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I IM-<>|-poi*;i t <-4l >lt4i-«-Il :tl. l'H<>4>. <:)i'ii>n/)(i)n/. i'or the purpD-e of opt'iiin;^ and woikinjf coal mines in the Island (if Cape IJreton, and the coinity ol I'ietuii. or elsewhere in llie Provinec ol' Nova Seoti:\, and nianul;ic'tiiriiij^ coal oil and other sul)irs pulilishcd in ihc <'itv ol' Ilalit'iix, in tills I'luvinc*', iit Icii't twenty (Ifiys |)rcvi(in> to such rntM-iiii;; ; ai wiiicli. in- at any >iMtiS('(iiicnt nn ctinL'. lli'- i'oni|)any may Ik: or^'aiii/rd hy tlic i It-ction nf not l('>s than thrci' tlirtcloi'" aiid of oiher nci-t'iSfSiify nllicrr- ; iiinl tin- shai'choMi'fs pivs'-nt. in iktshii oi' l)y pioxy, >hall havf iiouci- to <)rji;iinizf ihc ronjpany, to establish l)yi'-la\vs. and elect all iieces-ai'V oMIcer-. 1. \o incinltcr ol' ihe c()r|)oratioii shall lie liahle in liis per-on or "-ciiarale esiatc i'or the dclit- of the coinpatiy to a iri'catcr amount ihan the slock held liy him in the company, nnhss lie shall have rendered him-eir liable for a ;:rcater sum by beconiinL^ surely for the debis of the comp:iny, dediU'linjj therefrom th" amount aclually paid to the company on acciiimt of such .stock; bnt no >haieliolder who may have ti'an-lierred his interest in the stock of the company, shall cea-e to be liable for any contrficls of the company entereil into befon- the date of such transfer, so as any action in respect of Mich lial)ilily shall be broiiifhl within six nionlhs after such ti'ansfer. ft. So so 111 a- live thousand shares in the capital >tock of the com- pany shall have been -iib^cribed tbr. and twenty-five per cent, of the capital -tock paid in. the company may ^o into operation. Ci. 'I'he directors of the company may receiv(> lands, mines, build- ing's, wharves, machinery, minim: li^dits or pi-ivilcLres, or a?iy interest therein, resp<'ctively. in payment han>s held by each of them on the (iist days of Mav and Novem- ber in each year, certifiei] under the hands of the j*re>id<'nt and Sec- retary, .hall be iilt'd in the moiiilis of May and November in each year wiib the Rejristrar of Deeds of the county or district where the pi'iucipal works of the company are situate in this rroviiice; such eertilicatc lo contain the names of the stockholders, and tin; nnmber of sliai'<'s h«dd by them, res})ectively. on the (irst day of the monih in whieb MK-li certificate is tiled ; and it shall iiol be necessary to tile any other eertilicatc of tran-fer or coiiv tbereof. lb The meetiiiiis of the company shall be held at such place in this Province as the directors may appoint ; and the comiiany, through their direciors or otherwise, shall appoint a recognized manager or agent resident in this Province, service on whom of all proces.s, notices, and other documents shall l)e deemed to be siiflicient service on the ••ompany. and the name and address of such agent shall bo liled wi.h llu; Regi.-trar of Deeds for the county of Halifax. In de- fanlt of the a|tpoiiitment. or in case of the absence or death of such agent, process, notices, and docii'nents may be served on any ollieer or employee of th(! company, or for want of such oiliiier or employee, may be posted on some principal building of the company, and such 6 aci'vi(!c or postin}]; sliall Im (li'(iini(l a .siillicifiit ^ervico on tlio coinpMny. 10. Whenever it .shall he iMM!i'>sary in llu; coii^drm'titin (n- inaiii- JiMiaiicc of llici woiks of till! (;()!i)|),iny, that thi; hoiiI»l he iiivcrsli'il willi liiiiiis (-(>Mti;^iii)ii> ihcictu, ami iiu at^nciiictil fan i)i' iiiatli* for tli(! purchase ihcrrof, it .shall be lawl'd! I'nr tJu' diicclors lo apply l)y pctiliiin, with a plan aunixcd, lo any uiu^ of lIu; jiKJ^^cs of tJu; Supn nil- (.'oiii'l. Silling forth thr naliiic! and situation of the lands riMpiiii'il, the names of tht; ownor.s or oi-ciipior.s llirrci*!', and praying i\ convcyanci! of tho Hanio to tho conipany ; whi-rcnpon >U('h Jiid;^e, hcin<; sali.sli<'d that tlw lands aii' riMpiind, and arc not nimd cxlcnsivc than may hi; icasoualily ncrcssary, >liall apjioinl a liim- and jtlaco lor tilt! consideration ol such petition, and >hall direct a proper notice in writiiiu; to he ,-er\('d npon the ouneis or occupiers of the lands, if in the I'rovincc, and lo he pnhliduMl for the period of one month in at lea.st two ni'\vspap(!r.s pnhli.shi'd in llaliliix, and also, if there Ik; any, in one newspaper of the eoimty where the lands lie, re(pMiin;^f them to attemi at .siudi tiiiu; and place, personally or hy attorney ; and the juil;;e sliall rctjnire the diiietors to nominate one appraiser, ami siicli owners lo unite in natnin;; two appraiseis, and the jndj^e shall nomi- Tiiit(! two apprai-ers; hut in case Ma-li owners do not attend, or shall nei^leet, or refuse, or can not a<^ree to niidvc such nondnaiion, the jiidjre shall, on proof of siieh pnhlication, or service of such notice, nominate four appraisers, and >hall, hy an onler in w ritinir, direct the .saiil liv(! apprai-ers lo value tin; lands so recpnrcd ; and the appraisers, havin;^ iirsl suhscribed an allid.ivit in writing, to be sworn to befoi'e «i Ju~tlc(! of the I'cace, ami annexed lo smdi order, t(» the cll'cet that they will failhfnlly mak(! such appraisement, shall with all conveideut .speed proceed to and appraise such land, and shall make smh ap- praisement in writing, ami retmn it, under the hands of the apprais- ers, or a majority of them, with such order and allidavit, to a .Fiid<;e, who may conlirm, modity, alter, or reject such appraiseiueiit, or direet an appraisement da novo; and the company upon payinjx or tendering the amount of tlie appraised value as linally coniirnied, and the ex- pes of the owners on such appraisement, to the owners, or in case of dispute to Hueh parties as the Court or u Jud^^e sliall direet, and re}i;istering such order, aiHdtivit, apprai>emenl, and eoidirmation, in the ofllce of tin; Ilci:istrar of Deed-; in tin; eounly in which such lands lie, who is hereby re(piii'ed to register the same, shall be considered the owners of such lands. 11. The books and accounts of the company shall at a\\ times be open to the examination of such persons as the (Governor in Council' shall appoint to inspect the .same. 12. This act shall cease and determine if efTeclive works shall not be; commenced and continued under it within two years from the date of its passing. 13. It shall be lawful for the company to make or construct a rail- way over and across any roads in the line of the piojeetetl railroay tlic Court of Si'^sii.ii.t to rnstiro the safety of the inh!il)itaiils mid tlinir prnpcity. H. TIk! cnrnpimy inuv piocf'cd, citlicr alom^ or witli any otlior conipain', to n-iuh-r navi;,'al.li- any pciliun of M- rnjromiMli hail)or lliiit 18 not at present iiaviKahle, by d.'cpcning, wi.h'iiin;,', or cxt.-ndiiifr the channels, or l»y opmin^' a nc-w fur coal upon any lands owned by the company, or aiMpiircd as herein provided, or ii[)on any hmds o( the Crown in respect of ulii<'h perniis-iion shall he granted hy t he Governor in Council, in ami about the shores of such harbor. The portions of -neb harbor tlius rendered navi-abie shall be open and free for the use of all ships, vessels, ami ixmts. and to all persons .h'sirou.s of usinii the same lor trading; pnrnoses, Mibject to such Icdls ami regu- lations at -neb rates as sbi^.U be lixed by the company antl ui>provo,rs of the President and Directors and Sliart'tiolders, and proicU' th"reat. and perform any aiui all acts and thinjjjs a])pertainiii5^ to a ^I'l^'ral s.ipeivisiijn of the ailiiirs of the (Company, under the majority of tlu- Directors. ARTICLE IV. Ul'TIKS OF TKEASTRKK. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to receive and keej) in the office of the Company, all Notes, Deeils and other securities and valuable pajiers belonfiiuf^ to the (^omi)any ; to collect and receive all monies and other dues to the Company, and inak'> such disbursements as the Board of Directors shall order, ami to keep in the olHee of the Company fnll and accurate accounts of all i)ayments and rei;eii)ts, and of all tlie property of the Com- pany, open to the inspection of the Directors and Stockholders, and to obey all lawful orders of the Board of Directors respecting such jiroperty and accounts. All monies reiseived from any sour(H> on account of the Comjiany, shall be at onc(! deposited by the TreasuriT in the name of tlu' Company, in the Bank or Trust (^om])any seU'(!ted by the Board of Directors. And all demands against the Company shall be jjaid iiy checks, sif,nied liy the Treasurer and oountersiffri(>d by the President. No lial)ilities or inilebtedness of tlu" Com- pany, exceediiifjj in the whole five hundred doUnrs, shall be incurred by the Treasurer without a vote of the Board of Directors, entered upon their records. ( "on th.> i->u I've doc tors at AUTK'LK V. iii'iiF'-* ciipiion : Mi:iiIOiiMIs|I CdU, MINIM, (OMrANV. A. I). ISIW;. and shall he of siicli form and size as the I'resideni and Directors shall apjiruve. AirricLK VII. ANNI-AI, MlCKTINfiS AND KI,JXT10N.S. The annual ineeiinu ot' the Stockhohlers for the choice of Director> and otlur Ini^iiiess. shall he liidd at the otHce of the Company in tln' City of Halifax on the third Monday in .Ianiiar\ of each ytar. at three o'clock. \>. iii.. and ten day-' notice thereof >hall he tri\c-i l.y the Srci'itaiy. h,\ pnl licalion in one nt'w.vpajier ill llaMfax City, or hy piiriled notice. f,Mven to each Stock- holder personally, or depo.-ited in the I'osi ( )tfice. dirt'cted to his place ot Imsiness as ajipearinu' i" the Coiii])any"s hooks. .\nd any five or more Stock- holders jiroent. representing not less than .1 majority id' the Capit.il Slock, shall coii^timte a (pioriim fo;' hiisines^ : the rre-idcnl 10 call meelinu's ot' tin Stocklndilers for special jiiirpo^es at any time upon a re(pi!>ilioii signed hy ten iiersons. represcntiiiLi- at hast one (piarter of tlie Capital Stock of tin' Company, j^iv iim ten days' notice Ihereot'. as alnive provided. .■\KTI( LK VIII. V()Ti;s. .<(■. Kvery Siockholdi^r .-hall 1 e eiilithil to one vote for every ...e shares, hut no SiockholdiT - hall he cniitlcil to more than lifty votes, ami may \oit' hy proxy anihorized in writing', and all (piestions respectini,' the riudit ot' \iitintr shall hi' ditermined hy the evidence ot' the jiroprietorshi)) (d' shares e\i>tin^r on ilie records of the ( 'onipany. and the within pro.xies produced. .\iid all qut'.stion.s may be decided hy hallot. AirncLi-: ix. ASM AI. Itll-oltr of DinF.crous. The retiring IJoard id' Diri'ctors shall, at the annual nieetinir. exhihit to the Stockholders a full and accuiati' report of the atlairs id" the Com]iany. shew - iiit;' the receijits and di-hni'.-iiin'nts of the previous year, the amount of Coal mined, &c.. together with a ^eiii ral slati'iiu nt of the affairs of the Company. .ViriTCLE X. CAr.I.S I'DK INSrAT.I.MKNT. ''Mic several persons who ari' at jireseiit StockholiU'rs in the Company, or whi. luill hereafter siihscrihe for Slock in the same, shall he liahh' to jiay tip al' aiii, every such installment or iii-tallnnnts after tin days' notice hiiii}; given, as they may he called njion from lime to time hy the rresiihnt and Directors; the I'resideiit !iiid Directors are lierehy authorizeil. if the same oe not paid at tlii' time mentioned in such c;dl. to cliar;,'e interest then on from the time of such call until paid, and every Stockholder so iu't,de('tin<,r to pay such installment, .shall he liable to ]iay such interest; and in default of such 10 payment, the President and Directors shall have power to sue for tlie re- covery of the same, or at their option, after tiiirty days' notice to tliat efl'ect piven i)y the Secretary to the ])arty or parties in default, the President and Directors may declare the siiare or sliares ludd by such party or parties respectively forfeited, aud may sell and transfer the same. ARTICLE XI. STOCK (JKUTIFU'ATKS. After the ref?istration of such share or shares as aforesaid, a certificate, to 1)(! ai)i)r(ived liy the Pri'sident ani>ecial " General Meeting of the Comiiany shall be called, for the purpose of electing such new Director or Directors. ARTICLi. XV. DIVinKNDS. Dividend'^ of the profits of the Company shall he declared and paid from time to time as shall appear to the President and Directors advisable. ARTICLE XVI. API'OINTMKNT OV SUH-OIFICKKS. The President and Directors to appoint all office-holders under them, «,nd discharge same if necessary. ARTICLE XVII. AI.TKUATION OF BYE-I^AWS. These Bye-Laws, as now adopted, may hereafter, upon the request of any one of the Directors, be submitted for amendment to the Hoard of Directors, and be amended by a majority vote of a full IJoard at any regular and stated quarterly meeting thereof, jirovided that two weeks' previous notice of the proposed amendment shall liave been given to all the other members of the Board, or they may be amer.ded at any regular called meeting without such previous notice, by the unanimous vote of the Board of Directors. AMENDMKNT. At a meeting held on the 27th day of April, tne L'd Article of these Bye- Laws was amended so as to allow the appointment of one additional Director. ;j RETX)T11^S. /,nd RErOllTOF \VJi.LlA:\r IJAUNKS, i:s()., MINING ENGINEER, OF HALIFAX, N.S. My attention liavinj? been directed at the request of Ij. R KiHiy, Es(l., tv» two areas of o square miles each under license to him (Nos. 1 and 2 on the aeconiiianyinIan), I hnvi'. embodied the lesulls ot niv <)l)servations in the folhiwini: brief remarks. On area No. 1, the southern half ah)ne can be considered valiiabh', as the northwe.-t portion consists of Strata lying below tiie productive coal l)eils. A lieens(; to work on the area No. 1 of one square tnile can be so laid out as to eomprist! .several workable seams of Coal, one of which is fne f et in thickness, and ibrmcrly worked by one John JNIcKay. liut little Coal was extracti d owing to the want of means of the owner to sink a shai't and put up the rcqui.-.t; work-^. I exjimined this seam, and al-o some of the Coal lakcn from it. It appears to be of very good (piality, and well adapted tor domcsiio and forg<; purposes. Persons residing in Nt;w Glasgow who have used it speak well of its quality. That the McKay seam, as also all the others in * e locality, thicken as they de-eeiid, and improve in quality is beyond d spute. Bv uR'asinenient the rate of increase of thickening here is one inch in 4 Viet. The cropping of three other seams also shew, and these run into and under area No. 1 . The existence of Oil Coal on this area can be r( lied on, but no test of its (juality has yet, I believe, been made. The large seams of the Albion mines should pass into part of this area, but have not as yet been discov (-red. Coal here can l)e inintMl at a distance ot about 1| miles from the Pictou extenxion line at N(;vv Glasgow, and carrieil to that place by a tram road at an easy grade, and thence on the Pictou line to ihe |)lace of loading on the East River. The expen-e ot the tramway would not exceed $'Mm) per mile, (including light T rails,) there being little cutting or lilling recjuired. I do not consider any locomotive engine would be required, as the cars can be worked by their own gravity in their descent, and leturned to the pit either by horses or wire rope, in connection with a ^".a.ll stationary engine similar to the long incline used at the Mining Asso- ciation's works, Sydney. 12 It i-i on Area Xo. 2 tlint the lar^^cst aiiKtunt of Coal can be relied Mprxi. IL'io two srniait' miles of >iiira('e will ixive five (if not more) workable seams. ( )ne of tliese. llu; l)aiton seam, f'onnd on llic ai'ca of 11. (i. Ilaliliiiitoii, l'",s(|., is 10 f(".t ill tliiekne-s. annther, llie Meliean s<'am. iie.ir wilow yi anc s iionse, is / leet in tliiekiie aiiii blv more, a- two leet oiilv fif the lower bencli ol' coal weri' th li iroii;_rli 111 (1)0 o|>riiiii'.i^ made on it. ']'iii> may probalily lie one i proba- iOllI' the ir^e siams wi'onuht by ihc .Mininix Associaiion at llie Albion mines. Tlir McKay seam, worked by rjediL'e iNlcKay, is 1 feet .'] in. in thickness In tlu' Lindsay I'iu and •") fret .'? in. where bored throiejli on area No. 2; it is overlaid ()<> feet veriically by another seam of o feet 2 ill.. — iidih (if which .-eaiii- can lie woiki'd by one seit of I'il-, and thn- belni^ ((lual lo a seam >* fi. o in. The rich Oil Coal of the (jeortic McKay area, f't. in tliickness, will also be fl)Uiid on No. 2. This Oil C'oal at the surface has. I am informed, yielded t!2 gallons of crnde Oil per ton, and from my own knowled^fe of it. I do not think this amfamt over e-timate(ds of over 1000 tons have treijuenlly entered it for the purpose of loadinj; with timber. Owinpj to the close pro.\i!iiity of I'ictoii Harbour, however, vessels invariably use that as a shelter. On examining C'apt. Ixiyfield's Chart of Merigoniidi. ))ubli>luMl in 1842, I find the depth of water ranging from Jia feet at the enti'ance to 11 feet in Big (lilt. I had soundings taken thri)ngh (he ice at low tide from Cann'ron's Point to JMumoe Head, and find an average of 12 feel of water in a nearly straight channel, the minimum of de|)tli being 10 feet, with a black mud bottom, into which a searching rod can be driven by hand 10 and 12 feet. To accommodate ves.sels of a large class, some dreilging will be nece--ary ; tlu^ bottom being soft mial, the cost should not exceed 20 cents per culte yard. About IGOO yards will be the tnaximiim re- quire d to allow vessels drawing loand 1 (i feet to proceed to Cameron's Point, that being the nearest spot to the probable site of the piM'ina- neut Pits and Works. A line of valley extends from thence through aici colli ran luai Ar| on aiH or I II] ruoii No. 2, by wliicli a line of lailway not oxccedins one mik! wili connrct the very heart of the workings witli tlie place of slniitin'nt No natural olistacles exist t(i render the eon;sltuetiun ot a hne ot railway either diHiciih or expensive. A wliart' of j)ile>. l.")0 feet in hii'_^th. will ^dv(^ ample depth for lijadiii;;;. In eonehision I wouhl reeoniinend a eaicfnl selcetion of frroiind on Areas Nn. 1 and 2, and a judicious eourst' nf exploration to be cairicd on dnriiK^ ihe eoniin;;; snininer, to deternnni! fnliy tlie extent, niwnber and direction of strike of the varions seams before the opening of any permane)it pits or establi-hmens ol" tlie works on the mine. If the line ol' rail^vay lie dctci mined on, jj^radinu' may at onee bo eommcnrrd, and the Imlldini; of the wharf undertaken, a- under lavoralile eireumstaiices >everal earizoes may bo shipped before the ensuing winter, hv which tlw (piality of tht; Coal will he e-t:dili-hcd. I have not a-- yet seen any analysis of either the Meljean, Ilarton or Mrlviiy seams. Imt from an exanunatioii of Coal from each of these f juduc them to be of very good cpialiiy, i'vcL' t'rom injurious eaiiiiy. admi.xiuies, antab- lishi'd character of all tin; Coa!- Irom the Aibieu mines district is so well known that nothintr need be said on tin; subject. Keleretice to essays made liy Mr. Daw-on and I'ldfe-sor dohnson may be .-(!en in tlie '• Acadia GeoloL'V,"' paue iMJl*, and a inoie recent analysis of Coal trom tlu! '• French '' seam by Prof. IJ. Silliman in the prospectus of t!ie Nova Scotia Coal Company. WM. UAUNKS, Mitiiiiij Eiigntt'er. Halifax, N. S., March 1.3, 1 reached, tl'O thickness of wliicli in the shalt is jiboiit ten feet. It dips a lit lie to tiie cast of south at an angle; of ahout fifty degrees. Th(! litK' or geoloLrica! ihicknc-s I could not exactly a^c(■l•lain in con- secjiKMice of the state of the liotloni of lh(; shaft from the water wliicli had been standing in it ami only been removed a few hours before I went (fiuii. It will not be mucii under seven feet, This >eam is evidently one of iho-e [)ortions into which the main seam of the Albion Mines is dividiil, Us ^hcwii by the operations of tlie Moiiti-eal and Picloii Company on the west side of the Ka>t river. Its po-it' 1 accords with the line of crop proved by that company, and though a lurtlier opening of it may b(! iieces-nry to identify it with any particular be(\ of the ^eiies passed ihroughiii tlieir shall, there can be no doidti tliat it is the ea-terly continuation of one ol' thi' beds — most probably the upper one — forming the northern crop of the main >eani. A trial pit >ituated to the northeast of this ,-haft is reported by JMr. Kirl»y to have proved ii seam dipping south forty degnies east. I am unjil)le from my own ob-(!rvalion to verity thi^ statement; Init, assum- ing it> correct nes.-!, the crop appears to be following the lange ol" the conglomerate, lying to (he norlh of the mea-ures. An opening about one mil(! and a half to the smith-east of this jiit appears to coidinn the position, and little rea-on i> therefore left to (lonht that the seam exists throughout the whole of your western area. The (pialities of the main seam an; so widl known that it is almost unnecessary to allude to them. For gas and general purposes it eoinmands a very large sale, and the fact of the great demand for smith's purpo-es ot the slack made in working it, is a >tiong proof of its purity of character. For SOUK! time a eon>iderable j)roportion of the workings at the Albion Mines has been in a district on the same side of the East Kivcr as your pioperty is situated ; and I am enabled, from a recent ofllcial visit, to assert the excellence of its (piality there. Kespecting this seam, I may add, that the shaft sunk by the Mon- treal and I'icton Company passed through thirly-seven and a half feet of coal of ihe Ibllowiiig thicknesses and order of succession, viz. : 10 ft. 6 in., 1) ft., 2 ft. G in., and 1 '> tt. G in., which are separated liy strata varying irom nine to twenty-three feet in thickness. Whilst some change in the thickness of the different portions forming this aggregate may he probably found in diiferent parts of this coal Held, 1 do not anticipate much change in this respect in your western area. It may be rea^onably inferred too that the underlying seams, as proved at the Albion and Acadia Mines, will also be found on this side of the basin. These are five in number, and vary from four to twenty feet in thickness. About three quarters of a mile to the south-east of your western boundary, a seam has been opened in "Coal Brook" by adit, and partially worked. It varies in thickne.-s from four and a half to five feet, and is of very fair quality. On the " Marsh," situated about two miles south-east of this, trial pit- a it dilliciilt to a-.-ign at present their true geologieid posi- tion to each seam. 'Vlw "Coal IJrook" >eam is doubtless ;in ii]i|)er seam with ies|)ect to the main seam; thtit the coal sunk to on your western boundary is one ol the representatives of the latter seam is almo-t e(|naUy clear; the seams on your eastern boundary, to the rear ol McKay's .-lope, on the other hand, are so dill'erent in many re-pects from either the main seam or those underlying it that it is at present entirely conjecture whether they nre di.-tinci seams or not. A care- ful cuii-ideraiion of all the ciieunistances, however, Icjive no icason to doidit that the areas under license to work contain several millions of tons of coal. The proximity oi your w(?stern area to the Nova Scotia Hallway ami the town of New Olasgow, a> well as the thickness of the seam opened cm it, natnra''" point to that locality as the most suitable for commencing operati The angle at which the seam is h ing im- poses to some extent a limit to thc^ choice of the mode ot' etl'ecting a winning. 'J'he most effectual method of opening a seam lying at a small angh; of dip is, to sink a shaft well to the dip ; this cour.se, however, if adopted in this instance, would necessitate a very large outlay. For, though the angle of the dip would be much less in pro- ceeding from the crop, the heavy dip there rapidly places the seam at a great distance from the surface. The other mode of making a win- ning is by slope driven in the seam from the crop. This is attended with several advantages, the chief of which are as Ibllows, viz. : u greater breadth of coal is more rapidly won, and the cost of winning somewhat lessened by the side of the eoal produced in the slope ; a less [lowerful engine is required for hauling than lor hoisting. The latter method is, I am therefore of opinion, to be preferred under the circumstances above described. The position of the slope — which I recommend to be driven directly to the dip — must be regulated by the length it must be driven to win such a quantity of coal as will enable a large yield to be pro- duced for several years, and thus render unnecessary an early addi- tional outlay of capital in making a fresh wirming. This slope should not be driven a less distance in the first instance than 300 teet. To 16 ertoot tliirf wiiui'in;! I recomiiUMul tlic croctioii of !v >t('iiiii cw/ww. of not les> than oO lii)r,-.e-|io\v(!r, to lie iidaplud to )i;iiil aiid pump, and woidd udvi.sc lliat ii> sooi\ a-^ it is dctciiniiii'd lo coMiinctici' o|i(ialioii-, one ot the failii'St Hicps »lioidil l)i' the piiltiiii^r of llii.M i-n'^iiic into poiiion, tis tin- driving of tin- slope will he iniicli facilitalt'il tliciiiliy. 'I'o coinicH't till' Collici'V witli the Nova Scotia Railway, a lnMiicli line will Itt; rc- quiied. Tliis will not, I think, exceed a nide in le(i exceedini:ly favoraliU; for the (•onstrii<;lion of a railway; and as it will be overideareil land, and as it presents no en^/iiieerinii diilicultie.- wliativt!r, I am of opinion that the length of way ri'(pured — winch I ha\e assumed to he a mile — will be made at a eost very eunsideraldy helow the ordinary rate of forma- tion in tills country. The cost of makin;; a winninjf lit the nninner su,!.'g(!'tt.'d. and to the depth of ;j(M) feet. iiu'ludinL; .s eani-eii}i;ine, .--ur- tace ereeiions, niaciiinery, making a mile of lailway, and placing the Colliery in uood working order, 1 estimate at ,t'75it(J (S;3U,()t)()). 1 havt' not in this estimate included cost of workmen's hnuses, >i> from the nearne-d of the t'olliery to Xew (ilasiiow any provi-ion in this respect is, 1 consider, nnneei;-sary. A ii>iialiy expensive item in Colli' i-y esialili-hnuMits is thus saved. Nor doe- this sum include any outlay lor shipping places, which will have to he provided in addition. The preceding suggestions and estimate have relerence oidv to a winning on your western area. The distance of tin; eastein area from the Nova S(;otia Railway will probably prevent an innnediate 0|»ening to any extent in that locality ; I have not thereibre deemed it necessary to give any consider.ition at present as to the po-ition for a wimdng or the cost thereof. I would, however, reeoinniend the re- oi)einng of the shaft n I'erred to in Mr. Kirby's report, and a eoiitinu- anee of the drift, in order lo provt; the coal to a giealer extent, as in all probability the seam will be found increased in thickness to the dip. The eost of working a seam lying at such an angle as that on which a winning is recommended to he made, is de|)eiidenl on many eireuiii-tances wdiich are variable in character — such as firmness of roof and Uoor of the nune, inicdom t'rom water, itc. Tin; limited space for examination is scarcely sutlicient to allow of an opinion on these points ; but so far as my observation guides me, I see no reason to anticipate any dillicidty from these causes, and I estimate the cost of working and putting on board ship at SI. 50 (one dollar and tifty cents) per ton. I am, gentlemen, Your obedient servant, JNO. RUTHERFORD. <)l iioi w()iil(! oik; oI inn, US DIllKH't lie rc- woiild 11 idiiU! y state, or the; and a.s II that -will lorma- uaniicr <•, Mil'- ur.P()UT()F(;TiAiiLi:s iiohp,. i:sq.. Illning Kni(lnrrr or Miinlrral, Oanndii. CKN'ri.KMEN,— On a recent o isioa I xisltcil anil iiiB|ie<'tr(l yn\\r e.xloii^ivi' coal- iiiihin^j; |Md|> tv, -itiialed in riclou (liiinty. Nova Scotia, ami lit CMinpliaiiiT with your ir(nie-t. I now Id ir to »ul>niil liic lollowin'^ icimirUs. <'inho(Ivin;4 the resii!l'< of my iil<.-ii>lessiiinal irpmis uponyonr |no[)rrly troin .loliii WiilhcrloKJ, Ivr|., ( nivenimeni Iiis|i(i'tor dl' Mines, and Iniin ^^'m. liaiin s. Iv(|.. MiniiiL' Mnj^iiu'T. These reports have l)ecn sMl)init'ed to, and carei'iiily studied liy riic. and are so Inll and e.\)dielt as aliiios! i(» reiid(M' iiirthei' details on my part nnneci >sary. Uodi Irom peixmal ac(piaiiitance svilli tlie-e 'jentlcm'-n, and I'l-om tlasir well- knouM h';ih (diaracter. scientilic and praet'cal aitainmenl.s ami experi- ence, I am satislied that the iitmiwt iidiance may l)e placed on their .-tatemeiits, which have heen. Ibr the most [)ail, verilied \)\ my own ohsei'vatioris. iind need not lerc la^ recapiliiiated. I .shall, then I'ore, on the pre-ent occa-ion, contine rnysell' to a lew '_'eneiai reinark>*. and In a statement of such .additional liets, heariiij^ upon the -iilijeet, a-» have tran-piied subscfpieiiily to the date of the repoi-is referred to. The property comprises thret- -cpiarc miles, or l'J20 acres, of land, hehl iiiuler lici ir-e to work Inun the Provincial (Jovornmenl, anil in- eluded in one irrej^iilaily ^^haped hlock, as denoted hy the red lint on the aci'ompanying Plan. It is sitiiateil on the east .side of Kast ' Kivi r, ill the immediate vicinity of the town of New (JIasjrow, and towards the centre of the "jreal I'ic^ton Coal Uasin. The Ixmndaiies of the property, in the northerly direction, have been determined and de- nned maiidy hy the lines of the oiiterop (tf the principal coal seam^ of the district, which will lie found to occur within and near to these lioiindiiries, antl dippiiij; to the south, so as to uiah rlie the wlioh- property, Vour areas al-o includi' a narrow strip, fifty yards wid<^ and two and one-half nitles in leiiL'th. form' rly a government reserve hetwecti two adjacent are.is, lint now acipiired by you. .md whieh in knonnto overlie some most valuable scams hi|^her in the -erics ihati those above ret'erred to. The evidence^ of the value of these lands as a coal-mininir propej- ty, con-ist. — lirst. In the fact- of the actual discoveries (»f coal made upon ilic m ; ,>-e('oii(Uy. In the results of the uorkiie.' upon adjoinim^ properties in similar condition--, and from which a like success m.'^v \ni reasonably inferred on yours : and. thirdly, In the knowledge which lias been acquired hy exteni^i\e and costly exploration.'' of the whole 18 *(rii('(ure of (he I'icoii Coal Ha in. ntu\ which pLin a it hcjomi s tiuubt thai )ro|)' rty is inrhnU-d with n it. N«!«r liir we-U!i-ii «i\lrt'in j of your |ir<»|»«irly, a trial shnl't, ni;irk('(l No. 1 on th*> IMati, lias Ix-cn sunk to th(.> 'li-itth of alioiit TjO J< et upon tin- crop o(" lh«j inain seam, which must -kin your nurlh«;rn lounthiiy throuut a rude and a half lu the west, and n|)()U the same outcrop, ii.iM; he< n |H08e«'uted to a eon-iderably further exti nt, shew in;; a ^ladual iiiid very luarki d improvement in (he <[uality of !li« eoal as it i> lol- lo^^ed in dipih. From the known .stmeture of that part of the eo.dfhld Hnd« r- lyin;r your pro|iei-ty, as Mell as from the re-ulis of a will he <'ii()rmou8 and |>raetically inexhaustilde. 0\erlyin^ the main scam, at a distance of ahoiil one thiid of a mile horizontally, the Coal-brook seams have heen diveiopcd upon a property immediately adjoiniiinr y.,ur» to the soiitli (openin^> nnirKed Nos. 2 and 3 on the jdan). These seams, so far as hitherto dis- covered, are Iwo in number, of the thickness of 5 feet G inches and 4 feet respectively, and not over 50 "p OO feel apart vertically. They 4iaTe been tested to a considerable extent, and found to yiidd. even at •■t excellent coal, the lower being 4 feel 2 4nches thick at the crop, and the upper about 'ii feet C inches ; and clipping aliout north 45 * east, or directly on to your property at an angle of 12 ■- . On an adjoining area, and within y chains from your •outh-west line, this -enni has been woiked 1 y a .slope (No 4) 116 fei t ideep. and a ^aikry 176 leit in length, and from 1000 to *2000 tfui;- of real extr.'icted and >e> t to ma. ket, wheie it is reported at least :)a val abU ;»& any in the (Vstrici. At No. 5, on ; our .-trip of land befo e I 19 n fi^mMl to, tin' siimr semn liiis hvru cut 1>)' a triiil->|iart 37 fuit in »!• |illi, nii of tli(> sHiii<> I xt-fllrnf «|iiiility t>t' ooiil • xtiacitd. At No. ti. u|ion iiV'tlMT avii a *l)'ci(i((| iiici* aHc in lliirkiK t)->, m \\v\\ as iiiii'i'nsi'iiH lit ill ttic (|iinlitv, v^lli<>ll arc t-trtaiii to coiitiniM* as tiny air ?iill tiirilnT wiiiki (I in (1< |itli. Tlic ovii 1\ iii;/ si-ain at tin; cmi) i«» t'loin .'I Id '1 t'< i:i in llii<'l<;ii<'v<4, and > ; liiii Mliinr lialt at N(i. (i is lliick and ot iiiiicii In ttcr i|ualilv. Ollirr |iri'iui in;; <';ilii> lia\c hivu rNposfd at tlii- part (tf tin- pro] rrl y. Itiit iiiil liaviii/ Id cii wurUitl upuii. I liavr no positive detail'- lo ('(inniniiii- «*atc- A liick fain ol' txi'rlltiit oil «dai, ^icldiii;; npwurds ol' 60 ;r:dlons ol" ci iidf oil to llie ton, al-o occur-* Ih-h', and iiiii-t iiiidtr- lic, at ii ni"dMalc dfptli, ii ronsid< riiMe ana towards the soiilli-east part of u)iir propi-riv, TnuaKls ilir -anic dirtrtioii, and at no j^n at distance oiitidf of your limits. t'Ao oilier iiio-t inipor'aiit -tains liave I ft n diM-overcil, i.nd tfpc!,etl a !i'tle at iIh- cro|). Tlif lir-t of these, inaik'd No. H caili tl llie Mi-flcdi) scain, shews a thickness at lie ciop of 7 or S I'd ; i-lu; t|iialit\ 111 the coal s< eiiis very <'\celitiit, ami the ilip licmf.' to tlie iiorlh-wi si, at an aiiL'li oC "20 ' . wid cany it a nitdentle dep h under your propel ty. The oilier, c.tllt d ihc llnlibiirtnu ncinit, .-till nearer \oiir boiiinlary. (No, *>.) >ho\v» a ihicknc— ol not h'-s ihaii 10 Ici t ; its ilip is ainhi'^uiius. 'eiiiu: -onwvNhat di-Uiihed at lla; crop, iiirt'acc ol which. Ill ar this point, gnat tpiantilies ot (Iril'l «:oal iiavo h< «;ii lliniid. prohahly owiii'^ iheir orii;in to this seam. Tlie true jreolo- i^ical |io.sition of the M< IJeaii and llalihurton s»hiii.s is as \(;t uiidetcr- lllilletl. 'Ihe ahov«! I'act^. and the ailditional »let:iil- coiniiiunicati-il iiy M' .n-r-. Hmlierl'oni and naiiies, will make it abiimlaitly evident that you pu.-:-es8 a coal-miniii;! pioptrty of very great valne. '1 he i stiniate in;id» by the latter gi ntleii an of the toial diickness of workable coal which may be expected to be found upon the proj erty i>, acconling to my observations, and lo the ln'-t of my juilgm- nt, a correct ami safe one: but as you actually j)osj-e.Hs> d by your jnojieity, as re^'axls facilities for wtirking, proximity to shipping ports, eti;., are amply set foitii in the t)lb(!r !•' ptiits referred to. For tin; we.st and middle pars of the pro- perly, the most convi nieiit outlet will be New Glasgi»w, to whi: h ihert? arc already good loiuls tiavei ing it in a 1 directions. A .-hurt rail or tiamvvay. in the (;onslriu!ti<»ii tjf which the | rnprie ors of adjoining • oal-mining areas v^ould probably combine, will '.'"'atly faeiii ae and cheapen the tiansporiatioii to that point. The E i.-^t liivyr, at New 20 fi|ii>;!;()\v. Is miv ij;;il>lp (<»r vessels ilniwiii'i iiinf feet fd' water, jinil CoiiM pMilcil'ly, wiili iitt'c f'Npfiisi'. I»f iiiudc to hccoiiiiikmI.'iIc v ••-•>*< Is ot iMiicli 'jrn'iiter to'iniiire. Tlif \<»vii Scoiia Umlway pasHt'H tlirtai^li New (!las'_rovv td Picimi I lailinr, nii tlw one liaml, a tli-taiift' i>!' only Xi-vi'ii railci^, ami to llaliliix on tiic otln-r, : an*! uill airii'ss lie cxtmilrd to die eoal-ininiii<' int<'rests of Nova Seutia. I nnderslainl ilial llie taiilV ol tViiiilit lor Coil lia-i lieen tixed al tlie low rate of one rrni aiitl a lialf pi r Ion per inil(>. In n'viewin;^ all the faet-i wliieli lia\e lieen rstalili-liiil in i'oiiikc- lion wltli this property. I !»ej; to state lliat. a eon-iderahle proporiion of its area, towards ilie iiorili and east. i< oidy partially de\» loped ; and in ilial part the evidence llir the exi^tencr of ilir '^rtat seams of the Alliioii inine<. in a <;oiid ami workaMe condilaai, is only infeiiiilial. althoni^h in the hiuliest rli ;;ree prolialde. On the other hanil. the tvvo sets ol ronl<, and at the -onth-wist part of the pioperty. arnoinitin^ m tin a'j^i'e;: it<' to 18 I'Ot ill tliiekiieHS, mn-t, wilhonl , !o eKtahli-h ils irc,.,it \alne. a- formintf the basis of a very extensive and hi;»hly lueraiivcr <'oal niinini; Imsinuss. I have the honor to he, (icnil riu'ii, Your most (/he lient ^orvant, CHAULK.S IIOP.H, Minivg Eixjinfir.