in every district, but there are entire districts where the (juartz is exceptionally rich; but to counterbalance this the veins are narrow and more expensive to bineticiatc. Seven dollars per ton is at present tl'.e lowest cost of raising and reducing 2000 lbs. of quartz from a lode one foot in width running in slate. The atteiition of quartz miners her(; has been too much confined to narrow lodes; but when it comes to be under- stood that it !•< rf'lativcly cheaper to operate on large ([uantities of low-grade ore than on picked lots oi r;cr. rvo, wide veins yielding live to ten pennyweights, which (as in Australia) might be proiitably worked on an extensive scale at a cost of only two to three pennyweights, will cease to be disregarded. Small veins, however, will nrt bf> wholly abandoned, so long as it is known that in Grass Valley, (.'alifornia, fourteen million dollars woith of gohl liave been produced from a lode which only averages a foot in width. Ai.n-viAL Mixes. — With the exception of beach washings at the Ovens, [which were prose- cuted during the years 1861 and 1862, alluv' 1 mining has been almost wholly neglected. Professor 13. Silliman and Mr. Campbell incline to the opinion that the auriferous debris of this Province have been swept beneath the ocean; but MM. J. W. Dawson, J. A. Pliillips, T. Sterry Hunt, the late Auguste Michel, and A. R. ('. Selwyn, who in the succesf^^'in nunedhave examined and reported on this ngioii, consider that systematic search for alluvial gold 'might well repay the prospector. At Tangier Harbour a nugget weighing 27 ozs. was found in 1862; and at Middle lliver. Capo Breton, and Cray's lliver pieces of gold weighing from 10 grains to 17 dwts. have been washed. At Nine- Mile River. Stewiacke, Indian Path, and Gold River, the alluvions are deep and impregnated with iine gold. From the last-mentiened district Dr. How obtained very lemarkable rcs\ilts. which are cited in his Minera/oi/i/ of S'ova l^cutia, and in Dr. Dawson's Aradinn (Icnlnrpj, and were, to a great extent, practically sustained by Mr.'jMichel's subsequent experimtiits on the ground. Recent trials on an extended scale at Gay's River have given satisfactory returns. AvEUAQF. I'Eii Ton,— The twelve years' mean from the crushing of 262,493 tons (of 2240 lbs.) of quartz was 10 dwts. 18 grs. — £3 7s.— against which Victoria, Australia, reports a mean of U dwts. .rlO grs.— £2 4s. 10 '.d.— from the crushing and treating of nearly ten and one-half n inillions of tons of riuart/, :in yr-'. in lS7i. 'I'hc liijihest rcarly avt'riiiii! of ono district was ■! oz<. i:i dwts. 1 •"> urs. for ]Monli^ii, in 1S7I>, :ind tli'.^ lowc st ■_' dwls. 21 i^rs. lor the Unclnssaiod Districts in IS'2. Tlie hi;;ht>>t distrirl avernijo for tho \v hole lu'rind is 2 ozs. lo dwts, 17 1,'rs. for Montagti. ironi tho cruslun;: of •'loSl tuns (of 'JJIO Ihs.) of quart/; the lowest (') dwts. 12 1,'rs. from .i21() tons ('rushed in the riiclassilicdDistriuts. As ciineunlration r. only pvai'iiscd in one n\iil, and that lint ri'contly, tin; ahovo av(.'rai;('s do not rrjircsont the full gold contents of the rinart/ crushed hy a larj^e ])! r eentago, AvEUAoi; Eaumxos rv.u Man. — The mean j-early averaj;o 'or all (U.-triets air.otints to £119 Is. id. The highest yearly averaKo for the I'mvince is ,£1.")S os. for 1^7:1; the lowest £:!S .Js. for 1SC2. ('L'lio average for Victoria, Ausir:dia, in lH7.'i, was £',).'! Ids. 2-G2il ) The highest district average for the whole ]>'rii>d is £177 os. for Sherlirooke; the lowest, £17 !^s. Id. for tho T'ncla.ssitied J)istrict8. The highest district averagi- for one year was i:;';;! lis. Sd., at AVine Harbour, in 1872; the lowest £!) ICs. Hd., for the Unclassilied IJistriets, in I>sii7. Ximukh 01' ^riNMJs — Thetotal nnnnber of di'.ys' labour declarid for twelve years is 2. 1)21, 020, equal to the number expended in fori i/.S'.'j rini/.i in Vicinria in the yi ar 1S7'! Tlie greatest number of miners employed in any one year by the wlude Province was ,S,S7 in bsdli, and by one district :S17 — in Waverley— in ISHd. Tiie daily ]iroviricial mean fur the whole period is (120 ; the highest district mean 1 Hi for Waverlcy, and tlie lowest \'>, for Caribou. QiAUT/. Raisfj). — The aggregat(; returns give a mean of 2'!.V lbs. fir each day's labour, but allowing one-third of the hands to have bi en employed elsewhere than in the mine, it would appear that it has required on average si.K men to laise each ton of 2210 lbs. Qtautz CuL'suKn. — Tho total quantity crushed amounts in round numbers to 2')2,.')iiO tons lUitish, or no more than has been treated in live years in tiiv mine of comparatively small extent in Australia. Mir.i.s. — At the close of the year lS7o there -were •)3 nulls standing, but not a dozen in constant operation. They average nearly ten stamps a])iece, and their aggregate cajjacity is abotit COO ton,.; per 21 hours, or, if the qtiartz were previously coniminuted in a JJlake's crasher, 2.50,000 to aOO.OOO tons a year. Coxci.rsiox. — Thc without serious embarras^iiient,' toe facts ])ers'mally and officially testified to by him demonstrate tliat the auriferous cjuariz veins in >>'ova-.''^eotia are abundant, likely to extend to a great depth, and, with skill and economy, ought to be mined at eonsidprable profit. " ]5y avoiding the mistakes of previously organized undertakings, tliero appears, thci, to be better guarantees of success at gold mining in this our near colony than in the distant foreign countries ■where, within the past two years, nearly as many millions ot British capital have been irrecoverably lost in wild .speculations. "IjOt us hope that a change is about to take place, and that Englishman who u])ho]d leaiti- mato mining enterprise will cease to neglect the now well-proved advantag' s ot a British dependency for chimerical allurements abroad. "The formation of a company for coii'-dlidatincr the principal gold claim < in Xovn.-Seotin, and developing them under British auspices, -with Britisti energy and method, besides evincing patriotic spirit, appears to be actually .a necessity. Such a project, under ivspectable adminis- tration, would, we opine, not only receive substantial cncotiragenunt from tlu- investing public, but, if conducted on the basis of Mr. Si^lwyn's views, assuredly become both a paying and last- ing institution." CO 1- I 12 .= o c :i .o -J u, I* I- I- I- IX. X. r. :£) J. r, r. J. 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N a o 5 o 0> &5 '^ 5 - o c EEMAEKS ON DISTlilCTS. Sherbrooke.— Tho remarks on this Jistrict are rIvcu nt the foot of the Table on pnpc IH. Waverley.— This diNtrict is ll or II miles north- wpst of Halifax City, nccordinR to the route taken. It cuii \w approndied from Rocky I,nk(> Jluilwny Station, or from Dartmoutli, opposito }{alifax. It is divided into twosections — Ivist and West Wavcrlcy — j^ol'l havinR been discovered in the latter in Au;^ust, ISdl, by Alexander Taylor, and in the former in September, IMll, by James Skerry. The district is celebrated for tho so-ealled " Harrel " lode, a corruRated, ahnost horizontal, layer of (jnartz. "•)uch at one time was very pui7 ozk. II dwts. (£;i4,i)l() Is.) The ])rineii)nl minis are now owiu'd by MM. !M'(;iure, l)e NVolf, and Uiirkner. Ileini; of easy ;ireess from Jlalifix, and the drive frcnn Dart- mouth a very pleasant one, Waverley is, perliaps, bcttir known ahriiiul, as it is ottener visited by Btranf^ers, tlian any other district in Nova- Scotia. Tlic deepest shaft is only ')■'> fathoms, Renfrew,— Three separate discoveries of pold were made in this district, the first by John ^I'Phee, in July, 18(51; tho second by William Thompson, in September of the same year; and the third by Andrew Parker in April, IS()2. 'I'he district owes its celebrity to the Ophir Mine which returned 1172, 000 from a very limited area. Excellent returns were; also obtamed Irom the New Haven and Renfrew Mines, Tho district is ;i7 miles north of Halifax, IK) of which can bo performed by rail. Wine Harbour.— In tho latter part of July, ISdO, .Toseph Smith, a resident of this locality, found gold in the sands near the IJarasois, on thi! suuth-west side of Indian HarhDur, and in the same month of the foUowins year discovered (lolil-bearinf; (luart/, on the north-east coast of Wine Harbour, which led to tho immediate survey of the district too mib.'s (astward of Halilax, and liriiifiipally noted for th(! lar^o belts of slate and quartz that lune hi en mined in it. Tho mines which have most I irgely contributed to the total yi'ld are the Orient, Phoenix, Caledonia, and Kldorado. Montagu, — This district was discovered accidentally, in tho auttmin of lS(i2, by William llobertson stumliliiiK ov( r a boulder of ^old-ijiiartz wliile looking lor a iiiaic he had lost. It is remarkable for the iiuantity of arsenical ]iyrites whii m tho hjilcs cairy as well as the uniformly hi{;h avera^^e yichl of j;old. Thi- lodes at present woiked are narrow. '1 he jirineipal mines are the Union and Albion, the latter having; been eijuductcd now for some years with marked success by Messrs. I.awson Brothers. It is ei^ht miles distant from Halifax. Oldham, where the first discoveries of gold were made by Edward Ilorno and Sanmel Isncr in the sprinp; of IHGl, is situated at a distance of :>:! miles from Halifax, and is remarkable for its liin:h averajjo yield. The mines which have contributed l:irp;ely to its reputation ari-the Napier, Pritannia, Donaldson, and Stirlinjj. The latter, thouf;h now idle, has been favourubly reported upon by Messrs. Shelford and llobinson, mining engineers, of London, Tangier, — Tangier consists of two divisions — ilooseland, or Old Tangier, where Captain Chamvaone L'Estuanoe, K.A., in September, 18.")8, and John Oeiuusu Pii.siveu, in May, IStiO, discovered gold, is (')2 miles to the east of Halifax ■ and Tangier Harbour, where the first pold discovery was made by Peter 'Masox, in October, ISiiO, is 12 miles nearer the mctropidis. The returns from the two districts have been treated as one. The district was critically examined by Professor Silliman, and is remarkable for having produced a nugget weighing 27 ozs, — the largest piece of native gold as yet found in the province. The Strawberry Hill, Burlington, and IJeneticiary companies' mines have furnished the greater part of the gold. Storniont, or, as it is more generally called, Isaac's Harbour, is 107 miles east of Halifax ; and gold was first discovered there on the 14th of September, 1801, by Joseph Ilynes, another man havin;; purposely dropped a piece of gold-bearing quartz from Wine Harbour in Hyncs's path, to stimulate a search. The district has always been considered one of great promise, and some assays made by Prifessor Davio FomtEs, P.O.S., on f/iliris collected at Hurricane Island, as well as the results of former years, point to the fact that alluvial as well as quartz mining might be revived with advantage. Uuiacke."*-'riii-i ili«lrlrt, lomiint; pint ot llio cntutf nC tlic family nltor wliicli it is iiiiint'd, wnit ilin'iiviTi il >>ii iliL' IMliot' June, IMii), 'ly I)um'u'1 Miickiiitdsli, Jnhii Sims, itiiil ('luirlt'H SiiiiH. It is 110 mills iKirlli-Wfxt "I' ]Ialil'ii\. Tlw rrturiH tVoiii thii distriit have licfii mr h uh tu prove tli;it wurk has licen pii'iiiiiturcly almiidoiu'il, Iii Jaiiuai y, IMIS, 1 :; tons ti(jm one of the iiiiiii* luru pr idiiced 'Jill ouiici'd. Caribou in "O milcn iiorth-cnHt of Iliilit'.is. It wan oiiyinally called " Jcnnini,'s' Musiniodu- boit," (liter II farmer nume'_ milcH in lpn;{tli, traverses the district, and the )iroi»ertle.", known as the N'ictniia (lute Ilyie) and Pioneer (late lluchin;,') Mines). ('aril)()U is .still in its inlancy, hut when worked on the same scale wdl not he inferior in productiveness to Sherhrooko. An interesting analysis, by Dr. 1". L. I'mrsoN, !'",('. S,, of some ore from the Lake lode on the Pioneer jiropcrty, appeared in tho Miniiuj Juunial of August 2(J, in? I. Unclassified Districts, — This Iieadin:; eomprisps the "proclaimed " districts— ( )vcn« and IjiwrencetowM — and cirtain uiipnic'aimed distiicts only occasinnally worked. 'I'lie Ovens district, which now includes Indian I'ath, lias yieliled atnmt '-'ooo o/s., and I,awr( iicctown TiOO oz.s. Kcuin Scciim, l''il'teeu-Milu Stream, Wa^amatcook, (iay's Uiver, and Ilarrij^au's C'ove to the eastward, iiikI (lold Uiver and Yarmouth to the westward of Halifax, are among tho un- ])rocluiiued districts in which gold has been obtuiir.'d ; but, with tho exception of (iay's Uiver, where they nro operating on cement, no eoiitiuuous mining hits been practised for some years. LIST OP WOUIvS 0? Til., SU13JECT OF GOLl.) MIXIJN^G, Oit TREAx.iiiNT OF GOLD OKES, PROCUnABLK OF OK THROUGH MESSRS. TRURNEU >t Co., 57 S: CO, LUDGATE HILL, LONUUN, E.G. miii.ic.vTiox. Gold Fiold.i of Nova-Scotia. OfHcial Report on the Eastern Districts. Acadian (Jeology. History of Lunenburg County. Transactions of the (ioolo^^ical Society of Cornwall, Articles on Gold in Various Countries, The Gold Yield of Nova-Scotiii. Oflicial Keporta on Wavcrlisy, Shcrbrjoke, Oldham I'niackc, and Renfrew Districts. Geology of Nova-Scotia. Mineralogy of Nova-Scotia. (OfHcial.) On the Gold llegion of Nova-Scotia. (Oflicial.) Concentration of Ores. Gold in Nova-Scotia. On tlie (iold Region of Nova-Scotia. Gold Fields of Nova-Scotia. Oflicial lleport on the Western Districts. The Mining and Metallurgy of Gold and Silver. Gold Discoveries since 1M;1. The Explorers', Miners', and Metallurgists' Companion. The (jold C3re3 of Nova-Scotia. Tho Mines of the West. Mineral Resources of the I'aciiic States. At lllOli. CvMl'llEM,, Jo U.N . . . . Dawson, J. W,, M.A. . . . Dkshuisay, M. »., M.P.I'. . Henwood, W. J., F.R.S., F.G.S. Hkatheuincton, A. . . . HiM), H. Y., JI.A. Honi:v.max, D., F.G.S. How, Hknuy, IJi.D. . . . Hint, T. Stkiuiy, F.R.S. . KiisTKi,, F., M.E Mausm, O. C, I'rofessor MicEiEi., ArciisTi:, M.E. PooLK, Henuv, F.G.S. PiiiLi.irs, J. A., M.E. . . . F.C.S. and Sta- PuiLui's, J. S., M.E. Pirii'soN. T. L., Ph. D Raymond, R. W., Ph.D., M.E U.S. Commissioner of Minin_ tistica Selwyn, a. R. C, F.G.S., Director of the (Geological Survey of Canada, &c., &c. SiLLiMAN, 13. J , Piofessor . Smyth, R. Ruoucni, Secretary for Mines, Victoria. WriiTz, Hknuy, Ph.D. Notes and Ob-servations on the (iold Fields of (iucbec and Nova- Scotia. (Oflicial,) Gold Deposits in Nova-Scotia. The Gold Fields of Victoria. On a Theorv of Gold Gencais. OPINIONS OF EMINENT DI8INTE11ESTED AUTIIOIIITIES. The Tables contained in the foregoing pages show the declared yield of the past twelve years, obtained chiefly by unskilled labour, and without any of those intelligent modern appli- ai'ices by which, in California and Australia, the output of ore and the extraction of the gold are facilitated and increased. As a rule, business men prefer an unembellishcd statement of results, extending over several years, from which they may draw their own conclusions as to the scope and proiit offered to capital in a new enterprise ; but there are also mine adventurers in a great measure influenced by the opinion of disinterested geological experts. Having, then, already submitted an abstract of twelve j'ears' sworn returns to satisfy inves- tors who, in figures, see facts, we now beg to place before those who, to past result?, prefer the views of eminent scientists, the publicly made statements of a few disinterested authorities that have made gold deposits a special study, and whose experience, therefore, has enabled thent to criticuUy compare Nova-Scotia with other gold regions which they had previously examined : " The great extent of metamorphic strata in Nova-Scotia, so similar to the gold-bearing rocks in other countries, and the fact that gold has been found at many widely separate points, would seem to indicate that a now and important source of mineral wealth will soon be added to this already favoured province." — [The Clold nf Novu-ficotia, ISGI. 13y Trofessor O. C. Mau.sh, of Yale College.) "There is no reason to fear that there will bo aiiy failure in depth in gold jjroduct or strength. The formation of the country is on too grand a scale i;eoli);4ically to admit ot a doubt on this point, so vital to mining success." — [Uold lieposiis in JS'ova-IScotia, X'iiW. Uy Professor 15. SlI.LIMAX.) " It may well excite surprise that so little mining has yet been done in Nova- Scotia, whore gold is known to be spread over an area of not less than (iOdO scjuare miles, and where, notwithstanding tlie want of skill of the early adventnnrs, and the lack of capital, such remarkable results have been obtained. The lochs of this Kj^ioii, whicli are very regular in structure, have been shown to preserve their richness to depths of 200 and oUO feet, and Ironi their geological relations 'there is every reason to believe tliey will continue unchanged to the greatest attainable depths. To tliis it may be added that the price of labour is moderate ; fuel both wood and coal, iheap and abundant; the region healthfid and easily accessible trom abroad. When all these things are taken into consideration, it would ajjpear that no other gold mining region offers such inducements to the introduction of capitil and skilled luboiu', and that these alone are required to make Nova Scotia one of the great gold-produeing regions of the world." — ( The Gold Rcijion of Xnra-Scotia. Official Jieport of the Gcoluijiad Suyvi\ f Canada, 18GS. 13y IJr. T. SxKuuY Hint, F.R.S.) "I am of the opinion that an unnecessary discouragement has had as much to do Avith the failure of certain gold-mining enterprises in Nova-Scotia as the want of scientific knowledge and the neglect of proper preparations, and that many of the mines now abandcmed as unprofitable will be again taken up with advantage."— (/i/;?. Mr. At uusir, Michki,, (quoted by Dr. Hi nt.) " All that I have seen tends to confirm the high opinion which I hive elsewhere expressed of the extent and value of the auriferous veins of Nova-Scotia, and my belief that a much larger amount of capital than at present might be jirotitably expended in their exploration, both in the larger extension of the workings in many of the areas now known to be productive, and in the opening up of new districts." — [Xotcs on Xctv Foints in Acadian Gcologij, 18GU. By Dr. J. "NV. Dawson, F.R.S.) "It is manifest from the characteristics of the locnliiics in which the precious metal liaa already been discovered, and the great extent of the gold-bearing portions of the Province, that ere long Nova-Scotia will take an important position among gold-producing countries. "The thickness of its auriferous veins is perhaps less than those of California and some other countries ; but they are, generally speaking, richer in visible gold than the average of those I have seen in any other part of the world. It must also be taken into consideration that Nova- Scotia possesses many decided advantages over both California and Australia. Each of these countries is situated at a great distance from llurope, and can only be reached after a long and •21} expensive passage, ami, as a natural eonsequouco, wages were for a loni; time exceedingly high, and provisiiins proportionately dear. Nova-Seotia, on the contrary, is tvitiiin an easy distance both from Europe and the L'nitod States of America, and possesses a considerable settled popu- lation of intelligent, industrious, and sober people, eminently adapted, after a little experience, to become steady and clHcient miners. The whole of the gold-bearing portion of the Province also lies within a convenient distance from the coast, which abounds with magnificent harbours, affording ample security to shipping, whilst wood in largo quantities is to be everywhere procured for all descriptions of mining use.-i, and an abundant supply of water is generally to be met with for the purposes of washing and amalgamation." — {Golf' Miuinj and the Gold Discoverief: made since 1851. By .1. AuTin K raii.Lirs, M.E.) " There appears to be no reason for believing that gold mining will not become one of the most profitable »nd lusting industries of Nova-Scotia." — {The Mining and Metallurgy of Gold and Silver, 1807. By J. Autui h Pnii.i.irs, M.E.) "The reason why two-thirds of the crushing power in Nova-Scotia is standing idle seems at first sight somewhat inexplicable. It is evidently not the poverty of the quartz ; neither is it, as I can vouch from personal observation, owing to any deficiency in the quantity which the veins, if properly worked, are calculated to produce, and wc are, therefore, forced to conclude that it arises from the unskilful, wasteful, and improvident manner in which the business has ordinarily been conducted, creating general apathy, and utterly destroying the confidence of investors. Many instanees could be nivcn of yields far less per ton than the quantity now lost at every mill in Nova-Scotia having sutlieed, under careful management, to give u fair profit to the adventurers. These results are due to the practical and intelligent application of the lessons taught by experi- ence, and if this experience is utilized, and as intelligently applied in Nova-Scotia as it has been in Australia, there is no reason why e(iually satisfactory results should not be achieved." — {Notei and Observations on the Gold Fields of limbec and S'ova- Scotia, 1871. By Alfhed R. C. Selwyn, F.d.S,, Director of the (ieological Survey of Canada, &c., &c., &c.) " I am of opinion that a moderate amount of English capital and enterprise would soon make this colony one of the most successful gold regions on the globe." — {On the Cold Ore of \ova- Scoiia, 1871. By T. L. Phii-.son, Ph.D., E.C.S.) At a meeting, also, of the Society of Arts, held on the 25th of May, 1870, Mr. Wauixoton W. Smyth, F.R.S., in the chair, a paper on Go/d Mining and its Prnspects in Nova-Sentia, by Professor II. Y. IIiNii, M.A., was read, and during the discussion which afterwards ensued, the following opinions were expressed : — Jlr. Robinson, M.E. (firm of Messrs. Shelford and Robin.son, mining engineers), said : "He held a decided opinion, which he had often expressed, both in public and private, that Nova- Scotia would be found to be one of the most important gold fields in the world when its resources were properly develoiu'd ; so far there had only been tinkering, or surface work." Mr. AuTHLu Soi'wrrn, M.E., added: "Not a single mine in Nova- Scotia had been started with anything like what would bo considered in England suflicient capital." The Chaiumax remarked :i" As an old dabbler in gold mines in various parts of the world, he could not help feeling mui i interested with regard to a colony so near the seaboard, and which appeared to offer so many inducements to capitalists who embark in mining enterprise. It appeared quite clear that there was throughout a great part of this region a sufficiently large portion of gold extending throughout these quartzose deposits, whether beds or veins, to pay well for mining enterprise. Was it not possible, then, instead of GOO or 800 men, to employ 6000 or 8000, or even more, in raising gold, to the advant&ge of all concerned? Undoubtedly it ought to be so, for there was no doubt here there was a gold fill ' such as wius seldom to be met with. There ought to be machinery and appliances brought to bear upon these mines such as would ensure a very handsome return to capital invested in uifdertakings intended to last over a long series of years. This was a point of almost imperial importance, for it appeared that up to the present time the resources of the country had been developed to a pitifully small extent; and no doubt this was because the undertaking had been conducted by persons unprovided with money, or with that intelligent guidance which it might be presumed they would have had if the matter had been taken in hand by persons better provided with money, without a good supply of which nothing could be successfully carried on. In spite of previous causes of failure, it was evident that many of them would disappear the moment that large capitalists Avere prepared to go into the matter, because if large companies were formed in England they would of course employ agents familiar with the machinery and appliances requisite for successful mining, who would open workings upon a very diti'erent scale from anything that had yet been attempted." HEATHEEINGTON'S IMPEOYED AMALGAMATOE AND OEE SEPAEATOE. This Invention, for wliich Letters Puteut have hecn ohtaiucd for Croat liritaiii, the United States, and Australia, combines greater economy of space, l)etter security for the contents, and a larger amalganiable surflice than is presented by any other apparatus yet introduced. The inventor is open to treat for the sale of an interest in the Patent Eights, Communicatio; . s on this subject, or in reference to investments in Nova-Scotia, may be addressed to him at the CANADIAN MINES BUREAU, 23, PRINCE STREET, HALIFAX, NOVA-SCOTFA, AND 30, MOORGATE STREET, E.G., LONDON, ENGLAND, (The ONLY OFFICES in EUROPE and AMERICA exclusively devoted to the advancement of CANADIAN MINING INTERESTS,) on, TO B. 3. GRAY, E S Q., nAlimSTEIl-AT-I.A.W, XOTAKV, ETC., IIESSLEIN BL'ILDING, IIOLLIS STREET, HALIFAX, NOVA- SCOTIA. iV PLEA FOR THE GOLD INDUSTRY OF NOVA scotia; By a. HEATIIERINGTON. 1.-YIELD OF NOVA-SCOTIAN GOLD MINES. Although little known in Europe, the gold mines of Nora Scotia have been continuously worked on a sitiiill scale since the autumn of 1800, and from that period to the close of the year lcS73 have yielded liullioii of the approximate value ol tiine hundred and eleven thousand pounds, in the folli-wing proportions : — Value, nt t4 Qubrtz Crushed. No. of Avpraso per Maximum Avcr.per Man District. sterling per oz. Tons of Miners 89 221!l lbs. per 224U lb, per Annum. Ha. d. 2000 lbs, for 1 Day. oz.dwt. gr. oz. dwt gr. i; s. d. Sherhrooke... 2-j-.',on 11 ., 78,H.'):ij ,. •i;i8,f)98 .. 17 21 .. 22 8 ., 179 5 Waverlev IS-', 128 2 8 .. 78,9G(i ,. 6;i7,004 .. 12 22 .. 22 8 ,. lO.j 16 2 Renfrew" 107,2;i6 18 8 .. 30,197^ ,. 262,118 ,, 16 14 .. 10 10 23 .. 127 9 10 Winell.rbour 89,96.5 5 10 .. 31,o71 ., 197,078 ,. 15 23 ., 97 8 19 .. 141 19 10 Montagu o9,4.5,j 13 .. 5,977 .. 148,.-,90 .. 2 15 17 .. 38 3 7 .. 124 13 2 Oldham 56,419 2 2.. 15,041 .. 188,162.. 1 5. .110 3 8.. 93 11 Tangier 41,703 14 10 .. U,621| .. 225,524 .. 16 19 .. 84 0.. 61 16 10 Isaac's Harbr. 41,042 15 6 .. 10.83t| .. 141, ISO ..1 1 4 .. 9 11 6 .. 90 14 Uni.icke 32,433 10 .. 12,2!I9| .. 79,248 .. 14 18 .. 20 3 5 .. 127 13 8 Uiudassilied .. 12 078 15 4 .. 5,825 .. 79,482 ..0 6 12 .. 27 5 2 .. 47 8 4 Caiibou 9,387 18 .. 3,206J .. 23,036 .. 16 9 .. 25 15 5 .. 127 2 10 Total £880,893 7 293,992i 2.321,020 16 18 116 3 8 119 4 4 S U M JI A R Y. Product from] value. ^'Zi'iAyo^^i^llDa.^'"''" "'SUest. UiBhest. Highest, Sept., 1860, to "' ^^- >\'>'l'inBlJ'')8. Dec, 1861, es- } 24,000 timated & otti- | ciallyaccepted J Product from 1 Jan., 1862, to I I)ec.,lS73,de- I ggQggg 70.. "8J .. 320 ..2 15 17.. 116 3 8.. 179 5 clarecl under f (Montagu) (Oldham) (Sherbrooke) oath, vt royalty I paid upon . , . J Total... £910,893 7 2— WHY SO LITTLE KNOWN IN EUROPE. The mines are so little known in Europe— firstly, because the local Government takes no pains to spread information ri garding the niiiieral resources of the Province ; secondly, because many of the mines are owned by citizens of the United States ; thirdly, because the bullion is chiefly sent to the United States, and therefore rarely figures in the English Customs or Board of Trade Keturus. 3— PROVED CAPACITY. The above product of nearly £1,000,000 sterling has been obtained from 13 or more diflferent localities, or so-called districts, of which the most easterly and most westerly are 300 miles apart. The capacity of the mines, the refore, does not depend upon one local discovery, nor upon the average of a few selected assays ; but upon the crushing of about 300,000 tons of quartz, raised in various parts of the country, and from several distinct lodes, • Benders interested in this subject .ind disposed to support it financially, or by their influence, are invited to lommunlcate with the Author, at the Canai.ia.n -Mi.nks Bukkav. 30. Moorgsle bticet, London, E,0. 4.-UNGR0UNDED PREJUDICE, A very strong, but most unfair, prejudice exists in England against these mines, which is the more inexplicable as there have been only six companies formed in England for working them, and the lailure of iive thereof was attributable to mismanagement or want of foresight; for capital, experience, honesty, perseverance, and method are as essential to the success of gold- mining as any other business. The assertion frequently made, that the veint ore too narrow to be followed with profit, is unfounded on fact, as nearly all the gold has been obtained from lodes of one foot and under in width, and some small holdings have returned three or fourfold tho capital invested in them. There are many lodes, from 6 to 20 feet wide, which could be profitably mined on an extensive scale, but are neglected by explorers, as they do not contain visible gold like the rich narrow ones. In Grass Valley, California, lodes 12 inches wide are being worked •with profit at a depth of 1600 feet. The yield is about 30 pennyweights or an ounce and a half per ton, but wages are from three to six times highti there than in Nova Scotia. d— MEAN RESULTS COMPARED COUNTRIES. WITH OTHER Notwithstanding the desultory manner in which gold mining has been conducted in Nova Scotia, the average per ton and per man is in excess of the same averages in California and Australia. The mean per ton of 2240 lbs. for Victoria, from 1866 to 1873, is under 11 penny- weights; in Nova Hcotia, from 1862 to 1873 indtuive, it is 16 pennyweights and 18 grains. The average proportion per man in Victoria, for the years 1806 to 1873 inclusive, was 36s. 6d. a -week ; in Nova t>cotia,Jor 1862 to 1873 inclusive, 4o4. od, per week. 6.-SUCCESSFUL MINES. Each district could point to prizes obtained by judicious selection and good management; but the most noted mines in the Province — all owned by foreigners — are the IVellington and the Palmerston, at Sherbrooke ; the Ophir, at Kenfrew; the Albion, at Montagu ; and the Burkner, at Waverley; which collectively have yielded 7<3,O00 ozs., or £300,000, the Wellington alone having produced over £80,000, the greater part thereof Irom one lode about 13 inches wide, worked on a length of 180 feet to 520 feet in depth. 7.-RESULTS FROM ftUARTZ MIGHT BE INCREASED. The average so far obtained fron; the quartz veins does not prove their full capacity, as the processes used for extracting the gold are very imperfect, and there is no regular after treatiiient of the tailings, the yield from which, in other countries, olten covers all the cost of raising and beneficiating the quartz. 8.-EXISTENCE OF ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS. With the exception of about 3500 ounces (£14,000), the whole of the gold yield of Nova Scotia is from crushed quartz, and no systematic search has yet been attempted for the discovery of alluvial gold, which must necessarily exist in vast quantities in the vicinity of quartz veins that have been for centuries exposed to disintegrating influences, and the richness of which is proved by their large yield where mined in sitit, 9. -SECURITY OF TITLES. The titles to mining property in Nova Scotia requiring to be confirmed by the Commissioner of Mines on behalf of the British Crown, offer better security to investors than titles issued by an unstable Government, or one that does not insist upon the registration of every transfer in order to give it full validity. lO.-SECURITY OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. Although some of the districts are situated nearly 200 miles distant from Halifax, and are approached through lands sparsely settled, or forest and barrens, the whole of the declared gold product has reached the metropolis safely without armed escorts, and the assistance of the police has, hitherto, never been required to quell disturbances or protect life or property. 11.-PRESENT EXTEl^T OF HOLDINGS. In 'the early days of gold mining in the province, each holding was limited to 1000 square feet, 20 feet on the supposed course of, and 50 feet across the lode ; since then the size of a claim, or area, has been gradually increased to 37,500 square feet - 150 feet on the course of, and 250 feet across the lodes — or about 6-7ih8 of an acre ; and a holding may now consist of any number of such areas, provided the covenants of the titles under which they have been granted are duly observed. 12.— TERM AND CONDITIONS OF LEASES. The leases are nominally granted tor 21 years, but are virtually intermin able, as they may Iw surrendered at any timj, and exchanged for new leases, on the payment of an advanced letx of two dollars per an a. They are fdrfeitable: (o.) Upon failure to make quarterly returns under oath of the number of days' work pcr- formofi, the quantity of quartz raised and crushed, and the yield of gold obtained. (6.) Upon failure to pay 2 per cent, royalty at the rate of £4 1 Jd., or 19'50 dols., per ounce on the gross yield of gold, except Irom areas specially exempted on account of the owners having erected the first mill in the district. {e.) Upon failure to employ the prescribed number of days' labour. 13.— ADVANTAGE OF COMPULSORY RETURNS. The system of returns under oath, and the checks for ensuring their correctness, are nowhere so thorough as in Nova Scotia. It is obvious that where a tax is paid on the gross product, no persistent exaggeration of the gold yield can be maintained, at the same time any understating of the number of days' labour— which represents the principal cost of production — would equally result to the prejudice of the lessee. Foreign investors, therefore, who might wish to confirm their resident manager's report upon these heads, have only to address the Mines Department for a certified copy of his statutory returns. 14.-A HEALTHY CLIMATE. The climate is notably htialthy, and has never been a drawback to continuous underground mining operations where the shafts have been properly housed over ; and the early part of winter, when the snow is not too deep, is a favourable season, on account of the dryness of the soil, for surface explorations. 15.-ACCESSIBILITY TO BE CONSIDERED. With ordinary weather, steamers complete the outward passage from Liverpool to Halifax in ten days, and return in i ight days ; the round voyage, therefore, may be said to average three weeks, and costs (with return ticket) about £30. 16.-CHEAPNESS OF CARRIAGE. There is no part of the Province at a greater distance than 30 miles from the sea-coast, there are no high mountains to traverse, and the post roads are in fair condition ; the cost of carriage, therefore, is considerably less than in other mining regions of the American Continent. 17.-M0DERATE PRICE OF LABOUR. The facilities of approach and transport render provisions cheap and abundant j v*r,'ige8, consequently, will never attain the high rates prevailing in less accessible or unhealthy coun- tries, and the supply of miners will always be equal to the demand. 18.-PURITY OF NOVA-SCOTIAN GOLD. The fineness of Nova-Scotian gold has been recognized for some time- iiid the little which has found its way to England has been sold for £4 to £4 2s. per oz. 19.— EVIDENCES OF PERMANENCY. In addition to the substantial yield of nearly £1,000,000 sterling, the permanent productive- ness of the Nova Scotian Quartz Mines is vouched (or by eminent disinterested authorities, such as MM. B. Silliman, J. A. Phillips, T. Sterky Hint, J. W. Dawson, Auoustb Michel, O. C. Maush, and A. 11. C. Selwyn, the last named for nearly sixteen years Director of the Geological Survey of Victoria, Australia, and now holding the same high po.tition in the Dominion of Canada. In California, gold quartz mines are still being worked at a depth of 1600 to 1800 feet with as satisfactory results as near the surface. In Australia the greatest depth reached is 1100 feet, the vein maintaining a good width and yield; and the authorities above cited aihrm that there is no essential difference between the quartz of Nova Scotia and of the older gold-producing countries ; consequently, as it occurs under similar geological conditions as in Victoria, its continuity in depth ceases to be a mere conjecture, and they all agree in the opinion that combined capital and skill are alone required to establish the gold quartz mines of Nova Scotia on an enduring basis. 20.-WHY CAPITAL IS SOUGHT IN ENGLAND. Nova Scotia is rich only in her natural resources, and not in accumulated capital ; her mer- chants, therefore, who have acquired a little wealth by the older inuustries— fishing, lumbering, and ship-building — are disinclined to lock up their spare means in a business so new to them aa mining, while they can get 7 per cent, per annum on mortgage of real estate, and by very simple 4 evasion of the asury law — viz., by deductinp; u premium from the nominal amount advanced — ir tcrent from 1 to .5 per r(Mit. a iiiontii fur short loiius on pursoniil scituriiy. It is but natural, tlion, that, knowinf5 of the vast sums wliicli have bteii provided in Kiif^land for mining fcxperi- metits in alien lands, her ass stance, to a reasonable extent, should be looked fur by the pioneer ininurd of this her nearest and most ancient colony. 21.-PRESENT CONDITION OF GOLD MINING. An undue discouragement has prevailed in Nova Scotia, and elsewhere, from persons engai^td in this industry ignorinf!; tlie fact that the occurrence of golil, and of nearly all metals, in (juartz veins is intermittent, both vertically and lonj^itudinally. and thus, after pa>8iiig thio.if;h a rich streak, they lacked courage to pursue their researches, and closed the mine, when a little perseverance in the right direction would have taught them the regular variability of metal- liferous deposits, and have well rewarded their labours. Not a single company has yet be n established in the province with a view to permanency, o' with such a working,' capital as would permit the adoption of those appliances and intelligent aids which have contributed to the suc- cess of the Australian, Brazilian, and Californian quartz mines. 22 —FUTURE PROSPECTS. An instructive lesson of what might he accomplished when gold mining in this province shall be prosecuted as a stable industry, and not as a purely speculative enterprise, may be learntd from the past history of Sherbrooke, the district most systematically developed. In August, 1801, that locality was a desolate barren; but, through the discovery of jjieces of gold • luartz by a young woman— Margaret Macintosh — while gathering blue berries on the spot now known as the Boulder Claim, a rush was made there the followhig October, which has resulted in the establishment of a thriving village and the production (-f over one quarter of a million pounds' worth of gold. In the aggregate, there have not been more than 30 areas— of 150 feet each on the lode— exploited, and those only to a mean depih of 25 fathoms. The explored ground, however, represents a tract of about 60 areas (say 60 acres), or a parallelogram 1250 teet from north to south, by 1800 feet from east to w'est. Those areas were owned among iwvnty-one companies, each with its separate executive, and possessing among them twelve crushing mills, aggregating 132 stamps, wlien one mill of 15 stamps would have answered their purpose, had the quartz— ot which, on an average, only 21 tons a d^iy were reduced — been previously comminuted by a Blake's crusher. The total sum actually paid for the claims was ,£ 108,000. Let us now see what w(mld have been the financial results had the whole district been owned by one proprietary, and acquired at a reasonable price. 1. To Purchase money £60,000 2. A 20.8tamp mill 3,000 3. "Wages, 438,608 days, at 5s. .. 109,675 (The tenure of leases depending in a measure upon the number of days' labour performed, this item is in excess of actual requirement. The rate of ■wages is also higher than the real average, as boys ■were only paid 2s. and laboureis 3s. to 3s. 6d. a day, though returned as miners.) 4. General expenses, including stores, superintendence, implements, &c., at 8s. per ton on 78,800 tons,. .. 30,545 (Frobably 2s. to 3s. in excess of what the cost need be.) 5. Rovaltv, 3 per cent, on £200,000 ; 2 per cent, on i:52>00 „ 7,040 6. Contingencies, approximately 10 per cent, on items 3 and 4 ; together, £140,220 14,740 Total disbursements £225,000 ■This total of £225,000 — based on a most liberal allowance for wages, general expenses, and contingencies — still leaves a balance of £37,000 in favour of the mines on the sworn yield of £252,000, or a net return of 13-6 per cent, per annum, for the 12 years during which they have been worked. Here, then, without taking into account the increased and cheaper output of ore and the increased yield of gold which would have been consequent on the adoption of modem improvements at the mine and in the mill, but adhering to declared totals, there remains a margin which would have provided a fair price for the property, and have i)aid back the capital ori'>inally invested with good interest. How many of the foreign mining ventures, which are estimated to have absorbed seven millions of British capital, can show an equally satisfactory record ? CuiMiUan Mines Bureau, 30, Moorgate Street, London; and Halifax, Nova Hcolia, Clatton and Co., Temple Printing Works, liouvciie Street, London, E.G. f D 77