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Les diagrammes suivants illustreht la m6thode. -M- s p '^z/^/,2S i I n\ H^ OSPEC'f,^^. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND REPORT | i\ or Tin: "lOOSELAND" TANGIER DISTRICT, NOVA SfMYPTA. DFFK'K. . - N„. :',.-. IMNM STliEET Room 8. NEW YOTIK: li K N It V S 1' K A It , I' U 1 N I' K It AND S I' A I' 1 •> N I', 1! l:l:] IV'.irl nw\ 80 T.oi\v(M' Street. 1864 Bj N^' ^ mmm ■t-t Ti i w i mim BUltem^sssauub. \ 1 ^■^i /'':! > • t . • » 'I jjW WIillljJIg l g j Wi ■«^^ — t ■ '■' ■'■.oy. MOOSeLAND GOLD DISTRICT HALIFAX COX mo MAYEffl CO um6XAFH[K5.9SmT0H5T. M.Y. West |i^, "%r<^' ^ax ,*<* A luosdaiifl (hfffiqp KUchftt it^ ail. Dining Hnam Kurheux I door r. A uiui Hui)in /Wffoi' nfiMtr I r/t// (hffaqp door dnoi- I i ] c o «i iMlil>rnm ii i » > PROSPECTUS, GE01.0UICAL SnilYKY AND HEPORT OF THE "MOOSELAND" GOLD COMPANY, TANaiER DISTRICT, 111 NOVA SCOTIA. OFFICE, No. 35 PINE STREET, ROOM 8. i CAPITAL STOCK, ti?500,000, 50,000 SHAB23 $10 EACH. NEW YOllK; U E N R V S I' E A R , STATIONER AND PRINTER, ll33 PEARL AND 86 BEAYEU STREET. 1864. / ?' ^^^^\^ SEP 13 mi UK I mm i mi i Mmimmim. V . 1tt005f\«tta (»>plil €m\ymi or NOVA SCOTIA. OrffanJ/'-d under the I.ai»« of the 81at« of \tM Vork. TIl^TJSTEEfB : EDVaN S. HAKUKTT, - FKANKLIN A. I'ADDOCK. - KFA'BKN U0S8, Jk., 35 Pine Street, 80 NArssAiJ Street, 48 Eighth Avenue. omcEms = rUESIDENT, EDWIN S. BAIIKKTT. SECRETARY AND TREASXTRER, (lEO. W. BliO WN. COUNSEL, PADDOCK & CANNON. 80 Nassau Street. r-,n:tl^c!^l^aii^^£^^ :-r^; LIST OF PllOPERTY OF TIIK MOOSELAND GOLD COMPANY. •;*■ DESCKirTlVE LIST OF '11 AllKxVS OK CLAIMS, EACH 250 FEET BY 15!) DO.. BEINC 5.250 FFKT OF CLADIS IN LEN(;TH. No. I. " Furnace Lead," opened, and now showing ricii veins, ^vhicli eonuneneed at six in.-lies, and with three week's hil)or steadily increased h. V.) inelies. This lead promises to he one (,f the" vh-hest and most pro.luetivc yet diseovered in tho Fr.»vinee. One ton of the .(uartz, from the opening of the vein, has heen erushed, and yielded three ounces, 14 penny- weights of gohl, at White-s Mill, Tangier. The rnck cxhlhl- tlng to the naked .-ye hut the smallest evidences of its wealth, Mnd producing so large a return upon heing erushe.l, leaves no room for douht in the minds of sclentliie men of (he rich ,„i„eral de]H,sit contained In this lead up.m further develop- ment. No. 2. " Watson Lead," varying fnnu S to L'. Inches lu width, containing n.uch misph kel an.l tine g..ld, with other iinmistakahle evidences of its value. 6 No. 3. "Mill Tiond," at three feet from the surface, shows the vein 18 inches in width, of a definite and marked cha- racter. ■ No. 4. " Jerry Lend." A'ein five inches in width at the surface, and increased to nine incdies a I the depth of seven feet, the Whin Ro(dv nnudi sliattered, ;md can he worked at the most trifling exi)ense. No. 5. " Wilson Lead.'' Vein six inches in width from openiu!^. This has Itecn tested and produces over 4 ounces to the ton. No. 6. " Campbell Lead." Vein 12h inches in width. Not tested, hut very ri(di specimens tnken from this lead. No. 7 " Bacon Ijcar..'" A'ein varies from three iind a half to (dght inidies in width. Tin' ore from this vein, has not as yet, been assayed, bul its character is definite, and leaves no doubt of its richness. No. 8. " Peter Ives Lead."" Threi' openings, varying from four to L") inches in width. Character compact, and vein continuous. No. !>. " Hance Lead."" N'cin at nine feet from the snr- face, 11 indites in width, with thiidv gold found. No. 10. " Wesson Lead."" A'ei". three feet four inches in width. Course — west by south ; containing mis]ieclc(d and gold in large quantities. The quarts highly cry.stalline, with every indication of cross course or bull vein. This lead alone from its present indi(;ation, is entirely suffi- cient to work upon, for an ample rennmeration, needing only perseverance and capital to develop its well-known richness. No. 11. " Peterson Lead." Three small veins, three to eight inches in width, converging into one. 'r>W lbs. of sur- face quartz yielded 1 ounce, 14 dwt. and 7 grs. 'Wi8y;w 5g":-''Wai»!a'T"'* irface, shows marked cha- widtli at the pth of seven lO worked at 1 width from vcr 4 ouuees I'S in width, liis h>ad. •i\e and a half 1, has not as 11(1 leaves no varying from •t, and vein rom the snr- 'our inches in ispeelcid and stalline, with entirely sutli- neediiiir onlv u'n riclincss. ins, tiiree +o l])s. of sur- N,. 12. "Pulsifc. Lend." Voin two feet f„,,r >nche, nt M,U. 'n,i» i. the lead u„on .Mel, -he «.-.^. S"ia -» '>- ero-l in Nov, Scotia, by M^- «■ *■ Vu^.U■. t ., «.„le ;;::,, .,,u.af,o„ a„a «-U lf U< No l:!. " Luetv l>oaa." So na„,cd f-m the e. ot , . ,-,„Win. .0 one po;.- lahorer, .In, .liseo.e.ed ,., Ui onnee ^ildrfve,,, nine days ^ovk, l>etV.n. -nnin, ,n.o ,a...e».on ..i "'Nr'ir"- Trye.te Lead.' Net opened, ,,„. .n,..,ee indi- cations clearly defined. ? . - I- 1,- i on.l '= Ve"n 12 inches In width ; Uis- I No 15. " Kennedy iicad. >t u ^ <•, 1 1,, I . 1' 1, V«n -nul has heen iirofatahh j covered hy Henry Kc^medy, Ksq., ana 1 I worked for some months past. . . , • 1 No 10. " Victoria Lead." Vein two feet n.ne mches m width, upon survey. This vein is worthy of espcu-ud not.e j Ling diLtly upon a side hill ; needing but sundlest amcmnt ' .f ll.r to take fron. the earth the rich depo.t herefounch IT 1 '• Vo'ni 1:> inches m width. No IT "hit: Hugh Lead. \ em i-) m( ui . iw'and'a l,alrdays- laLov of .« nu-n ,,n,d„eed six ennee, „nd four pennyweights in pM. , , , »• ,„ Mo 18. ■■ Winthvop Lead." Snceesrfnlly worked to,- ton. .no'nths, and now yielding paying resnlts, at the depth of lo feet. AU..V.U. W^sniN.s on Lots m. :!8L 418, 41'.., 420, 4-.il . For the better information of the nnintormed ot the nn- ,„„„sc value of the gold properties lying in the lang.er d,s- trie., among whieh the clai.us of this eonn>any stand seeond o „„„, is annexed the Keportot Hon. .Fohn Ar.hnr l-h,ll , . ■of L ndon, whieh shonld bo earefnlly l.emsed, as . ,s nnu L a geHtktnan, in an official position, .ithont an, peeuntan interest to servo, and is beyond qnestion rehahle. ft i ■ i.J THE GOLD DISTRICT AT TANGIER. As the Tangier district was tlic gol. The distance on the north line, is over half a ..lie, and mclud- i.. the eastern openings, on the land of the English (V>mpany oi^the Strawberry Hill nuist be :.buut a uule. Withni th.s .vea there are at present explored, n..t less thaa thirty veins of gold-bearing quart/, large and small, varying from two f.o.t to one inch, and continued search is constantly adduig to the number. Many of the smaller veins, which are grouped to- gether at the surface, will dottbtless unite in no great depth, offering important advantages for mining. At present, atten- tion bus been bestowed chiefly on those veins whicli have o m B3!?- 10 sbown a good thickness at snrfjico, and liavo proved themselves most producti\o in p:old. (lEOLOdTCAl. AND MTNKEAT.O(JICAL CirAKArTER OF THE A'E1N8 AT TANGTFJl. The rocks, iit Tuny the compass, over 5^ or <»^ S ofE. Tliey stand at a high angle, di])])ing ui\iformly south, from 10^" to 30* de- parture from tlie vertical. Tluiso rocks comprise, 1st, the quartzite beds, often highly charged with arsenical pyrites, breaking in rhombic forms, and of an almost basaltic blackness of color, though weather'ng nearly white. 2nd. The hard blue .slates, sometimes also metalliferous, especially near the quartz veins. Sometimes this slate is highly metamorphosed and contorted ; again, quite soft, fissile, and regularly divided by joints, into rliombic forms. Its color is generally dark blue, stained at surfaci; by iron rust, in tae metalliferous zones. Sometimes it is olive colored and gray, and rarely chloritic. It is very rarely micaceous or liornb'ondie, and contains few crystallized minerals besides pyrites ; minute crystals of stau- rotideandc piduic occur rarely, l)ut I saw no tourmaline although crarnets occur in the sands of Copper's Lake. The sands on the sea shore, as well as in the lake, indicate the existence ot ilmenite and chromic iron, or magnetic iron. 3d. The r[uartz veins are of tw(j descriptions ; those which occur parallel to the bedding of the rocks, and whicli are th(^ gold-bearing veins ; and cross veins, intersecting the strata at an angle, and gen^ erally barren of gold. The latter form, in the districts which I have examined, an insignificant f.'atun- in the geology, com- pared with the auriferous veins. Associated with the quartz, the principal minerals are yel- low and white pyrites, mispickcl, copper pyrites, galena, zinc wi[n.iKM«»r:.^£»«>£S^tiM^ic~-. tl thcmselvos [ARACTEK iTul west, not Tliey stand i^> to 30* de- ise, .1st, tlu' aical pyrites, tie blaekness 'he hard blue ar the quart/ irphesed and f divided by ly dark blue, t'erous zones. ely chloritie. contains few stals of stnu- iline although riie sands on 3 existence of I. The quartz )arallel to the earing veins ; igle, and gen- istricts which geology, com- erals are yel- 5, galena, zinc 11 blende, and more rarely carbonate of lime, metallic copper, or carbonate of lime and iron green carbonate of copper, specu- lar iron, iron sinter, and arseniosiderite, are also seen, but less frequently. I nought in vain for bismuth or antimony, al- thouirh small crystals believed to be sulphuret of silver, ht.vc been\leteeted in the pyrites. The gold seems to be most ,u- tin.ately associated with the arsenical pyrites, or mispickel, and the zinc blende often enclosing or penetrating these min- erals. More rarely the gold is associated with galena, most of the specimens shown me of this sort, proving on examination to be zinc blende or mispickel. The mispickel and the ir.m pyrites are both auriferous,, and when these minerals occur in sufficient abundance, they should be reserved for separate treatment, the amalgamating process not securing the gold they contain. Tke largest masses of arsenical pyrites are found in the blue slate, forming bunches, often highly crystal- ized and of considerable weight. This slate, with the mis- pickel, is usually the foot wall. The gold occurs often in little nuggels and pipettes in the pure white quartz, sometimes, but . rarely,beautifullycrystallized,often showing a strong tendency to crystallization, of u splendid lustre and high color. It also occurs in scales and plates in the adjacent slate, near the line of contact of the quartz, and, as already mentioned, implanted in masses of arsenical pyrites, zinc blende, and more rarely with yellow iron pyrites and galena. Its disposition to occur at or near the line of contact be- tween different minerals, or wherever there is a shut or change in the vein, is very manifest. It also occurs, of course, in par- ticles too small to be seen in the solid quartz, as is constantly shown by. the results of dressing. The quartz veins often pre- serve a striking similarity to the harder slaty bands as if they 12 were metamorphic of the slates. Generally they are compact undless cellular than the gold qunrtz of the Appalachians, often oily looking', hluo Jind gray in vaAov, \\\ou}i}\ frequently quite white in sumo parts of the vein. The Wf.lls are polished in contact with tlie slates, :md rarely sei)!iratcd from them hy any lining of " lluccan' or decouqio'^'Ml riK-k. 8ouu'times near the .surface the decoinposition of the pyrites on one wall hns left an open spa<-e, partly filled hy iron rust from the pyrites, and in such cases this materiii] i.< i\\)t to he rieh in gold, though in an invisihle form. There is the same structure also in the Tangier veins, noticed elsewhere in- the Troviuee, as respects the occurrence in them of swells and roils, alternating with plain spaces : where these rolls occur the ((uartz is usually more auriferous, and the spaces Ix'tween them are proportionately poorer in gold. These rolls preserve an essential parallelism with each other, and have a dip ol)li(piely to the west or east according to the pitch of the associated rocks, and parallel to what has t)een called the " grain" of these rocks, that is to say, jiarallel with the direction of tlie axis of elevation. As the shafts and drifts cut these swells at an oldique angle, it happens tiuit the prog- ress ot exph)ratioii carries the work alternati^ly through pieces of ground where tiie veins swell or contract, and where thero are corresponding dift'erences in the gold product. At times the contraction of the vein shut? it oif for a short distance, producing the impression tliat it is about to come to an end, when, from a narrow thread, it eiilarges again gradually or rapidly to its full size. _^ These roils or swells in the quartz appear to nn; to have had their origin ifl the upheaval which has given the easterly and are compact icliians, often (uently quite polished ill them by any mcs iicnr the wall luis left ])y rites, a/iil 1(1, thoni^h in ngicr veins, 10 occurrence )lain spaces : e auriferous, | 'ly poorer in th each other, ording to the lilt has i)eeH parallel with ifts and drifts iuit the ]n"og- irougli pieces where ther-> et. At times lort distance, ne to :.n end, gradually or e to have had ; easterly and 18 „estorly Pitch to tbo axis of ..levatiou of ,!,.■ n,.V>. on the lino „f ■ .riko, tho c„rn,gations, ..v ,-olls ooouvrin, :,s a ,.on»oc,no„oo „f tliis nicoh..nicaUlistnvlmiii 0. Tho di.tnhu.io,, of .1.0 ff.w i.. th.. ,,.,...■.>< i> » .ti'-;; »"'■'' „;.„ o.,.i.o .uvrriso ..t 11. al,.,n.h„ M.. (-■.....ph,.!!. w .« was o„,,iovc.i i.y th,. i-.-..vi...i..i 1-^i'i'"""' "; i"-"'';": '" „eologiLi;oction, 1 i ■..,.■ N..va Scot.a ,ol,l Vld. Iiaro^sod ,0 the lion. Jos. Ho.,., Fv«V....-l Soco.ary; l.lato, l|.,lifav 'ioth of .T.ilv, ISfiS-U-isla.ivo .loon.nont, ,.■ l-- -"".I i„.f„nns n,o that «hilo ho .as.in 1H(U.ong.,,o,l on th.s snn,^ „o ,a«,at thoUkoCon,„an.V» Loa.l, on tho bovdovsof . o,,,,-. » l,akc.an,a.s of c,„ar.,, of al,o.,t a onhio foot i., volnn.o . ,nh „-as ontivoly rla.0.1 ovor .ith ,ol,l, on tho ,,h,nc o, oontaot .,n ,1,0 .south or foot wall of tho vein. lH„-ing tho «o,-k,n« on tho .. Son.h LoacU" in ISM-fU^ .......oroos vo,y showy s,,oo„„ons „f gold woro talccn oot, ,artionla,ly f,on, ,ho No-.,-,, 1-cad, wort' in gold value fron, $W> to ^l^- l'...i"S "'<' l'^' -'"- ,„„,;,,roo n,on. who woro rorairing tho .oad i,. ■rang,or„ear A,,.„i,,ahr.s, in digging earth fr.on tho .oad-sido to ,nend the „ay. took ont in throe days eoar.so gold to the v.,lno o. S..oO_ from a s,,ot not over ,hreo or fo,.r yards s,,o.r.. lh,» gold was in tho forn, of nngg..ts and ..oa,-.se g,-„ins, ,„.t at all wo,-n. One n.,ggot. weighed sixteen onn.os, others o.gl.t, «,x, three and two ounces, and sn.aller. This s,,ot was no n.ore l.ro.n,.- ing for sueh a discovery, than «ny other one in tho reg.on, and althongh tho surface is ..ovorcl with huge .uassos of ,«artz, „,„, it is ,,lain fro,o which direction they ,nnst have eon.e, ,.o offieient search has been n.ade for the vein which yielded tins cold, which had obviously not been n,oved farfro.nits or,g,nal source, . • I have airoady under a former head, given the reasons wh,eh, 14 in my view, account, sufficiently for the general absence of allu- vial gold in (lie Nova Scotia gold region, and dLscoveric," like tlii.s only confirm the views before expressed. HK.MAHKA13L1-: INSTANCES OF PRODlXm VKNKSS IN THE NOVA SCOTIA VEINS. While the iirudcnt adventurer will regard with superior in- terest the reliable average yield of auriferous veins, as the only safe basis of expectation, it is always pleasant to see the prizes which a lottery offers — not forgetting the ])lanlvs. I took pains to collect such authentic examjjles as fell in my way while in Nova Scotia, the official cha"acter which is given by law to the mining records rendering it <"asy to do so. Two poor men at Isaac's Harbor, almost without capital, commenced work on a quartz lode of six inches, which, at a depth of thirty feet, became two feet, and in tour hundred and two days work, they obtained two hundred and forty-six ounces of gold, and had each a profit of over $2,000 for their labor. This was Claim No. ]2 on the lode, and No. V], the next one adjoining, is turning out even better ; the month of November giving eight and a half ounces of gold per ton for all the quartz raised. The " Triad Co.," foy July, from twenty-two tons, ol)taincd one hundred and forty-five ounces, or over six and a half ounces to the ton ; and the same company in August ob- tained, from twenty-six tons nine hundred pounds, eighty- three ounces of gold ; for October, from thirty-five tons, one hunGced and forty ounces. The Hattie Lode, at Wine Harbor, has yielded sixty ounces to the ton, and sixty-six ounces from one and a quarter tons of quartz I ji.m 1 1 i i » i W SIMHSSjffl*'''''*™'"*'" scnee of allu- coverici' like ]TIVKNKH.S I, li superior in- veins, as the lilt to SCO the ic l)liinks. I iis fi'll in my vliic-h is given I) do so. itlioiit capital, I i, which, at a r hundred and and forty-six ,000 for their d No. 13, the ; the month of Id per ton for tons, obtained ix and a lialf n August ob- ounds, eighty - ^•-five tons, one d sixty ounces quarter tons of 15 TS THE (iOLl) CONFINED TO THE QUARTZ ! While ; yond doubt, the quart/, veins are tho chief gold- hearing rocks, it yet remains to be proved that they are the ""Buarr'& Co,, at Wine Harbor, iov Septcn.ber, from 29 tons took 09 ounees. and for October, fron. 30 tons HOO lbs. took 05 ounces, At Lake Lo- . AX in \N..verly, crushed by lluff. yielded 22 ... ot gold, while a lot of the same lode, unsclected. yielded 1, oz. to the ton. • i • i At Oldham is a smiU vein, of about an inch or two m thick- ness, whicb is owned by b.ur workmen, who have taken GO oz. to the ton of quartz fi<»m it. Mr Frankfort Davis, owner of a crushing null at Ohlhan.. gave me the following statenumt from his ol^cial returns on the quartz from various lodes in Oldham : 4 tons yielded 1^ o^- ="> *^l^^t- J .. .. 20 " 3 " i)1 " 17 " i> a " — -1- ' ' n i< -1.) << Q .( a •> »-' -I A (( it OO ^> (in ii in << fiO " 10 " < « 12 " " v> u « " 1 (1 f< 'i *^ ►; . 44 " f 4. 44 ...33 " 5 » 17^ " " '^V T 16 Or. in iMiiul imnil)Ov.s .■in nvorngc of fivo ounces t(. tlu- ton, ,„i al.ciit 1r hinid, W'l tons yU'Mo.l an aggrc^^iitc of only S'il ouiuh-s, or iKit <|iiit*' two (ininM's to tin' ton. At Wii.c Harbor, a gn.np of veins on the niuUllo lodo has yioldotl, to tlic inv.ont of the four nwncrs o[' a r'aini nn tlio Montngui- vein, infornuMl no- tliat a l..t of tho -inartz from tluit voin,c'stinnitcd as SOU ll.s., yielded, on dry crushing in a liand- nnntar, 'Jl.V 0 ounces to the ton of "2,000 lbs. These exanii)les might be multiplied— as every district has its'remarkable stcn-ies— bui 1 have conhne.l myscdf to a por- tion (.f the examples which >-■>' to my own knowledge. ABILITY' TO 1>AV 1)IV11)KNI>S. Tiie ability of the Company to pay (piarterly dividends is un- (piestioned. and the umountsof such dividends from the past, yiehlaud increased present prospects, is seen at a glance. The mi': :s capabU ..f crushing 80 tons per day. The average is over three ounces per t..n. This would give DO ouhv es per da.y, which:, at $20 per ounce, is ,^1,8(J0. Deduct, from this estimiite, ihe ocst of prod ing, say 8000, leaves a net profit of 81,200 per day. The working days in a year, are, say iiOt*. Deduct for de- tentions, ac.idcnts, c^c, 50 days, leaving 250 working days, which would produce 8300,000. Deduct for conthigent ex- penses, &c., 850,000, leaving ii net profit of 8250,000, being equal to a dividend of 50 per cent, on par value of the stock. If only one half of the above results are realized, giving a s to the toil, »n tlio otlu'r 1 uuiu'i'S, or Idli! lo(l<^ has VO OUllt'OM ot" laiiii oil till' rtz t'roiii that iig ill a hand- small gold ill hole yiidd to ■^,000 \hH. V district has self to a por- >• ledge. I 17 Ml .. .. iTividond ot* ovor $2 "1-" th. suhscn,tio,i vn-e " ^J ^ , ,, „,, Ualf ^-^''-'-^':\^':iX^L n.th.,...etif ^''^"^''•^•*'""""''; Wits av value. These are the iigun. '""^7 ^•^: ' is hoH ^^-v o. exveeted (o. pv..p-y ,,,, ,,„rn.g ... ^^^"" J ^^,^^,^^. «rn.ed hy aetual ex, *'^*'*'^* taVeilvos-.uent.itU large returns, mate, .-ertain and sai( niNi. ,• id ends is uii- 'roiu the past I glance. The The average ould give !)0 SOI). Deduct KJOn, leaves a eduet for de- w'orking days, lontingent ox- >r)0,0»>0, hoing of the stock, ized, giving a ■.V TO THE THU.STKE8 OF MOOSELANI) (iOU) COM- PANY OF NO\A SCOTIA. Gentlemen : In conformity with riMidost, I horowitli j)roscnl von witli a descriptive .statement of your propcu-ty, together with the dis- covery, jirogress :ind results of the gold district in whicli it is situated. 1st. T!iis property is located nine and a half miles from Tangier, on the Tangier Kiver, containing tAveuty-one areas or claims, filled with rich gold-bearing quartz veins, wliich have been opened and tested, and from which some of the richest specimens, both in washing and quartz, have been obtained and brought to JJoston and New York for exhibition. This was the first locality where gold was discovered in the Pro- vince, and was always known to be the richest ; but its inac- cessible locality, except in Avinrer over the Lakes, when dig- ging and washing C(mld not be done, has, as it were, kejjt it intact, and forced the rush u])on other localities, and had it i.ot been for a gentleman of leisure and sport, more from a, spirit of pride to surmount obstacles ih.in pecuniary gain, in his rambles after the moosi'. concluded, to o])en up this rich placer, and make it acc(>ssible to enterprise ; in this spirit he set to work, after securing his titles from government, with his Indian team, with hand-.de.ls, and n])(in their backs the ma- terials and machinery, was forced in, over ice, rocks, gulches, and through forest sutficient to erect the folloAving ]>roperty. To wit : one fine mill for crushing and amalgamating. It} stories, 25 X JJo, with all tlx; machinery, implements and !ools requi- site for successful operations ; one fine double cottage, 2h stories, avcU built and finished, with all the necessary furni- nitnre, cooking utensils, and even to carpets and piano ; one (iOLl) COM- o'nl von witli ii !• Avitli tlu! dis- ct in which it lit' miles from' ty-oiie areas or IS, which have of the richest jocn (ihtaincd libition. This I ill the Pro- hut its inac- ;es, when dig- wcro, ke})t it and liad it aot from a spirit gain, in his is rich phiccr, spirit he set icnt, with his !tcks tlie ma- ucks, gulches, ing ]>roperty. ig, Ih stories, 1 tools requi- eottage, 2^ iossary furni- i piano ; one 19 blacksmith's sho[i, and two other buildings for la1)or and other purposes ; tram railroad, with cars for carrying off rock to the river ; openings made upon gold bearing veins, in some fifteen or sixteen different places ; shafts and trenches opened and cut, and quartz being now taken out under contract, ready for spring work. A nev(n' failing streu:i^ of water runs through the full length of this property, from a lake to the river upon which the mill is located, with an overshot wheel, sixteen feet in diameter ; such an advantage of water for this business can not be overrated, which is seldom met with in the gold district. The government being stimulated by individual enterprise, and the pressure brought to bear upon them by the people, to have said sections made accessible, has driven them at length into action, and they, last fall, sent and had it duly surveyed, explored, and a, road laid (jut from ^lusquodobit to Tangier, running direct through this property, which opens a communi- cation now fronx either way ; — ^Ihis road is now being cut oat, and will Ite completed a^: soon as the weather will permit in the spring. Already largo areas have been purchased in this locality, and heavy arrangements are Iteing made for an early spring work. This property covers an area of some sixteen acres, of the very richest gold-bearir.g quartz vt>ins as well as rich alluvial washings, with everythiag requisite for immediate and successful operations; taking into consideration its never- failing supply of water, and the advantageous situation it pos- sesses for mining, it offers inducements not possessed l)y any locality in Nova Scotia; its wealth is not a matter of conjecture, that has been fully ascertained and developed. Yours Kespectfully, &c., L. VONSdIAULTZ, MetaUurgisi r.Q.R.A.