5'0H-/yvt^ RE POET riineral ON I'HK KROPteRTY OF THK '-1% ;^{llairation and ' iining " |H»otmi{on | or NOVA SCOTIA, l!V HENRY YOULE HIND, M.A., (Ot^oIoKist to Oie Canadfair Red Rlvd^r Expedition of 1867. -^In charge of the' Assiiilbolne and Snskntohewan Expeditioh of 1858.— Auttiov of Xariative of the Canadian EJtpisdi- "• tionH to the Nolth West.— Exploratipns in the Interior of th^ liabrador . ■ " " Peninsula;— Report on the (Jeolbgy ttf New BritnawicJc. &c.—Rej(orts on Wavevley, Sherbrooke, Mount , . Uniacke, f)ldham awl/ Renfrew '* ' ' (I'old'l^istriotft, &f.) . ^ , - . ^ ' y , HALIFAX, n. S.:, " ¥0VA SCOTIA PRINTING COMPANY.'* V ■ EEPORT UN THK I'ROrHiTY OF IlIB Hinenil ][xplorattoit and |[inin0 Jstsotiatlon OF NOVA SCOTIA, T1Y HENRY YOULE HIND, M.A., ((frologisl to tlio Canadian Itcd Rivir I'xpedition of lSo7.— In rliarj,'c of the Awsiniboine and S:i&katcliewau Exprdition of 1858.— Author of Nanative of the, Canadian Expedi- tions to tlicXoi'th West.— Exijloratiuns in the Interior of the Labrador Peuinsula.— llepovt on tlie Guolo^'v of New Krunswick, &c. — lti'j>ort.s on Wavcrhiy, Shevbrookc, Mount L'liiacke, Oldhain anl llenfrew Gold Districts, &c.) ■« HALIFAX, N. S. J " NOVA SCOTIA PRINTING COMPANY/' 1873. • • • • * • • • • • • • * • « • • • • • • • > • « •• • • ••• • • • * • •• * • « ■ • • • •• • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • > I * CONTENTS. Letter to llic President and Directors, 5 Keport — I. The properly, 7 II. The Spring Hill Seams, 8 III. Geological Survey, 9 IV. Divisions of the property, *° The Upper Macan areas, 'o The I'^ast I?rook areas, *2 The Intercolonial areas, *3 Area on lilock 22, '4 The lUack River areas, - M V. Thickening of the Seams. '^ VI. General Result, '9 Appendi.x — Description of Licenses to work owned by the Association, - • 2i Schedule of Licenses to Search held by the Association. • • - 24 To iJic President and Directors of the Mineral Ex- ploi-ation and iMinini:^ Association of Nova Scotia. Gentlemen, — I have much pleasure in presenting you with the following Report on the property hclongin;_; to your Association in the County of Cumberland. The details and conclusions embodied in the following pages are the resnlt of observations extending almost continu- ously from August [871 to the present time. The record of these observations is to be found in the Plans and Sections accompanying this report, and these are supplemented by field maps containing in special detail the character of the rocks, for the sake of future comparison when require^. While carefully guarding myself from taking too hopeful a view of the prospects presented by your propert)', I am con- vinced that it will eventually satisfy the most sanguine. Out of the large area of twenty-eight square miles, not less than twenty-four are likely, according to our present knowledge, to prove valuable. But, as in almost all known Coal Measures, we have to contend with disturbances, sometimes quite impossible to discover at the surface ; a too great reliance on the present favourable appearances should not be placed, This caution may appear unnecessary in view of the fact that one-half, or even one-fourth of the property owned by the Association, underlaid by workable scams of coal, would, with the present and the contemplated means of communication by rail with the seaboard, constitute a mining property of unusual extent and value. I have the honour to be, Your obedient servant, Ifi'NRv Y. Hind. lFtfi(/sor, December 'i^rd, 1872. REPORT. I. THE PK0I'1:KTV. The property owned by your Association comi)rchcnds twenty-eight square miles of the Cumberland Coal Field, in the County of Cumberland, N. S. The entire area of the Cumberland field probably exceeds two hundred and seventy square miles, but there is good reason to suppose that two if not more separate basins exist, and it is in the most easterly of these— in the so called Spring Hill District,-— that the property of the Association lies. An enumeration of the Licenses to Work, and of the Rights of Search now owned by the Association, is given in the appendix to this Report. Each License to work and each Right of Search covers an area of one square mile, but the right to search for, and to select nineteen square miles in the aggregate, extends over an area of thirty-two square miles within the limits of the Spring Hill Basin, and the adjoining Basin of ]ilack River. In an area so extensive, and generally in a wilderness con- dition, the problem which presents itself is to ascertain the outcrop of the seams when they reach the surface, and when dislocations supervene, the probable depth at which the seams may be found. At the commencement of the survey, of which this report gives a brief description, no available information was acces- sible respecting the distribution of the scams of coal in the Spring Hill District outside of the General Mining Associa- tion's tract, the Macfarlane areas, and the Hibbard areas. In these areas extensive explorations had been prosecuted for sonic years, at considerable cost and with satisfactory results, but to the south and south-west of the (/cneral Minin^,' Asso- ciation's tract, the expenditure of large sums of money, ex- tended over several years, had been attended with nothing more than negative results. II. THE SI'RLNc; HILL SEAMS. The following seams have been found on the Macfarlane area, now the Spring Hill Coal Mining Company, and are thus enumerated in the official report of the Director of the (leological Survey of the Dominion. " The evidence, so far as it goes, appears to show that in a distance of about eight hundred yards, horizontal measure- ment, across the strike of the measures, there are eight scams of workable thickness as under, in ascending order. No. I n f^ct 6 inchc?. " 2, " o " .•> - 4 " 4 1^ " .^ " «» r 2 " " " 6 a crop, thickness imccrt.;iin. . . " 7 \ " o '• Slialv cunl, •' 8 2 " o " Total coal 42 feet 7 inches. The average dip is supposed to be about 30°, which would give a vertical thickness of measures from the 13 feet 6 inch seam to die 2 feet seam of about 1200 feet." One would suppose that seams of such magnitude could easily be found by boring to the westward of their present known crop, if no disturbances had taken place ; but, in con- sequence of the great depth of surface, consisting of drift clays and gravels, which is from five to forty feet deep, the difficulties of exploration are very considerable. Last year I ascertained that notwithstanding numerous boring operations which had been continued for several years south west of the General Mining Association's property, none of the seams before enumerated had been found beyond a certain point near the middle of the south west boundary of that area. The result of these borings appears to show that the seams must be sought further to the south west than the position occupied by the present southwesterly boreholes, and this view is in conformity witii what is known of the geological structure of tlu: country.''- in. fiKor.oGicAr, srRv';:\. After a careful sLudy of the facts J was enabled to collect, it u[)peared to me, tliat the proper method to ascertain the probable out-crop of the seams on the property of the Asso- ciation was, in the first instance, to make a preliminary geological survey of the Coal J^asin itself, in order to ascer- tain, if possible, — ' 1st. The limits within which it was probable the seams would come to the surface. .-^nd. To find the extent and character of the disturbances which had removed the original crop of the coal. 3rd. I'y an examination of all exposed rocks in the rivers and brooks to endeavour to discover traces of the crop of the seams. With this view I have made a cursory geological survey of the eastern portion of the Cumberland Held, Vv'hich compre- hends the property of the Association. The result seems to confirm the supposition that there are really, in this eastern portion of the Cumberland field, two separate and, perhaps, v,diolly distinct Basins, one being the Spring Hill Basin, the other the Black River Basin. Whether the last named is of the same horizon as the Joggins seams is not determined, although the evidence in support of this view is strong. Some of the details vdiich lead to this con- clusion are exhibited on the large plan, and have been obtained by following and mapping the courses of the rivers and brooks, ascertaining the correct position of the * Since this Report was in type the ncw^pajKrs announce tlie discovery In- borin,';, of a large scam of coal on the property of Messrs. Jones and IJvestv, and one mile and five-eights south west of the last known outcrop of the Spring Hill scams. This will probably be one of the group, cither the main seam or the thirteen feet sCvUn, and, according to the geological structure of the country, its crop will ]^ursue a course d:)wn the valley of the Macau inside of the dotted' line shown on the i)lan. 10 rock exposures, and indicating; that position, together with the direction and angle of dip. This work necessarily involved a considerable topograph- ical survey, including all roads, rivers and their affluents. Such a survey was absolutely necessary, owing to the want of a correct map of that part of the county. The only available map was a copy of the one in the Mines Department, which does not contain many of the brooks examined, and which professes only to exhibit, approximately, the positions of the main rivers and the thoroughfares. It is obvious that when the geographical outlines of a dis- trict are incorrect and imperfect, it is utterly impossible to give accurate geological details, and particularly when these details involve the location of seams of coal. The plan accompanying this report is on a scale of 20 chains to the inch. It is reduced from another field plan in separate sheets drawn to a scale of 10 chains to the inch, on which the character of the roek at each place of observation is noted ; so that by comparing similar rocks at distant points, a correct idea of the Ixisin may be formed, and the places indicated where coal may be sought for with a reasonable prosjiect of success. IV. DIVI.SIOXS OF Tin: PROPEKTV. It will be convenient to divide the property of the Asso- ciation into four groups. These are : I. St. 'I'lic L'ppcr Macau areas 9 in miiubcr. 2ikI. The East Brook areas . . 3 " ^rcl. The Intercolonial areas. 4 *' '4th. The Jllaek River areas. . II " One area on Clock ::2 1 " Total 28 square niiles. Till". LT'TKR IMACAX AREA.^. The results of the survey appear to show that from the Macan Mountain Road westward, the structure of the basin is regular down the valley of the Macan River as far as the neighbourhood of West Brook, and the uniform direction of the dip for some miles, is north-westerly, at low angles. Towards Southampton, at the junction of West Brook with the II Macan, the dips begin to point more to the north and north east, while down the main Macan towards Athol, the dips have an easterly trend. This conformation indicates a basin or trongh shaped form. The Association possesses, in the valley of the Macan, the following properties : — 1. One Right of Search on lUock 62. 2. One Right of Search on l'.h)(:k 63. 3. 'I'wo Rights of Scareli on I'llock ()4. 4. Two Rights of Search on IJlock 65. 5. One Riglu of Search on IJlock 60. 6. One License to work on Rlock 65. 7. One License to work on JUock 56. Total in the Valley of the Macan : Seven Rights of Search, 'Two Licenses to work. In all — Nine scjiiare miles. The view nbovc expressed, namely : That the Spring Hill seams will be found in their continuation throughout the valley of the Upper Macan, (always assuming the absence of dislocations, of which no evidence has been discovered except near the head waters), is further sustained by the results of borings made during the present year under the direction ot Messrs. Livesey ar:d Jones. These borings, by the negative evidence they afford of the absence of coal to the north west, appear to show that the crops of the scams lie to the south west, and being necessarily in conformity with the strata will, very probably, be found in the valley of the Upper Macan.* West of the road leading from the Cicneral Mining Asso- ciation's tract — southerly — a gri)up of scams (the Hibbard group) is found, having a trend considerable more to the south than the group (the Macfarlane group) on the cast side of a fault, and enumerated on page 8. The tendency of the explorations which have been made in this vicinity is to show that the Hibbard group and the Macfarlane group are identical, but broken by a north-westerly and south-easterly fault. The Hibbard group will sweep round the south west extremitv of tlie Anticlinal hereafter * See foot note page 0. announcing tlie (liscovor\ <>f the ^^eams, 12 noticed, form a deep sinus in the valley of Black River, and thence pursue a course down the Upper Macan. This appears to be the true theoretical course of the coal, and apart from the disturbances wliich are to be met with in all coal measures, the tendency of the results of the explora- I tions which have been made by boring and otherwise, coupled with the observed structure of the country, is strongly sugges- tive of the out-crop of the seams being found in this valley, and it confers considerable value on this portion of the Asso- ciation's property. The surveyed line of the Spring Hill and Parsboro' Rail- way passes through the Association's License to work on Block 65 ; and on this block the Association possesses two additional Rights of Search, in all, three square miles — 15 miles from Parsboro' by the surveyed line. The course of the Railway continues through Block 64, on which the Association has also two Rights of Search. It then passes into Block 60, on which the x\ssociation has one Right of Search. Leaving Block 60 it enters the Association's License to work on the Etta Road, through the entire length of which it passes. Hence, this important line of communication, as at present surveyed, intersects no less than five square miles of the Association's property in this valley, and is within half a mile of the boundary of two other areas, one being a License to work on Block 69, the other a Right of Search on Block 50, adjoining the General Mining Association's area. With these facts in view the Upper Macan portion of the property may justly be regarded as of very considerable im- portance, for not only is the discovery of workable seams probable, but in the event of such discovery, the means of moving the coal to market with great flicility and cheapness is secured. THE KAST BROOK AKEAS. These consist of two Licenses to work on Blocks 58 and 69. and one Right of Search on Block 50. The Licenses to work lie in the interior of the Basin, and with our present knowledge but little can be said with regard to them. The 13 Right to Search is one mile and a half south west of the pro- longation of the Spring Hill coal, and lies to the dip. THE INTERCOLONIAL AREAS. These consist of two Licenses to work on Blocks 34, and 44 respectively ; one Right of Search on Block 33, and one Right of Search on Block 35. The Intercolonial Railroad either intersects or passes close to these areas. The southern portion of these Licenses to work present a very interesting problem. On reference to the plan, it will be seen that the strike of the coal on the Spring Hill Coal Mining Company's area will carry it towards Canada brook, which flows through the eastern portion of one of these Licenses to work. North-westerly of the last exposure of coal on this Company's area, where the dips are high, the rocks spread out and the dips become much reduced. The effect of this structure is to throw the crop of the coal more towards the neiiith west, and towards the Intercolonial areas of the Association. The dips of the rocks on Canada brook and eastward are in conformity with this conjecture. Canada brook has only been partially explored, the country south of it being an unbroken forest interspersed with barrens without any knov/n rock exposures. The distance of the north boundary of the License to work, on Block 34. from the St. George mine, is about 120 chains, or a mile and a half. The seam at the St. George's mine is of a composite character, embracing 7 feet of coal, and 4 feet i inch of fire- clay and shale, The dip of this seam would throw it more than 2000 feet below the north boundary of the License to work, on I^lock 34. Upon the assumption that the Spring Hill seams are of a higher horizon than the Joggins seams, the coal of these seams, in the absence of faults, ought to underlie, at a moderate depth, a part of the area owned by the Association on the Intercolonial. It is, however, probable that a fault of some magnitude runs up the Little Forks river valley which mav verv materially atiect the structure ; hence. UQT Ik H in the absence of further information, it can only be stated that the areas on Blocks 33, 34 and 44, are prospectively valuable, and are well worth a more thorough and systematic exploration than it has been possible to assign to them hitherto. The Right to Search, on Block 35, is, I fear, of comparatively small value. According to observations made this Autumn, the lower rocks, being the prolongation of the Limestone Series, near Spring Hill, como to the surface at Stewart's meadow and continue for some distance in a north- westerly direction. The dips to the south west and to the north east are in opposite directions, showing an anticlinal form. The effect of this anticlinal is seen on Forks river, but it does not appear to extend far beyond that stream. AREA ON IJLOCK 22. I do not possess sufficient information respecting this area to enable me to express any opinion of its value beyond a supposition that a considerable portion of it lies beyond the limits of the workable seams. ,,*.. .,^ THK r.LACK RIVER AREAS'. These consist of three Licenses to work : One on Wock 36, One on Block 37, One on JMock 40. And eight Rights of Search : One on Block 123, Two on Block 36, Three on Block 37, 'i''.vo on Block 40. Total — Eleven areas of one square mile each. The Black River areas may be regarded as belonging to a basin distinct from that of the Spring Hill seams. The seams on the south side of this trough are divided from those of Spring Hill by an anticlinal fold which extends from the head-waters of the Macan, to near the Little Forks river, in a direction almost due north. The lower rocks belonging to the base of the Coal Measures, and the upper part of the lower Carbonif- erous are brought to the surface on the axis of this anticlinal. It mav be merelv an island near the rim of the great Cumber- 15 land coal fleM, but its eftcct is to divide the eastern portion of the field into two coal measure troughs. The southern portion of the Black River trouijh is closely indicated by the Intercolonial Railroad, between Stewart's Meadow and the point where the Intercolonial crosses the Amherst road. On this curve, as seen in the valley of the west branch of Black River and in the cuttings of the Rail- road, the dips point northerly, with considerable uniformity, towards a common centre. On the opposite side of this trough, towards the head waters of the Little I'orks river, the dips point southerly. The diameter of this trough from the seams of coal on Black River to Style's mine, where a coal seam seven feet eight inches thick has been exposed, is about 440 chains, or 5-2- miles.* On the south side of the trough, and on uie Association's License to work, in Block 40, several scams of coal have been exposed, the thickness at the crops being from 30 to 32 inches of compact coal. The details of the following section on Black River were obtained by excavations wherever drift obscured the rock. The plan of Black River accompanying this report shows all the details of the Section for a distance of three thousand feet at right angles to the strike of the metals. SECTION ox BLACK RIVEK. Sailc 100 feet to one inch, (See plan.) Thickness in Feet. \o. I. Hand of fine conglomerate 5 2. Dark purple shale 4 3. Crrey gritty sandrock 6 4. Hard tine black carbonaceous shale 5 CoAI. Sk.VM 5. Purple shale alternating with grey sandstone ...25 No. 1. o. Black shale and coal I 7. Greenish arenaceous shales 45 8. Dark grey nodular sandstone 40 9. Purplish shaly sandstone 30 * *' The most easterly situated opening ou these seams is the Styles Mine, which is distant from ^ . George about 5 miles, and from the Joggins 14 miles. The scam at this mine is 7 feet 8 inches thick, with a band of carbonaceous shale in the middle 6 inches thick ; it dips to the south-\vest at an angle of 40°."— " Coal Fields of Nova Scotia.''^ — Ktitlterford. lb Co.M. SilAM. 'Ihickncss iu J/ctt. 10. Soil nurplc j^rey sluiles 20 11. Ilatd purplisli grey sIihIc )0 12. Soft l)lnc-ljb E. W. Dimock. 2nd Right 36 E. W. Dimock, 3rd do. 6. 37 Dimock & Wylde, ist 7. 37 Dimock <& Wvlde, 2nd 8. 27 Dimock & Wykle, 3rd 9. 40 E. W. Dimock, 2nd 10. 40 E. W. Dimock, 3rd II. 50 Jolin Browne 12. 60 Jolui Browne 13- 62 v.. W. Dimock, ff al. 14. 63 E. W. Dimock n- 64 E. W. Dimock 16. 64 Dimock & Wvlde \i 65 E. W. Dimock, et al. 65 Dimock & Wyldc 19. 123 Dimock & Wylde .)ATK, 1S72 Feb. 14. ]'eb. 10. Fel). 28. Aug 23- Ahg. 23- Aug. 23- Aug. 23- Aug. 23- July 8. July 8. Apri [22. Feb. 14. Aug. 9- Aug. 26. Aug. 26. Aug. 26. Aug. 23. Aug. 23. Nov. 12. BYE-LAWS OF THK [ineiial Ixploration and |[mm0 pao^mtton OP a[^¥A S€^TIA. IITOOI^I*OI^-A.TBI^ 187S3 Whtctoxtt : G. C. WIGGINS, Presidwt. E. W. DIMOCK. J. D. NASH. A. P. SHAND. A. FOPSYTH. AUBREY BLANCHARD, Secretary and Treaturer. 1 That the officers of this Association shall consist of five Directors, a Secretary and Treasurer. The President and Vice-President to be chosen from the number of directors, three of whom shall form a quorum. II. That from and after the present year, there shall be an annual general meeting of the stockholders, on the second Tuesday of; December, of which notice shall be given by the Secretary, in; writing, addressed to each shareholder ; and at such meadng the officers of the Company shall be elected by ballot. III. Each shareholder shall have a vote for each share held by him. Shareholders to vote in person or, by written proxy. The President, or in his absence,- the Vice-President shall direct the calling of all meetings, of. the Directors or Share- holders, and preside thereat, and shall have the power to execute all documents on behalf of the Company, and shall countersi{;n all cheques for money drawn by the Treasurer. V. The President and Directors of the Company shall meet as often as business requires, and shall have power to appoint all necessary officers and servants not provided for by the act of Incorporation or these bye-laws, and may allow such compen- sation for their services as they (the President and Directors) may deem proper, and the President and Directors shall have full power and authority to make, do and trans all acts, deeds, matters and things necessary or expedient m and about the carrying out the terms of the Act of Incorporation. VI. The Secretary shall issue summonses and attend all meet- ings of the Association or Directors, keep a record of the pro- ceedings of the Association, keep a book for the registration and number of shares held by each shareholder, and shall per- form all duties usual to the office, under the direction of the President and Directors, and his books and accounts shall be at all times open to the inspection of the stockholders. VII. The Treasurer shall receive and pay all monies of the Asso- ciation into the Commercial Bank of Windsor, and keep a due account of the same ; all cheques upon the Bank to be coun- tersigned by the President or Vice-President ; and such books of account shall be at all times accessible to the stockholders. VIII. The President and Directors shall allow for such services, such compensation, as they may think proper. IX. It shall not be competent for the shareholders, at any gene- ral or special meeting of the Association, to transact any business unless there be present at least eight shareholders, representing in their own right two hundred shares. X Besides the annual meeting of the Association, it shalJ be competent for the President and Directors at any time, either of their own accord, or upon a requisition signed by at least eight shareholders, representing not less than two hundred shares, upon giving three days notice through the Post to' the shareholders, to call a special meeting of the Association^ specifying the purpose for which is called, and at which it shall not be competent to transact any other business than that for which they shall be specially summoned, and the vote shall be taken as in the case of the annual meeting. XI. The several persons who are at present shareholders in the Association, or who shall hereafter subscribe for stock in the same, shall be liable to pay up all and every such instalment or instalments as they may be called upon from time to time by the Directors (not to exceed in any case five per cent, for which seven days notice shall be given), who are hereby authorized, if the same be not paid at the time mentioned in such case, to charge interest thereon from the time of such call until paid, and every shareholder neglecting to pay such instalment shall be liable to pay such interest, as also five per cent, upon the amount of such instalments ; and in default of such payment the Board of Directors shall have power to sue for the recovery of the same, or, at their option, after thirty days notice to that effect, given by the Secretary to the parties in default ; the Board of Directors may declare the share or shares held by such parties forfeited, and may sell the same by public auction with proper notice thereof, and no shareholder shall be allowed to vote at any general or special meeting who is in arrears to the Company, if any member present object. XII. After the registration of such share or shares as aforesaid a certificate, to be approved by the President and Directors, under the seal of the Association, and signed by the President and Secretary, shall be delivered to every proprietor or stock- holder, specifying the number of shares to which he or she is entitled in the Association ; and such registry of the certificate of a share or shares shall be evidence of the property or ownership thereof. XIII. No transfer of any share or shares shall be held valid until the same is registered by the Secretary, and all calls thereon paid up ; as in all cases the share or shares of every stock- holder shall be liable to the Association for all debts in anywise incurred by such stockholder to the Association. ' '■ ■■'■ '■ ^ - ■ - • XIV. ' ' '■' .'■.■,':" "^'. •''. The books, accounts and papers of the Association shall be open at all times to the inspection of the President and Direc- tors, and the Secretary and Treasurer shall furnish an account of the affairs of thr Association whenever required by the Directors to do so. XV. The Treasurer shall make up the accounts of the Associa- tion quarterly, and render the same duly vouched, to the Presi- dent and Directors, who are hereby authorized to declare such dividend as they may think proper. XVI. Hereafter when any Director or Directors shall decline serving, after being duly elected at any Annual meeting, such meeting shall immediately proceed to a new ballot for such director or directors so declining. Or in case of a vacancy from death or any other cause, the President and Directors shall appoint a Director pro tent till the next special or general meeting of the Shareholders. No shareholder shall be eligible to be a Director unless possessed of ten shares of the stock of the Association in his own name. XVII. No alteration or addition shall be made to these bye-laws, except at any annual or special meeting ; in the notice for which meeting the intention to make such alteration shall be stated ; and such alterations and additions shall be sanctioned by at least two-thirds of the votes legally given at such meeting. A^N A.CT TO INCORPORATE THE MINERAL EXPLORATION AND MINING ASSOCIATION OF NOVA SCOTIA. (Passed the 8th day of April, a. d. 1872.) Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly as follows : Incorporation. Purpose. I. Ezra Churchill, Edward W. Dimock, John T. Wylde, AVilliam L. Lowell, George C. Wiggins, William H. Blanchard, William H. Hart, William Dimock, Henry Hesslein, Monson H. Goudge, Alexander Forsyth, Andrew P. Shand, John Brown, William Curry, Martin G. Allison, Edward O'Brien, Samuel H. Sweet and Vincent C. King, their associates, suc- cessors and assignees, are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate by the name of "The Mineral Exploration and Mining Association of Nova Scotia," for the purpose of ex- .V ploring for, opening and working Coal Mines, Iron Mines, Salt Mines, Sandstone, Grindstone, Millstone, and Plaster Quarries, Petroleum, Barytes and other minerals, and purchasing the same, in the County of Cumberland, Nova Scotia, or elsewhere in the Province of Nova Scotia, and manufacturing Coal, Oil, or other substances from coal, iron, in all or any of its forms, Building-stones, Grind-stones, Mill-stones, Salt and Plaster, illuminating and lubricating oils, from Petroleum, and trading in the products of such mines, quarries and manufactures, and transacting business connected with the purposes aforesaid, or any of them, to purchase, take, or lease, or otherwise acquire any lands or other property, and to construct and make such railways, tramways, or other roads as may be deemed neces- sary for the transportation of the products of mines, worked by the Association, and of other articles to and from such mines ; and to purchase or hire, construct, build, or erect all such wharves, docks and piers, mills, houses, buildings and machi- nery, as may from time to time appear expedient, and to do all other matters and things which the Association may deem incidental, or conducive to those objects or any of them, and to sell, dispose of, or exchange such mines, quarries and manu- factured products as at any time may be deemed advisable by the Association. Capital Stock. Shares, &c. 2. The capital stock of the Association shall be sixty thou- sand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, which shall be personal property, transmissible and assignable as such, and the Association shall have power to increase their capital stock to one hundred and twenty thousand dollars by the issue of new shares ; but the Association shall not go into operation until twenty-five per cent of the capital stock shall have been actually paid in. First meeting, when and where held. Organization. 3. The first meeting of the Association shall be held at Windsor, in this Province, at such time as the above corpora- tors, or a majority of them shall determine, and of which public notice shall be given in one or more newspapers published in the city of Halifax, and in one newspaper, if any, published in Windsor in this Province, at least twenty days previous to such meeting, and continued to the date thereof, at which, or at any subsequent meeting, the Association may be organized by the election of not less than three Directors, and of other necessary officers ; and the shareholders present in person, or by proxy, shall have power to organize the Association, establish bye- laws, and elect all necessary officers. I Liability of Members. 4. No member of the corporation shall be liable in his per- son or separate estate for the liabilities of the Association to a greater amount in the whole than the amount of stock held by him, deducting therefrom the amount actually paid to the Association on account of such stock, unless he shall have rendered himself liable for a greater sum, by becominpj surety for the debts of the Association, but no shareholder, who may have transferred his interest in the stock of the Association, shall cease to be liable for any contracts of the Association entered into before the date of such transfer, so as any action in respect of such liability shall be brought within six months after such transfer. Directors may receive lands, buildings, machinery, &c., &c., in payment for stock. 5. The Directors of the Association may receive lands, mines, buildings, wharves, machinery, mining rights or privi- leges, quarries or any interest therein, respectively, in payment for stock subscribed for, or of any instalment or instalments due thereon, but subject, nevertheless, to such conditions as to valuation, or acceptance of the same or otherwise, as may be imposed by the bye-laws of the Association. Transfer of Shares. 6. The transfer of shares in the Association shall be valid and effectual, for all purposes, from the time such transfer is made, and entered in the books of the Association. List of Stockholders to be filed, 7. A list of the stockholders of the Association, and of the number of shares held by each of them on the first days of May and November in each year, certified under the hands of the President and Secretary, shall be filed in the months of May and November in each year, with the Registrar of Deeds of the County or District where the principal works of the Association are situated in this Province, such certificate to contain the names of the stockholders, and the number of shares held by each of them respectively on the first day of the month in which such certificate is filed, and it shall not be necessary to file any other certificate of transfer or copy thereof. Meetings, when and where held. Service of process notices, &c. Appointment of Agent. 8. The meetings of the Association shall be held at such place in this Province as the Directors may appoint, and all process notices or other documents shall be served on the President of the Association, and in case of his absence from the Province, on any one of the Directors of the Association, and in case the President and Directors reside out of the Pro- vince, the Association, through their Directors or otherwise, shall appoint a recognized managrer or agent, resident in this Province, service on whom of all process notices and other documents shall be held to be sufficient service on the Asso- ciation, and the name and address of such agent shall be filed with the Registrars of Deeds for the County of Hants, and for the County or District where the principal works of the Asso- ciation are situated in this Province. In default of such ap- pointment, or in case of the absence or death of such agent, process notices or documents may be served on any officer or employee of the Association, or for want of such officer or employee, may be posted on some principal building of the Association, and such service or posting shall be deemed a sufficient service on the Association. Proceedings to obtain Lands. 9. Whenever it shall be necessary in the construction or maintenance of the works of the Association, that the Associa- tion should be invested with lands contiguous thereto, and na agreement can be made for the purchase thereof, it shall be lawful for the Directors to apply by petition, with a plan an- nexed, to any one of the Judges of the Supreme Court, of this Province, setting forth the nature and situation of the lands required, the names of the owners or occupiers thereof, and praying a conveyance of the same to the Association, where- upon such Judge, being satisfied that the lands are required, and are not more extensive than may be reasonably necessary, shall appoint a time and place for the consideration of such petition, and shall direct a proper notice in writing to be serv^ed upon the owners or occupiers of the lands, if in the Province, and to be published for one month in at least two newspapers published in Halifax, and also in one newspaper (if any) of the County where the lands lie, requiring them to attend at such time and place, personally or by attorney ; and the Judge shall require the Directors to nominate one appraiser, and such owners to unite in naming one appraiser ; and the Judge shall nominate a third appraiser, but in case such owners do not attend, or shall neglect or refuse, or cannot agree to make such nomination, the Judge shall, on proof of such publication or service of such notice, nominate two appraisers, and shall, by an order in writing, direct such three appraisers to value the lands so required, and the appraisers having first subscribed an affidavit in writingrto J7?.*«wor(\*\o:bQfQij^>a Jus:iQ^,of the Peace, and annexed to such* 6«l.^n,.t€i.tl:!e*eJ&''c^,tTxat*Jhey will faith- fully make such inpr^isamjent, sh^n.wjitli all cfoAVenient speed, proceed to and afJ^alsa'.guch'lanUl aCrid slliU'niake such ap- 8 praisement in writing, and return it under the hands of tl appraisers, or a majority of them, with such order and affidavi| to a Judge, wiio may confirm, modify, alter or reject such a] praisement. or direct an appraisement de novo ; and the Ass( ciation, upon tendering or paying the amount of the aiipraisel value, as finally confirmed, and the expenses of the owners oj such appraisement to the owners, or, in case of dispute, to sucl parties as the Court or a Judge shall direct, and registerinj such order, affidavit, appraisement and confirmation, in th< Office of the Registrar of Deed for the County or District ii which such lands lie, who is hereby required to register th< same, shall be considered the owners of such lands. Association may construct railroads, &c., over railroads, streams, &c. 10. It shall be lawful for the Association to make or con- struct railways or tramways, over and across any railroads or tramroads, and over any river, brook or stream, subject, never- theless, in such cases, to regulations to be made by the Court of Sessions, to ensure the safety of the inhabitants and their property. Power to open harbours, build piers, &c. II. The Association may proceed either alone or with any other Company, to render navigable any harbours, lakes or rivers, by deepening, widening or extending the channels, or by opening a new channel or channels. They may erect piers, breakwaters and shipping places for coal, iron ores, grindstones, millstones, or building-stones, salt or plaster, upon any lands owned by the Association or acquired, as herein provided, or upon any lands of the Crown, in respect of -which permission shall be granted by the Governor in Council, in and about the shores of such harbours, lakes or rivers, the portions of such harbours, lakes or rivers thus rendered navigable shall be open and free for the use of all ships, vessels and boats and to all persons desirous of using the same for trading purposes, sub- ject to such regulations and at such rates as shall be fixed by the Association, and approved by the Sessions of the County or District. Books, &c., open to inspection. 12. The books and accounts of the Association shall at all times be open to the examination of such persons as the Gov- ernor in Council shall appoint to inspect the same. Act, when to cease. 13. This Aqt ^halUcease«^iKi :det«rftiirie if effective works shall not be comrtipncej-acnd