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Le diagramme suivant illustre la m6thode : 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 - 5 6 ( ■ / /' • . -^ 1 PROSPECTUS 7 OK THB DOUGLAS >Ul0 ^aarrging So., OF NOVA SCOTIA. •j "i 1 .'. < 1 fffnifiti/ lifiir/ \ ffnt/s iritft. . \: 'if :/o K Suini .V ry^r;/'/ . %/ //I f/ // .V if/'L^'- ^' (1l\mp o/\Wa/>Ut Rilciil /JfJ, ¥<^.€yj i/Z/o/// ry ^//y//^ /// DOIKILAS SI.ATE QUARKIES Pl«u. Sheet X9 2. '^Z' ^f/-. I .Stttki .)/ /•: / V> //r/^^ /// //ry IliU'dn'oud TiinlxM' Siftft I'lxr/i/f ri// ff'ff /Afs ///// Slfftf (hiorrv y;>,^ . B3IB Slrtle Yiti'«l ^^^^^ ^ K limine Jf oust -^-^^.^if. K«Ml1l ToKJSili'^i*. ffnad Stfdttjil^;^ik^rfi< f'a/< o/wn< 1 ' 12 vm^u/iJ. 24 3,0 '"^(f^.^' %MAiiy. O^- '^'//./rj'yr: yfw r ■^-- *■ \ ?(■ ^'i /:', rJly ^rtrr) IMM'CJLAS SI.ATK ^I'AHKIKS ^r--p ■p \-\ ^^ v^ V < ^ v -^^ 1 ^ » v. PKOSI'ECTUS or A JOINT STOCK COMPANY, 111 UK iM.I.KIi "THE DOUGLAS SLATK QUAHimNU COMPANY. OF NO\'A SCOTIA." To In- liU'oriiuratt'tl for tlic |»iu'|t08e of Quarniii};' ami Mamifuctiiriiig Hooting Slates, School Slates, Billiard Tallies, Maililed Mantles, and all deseriptions of Useful and Ornamental Slate Work. Sliite covoroil vcinU nro iiiiivoriiftlly ailmiltod to In- tlio lient in iwc, Imiiiif more duriiMo, niul a j(i eater prrtoi'tioii fljciiiimt lire, tliaii IIkwo lovu'icil li_v iiiiy iillii'r known iimti'riul. Tlie only ri'iiMnii wliy blato* arc not im re generally iiai'd in lliis comiiIi-}-, i-i tlic liij;li [nicf that has to l)0 paid for tl'.oni. Tliey have to \n! iniportod IVoni othor roiinlrios at a vory heavy cxiieiisu ; Init if they conhl, hy <|uarryiiig, ho jiro- ciiruil in Nova Si'otiu at a far more iiioileralo iiist, tliero can he no douht whatever tliut not only ail hrick ami stono liuihliiigi', hut a j,'reat many wooilon ones, nouhl he roofed with them, instead of » U'lety ol nialLM-iiilii now emiiloyeil, all inimoniiinihly i.iferior to HJateH, with re,4?ard oithor to safety or (hj lability. The promotors of the (,'omiiaiiy me tlierefore gUnl to he aide to brinjf to the notioe of the puhlie a property having upon it almost iuexhnustibie hciU of the very tiiiest description of Slates, the cost, not only of quarryii g, hut of delivering which, will bo comparatively so small as tr allbrd a supply ut un ex- ceedingly low rate, at the same time yielding ii handsomu profit on the capital invested. The property consists of three dillercnt lots of land, situate at tiie (Jore, Douglas, in the County of liants, (nV/c plaii.s in the froi.'t of this prospcutiis.) No. 1 contains It!') acres ot land, with farm houses, hams, stoves, mills, ami two iptarries of Slate. This will he conveyed in fee simple to the t'oinpany. No. •_' contains a right of mining and i[uarryitig, &<■., under ii tract of land containing Vii> acres. A (Itnury has heen opened on this properly. There are two cottages and a hiacksmith's sliop; also ahaffo, pump, ami inclined railway, driven hy the engine in the yard, on this property. No. :t eontaiiiH S:! acres of laml, is situate directly opiiosite No. :.'— has house, barn, stahle, engine house, anil line hardwood. This will also ho conveyed in fee simple to tin' Company. Those propertiws have heen visited ai.d fully reported upon hy I'rofesscu' Lawson {vio nddo.l tlint iimdo, at \W sanu> \ f'^' "i'.V "•' Kmidv, tor tniin|>oit;itioii l.y water. The proprietors will convoy to tliu Company nil tiio laml* niontioiuid above, witli tlu^ Imililiiii,'-',, ui;i cliinery, engine, niills, and all otlier ris^litJ and privileffes, for tlie amn of twenty-Huvon thousand dollars, (8-27,000.)— lil'toen tlioiisaml dollars (.on whieli lifly per eeul shall he ealled, say twenty-live pir cent when the Company is incorporated, and twi'nty-live per cent within three montln therealtei- ; and it ia not likely that more calls will he re(piireil. certainly not for a considerahle time. That a mectins; of the Shareholders he held in Halifax as soon as the stock is snhsirilicd, to appoint Directors and nnike hye laws. No shareholder to he cligilde to he a Director unless he shall hold in his own right five hundred nhares. Kurtlier \iarticnlius umy he lunl on ini|ilieiuion lo Menrtrs. McClJI.l.V ,V lil.ANCnAIlI), Prilieo Street, Mk. jAMliS Steinso.n, Halifax Hotel, or at the ollice of the snhscrihcr, where the stock suhscripHon list \V. MVK1{S (iK.\\ , IM> Hollis Street, Ualiliix, N, S. k uEi'ouT OF i»iiufh:s.sou law son. Halifax, ISih May, 1808. Having heeii reipicsted to inspect the |)ouglas Slate (Juairy and adjoining lands, with a view lo lorniintc an opinion as to the vahuj ol the minerals I'onlaincd ami tlu' piiutieahility ot working them to advuntHsie. 1 now hog to suhmit the following Report. 1 visited li.e locality in Donirlas (iore on the 1st of .May, and spent two days in examining the \iropcrty. lieing accompanied hy Mr. Stcnison, the accredited agent of the ]propi'ietor, he pointed out the hoi'irnlaries and furnished other necessary infornnition, whilst .Mr Tlionni-*, the manager, explained the results ohtained in the workings hitherto, and answereil encpiiries on various other points. The distance of the slate lands tVoni the Klinsdale lailway statmn is esllnnited at U miles : the road is li)r the nnist part level, and good for a country idad, hut might he i.'iueh improved hy a slight expenditure judiciously a|iplicd. The Slate (^narry projierties consist ol «;! acri's of Ininl, held in fee simple, which is in form of u narrow strip, running in a wcsIimIv iliri'ilion, nearly parallel with the slate lieils, from the old Nine Mile Kivcr road and hack over the Kawdon Uivcr, where it is ilensely covered with timlier. There is likewise ai\ area of l:l.'i acres (Kileup's farm) over which a rigli! of mining is held. Till- slate hamis arc lai'LCe and extensive, running in an easterly and westerly direction, ami there is u ilecp valley cut through them at right angh's. north ami south. Ther" heing little soil on lliu surface, the slates arc exposed all along the opposite faces ol the two nills v.liich form this valley, — mie of the hills rises to a height of about '2."iO feet above the level <>1 the 1 rook, and the o'.iicr hill is somewhat higher. The slate heels extend over hoth hills, showing coniinuously from the bottom of the vallev to the tops of the hills. It is obvious, thcrcliui-, that the slates are not ti\\\y extensive in horizontal rangi', hut likewise extend to a very giiat ihpth, at least on the northern portion ol the liroperty, — the n-ing up of whin on the soulhern portion of tin- KiKiip lauds cuts oil' the slates to the southwanl. (tn one part id' the Kilcup ju-operly is situate the Slate (Quarry wliiih has been oiiened ami worked for several years: this ipiarry is in the face of the hill looking lowanls the west. A considerable ■ pnintitv III rooting slali' has been taken out, and likewise- slabs of eight to ten nr lilteen I'eel in iliamcter. Some of the surface slates were ol an inl'ericu' charaiier, and one pculion of the band is ipiite wavv and shaky. Some slates taki-n out here wiu-e likewise found to he liable to crack from not having been cut, as Mr. Thonuis informed me, in the pri>per line of grain. I'ut the slate im[Udves verv much in e-oing downwards, anil the rooling shile that has lately been taken out is of a very superior character. The slati's are hard, compact, uniform in thickness, of good colour, and excellent i|Ualily. Several roofs recently furnished from tln^ (puirry present a neat, clean, uniform appearance, and show no indication of sulfering from our severe clinnite. The best rooling slates have been found in the bottom of the ipuirry, ami it is evident that in descending the slates become harder, less hhaky, and ol mori' uniform colour. 'I"he colour of the hard slates is an nnohtrusivu dark blue, very suitable tor rooling. In connectition with the Slate (iuarry there is a Slate Vard and Factory, with most of the necessary apparatus reipiired for carrying on the business of i|uarrying. The i[uarry is kept dry by a pum|i driven l>y a ten horse steam en^;ine, which likewise supplies power to ilie oilier nnichinery. The erections are situate close to the ipnirry, and in the north eastern corner of the ]irop<'rly held in fee simple, on the fa<'e ol the opiiosite hill to the westward, there is a mamiger's dwelling liouse, hams, ami extensive stabling lor horses. The steam engine and pumping gear were at work during the time of my visit, hut no i|uarryiug iiad been done since ihe preceding season. In res\iining operations it will be advisable to consider serimisly whether a change in *hc method of working is mit reipiired. It is indeed possible to continue the i|uarryinj? (Ml the face of the nresent opening: but, if any great amount of WfU'k is to be done, it will be necessary, from tiie shaky and imperfect character of the upper portion of slate, to incur a great expense in removing from day to day a very large ipmntity of useless material. Farther, on aecount ot the faulty character ■ Qunrry." At tlint pinco tlio sliite is of a moro unil'orm clmrnctcr, tVco tVom waves or slmkea, and Homo wliicli I liiiil tukeii out hIiow tliat ovun tlie siiri'nco Hlate was iiert'eotly liard and of good coloiir, Huitahlo for roolinj;. Ill tiikiiij^ out rootiiij? BlatcH Inrfio ulabH are likewiKC olitniiicd, and it is tlioroforo very desirable to tiiid a niarki^t fur llioiii. fSevcral very liiiu hIuIih liav(! lioiiii not out, and hoiik! of them liavo been iiolisiiLMl and sliow to iniicli advaiitaK''- Uiit t'i« liardin'ss of tlio Hiatus on lilt Kilcuj) liropcrty, wbicli IS a (|iiality soadvantajn'ons in rooliiis^ slate, is a serious olijeelioii wlicrc cnttinif, iilaiiin^', and iiolisliing are ivi|nired. Ft roniaiiis, in fact, t() be ascertained wlu'ilier the jirices leali/.etl will Jii'tify the labor rciiiiiied to briiii: these large lianl slabs into saleable eoiidition. In view of these facts it upj.eara to be very desinilile to secure a band of «;/'/ slates, without which the nianiifactnro of cut and liolished articles is not likely to prove reiiinnerative. Soft slate of this charncter has been observed in the "Scott property" adjoiniiii;, and portions of the slate which 1 exainiiied on exposures by the roadsides and on the hanks of the river, ap))o.ired to be well adapted for iniiiintaclnie. The Scott projierty enibracps a tract of land upwards ot SOO acres in extent. The available slate bed is from ;>00 to 400 yards wide, (so far as can he nscertainod,) and probiilily a mile and a half in leiitrth. A |iortion of it consists of a very lino -luality of roofing slate, but the slates are for the most part of the soft kind to which reference has been raadc, and miiilit be cut, planed, and polished lor tiibles, mantle pieces, cisterns and ornamental work of various kiiKJs. The watci pnwcr and siiw mills on the lixir which flows tliroiiifh the shilo band, ciittiiiif it lu'iuly at rin'lit aiifihs, otl'cr great fiuilities lor a lactory of this kind — both tbu saw mill niiil shingle mill, which lieloiif; to the property, lieiii!;; callable of conveisioii into iihininj; and polishing liictories, whilst the farm biiildiii!;s and dwelliiii; houses would afford other accommodation reniiired. From infoniiittioii obtained from business men in the city, I have reason to believe that there would arise in llaliliix aloiu^ an extensive deniaml for inantle jiieces and lire unite fittiiiifs; and also for school slates, which are at present iinporteil from (icrmany. Some examples of school slates have been made by roiis;hly polishini; a few pieces picked from the siirfiice. If carefully selected and properly prepared, there seems no jjood reason why Donijlas slates should not take the place of imported slates in the schools thronj^hoiit the Dominion. The market in the I'nited Slates for iiiaiiufuctured sliile of all kinds, both useful and ornamenfal, is very extensive. In conclnsioii, I would bei; leave to express very strontjiy my o|iinion that the slate properties above described are of a valuable character, and thai if jiidiciuiisly worked by a company poiscssed of moderate capiliil, the concern will prove a thoroiii;hly safe and permaneni investment. The slate exists in such (|iiantitics that the supplies are not likely to he exhausted for several generations, even if extensively worked. In onler, however, that the properly may he remunerative, and its value liermanently inaiiilained, it will he necessary to avoid waste of labor, waste of uniterial, and unnecessary accumulations of riibhish, by establishing at the outset a thoroughly systematic method of working, by opening up a working face of siillicient extent to meet the probable demands. The facilities for drainagi' are such that iiinler proper management there need not be much expciifO incurred for the next ten or twelve years, and bel'ore tlieii, if the business has increased, probably now quarries will have been opened on other parts of the property. (IKOUGE LAWSOX, I'll. D., LL. D., Professor of Clumii'lnj and Miitintlogy, Dalhousie VoUtge and Vniviri,ity, Ualifiix, N. S. POSTStnUI'T. yards snnljiwan ,., .-.■■■• ■■■• "- ■'•.ii>.r. >-ii llie Kileiip properly, tlicre appear one or Iwo narrow bands of "whin rock," (qiiartzile,) lhroii!;h Halifax, 18tii May, IKOS. Al a iliHiance of liehvi'en Jno imd ••Joo yards sonijiwanls from the opening on the slate Ijands on llie Kiliiip properly, llicre appear one or Iwo narrow bands of "whin rock," (qiiartzile,) lhroii!;h which nin veins of while (|iuirtz. .Iiidging from the general appearance of the i|Uartz, the ainiearance in il ol mispiekel, and the re|ioi|s ri'specting il by (lersons who have seiiielied for gold and foiinil a few "sights ' in it, I believe Ihal it is anrileroiis. A gold license has accordingly been secured on 30 areas of •!'>{) \ loO feel each over llie i|narl/. leads. Al a distance of a mile or more in the oilier dircclion, viz., to the norlliward, there occur compact beds ot' iron ore, which are visible in a brook where the soil has been washed away. From its partiv carlionaceons character and oilier circiimslaiu'cs, llie iron-stone appears lo heloiig to the cirboniforons or coal scries of rocks, 'fhe iron-stone is overlaid by a black, odorous, bitiiiiiinoiis travel, or slightly lohereiit <'onglomerate. Farther on to the north east, appear oiit-eroppiiig slraUi at several iioints, eonsisliiig of sliah'v sandstones, such as occur in the coal measures with sigillariii ami other coal fossil plants, and t'roin beneath these shales, cnlin as wi^ll as large pieces of bitnininoii:. coal have bei n dug out. I!y s,M'apiiig mil the loose tiiaterial at the outcrop I obtained a few fra'^iin its ol coal. All these facts indicate the proliahle exish-iue of coal beds at no great depth. 'I'lie dip, boll; ol the iron bands and ol the I'ossilift ions shales and sandsloiics, is to the north east, and nitiiongb the [loinl of e(nilact of the Iwo has not been hiid hare, I have no doiihl bill that ihe iron bund v.ill be found lo he inferior in |iosilioii to the shales and sandstones, and the coal lieds may be liniiid belAeen. A license lo search I'or coal has In en secured over live square miles ol' the most likely porlion of the district. (iKOlitiK I.AWSON, I'H. I)., I,L. ])., /'ra/iKS'T 1./ Clicmintru iiiid Mineralt^yy. llKruUT Ul' MAIA'UM & .)U11N«T0N. IIai.uax, X. S., -JOth Mav, \MS. Having been asked our opinion of the slates fnuii the |)ongIas Slate (Jinirry, w" have mucli pleasure in being able lo sav that we roofed some buildings with them four years ago, i ml they have stood without h'uk or break during that . ime. The slates we used ui'ie lioin the I(mi of the bed and were not of that uniform color and thickness that could lie desired. We have, however, liad slates from a greater depth in Ihe same (|iiairy, and can recommend them lo biiihlers ami others as being fully us durable uml suitable for general use as any. The color is more unitorm, being u ditrk blue. MALCOM Jt .KMIXSTON, (lovermmiu ( 'onlractort.