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Editor of thv ICit^inrvriitij })ort is given us an expert opiiiit)n, and no i)rol'esHional responsibility is sought t<» be avoided, yet it is proper to state that I am now pt'cuniarily interested in tlie property. The facts herewith presented and tlie con- clusions deduced from fhem are given as the basis upon which I have myself invested a vtn-y considerable sum. My faith in the value of the property being sufficiently demon- strated by the investment of my own money, it remains oidy to give the reasons for this faith in such detail as to (Mialde others to judge for themselves whether it be well grounded or not. This I endeavor to do in the followinir Da^es K. P. ROTHWELL, Mining Enfjiwer, Edifor Engineering and Mining Journal. ■ / 7 II \\ MI , i: X Oi'i TABLE OF CONTENTS. I , . I'AdE. Lntuoimction o L ("rK()(ii!vriricAr, Position, Mkans oi A( i i:ss, Cost OK Tl:.\NSI'o|;T.\rio\, KTV 7 IV. C'liAKAci i;u o|- iiii; N'kins AM) OF Tin: ( )i;k ...'.... 7 n I. HisToitv OF I'm; DisriiK r 10 IV EXTKNI' OF IHK riiol'F.KI'Y 1<> V Amount of IJKVKi.oi'MKNis ! M VI. Tin: ()i;k !N SioiiT IH VII. Yii:li> of Tin: Oin: l'> VIII. Value of tiik ( )|!F-i\ Skiiii' '24 TX, Cost of ^Fimno anh M ii-I-ino. *2<) X Nft Fij.MiTs t^7 XI. ADVANTAiiKS Oi' THIS I'llOFKKTV — Tl'lI.K, TaXKS, AVuoD, Waiki;, Koads, Suitliks, Stokks, etc.. 28 APPENDIX. Opinion of Exi-erts as to thf Value of this Pi:(»i'Fi.'TY : Ed. J. Chiipiii.ui •>! ^X. T. Itickard ;52 James 1 )• »u;4;liis, Jr '>•-{ Ciipfcaiii PxMijaiiiiii Plummer -i-I Fraucis and llowse 35 Jolin C. F. Pviindolph 35 xVdolph Thi.'s 30 Ca})tain Tliomas Couch 37 K. H. Strotch 42 N. B. Walker 61 Tie I I. Ge A] is siti Out., now 1 l)iles (i'e[)resenting over (300 tons) carri-nl less gold than would leave a hand- some profit after deducting the cost of mining, milling, and loss in treatuKvut, justifies the l)elief that pay-ore will be found throughout the entire length (nearly 1000 feet) already ju'oven of the main chimney. The or(>s, which, as tdready stated, are arsenical sulphurets, are in that condition in Avliich they occur to the greatest depths, and their richn(>ss, with the usual fiuctuations, has thus far incr<\ised as depth has l)een attained. The yield is more than doul)le that of the Homestake, Ulack Hills, Dak., ores (that come from somewhat similar veins), which have paid such magnificent returns during the })ast two years that the stock of that company is even now (August, 1880), when every mining • stock is depressed, s< limg at the rate of over 13,000,000 for the property. The quantity of ore on the Canada Con. prop- erty being enormous, the cost of treatment extremely low, and its richness so much greater than that of the Homestake 10 ores, tliere is no reusoii wliy this property may not in tlie near future command as higli a price as that famous mine. III. History of the District, Gohl was first discovered in this district in 1865 as free gohl in tfuartz anil mispickel, and sporadic attempts have since been made at two or three i)oints to treat tlie ores, chiefly by raw arnul' 1" '•> IX. Conct-.s^^iou of Marmora .. 5(1 Part of lot T, in III. Concession of Marmora i;W East Uj of East Uj i except 5 acrcBi of lot 10 in VIII. Contses- Purchased from Devine, Auijcr & Christie. »iou of Marmora. ( Under negotiation from -, -s IlawkeycCiold Mining \ Company. Total 851 acres. The whole containing ovtT 850 acres, some of which is good farming land, and most of it is well timbered. On near- ly all of these lots, gold has been found in greater or less quantity, though the veins havf been opened only on the lots in the VIII. Concession. On lot 27 in the III. Cf)ncession, is a very iiromising vein of galena. There is also on this lot a stream of Avater with a fall of 15 or 20 feet, which would be available in concentrating the lead ore. The chief mineral wealth upon the property of the Canada Consolidated Gold Mining Company consists of the three or four large gold-bearing cpiartz veins which run through the lots 8, 9, and 10, in the VIII. Concession (jf Marmora, and which have been developed to such an extent as to place their value beyond question. As under Canadian laws mineral veins can not be followed beyond the limits covered in the surface location, care has been taken to secure such an extent of property as will in- clude the veins to any workable depth. jrise has a the strike ised from the Qat- Qold and Silver ng Company. V. Amount of .i )EVELorMENTS. The various shafts and surface openings as they existed at the date of their examinations are described in detail in the accompanying reports of Messrs. R. H. Stretch and Thomas Couch. Reference is made to Mr. Stretch's map to show the location of the veins and of the sever.al shafts ; it is not therefore necessary to enter into any further detail here than to say that the main shaft, which, at the date of Mr. Stretch's visit, •was 105 feet in depth, is now 150 feet, and the ore has steadily J 1 12 inij)rovetl, that now coining out showing constantly free gold. Tlie chief devplopnients consist of a nuniherof shafts vary- ing ill tli'ptli from a few feet to 150 f(>et (August), situated at intervals along the different veins, asshownin the accompany- ing map, and ])ractic.i]ly' ])roving the main veins for a length of 700 or SOO feet, and to ;i, depth of ]r)0 feet, so conclusively as to ])ut the (ire technically " in sight " ov(>r that extent of vein aitii. Al)out "200 feet in length by 100 feet in depth of tin- niiddlt' vein may also l)e considered as similarly proven, while the continuation of the veins beyond these limits and their probable j)roductiveness are demonstrated by a great number of surface openings and outcrops. Th(^ shafts which haA'e been sunk have been on tlu^ main vein 7 xy feet in their smallest parts, and the deep shaft has been opened out for a great part of itsde'pthto a width acrcjss the vein of IH feet, while it is still in (juart/ on tlu; hanging- vall side. The thickness of the vein at that point is there- fore jiruven to l)e more than 18 feet, and it pro])ably -exceeds 20 feet ; while in the Tuttle shaft — the only other place where there has been an opportunity to deternune it — the thickness of this vein exccM'ds 25 teet. In the absence of more cross-cuts showing the actual thickness of the vein at a nundier of points, it would not be safe to assume any such thickness as an average for the vein throughout ; but it is abundantly evident that the vein is enormous ; and as the de- velopments have been in [>aY-ore throughout, it is clear that the value of the proven part of it, say 700 feet in length 1)y 150 feet in depth, is enormous, amouiiting to about 10,000 tons for every foot in thickness of the vein. Mr. Stretch's nnip and report give clearly the amount of development on the other veins, no work having been done on them since the date of his visit. I I 13 istaiitly fre(i f slijifts vary- , sitnatod at ' accom})any- t'or ji len^'tii coiiclnsivolv at extent of ill (Icptli of ally proven, ie limits and 1 1 bv a ^reat on tlie main (>[) sliat't has Avidtli across tlie lianirintr- )int is tliere- l)ly exceeds other phice mine it — the ' al)sence of tlie vein at a me any such t ; l)ut it is id as the de- is clear that in lenposits ; thus, in pockets in limestone, which are extremely irregular and capricious, coming in and giving out suddenly, iu)t only would we reipiire the ore to be laid bare on all sides, but the levels and winzes should be so close together as to make the blocks of ore quite small, the uncertainty of the de[)osits making it unsafe to count as ore any large block of ground even Avhere its ]>eriphery is all in ore ; so it is also in deposits such as hematite iron ore, which is g(^nerally a deposition from springs. An equal amount of caution should be exercised in esti- mating reserves in iissure-veins where the ore occurs in small chimneys or irregular ]iockets, especially where it is of very high grade ; for the grade of the ore is as variable as its amount, and th(> variations in rich ore are so great as to modify immensely the, value of the reserves. In low-grade ore, tlie variations are necessarily much smalhn', and affect the value of the reserves much less ; and if we have at the same time a regular, uniform Aeiii, Ave can count Avitli much greater certainty as "ore in sight '" that one hundred feet on each side of and beloAV actual openings than avc could for fifty or even tAventy feet on each side of openings in an irregular vein or pocket in rich ore. In, certain classes of mineral deposits — such as coal beds — we can count as "in sight" or as "reserves" all the area underlain by the l)ed where proven by shafts or bore-holes at intervals of e\'en one or two thousand feet. The veins in this district are i)roven by shafts and surface openings to continue over a length of several miles, and the east vein is deA^eloped on this company's property by shafts at interA'als of a feAV hundred feet for a length of from 700 to 800 feet, and to a depth of from -40 to 150 feet, and on the 14 middle vein by four shafts to a length of several hundred feet, to a depth of about 50 feet. Each of these veins, wherever opened, has proved to be strong and the ore of very uniform quality, as will be seen by reference to the record of assays and mill-tests already made. The fact that not only where these shafts are sunk, but all along on the surface, the veins show immense outcrops of quartz, and, wherever sunk upon to a depth of even a few feet, show sulphurets, places it be- yond any reasonable doubt, that they carry ore between the shafts of the same quality and in the same quantity as in the shafts. Indeed, few estimates of ore in sight in blocks driven comi)lptely around are as reliable as would be this counted to a depth of 150 feet. No true fissure-vein in old rocks having the immense length and width that this has, and showing such remarkable uniform- ity in its ores, can be imagined as suddenly giving out in quanti by or yield in a depth of a few hundred feet, and au estimate which should consider as technically in sight the ore 100 feet below actual openings on these veins, and 150 feet on each side of the shafts (the vein being proven at small intervals along the surface), would be a safer estimate of proven ore than in estimating 50 feet on each side of actual openings in most mineral veins. Such an estimate would generally be considered extremely conservative. The quantity of ore " in sight" — that is, the quantity of ore that can be considered as proven beyond any reasonable doubt — has been variously estimated by the well-known experts who have examined the property, according to their respective ideas of what constitutes sufficient proof of the ex- istence of the ore. Mr. Stretch counts as " in sight " not a single foot below the rich ore-bearing bottom of the shaft {which is now 45 feet below the point to which he counted the ore, and is in richer ore and the vein is Avider than at the date of his examination) or a single foot beyond the end of the drifts (all in ore) in a vein which he counts to have an average thickness of 12 feet of ore ; while Mr. Couch considers as beyond doubt or " in sight " in this vein a depth from the '3! *1 15 jndred feet, s, wherever ry uuifoi'in il of assays only where 1, the veins sunk upon aces it be- etween the ty as in the ocks driven his counted ense length le uniform- inquantiby m estimate ore. 100 feet et on each 11 intervals proven ore openings in enerally be ntity of ore reasonable well-known ing to their I of the ex- ;ht " not a )f the shaft counted the at the date end of the an average )n8iders as I from the surface to 150 feet, and 100 feet in length beyond the shafts, ■where they are sunk in ore and })rove the vein of gi-eiit thick- ness. Mr. Coucli allows liberally for "horses" and other " accidents" in the vein, and iissumes an average thickness throughout of only five feet. In this way he estimates as " in sight" some (51, 000 tons, while Mr. Stretch estimates as fully proven '21,500 tons, and as "probably ol)tainable" 10,500 tons additional, or a total of 88,000 tons. Both believe that these amounts represent but a small part of the ore which will be obtained from these veins ; for l)oth are convinced that these great true tissure-veins which have been proven over Buch an enormous length will continue to be productive down to the greatest de[)tlis. But as a basis of jircscut commercial value, they limit their estimates of ore "in sight" as above to what, in their o[)inion, was, at the date of their examina- tions, proved beyond doubt to exist and t(i be easily obtainable. The developments which have been made in sinking shafts, etc., since these gentlemen examined the mines, have in- creased considerably the amount of ore actually demonstrated as "in sight, ' and we believe a very conservative estimate would now })laco it between 50,000 and 00,000 tons, while the '"jjrubahi/ifif.s' increase in full proportion with the actiially proven ore. If Ave coimt as reserves the ore in the main vein, for a length of 700 feet, which all our explorations show to be " in pay," and counting only to the bottom of the main shaft, "which is now in better ore than was found at any point nearer the surface, we would get 700 x 150 =-105,000 cubic feet, or say, 10,000 tons, for every foot of thickness of the vein. And since this thickness wherever tested was from 10 to 25 feet, it would be safe to count 5 feet average thickness, as Mr. Couch has done, after dediicting very liberally for " horses," or poor places, which, though not yet met with in any of the workings, rnay be expected in this as in all other mines. This would give 50,000 tons in this vein alone. The middle vein would add several thousand tons of rich ore to this reserve. IG Pi-ftlVsMor Chiipin.'iu iuid Professor Rick.ird state, some- wliiit iiuU^initely, as "ore in si^ht," the amount of ore not ac- tually proven, but wlilt-li they tlo not in the least doubt exists in these v(>ins to a very moderate de])th, and they thus get. P]-ofessoi- (Miapman ()2,!>4.') tons in a de}>th of 55 feet, and Professor Hickard over l()0,(»0o tons in a depth of 100 feet. In tlie same ground Mr. Stretcdi estimates there will be found 82,750 tons. The basis u})on which Mr. Stretch arrived at his estimate will be found in th6 aocomj)anying abstract of his report, and by reference to his nui]). There are from 800 to 1000 tons of ore now on the dumps. resi the . YII. YiHLi) OF THE Ore. The ore from the veins on the Canada Consolidated Crold Mining (^mipany's propcn'ty is, as already stated, gold-bear- ing arsenical iron pyrites (mispi(dcel) Avitli a quartz and calc- spar gangne, free gold being frequently 2)lainly visible in both the ([uartz and the mispickel. The veins also carry in small (piantity iron pyrites, and in still smaller (piantity copi)er sulphides. The ores contain also silver, but in such small quantity .'s to be of no practical value — indeed, it scarcely a]>pears at all in the gold produced by amalgamation, which is of exceeding purity, some lots being 082 line or over 23^ carats. The amount of gold in the ore, though variable in small samples, owing to the fact that some of it is coarse, is remark- ably uniform in large lots of ore taken as it comes from tln^ mine. There is no waste in the veins except occasional horses of country rock, all the quartz from the entire width of the lode carrying more or less gold. The gold-bearing contents of the ore have been determined by a vast number of assays of average samples taken fron) the various dumps, and by tests of large lots in various ways. .,.ji*' 1 state, somo- if oiv not uc- cloubt exists ey thus get. 55 feet, and of 100 feet. vill be found his estimate ■i ro])ort, and 1 the dumps. ilidated Gol.l d, gold-beav- Lvtz and calc- visible in so carvv in ev ({uantitv )ut in sucdi — indeed, it lalgamation, line or over lie in small is remark- les from the occasional 'utire width determined taken from irious ways. The followiiifj; memoranda snmnnirize a number of the results obtained and j^ive a <^ood mejisure of the value of the ore : ASSAYS OF .\VKItA(Jr, SAMPLES OF OUKS. Twentv assavs, made at the (ieoloi;fical Survey of Canada Laboratory, of sam])les from the Marmora mines, <^ave an av(n'a;^e of l-GBflT ounces of j^old, e([ual to S'};i81 per ton of 2000 pounds. Twelve of these samples were from the Gatlin*; mines, and gave an average of 10107 ounces of gold, or $39.1:7 per ton. Prof. E. J. Chapman, of the University College, Tcn'onto, an abstract of whose report on a portion of this property will be found in the Appendix, says : " I have made assays of its ores from time to time, and I have never failed to obtain from any sample (mispickel), as a minimum value, at least fifty dollars per ton." " The following; results wtn-e obtained from samples collected very carefully, with a view to obtain the average amount of precious metal held by the undressed ore : " No. 1, or East Vein— Cbdd, $78.50 ; silver, .} oz. " No. 8, or Middle Vein— Gold, .^(W.HO ; silver, ^ oz. "O'Neil Shaft, middh> vein— Gold, $()0.2(; ; silver, | oz. " On a former occasion, I obtained from a small sample of the Gatling ore .*112, and from pure mispickel $150 per ton." James Douglas, Jr., whose report on portions of this projierty will be found in the Appendix, says : " A sample taken as fairly as possible from the ore piles on the Gatling Company's ])roperty, the five-acre lot and the Hawdveye lot, gives me in gold 1 oz. 5 dwts., value $25.84, per ton of 2000 pounds." . Prof. W. T. Rickard, of London, Avliose report on this property is printed in the Api)endix, says : " I took samples from the various shafts and openings on each claim, and ground them together. * * * I picked out a large quantity of pure mispickel, crushed and sampled and 18 m asaaved tlie same. * * -• I deducted the estimated amoniil of fjuartz associated with the mispickel, and then aUowed fiity per cent for depreciation in the cpiality of the mispickel. The following results were obtained by careful assay : "Ifnirkei/e ore fi-om three shafts, mixed mispickel — Gold, $758.48 ; sih-er, $15.71. Total, 87(')1).19. "(rntlln'f firc-dcre lof.—l shaft quartz— Gold, $200.93 ; sil- ver, $H.U. Total, $204.07 per ton. ''Gdflbn/ Co. — From three shafts, mixed mispickel — Gold, $351.(53 ; silver, $21.91. Total, $373.54. ^^GaiUvii Co.— O'Neil Shaft, third vein-Gold, $37G.G4 ; silver, $7.85. Total, $384.49. ''TtdiJe Propcii //—Hnvhico (piartz— Gold, $125.48; silver, $4.70. Total, $] 30.18. Aceror/e — First class quartz and pure mispickel $372 29 Deduct I ton for j^angue in bulk, leaving 74 4(1 " ^ ton for inferior mispickel, leaving 37 23 ** for loss in reduction $7.23, leaving 30 OU — or net yield of ore in treatment $30 per ton." F. W. Dahne, Esq., who dressed a lot of this ore sent to Swansea, says : " The ore I treated contained before dressing 2^ ounces of gold to the ton (2240 pounds)." Capt. Benj. Plummer, who examined these mines for Messrs. John Taylor it Sons, of London, carefully sampled the ores from the different openings, and had his samples assayed by Prof. Chapman, of University College, Toronto, who obtainetl the following as the average of a number of assays, gold counted at $20.66 per ounce Troy : Sample No. 19. Gold, $38.65 per ton of 2000 pounds. No. E. " 24.87 ". « « No. F. " 36.60 " « No. G. " 24.74 " « Average, $31.21. The amount of silver in these samples never exceeded 5 oz. per ton. Nc 19 fited amount lUowed fifty i iiiispickel. say : ickel — Gold, i;200.03 ; sil- ic-kel— Gold. Ad, $37G.G4; 5.48 ; Hilver, $372 20 74 4(i 37 23 30 00 ore sent to ore dressiiij^ s for Messrs. ed the ores assayed h\ iN'lio obtained assays, gold pounds. TESTS ON A LAIKHC SCALE. Two barrels of average ore treated at Balbaeh's works, ill Newark, N. J., yielded : Fntm I'AMf iv///.— G()l/i,!S23.70; silver, !S4.07. Total, $27.83 per ton of 2000 pounds. From O'Xcil Slni/t.—Uo\d, $25.02 ; silver, $4.30. Total, $30.01 per ton. Four barrels of ore sent to Messrs. Kiehardson «fc Co., Swansea, yielded as follows (assays being reduced to dollars per ton of 2000 ])oun(ls) : TiiffJe ,S7/r///._(Jold, $1);}; silver, $7 i)er ton (2000 pounds), GatUtKj CVs Ikep aS7<(///.— Gold, ?!37.21 ; silver, $20 per ton (2000 pounds;. Gatllmj Co.'s A Shaft.— Go\d, $23.15 ; silver, $18 per ton (2000 poimds). Gatling Co.'s aXell SJia/f.-GoU, $23.15; silver, $100 per ton (2000 pounds). The report for a large lot of ore from the O'Xeil shaft, subsequently sent to the same Swansea parties, was as follows : For 19-8 tons : Gold, $23.15 ; silver, $0.50 per ton of 2000 pounds. For 9-9 tons : Gold, $27.90 ; silver, $0.75 per ton of 2000 pounds. For 4-4 tons : Gold, $55.81 ; silver, $0.50 per ton of 2000 pouiuls. Analyses of pure mispickel made l)y Thomas Thomas & J. Hernaman James, Assayers in Swansea, to Messrs. Rich- ardson & Co., were as follows (the gold being reduced to dollars in a ton of 2000 pounds at $20.07 per oz.) : Small { Labge Cbtbtallization. 1 Cbtbtallization. rei exceedeil peroxide of irou BUico Sulphur Arsenic Nickel Silver tper ton of 2000 pounds) Gold (per tou of 'iOOO pounds) 56-00 ()-03 iH-13 2;ioo Trace SB-.^iO $29i0.67 ^ 20 ►WiJ Mr. E. W. Hannnn, in lH7r», touted tho oroH from tlioso pr()])t'rti<'s in the intrn'st of lioston j))irties, wlio Iwul a |)Jit«'nt l)ro(fss for treating Hnlphnrct oroH. The followin-,' are the results ol)taiii(>(l 1)V Mr. Harmon from average samples selected bv himself : Pertonof ^iNi()lb«. No, 1. Eimt Vuln Oatllnsj Co., Gold. 8fJ3 HI " 8. " " " »; '^» " ;i. " " •' ar 81 " .|. " " " 7"> "iH " 5. Middle Vein " " 4s if, •• (i. " " " llii'.iti " 7. WectVeln " " •»! *< .1 8. " " " i*t .»0 " ii. 8am!)lf' friiiu all of foregoing iU ',*2 •• 111. Oatllng Sniith 41 -M " 11. " nvi-acri'^ ... .'■..V) 40 I'cr tnn of SJOOO 11)H. No IS. OatlhiK flvi- acres $895 18 " i;(. •• " sr Hj •• 11. Williiiin- mine. tnllingH Ill in •• I.-) (iiitlini.'('(i.- Shaft, freegnltl llil .'fj " Hi. (Jalllii,' rousted cteely ore amiilgamiited 18 10 " 17. Oatling rieli pyrites, raw treatment 1,','0') 'M " IH. 1 11). averaire material from tlrst te-i by a Mill ring (amal- gamating inocefiM ."iS 10 18'7 tons of ore from the se\era.l shafts of the Gatling Company's mines were then treated by the same parties — the process bein^' roasting and amalgamating — the roasting was very imperfect, being efl'ected in a revolving cylinder only 3 feet diameter and 12 feet long, heated from the outside, and -with a strong draught of air forced thrtmgh it by a "blower." The consotpience was, that the flue dust con- tained much gold, and the roasted ore carried per cent of sulpluir. The following were the assays of lots of from 2 to 3 tons each : Obk. Tailings. No. 1 §30.91) Slt'-SO " ;> 4].a) (i.87 " 3 fw.-JS 6.87 Orb. Taii.ingb. No. 4 $41. an $6.87 " 5 .M..^:* 8.r)8 " 44.71 12.04 Average gold in 18-7 tons was $35.16 per ton, counting gold at $20 per ounce. Gold actually sayed was $25.32 per ton, or 71 per cent of assay value, while there was still in the bottoms in flue dust returnable for retreatment, obtainable gold that would have made the yield $27.31 per ton, or 77 per cent, and the tail- ings were extremely rich and could easily haye yielded on shaking tables or belts gold enough to have made the actual yield $30 or $31 per ton. 21 from tlioMO jid a imtcnt ig lire th«^ ;e HiUupK'B $:.»:) la 3; Ml n«8 Ml III rrrl(l no .TJ fly i>ro . .' m Hi Bt, ruw \::&')'M iftl from iip;(aiiial- I M 10 the Giitliii^' p piivtios— lio voastiiiji; vliiiilrr only tlu' outside, t^li it 1)V a > Just c'on- 1 p(U' cent of 2 to 3 tons Taii.inub. $6.sr 8.ri8 n, counting per cent of in flue dust woald hav(> lid the tail- yielded on the actual Captain Thomas (\)uch, in his examination of these mines in F(0)ruary, 1880, carefully sampled the several mines, tak- inj^ one and two-ton samples of tlie ctre just as it came from each of the shafts and levels, without sorting. ^IP The results were as follows : Tiittlc (iliaft, ',' tonn..., Oold, $3(!.4tl ptT ton. 8llvi>r, 1 -Jfi ounce*. nt-fp Hhttftli'VflH, 8 tons " Vi.m " " Til Miiidlf Vein, a ttind " .'W.ir. " " l-.W " N. lliiwkiyu hhaft " 7.85 " " ."W " 8. Uawki'vc Hlmft " 7.44 " " '88 " ConcontrutuM iTiinlc Mhafti " rir. »H " " O'aO " iLcvcIrt ilwp sliftft) " iM.iKI " " .3-14 " " (Middle vein) '• kC.Ih " " »•*) " " " i^i).)!i " " a-a " A>*Hnyed by W. K. Olfford. .M Pinu strept, Now York. Afr. II. H. Stretch samjiled the mines by taUinj^ one-ton lots , of the ore just as it came from the several shafts and levels without sorting, and the result of his assays were as tV)llows : Dpt'p shaft, bottom ^;jl.r>(» por tou. ' A t-hal't ill KairijilinsH; |i;.'.f,' per ton, N. luvt'l U.(K) " I TiitDo Hlmft in.fni 8. levfl T-riO " I AvfraLie after parting; gold . IS.iW " R. r. rothwell's terts. ]Jv far the most exhaustive tests of these ores were made under my own direction. Having secured a working hond upon these properties, I carried on mining and milling opera- tions with a force of eighty or ninety men during nearly four months. During this time, seven shafts were worked upon and attained depths of from forty to one hundred and ten feet ; and two levels of forty feet each in length. Three of these shafts, namely, the Tuttle, the A shaft, the deep shaft, and two levels were those upon which the most of the work was j)erformed, and it is to the ore from these that the follow- ing remarks are confined. These openings prove a length • along the main vein of about seven hundred feet, as may be seen by reference to the accompanjdng sections from Mr. .Stretch's report. • The ore extracted loithoid any sorting luhatever was taken to the mill ; it Avas then weighed and crushed for the greater part in five-ton lots, every twentieth shovelful as it came from the Blake crusher being laid aside for a sample. The samples of five-ton lots were crushed fine, quartered down as iisualj and assayed ; thus, one hundred and eight lota, nearly TT 22 all representing Ijve tons of ore, were assayed separately, while lifty-Dne tons from the Tuttle shaft were sampled iii the same careful manner in one lot by Mr. Thomas Macfarlane, of the Wvandotte Silver Smelting Company. The assavs of these several samples are given in the following table. It will be noted that tlie richer live-ton lots were obtained by selecting the heavier sulpluirets from the balance of the ore in the ore-honse so as to demonstrate the ellect of rouj-li hand-sortincr ; the low assays were therefore of second- class ore ; the whole nund)er of assays gives, hoAvever, the average yield of the ore just as it conies from the mine with- out sorting. The higher assay numbers (last assays made) were, in general, from ore mined nearest the surface, and which <:ccordingly was found at the center of the dump. Nearly oVie half the dump was milled, and the last milled came from the center of the dumj). Note.- The proportions of ftold and silver in the assay buttons were obtained by partinf,' 89 buttons in (ine operation. . wa.s found the average was 6^ per cent gold, 8i silver. The following tiible give.s only the gold, or 08 per cent of the weight of the button : Record "f As/tni/s of Cdimchi Coiimlidated Gold Mininf/ Conipdni/'' s Ores, mostly from the Gulliiifj Afinc — 108 samples, mostly .'> tons each, representing a totai o/ol5 tons. 1 1 $.s;^ 04 14 0«5 it 84 18 98 i 29 .. JO .3;^ 56 ... . ?9 84 1 88 . ?10 90 2 4 5 30 i 81 ; 32 ■ 33 34 . . . . 35 8 08 25 31 7(13 . 83 74 1 7 38 i 7 :w 1 57 58 59 60 42 18 1 38 12 i 27 (Mi i .... 14 76 i 84 m 80 87 88 ' 89 11 07 9 19 .... 7 3.S (■) ... 43 94 15 11 ; 11 -^o 10 .55 14 76 8 44 11 60 8 79 9 84 4 .57 61. . . . 39 37 5 98 8 02 63 64 65 66 67 08 . ... 11 25 9 84 33 30 16 17 9 49 8 44 ' 12 05 32 34 9 10 36 6 50 \-i 65 90 ' 91 1 93 98 94 95 7 03 7 ;3 11 12.... I 38 8!).. . 16 17 i) 84 5 62 33 04 13 14 40 41 42 .. . 18 28 21 79 . ... 14 76 82 34 15 47 15 9 14 7 73 ....... 11 25 ....!.. 16 17 14 06 61) 10 72 96 97 98 99 100 101 103 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 6 38 16 ir 18,... li) 43 44 4.5 4(i ■ 47 48 49 .50 51 52 ,58 54 55 7 08 10 !)5 7 73 4 92 9 14 .5;^ -iS 5 ()2 5 62 5 63 17 58 . .. 13 71 18 98 8 44 70 71 73 73 74 75 10 90 33 5 27 ' 844 ; 9 84 1 5 63 i 9 49 17 5X 17 58 9 14 a).... 21 ... . 7 38 11 25 9 49 7 03 9 14 . . 8 79 5 4,5 12 83 22... 33.... 24... 2.") ... 76 77 78 79 80 81 83 7 3-t ' 12 48 i 11 w 1 5 98 7 03 . . . 10 90 8 26 13 30 4 92 15 11 5 02 96 ... 87.... 88. .. 11 25 8 44 IS dft 28 12 11 95 7 03 Average, 108 samples, $13,37 gold per ton of 3000 lbs. . separately, sampled in I Macfarlane, The assays >wing tal)le. 5re obtained balance of die effect of •e of second- lowever, the ! mine with- ssays made) surface, and : the dump, milled came btained by parting 1(1, 32 silver. The 111 : i/s Ores, mostly ''eventing a total, iS Sio 90 ii 11 or i") 9 19 W 7 3H ^r 4 57 « 5 98 *9 S-i 34 )l) 7 03 •1 7 o3 )3 b li-i 13 33 04 (4 SiSA •5 15 47 16 6 33 •7 9 49 18 17 5S 19 17 5H » 9 14 II 5 45 )2 12 83 13 13 3() 14 4 92 15 15 11 16 6 f)2 17 28 12 •8 11 95 19 7 03 23 From these tests we find the averap^e assay value of ')15 tons from the Gatling property, as determined by 108 sep- arate assays made ])y A. Thies — Was in fine gold, per ton $13 37 By check assays by Prof. Eicliards, of Boston, and Gitford, of New York 14 75 Average per ton !i!l4 06 The ore from tlie Tutth^ shaft avus found to be much richer than that from the same v(*iu R. P. Rothveell (about 600 tons in C-ton lots). $50 CO 33 50 25 8i 45 00 40 00 £5 46 Net Profit PER Ton. $S3 00 12 50 31 21 61,500 23 0(1 38,000 18 06 50,000 18 65 16 00 6 53 14 90 850 11 50 Net Value or Rkservks. $918, 0*-- 25 thoroughly sampled as this, |ind the results given above ($18.(55 gross or $11.50 net per ton) I believe are such as can be obtained or surjjassed in regular working operations. ^S P^g^s, "vvo "With this conviction, I have myself invested in this property, and I refer to these results as the basis of my favorable =-- : opinion of these mines. jjj,^ i j^j,^ Captain Plamnier, who gives $0.53 per ton as the net pro- k'ton. KKSEBVK.r fit on the treatment of an ore carrying $31.21, makes allow- ances for cost of mining and milling and loss which none but an English company would tolerate. The net vahie of the ore in sight is obtained in my own estimates by allowing 20 per cent loss ($3.73) [by chlorin- ation 91 per cent of the assay value of the raw ore was • obtained, the loss (9 per cent) occurring principally in the handling and roasting ; some of the gold carried over in the arsenic fumes could be recovered in a subsequent operation], and deducting $3.42 per ton from the remainder ($11:.92) as the total cost of mining and milling, leaving the net profit . Qi^j $11.50 per ton. 323,iitw The net value or profit realizable from the reserves or ore 675,ot)o in sight in a prudently managed works, treating not less than -: 100 tons a day, can very safely be set down at over half a esults of the million dollars, and to this must be added the value of the and reliable work done on the mines, the mill, houses, supplies of various f the results kinds, w^ater-power, etc., which Avould certainly increase this t large profits to over $650,000 ; and this allows nothing for the prospective The lowest value, or value of the ore beyond the present insigniticant id his figure explorations. It may be confidently assumed that one year's me the drifts developing work will increase the amount of " ore in sight " le fifth of his to a net value of at least a million and a half of dollars, or 10 sample at Sfty three times what it now is. r assays show samples were i; ' as reliable an n about 600 ao knowledge jarefully ami S3 00 13 50 16 00 6 53 14 90 850 11 50 2G IX. Cost of Mining and Milling. forme made The cost of mining is bused iipon wages at !?1 per day ti Tl conimon labor, and $1.25 per day of ten working lionrs (7 a Stretc to P.M., less one hour at noon), powder at $3 per keg cjAjid a lbs.), dnaline 40 cents per IV)., best drill steel at 12 to boat 7 cents per lb., and other snj>plies in proportion. Miners Irmd tl hand-drilling can sink shafts 7x8 feet section, or drive levcore, a () X (3A feet section at tlie rate of about $12 to $13 per foot ruifche oi ini'lu(lingsu])plies. With the use of rock-drills, and pumps, wito cos hoisting-engines, driven by comi)ressed air, this cost wibe bu certainly be reduced to one half or less, as has bciand ni done in the Calumet A' Hecla mines on Lake SuperinStretc Tlie motive power is a waterfall sufhcient for all purpos.oiy ov nine or ten months in the year. The cost of stoping wit drills will not exceed 75 cents to $1 per ton where the vein : as large as it has heretofore been found, and the average co- of mining and delivering on the surface, including a fa Th amount of dead-work, should not exceed $1.75 per ton, aft demor the mines have been opened to a capacity of 100 tons a dament say, after six months' work. Within sixty days from congamat: mencing Avork, there will be three shafts sinking and ei^^lcosto] levels driving in ore ; and within six months, fully twice tli;|3.42 number of places will be driving. There can be no questimbusine therefore, but that, should the vein continue as it has l)eiOTj|r $! up to the present time, and as it is confidently expected Wi will, there will be no ditficulty in securing an output of frmaU'pre 100 to 150 tons a day in six months, and more than doul'to 250 that amount within a year after commencing work. froia i The cost of millwg is based on wages from |1 to $1.25 |kOr(|iin day, wood $1 to $1.25 per cord, castings 3.^ to 4 cents per 11 put an abundant water-power, etc. '^ It f MiUiurj opcratious will consist in coarse crushing, witia doll stamps or rolls, concentrating with automatic jigs and perliajfumacf Frue belts, roasting the concentrates in a revolving cyliiultliei co or some other form of automatic rabbling furnace, pulveri/ii will pr the roasted ore, chlorinating or amalgamating it, probably tlorfe mi 27 N'G. former, wliicli has o-iven excollei* results in tlie tests thus far made, filtering, precipitating, ratorting, and molting the gold. bt $1 per day (■■ The cost of this treatment has been estimated by Mr. ng hours (7 a Stretch at ^1.25 per ton, and ])_v Mr. Couch at $1.;W per ton. $8 per keg ijA.nd Avhen we consider that the crushing and jigging will not eel at 12 to l^ost 75 cents a ton (it costs about this at Lake Superior), ion. Miners 1 i,nd that the rJ. Cherty. - " * This part of Marmora is occupied by a series of gneissoid, syenitic, and other crystalline strata, * * They are inter- stratilied in several places with remarkable bands or lodes of auriferous mispickel, associated principally with quartz, but containing also in places small quantities of cubical pyrites, mica, calcite, magnetic iron-oxide, and other sul)stances. In addition to small strings and so-called feeders of ore, four distinct bands of workable dimensions have been traced en- tirely across the location from north to south. * * * The bands have all the characters of regular veins. * * * The east lode, * * * at a depth of about 60 feet from the sur- face, exhibited an evidently increasing width of 16 feet. It consists essentially of a quartz gangue, carrying large ,rm^ 82 quantities of solid and erystjilli/ed niispickol, witli seal, of iiiicji, and here and tlioro some layers of talcose slate, fs] (^allv alon},' the liangin<.,'-wall ; and it presents constaiii good shows of free ^old. The greater part of the gold wliii it contains is absorbed, however, in the nus2)iekel, and tin re<|uires a somewhat more elaborate proeess than mere aina gamation for its extraction. From the numerous trials lli, I have made, I do not think that any i)ortion of the pure mi I)ickel routains much less than $100 worth of gold to the tn; and a great deal more is present in many portions of it. '11. mixed ore in its crude or undressed state will necessaril shoAV a lower yield, but, as already stated, in fairly clmst samples I have never found less per ton than $50 wort of gold The gold is alloyed with a small amount of silvt but the fineness is never reduced by this below 22 carat- ■''■ "■ •'■ * The following results were obtained froi samples colh^^ted very carefully, Avith a view to obtain tli average amount of precious metal held by the undressed (n, They are thus, it must be pointed out, much below the avc: age yield of dressed or picked sam])les. * ^•' -" Average sample from the Gatliug or No. 1 vein, gold, %1\\M\ average sample from No. 3 vein, gold, .$159.80 ; average sampl from the O'Neil or No. 4 vein, gcdd, $00.26. * * -• On former occasicm, I obtained from a small sample of the GatHii. ore, which probably contained some undetected specks of fn gold, no less than $112, and from a piece of pure mispickt $150 per tou. * * "■ Abstract of Report by Professor W. T. Itickard, F.C.S., London, Fng.' Svjtf. Uth, 1874. •H- 4f * * rpjjg fo^^j. ygjjjj;, ,^jj ^]^p Gatling Company- property consist of massive opaque Avhite quartz, carrvin. mispickel in the proportion of about 20 per cent of it- weight, with gold visible in portions of it, and which i- readily manifested by crushing and panning ; calcite is fouin associated with it in patches, as Avell as magnetic oxide c iron decoi of ir( T river the V near! cutti sidev T put ( For aver; (wlie vein. Ii exp(t print widt: fiden of fif on e; threi feet Ahsl I lode; mint poin intl men proi Goh sout 33 vel, with sc;ili cosp Blatc, es|i. icuts constant tlio gold wliii >i('kel, and tin lian mere ama rous trials lli, )t' the pure mi gold to the t(iL ions of it. Tl. Aill neeossaiil n fairly chosi han SoO wo it nouiit of silvi elow 22 carat- obtained flOl iV to ohtaiu tli undressed (Hi below the avc: * ^;- •;•:■ n, gold, $78.r)0 average sani])l Oil; ie of the Gatliii. id specks of fvi pure mispickt 'clxn'd, F.C.t)., iing Conipaiiv- [uartz, carryiiiL )er cent of it- and which i- calcite is foinii gnetic oxide ( iron and hematite (doubtless resulting from atmospheric deoomi)osition tjf the mispickel), as well as small proportions of iron ]>•, rites and coi)per pyrites. Tin) tlrst or east vein is about 150 feet westward of the river Moira, and the fourth al)out ::{5() feet still farther to the Avestward; the intervening second and third veins being nearly equidistant, thereby offering great facilities for cross- cutting in de])tli, and working from the same shaft if con- sidered desirable. Tl'./^ width of the veins is variable ; the minimum may be put down at three feet, and the maximum at eighteen feet. For instance, the large shaft on the east vein shows an average width of twelve feet; No. 8 vein, in the 20-foot shaft (where it shows much visil)le gold), five feet : and on No. 4 vein, a width of live feet is also found. -^ '•' * * * In order to arrive at a practical estimate of the ores exposed by shafts sunk, and by outcrops of the three prini'i])al veins, 1 vrould calculate, for each vein, an average width of only four feet across the prq|)erty, wliic-h might ccm- fidently be relied upon as a Avorking aver!ig(\ and an average of fifty-live feet in depth on eai'li vein. We tJius have in sight on each of the three veins 111,100 cubic feet of ore, or for the three veins 333,H00 cubic feet, which, reckoned at eight cubic feet per ton m situ, gives 41,002^ tons. J^bsfract of Jiejxirt of James Domjlas, Jr.. Exfj/., rrcoJugist and MhiiiKj Engineer, dated Xovenilter 2(i//<, 1873. |*f I was surprised to find in Marmora heavy j^ersistent lodes of (juartz; highly charged Avith a congenial gold-bearing DQtineral. * " The Marmora deposits present so many points of resemblance to auriferous lodes of recognized value jax the great gold-fields of the Avcn'ld as to incline one's judg- ment strongly in their favor. " " ''' " Throughout the properties [uoav consolidated in the Canada Consolidated Gold Mining Co. J there seem to run three large north and south lodes, and a fourth running from southwest to north- 34 east, cnttinj,' tliP precodiii^' diji^oiiiilly. ''^ * •• The op. iiiLTs !iro so iniinv aii.l cIdso, and tlic (iiiait/ ontcroiJS can in in;iii\ places be detected in the intervals, as to h'ave litt donl)t that at least three principal lodes extend from m>\v to north for about 'iOOO teet. * ""' * Nowhere do tli appear to he less than three leet in thickncvss, and t regular produce and character of the or(> from top bottom of the s(>veral shafts which have be(>n sunk [)th. '•' ''' ■'■ The jodi's -.wr HXU'h a size and, to all apjx^arance, so persist(Mit that a i.n. daily out])ut could be re;j;ularly r(died on. It would not. all appearance, overtask any of the ])roperties (portions the consoli(hited ]iroperty) to extract fifty tons a day fiv them, and as shafts could hv sunk and levels driven throii;j out in productive ground, the mines could be cheaply opeii' up. Extrni'fs jrtiiit Caidiii^ Bciijinii'ii) PliuiiiiicrH Ii'eporf, vkhI' Jfis>:rs. Jttlni 7'(i//f''/' ({' S<)))s, Lnudim. ■::- •::• -x- The proptM'ty under review(the Ha\vk(>ye lot, t fTatlin^- o acres, and Tuttle lot) shows wvy favorably, and 1 V myself justified in recommending it on the conditicjns bt fi named | that the Tuttle lot be added to the Hawkeye ami acre lotsj. It carries most extraordinary shows of gold the backs (^f the lodes mixed with the gossan and ptli l)elow the floating ^n, as it represents the value of (die lode when it gets into t settled state. In s(»curir,g the samples tried by Prof. Cli.i man my object was to get as far below the gossan as could. Prof. Chapman's assays of these samples gave i spectively in gold .i?:5S.05, S24.87, s;]G.()0, and $24.74; avern- $81.21 per ton of 2000 pounds. Mr. Plumnier says : " Tin- four sanijdes were taken with a view to test more especial the Hawkeve section." Tl well-c or fee distal from the p: * •«• they ] and c to om Tl ing in for yi OUtj)!^ the }» post wid from pick and valUi Opii I wa vein The larg easy an e 35 *=• Tho(.|H r()])s can in t(» Icavo lit[ (I from Hoir wlitu'o do til' IICSS, Mild t from t()|i (Ml Hiink v.: (' lodes ;i)'i' t tliJit ii I.I I. would not. i>s (portion-^ »ns ii diiy til Irivcu tliroii'j cllf'iiply Opel; ItCpoi'f, Vl('i'Ik, ni<(il' to McsNis. ./oini 'r'li/lnr ((• Sons, Loniloii, 3/'ircli, 1S7I. ( This rijKiit rr/'i-rs Imi jtorlioii oithfflrss t/iiin Oin'/nilf) of Ihf jo'opirlij of tin' ('(iiniiln ( 'inisol nlnlcil (v>hl, Jliiiimj ( 'nniiKiii//. ) Tills gold-bearing bolt contains three (probably four) well-dt'tin('(l fissure-veins in tra])-ro(*k witli several bramdies or feeders drop]>ing into them. These lodes are about eiiui- distant from each other, and vary in width on the surfat;e from two to live feet, wiilening as tiiey go down in some of the pits to as much as eighteen feet at eighty feet in depth. * -X- •::• ^^11 ^],,, l,„|<.m liiive a west(>rly dip, and wherever they have been opnied upon tlwy ])resent shows of free gold and carry. a proportion of mispickel e(pial to from one third to one ([uarter of their contents. The lodes aie well defined, incased in good walls, widen- ing in (lej)t]i, and ])ossessing all tlie characteristics necessary for yielding sulhcient ([uantities of ores to give a large daily output. ■"■ "■ ■'•■ A large quantity of timber is standing on the property, which will \>r useful for fuel and mining pur- poses. ■^'' ""■ '•" In conclusion, we beg to say that the length, width, and extent of the veins, the yields of gold obtained from tlu^ surface, the remarkable yields of gold in the mis- pickel, cond)ined with the comparatively low rate (jf wages and stores,' render this property, in our opinion, very valuable. Opinion of John ('. F. B'linlo/ph, Jfininr/ EtKjincci', In a I'll or dated Octoher, 1878. I visited the CJatliiig mining property a few years since. I was extr<^niely pleas(Hl with it. It carries three strong, wide veins well marked, cutting through the metaniorphic rocks. The ore consists of quartz carrying free gold and containing large amounts of mispickel carrying gold. The ore is not an easy one to handle, but it contains a good deal of gold. It is an extremely Avaluable property. 3G Opbtinii of Adolpli Tides, Mining Engineer and Metcdlurgist, June, 1880. Mr. Thies acted as Assayer and General Manager of the mines and mills during the time they were heing Avorked by R. P. Eothwell, under an option of purchase ; he therefore had the very l)est opportunity for becoming familiar with all the facts in the case, and his long and varied practical experience in many parts of the world entitles his opinion to great weight. He says : I have always considered the Gatling and Tuttle property a very valuable one. Having had the opportunity of examining the underground workings, and of making the assays of the ores and of noting the method of concentration, amalgamation, etc., I could from my past experience in gold mining make a comparison of value. From the dpveloi)ments made on the several parallel veins on the property, no one can doul)t their persistence downward. Contractions of the veins occur, but no pinching out. The thickness of the veins is so great there can be no lack of ore — the first essential in a mine — and of such richness as to leave a very handsome margin of jirofit. My assays on 515 tons of crndp unsorted ore gave mc an average of $13.37 in gold per ton, and this will certainly pay well in a country where labor and su])]dies are as chea]) as in Canada. With the mine opened for stoping, the cost of mining should not exceed $2 per ton, and for concentration, roasting, and amalgamation or chlorination, should not be more than from $1.50 to !ii!2 per ton, so that H per ton at the outside will coA-er all the cost of Uiuiing and treating this ore. The successful roasting of these ores in the revolving cylinder has greatly lessened this item of expense, and the facility Avith which the roasted ore amalgamates has been fully shoAvn in my Avork, Avhere I obtaineil 80 per cent of the assay value. The thorough concentration of tlie ore by jigs and belts pre- sents no difficulty, and it is in my opinion a very important consideration. So far as my personal knoAvledge of these Marmora veins, their ores, and the treatment of the same izing, near been moans not se work of tlie The v; the jh the gr 37 goes, I do not liesitate to say that I am eoaviiicetl you will never regret the purchase of this property. n it je Abstract of Report of Captain Thomas Couch, Jihdng Expert, Fehruarij, 1880. * * ^ "■'■ Throughout almost the entire length of these combined properties are traceable three strong, persis- tent lodes, coursing nearly north and south through syenitic granite. ^' ^ ^- The bulk of matter Avith wliich these lodes are filled is quartz interspersed with auriferous mispickel, copper pyrite (tiie latter rarely), and occasionally horses ;)f country rock, which are found heie as in all true lodes. ■■• " These lodes, like others of their character, will be found to expand and contract alternately, both in their trend and depth- "■ "■ "" " The thickness of the lodes is A'ariable. The west lode is three to four feet ; the middle lode is three to four feet. The main lode is four to twelve feet wide. ''^ ■' ••' ■■' All the foregoing facts together give evidence of strength and persistence of continuity in length along the respective lodes, and must be regarded as proof of continuity to the deep ; for no better or stronger evidence of tht. fact could be adduced except actual developments. The gold in the lodes of tln^ combined property is found pariilj free in quartz, au'' p. Jy associated with mis})ickel. The former is easily ext^a-cted from the rock, after pulver- izing, by panning. This part of the gold is found pi. cipally near the surface, at poii,..-, ,vhere the sulphureted i iv have been decomposed by at a osi)]ieric agencies. But it is by no moans confinet.l to this ; fcr a day scarcely passes tl.at gold is not seen by the unaided oye in the ore from all points where work is being prosecuted. Bf^sides, by pulverizing the purest of the mispickel, it can be panned out in variable rpiantities. The value of the property, however, depends in. inly upon the yield of the arsenical pyrites, .vhicD *.ip knovvii to contain the greater portiini of the gohi. tmm 38 This fact is one of great impovtanoe, as it proves beyond peradveuture that the lodes do not depreciate in value below tho water-line, and can be depended npon to yield to a great depth. It must be )-emeinl)ered that the sulphureted ores are not evenly distributed throughout the entire lode, but will, as is the case in all iodes, be found in spots and chimneys, alternating with comparatively barren zones. My samples consisted of lots from 1000 to 4000 lbs., taken ])romiscuously from the several points now being o])erated, as it is hoisted from the shafts and levels. These ores were first run tlirough a Blake crusher, and as each lot was shovehnl to the mill battery every tenth sliovclful was thrown aside for a sample. The results, as obtained from these samples, Avere as follows : i Gold, Silver. 1. Tuttle shaft (two tons) $2(5 45 Oil oz. 2. Drifts ^deep shaft), (two tons) 1(5 H8 0-07 " 3. N sliaft I on cross lissure), (one ton). . . 4 90 .... 4 Middle lode (one ton) .' 32 65 013 oz. 6. N shaft, Hawkeye (one ton) 7 85 .... 6. S " " "^ (one ton) 7 44 (Assayer, W. E. Gifford, New York.) ohe in sight. Main or East Lode. — This lode is explored for a distance of over 1000 feet, besides an opening 1100 feet south, wHJcli shows a c(mtinuous lode for upward of 2000 feet. In the following calculation, I have included the whole of the Gatling Company's 505 feet and 195 feet of the Tuttle claim, making the length 700 feet. In de])th I have gone something more than 50 feet below the lowest ])oint of exploration, making a depth of 150 feet. |Tlie shaft is now down 150 feet, or to the limit included in Captain Couch's estimates, and the higli-grade ore now produced shows how correct was his opinion. — R. P. R.] The average thickness of this lode, as exposed along its line, is fully 7 feet ; but to allow for waste, horses, contructions, etc., that will be encountered in explor- 1 39 ^ ation, I liave reduced it to 5 feet, wliicli I think a conservative figure. "We liave therefore 52,500 tons, aUowing 10 cubic feet for one ton. Middle Lode. — The thickness of this, in the ojieniugs made upon it, is about 4 feet ; allowing for contingencies as above, I shall calculate it at 3 feet ; length, '200 feet, or about 50 feet on each side of the two shafts ; and at a depth of 100 feet, about 50 fee't deeper than the explorations. "We have then 6000 tons. The West Lode. — O'Neil shaft: 1 have in my calculation allowed 50 feet on each side of the sh;ift and 100 feet deep I. A a thickness of 3 feet, which gives 3000 tons. Total ore in shjhf, 61,500 tons. * •• * - -^• While it can hardly l)e considered justice to the property to entirely ignore the unexplored lode (office vein), whose out- crop is traceable for such a length along the surface, and yield- ing gold at every point that has, thus far, been tested by panning, I do not feel warranted in making a definite estimate upon it, or any lode that is not explored at some point below the surface outcrop. I do not hesitate to say, however, that I am of the firm opinion that this lode will be found to be a source of ])rofit to its owners. Also, while the above quantity of ore may safely be considered as now technically in sight, this ':- \>ut a small part of the ore which I believe will be deAeij^toi' in sinking the shafts and driving levels as recom- ir-' •}'n\. IIi''"i'fi/e. — At the time of my examination, the shafts on this proptioy v>-G.;e nearly full of water, wliicli, together with the snow covering the surface, rendered it impossible to make a complete and satisfactory examination. I am informed by reliable persons tliat the three shafts sunk on this property are respectively 50, 25, and 25 feet deep, and that the lode is 7 to 15 feet thick. Judging from the quantity of ore lying around these re~ .!;pee'-^''"j shafts, the inclination and course of the vein, and the ainolar'l/j of the ore, as compared with that of the other mines^ 40 together with the great power of the veins on the latter, which course directly toward this, I believe these openings to b© on the extension of the two lodes opened south of them. Every thing in its surroundings leads to this conclusion, and proves besides the persistence of the lodes. There is a 20-stamp mill upon the property equipped with every thing necessary for the reduction of the ores. ^ * * * # •?:- ^Yiiiie I do not think that it will be found diffi- cult to treat these ores satisfactorily, and Avithout much ex- perimental expense, I can not insist too strongly on the necessity of having the ores reduced under the supervision of the most practical anc killful manager that can be found. Upon this the success u. uh of every other enterprise, largely depends. ^- •• ■• The natural facilities afforded by this district for mining are not equaled by any other I am familiar with. It is situated in the heart of a timbered country, and traversed by a river that furnishes sufficient water to operate 200 or more stamps at least eight months in a year. * * " * Labor is obtained at from $1 to $1.25 per day, cord-wood for $1 to $1.25 j)er cord, and other material correspondingly cheap. * * ^^ - In consequence of the vein-stone being hard, development by sinking shafts and driving levels Avill be necessarily slow. To facilitate this part of the development, I would recommend the introduction of rock-drills ; by the use of these machines, I think the progress of nearly a foot a day can be made in sinking a shaft 10 x 5 feet. All of this work should be done by contract ; by adopting this method, and furnishing the contractors Avith drilling-machines, I think the cost, includ- ing all necessary material, will not exceed |12 to|15 per foot. A shaft of these dimensions will yield from the main lode 5- tons of ore per foot. * * -x- * The cost of mining in exploration [given in detail] is something over $4 per ton. This, it must be borne in mind, is in the actual development in opening reserves, without- counting in any stoping. As soon as the mine is opened to- 41 a sufficient extent to julmit of stoping from the roof of the levels upward, the cost to produce one ton of ore will not exceed $1.25. The average cost of mining, including dead- work, will not exceed $2.20 per ton. * * ■• * The cost of milling, roasting, amalgamating and hauling, [given in full detail] amounts to $1.80 per ton. ~ ^ Profits.— The average assay value of the ore from the main vein is $21.39 per ton. in my ealculaticm upon the reduction of the ore, 20 per cent of the assay value is allowed as loss in the operation. Hence, we have as the net value of one ton from the main vein $17.11, less the average cos-!, of mining and milling, $8.50 per ton, leaving net value $13.61 per ton, on 62,500 tons, equal to $714 500 Middle vein, average assay value of ore $32.05 per ton, less 20 per cent loss— $26.12, less cost min- ing and milling, $3.50 per ton, gives net value of reserves, 6000 tons @ $22.62 135,600 O'Mil shaft— iiOOO tons in sight, same vet value after deducting mining, milling, and loss 67,900 Total net value of ore in sight $918,000 * * * It is Avell known that ore in veins is found in chutes , chimneys, and blotches, alternating with poor zones of similar shape. * * * Again, the chimneys of ore are never found to be of the same uniform grade, and where a lode is de- veloped by shafts only, without having extended longitudinal galleries to prove the extent of the rich or barren chute, the surroundings must be carefully considered and the investigator can hardly be too conservative in estimating the value of a mining property. The Marmora gold mines are no exception to the thou- sands of mines I have already seen. I have proven to my satisfaction that there are rich and poor chutes in those lodes as in all others. Two shafts on the so-called west lode are ir chutes of different quality of ore. The south shafts on the •middle lode are in good ore. The north shafts on the Hawk- 42 eye, nearly 1200 feet clistant, wliicli I believe -to be on the same lode, are in a chute of low-grade ore, while the three shafts on the east lode are all in good ore, with variations, whii'li proves a chute of great extent. Knowing these changes in the constitution of lodes are inevitable, I have made liberal deductions for them in this as in all other properties ; but, taking into consideration all things relating to these lodes, their persistence in length, their width, their geological rela- tion to the old schists and granites, and the true vein quartz gangxie, coupled with ore in paying (p;antities, besides l)eing surrounded with every facility for cheap mining ; accessible at all seasons of the year, in a healthy climate, I can not but say that I believe the lodes are of the most permanent character, and will, by the exercise of due care in the reduction of the ore.'j, ' o a source of continuous profit to their owners. " * '■'' '^ "•' Abstract of Ilcport hi/ B. II. Stretch, Mining Engineer, dated ApriJ, 1880. * ^ * The facilities for conducting mining operations very economically are seldom surpassed. Labor is fairly abundant at rates r;uigiug from Jjjfl to $1.50 per diem, the latter only for skilled ; the average for a large gang of men need not exceed $1.25. * •■ "^ * A two-horse team with driver commands about $2.25 per diem. Good board costs §2.50 per Aveek. - "' " Firewood is worth $1 to $1.25 a cord. Pine Lumber at the mills, about 4 miles from the mines, is worth $8 per M ; in quantity it can be contracted for at $8.50 delivered. Timber. — Mining timbers, partly squared, are said to be worth about 3 to 5 cents per running foot, in sizes ranging from 8 to 12 inches. The country is heavily timbered, so that there need not be any fear of serious changes in these prices for many years to come. Supplies. — Shoes and dies, and similar iron castings, are •worth at present about 4 cents per pound. Salt not over $1Q» 43 per ton, or half a cent per pound. Limestone is only nominal, as it is everywhere abundant, and sulphuric acid, manufac- tured at Broekville, Ont., is worth 2^ cents per pound in Belleville, in comparatively small (piautities. Wafey. — Water is alnmdant everywhere. The Moira Kiver, which is now fully 70 feet wide, runs parallel with the vcmuh a few hundred feet to eastward of them and within a thousand feet of the princi]:)al openiny;s, has a succession of small rapids and one fall of 25 or 30 feet. -• - * ]3y a low dam and a short shallow earth-cut, a first-class mill site can be made just east of the Mormon shaft, which would secure a fall of fully 30 feet, and have an aT)undant power for all necessary machinery during at least eight months out of the year. During the balance, it is probable that it would have to be supplemented by steam power. ■'" - * (liuference to Map.) Five gold-hearing veins are more or less distinctly proven by outcrops and exploration to exist on the pr(,perty. They run north and south near its eastern boundary and dip to the west, in which direction the i^roperty extends so far that there is no danger of their running beyond its boundary in any possible exploitable depth. ^' ■• ■■• - * AYhile the belt can be pretty thoroughly traced for over 3000 feet through the property, that portion which is best known lies on the Gatling Co.'s and Tuttle groiinds, and covers an area of about 800 feet north and south by 300 feet east and west. East or Main Vein. — This Ai^in first shows itself distinctly near the south lines of the Tuttle property, as a strong iron- stained quartz outcrop (square E). Two hundred feet to the north, the same quartz again comes to the surface, and, as usual, discolors the ground red (s(piare E 3); one hundred and eighty feet to the north (square T 4) the outcrop is exceedingly strong ; but the quartz, though iron-stained in tlie joints, seems to be barren in the old shaft on the east side of the road. The vein at this point is so flat (about 15 to 20^) that to avoid destroy- ing the road, a new shaft, called the Mormon, was sunk to the 'west. This is now fifteen feet deep, has drained the accumulated 44 surface water from the old shaft, and appears to have entered the hauj^nn^,'-\vall of the vein. The rock is stained pale red, and is a mixture of syenite, mica, qilartz, cale-spar, and mispickel, but is not yet thoroujj;hly mineralized. The vein is probably ten feet thick, and its structure will ba easily understood by the cross-section on the map. Two hundred and fifty feet to the north (sq. E F 7) a small pit (D) was sunk to the west of the road in which the quartz (iron-stained) Avas found to lie very fiat, and in small quantity. West of these two last-mentioned developments (sq. E (5), a fallen tree shows considerable quart/ among the upturned roots. -;4 * * -X- ■/• * ' * Fourteen liundred and fifty feet north of the first outcrop mentioned, and near the north line of the Tuttle property (sq. D. 15 ), we come to the Tuttle shaft, which ''" " * is now 88 feet deep. - ••- " •• The first 30 feet was sunk vertically, about 9 feet square, all in ore. At this dei)th, the probable foot-wall was struck with a westerly dip of about GO". A little work was done in this foot-wall to deter- mine the fact, and the rock therefrom is the only waste on the dump. The shaft was then changed to the dip of the vein, and the bottom is still in ore with no sign of a hanging-wall. These facts, as will be seen by reference to the cross-section of the shaft on the map, make the probable width of the vein at this point about 25 feet. Water was struck in the bottom of the shaft, Avhich proved to .be connected with that in the "A" shaft, and also with a spring about GO feet south of the shaft. 4<- * * x- j^ ijr^s^ jjQ^v risen to within about 5 feet of the top (being about 7 feet above the Avater in the river) and stands at a corresponding level in the " A " shaft. This shaft has produced about 251 tons of ore, or about 6.2 tons to each running foot. * * * * ^j sample of one ton from the bottom of the shaft, carefully crushed and sampled, gave me l)y assay |19 per ton of 2000 pounds. One hundred and twenty-five feet north of the Tuttle shaft* 45 * we come to the " A " shaft (sq. 1) 17). This * * - is now 46 feet deep. * " ^^ The shaft Jias jiroduced about 119 tons of ore. ^- - * TJie shaft has a waste dump of about 00 tons or over. '^' ■-" "■• My sample from one ton from the bottom, carefully crushed and samph)d, gave me a result of :*18.25 per ton. For 80 feet west of the shaft, numerous outcrops of (pinrtz can be seen which approach each other rapidly on the south and sesm to concentrate at or just north of the Tuttle shaft. The continuity of the east branch of the vein from the " A " to Tuttle shaft is i)roved by Hve small cuts (see Map, tier 1(5) showing kindly iron-stained porous quartz, and the western branch is well shown in the outcrops (untouched). No cut has been run across these stringers to determine tlu^ir value. Two hundred and ninety-seven feet north of the "A" shaft, we come to the (h^ep shaft. The intervening ground has not been provc^d by surface ex])loration ''^ "' ■'■ except just south of the fence (1) 17), and I had the outcrop again exposed in mineral in the garden (D 18), about midway betAveen the sliafts at a depth of two fei't. It here showed stringers of good mineral; but I did not expose the main vein, as the surface (L'bris over it is fully 10 feet thick. The deep shaft is tha most important development on the property. '"^ "' "'•" It was sunk a little over 70 feet some years ago, and has been continued this winter to a depth of 105 feet. The ex])lorations at the 70-foot level extend from the center of the shaft 46 feet to the north and 41 feet to the south. Near the surface, the vein Avas somewhat mixed, but rapidly opened in ore, until the top and bottom of the incline are 18 feet apart in the Avidest place, Avith quartz yet on the upper side. The shaft Avas then contracted (for economy in sinking) to a higlit of ten feet at the level of the drifts, and again to seven feet beloAv the same. At the bottom, 105 feet doAvn, the apparent foot-Avall has flattened and reduced the thick- ness of the ore-seam, Avhich is noAv nearly pure mispickel, to less than tAvo feet in thickness. It has been smaller, but shoAvs signs of again increasing in size. [At the present depth of 150 feet, !• 46 it is fully six /eot wide, of excellent ore. — R. P. R. | Tlio drifts are run (\\ feet wide, entirely in ore find quartz, with no si^'u of Willis, unless it \h) in the end of the south drift on the west Sid(>. ^^>^^^^i>^ My siunples f)f ore, one ton each, taken from the followin, l>ut is full of water to within 5 feet of the top. •'■ ■" "' FoV 240 feet north of the water-shaft, the vein is disclosed in 7 pits, of which No. C) was the discovery-shaft. No. 7 (in 1) 21) is saiil to be 15 feet deep, shows ^'ood ore at the surface and a fjfood han<^in;^- Avail, but is. nearly full of water. '" ''^ * The ])its from S to 12 show a very strong quartz; vein, not so thorou first outoro]) noar tlio Tiittlc south line, and tho voin may 1)(> oonsi(h'ved tracod for t hat distanro. Ojficr W'iii. — Wost of tho main voinandat adistanoo vaiy- ing from 50 to (50 foot thorofrom, is a strong and continuous lino of outorops -which havo not boon prosjtoctod, c^xcopt h\ a small cut Avhich I ran o[)posito tho doop shaft, and in which I found considorablo (piart/. and stri^aks of good nanoral. They extend from opposite tlH> Tutth> shaft to op])osit(> shaft 7, a distance of (!(lOfo(>t. '^' ". ''■" '^ Thoy are strongest to the soiitli, hut carry loss nii^ioral. Toward tho noi-tli, good streaks of ore occur in the gi'ass-roots. PotcJf'r-Hounc f'clii. — Along tho Po\vd(>r-Hous(v ridg(>, west of tho oihco, and al)out 50 fo(.'t from tho otHco voin, is a double line of small outivro[)S known by tho above name, whi(di extend from the "A" to tho doop shaft, a distance of 300 feet, but do not soom to have much ]iractical vabu', as they lie in a bolt of hard ])ink syenite. A few small holes have been sunk u[)on these outcrops, but not enough to d(!tor- mine their value. ^ JlidilU- I'vifi. — ^About (50 fei^t wost of the Powder-House vein, we come to the middle vein, which lies about IHO or 200 feet Avest of the last or main voin. While the crojjpings arc; plaiid}' exposed as barren (prart/ on tho knoll wost of the office (S(|. B 16), and again on the Avest side of the Powder- House llidge (D IS), th(> two shafts are suidc neai-ly opposite the deep and water shafts (1) 20), with a few small pits (1)21) still farther north and near the lim; of fault, which seems to cross the mineral belt from southwest t(,) northeast about 100 feet north of the north shaft on this voin (see Map). '■ ^' " Tho shafts are said to l)0 IS and ?>() f(M't doop. Prom the si/.-- of the dumps, I should take thc^ north shaft to be tho (lee})ost. The size of the vein is difficult to determine, as it is not visible, but it must have had a fair strength, judging from the size of :he quartz dumps and the size of some of the masses of ore 48 lyiner 2Wi, 1880. Mr. 'I'hies spent three mouths on the properf^j, iu charge of the assaying and milling of the ores, from February to May, 1880. and is tlierefore thoroughly familiar with the intrinsic value of the property and the facility with which the ore is treated. I am very glad indeed to see from the EiKjineerlng and Miuin.fi Journal that the stock is taken so rapidly, though I do not Avonder at this at all, because you have offered it so far below its value. I was highly pleased with Mr. RotliAvell's report, and any one who has read the same and is still an un- believer, may take a trip to the mines and satisfy himself ; and he will have to add a good deal more to the value of them than Mr. Kothwell's estimate. There is no mining enterprise on this continent Avhicli offers surer returns than the Canada Consolidated Gold Min- ing Company. Report 1)1/ Walter Shaidij, Cir'd EH'/lncer, Moidreal, Quebec. MoNTEEAL, January 17, 1881. KicHAiii) P. RoTHWELi., Esq., Minlwi Engineer, New York: Deak Silt : I have pleasure in conveying to you my impressions of the Marmora Gold Mines, forming the prop- erty of the Canada Consolidated Gold Mining (company, as gathered from my visit to, and examination of, the ground and workings last month. 00 The situ.ation of the property iu aifordiiig every possible facility for cheap workiiijif is probably not to be equaled Ijv that of .any important <;()ltl mine on this continent. Most of the ^reat mines are to be looked for in regions difficnlt of access, where labor has to be imported and hijj;hly paid for ; where even the sim})lest necessaries of life have to be bronu;ht from afar, and at great expense ; where fnel is commonly a scarce and precious article, and where even water has to be paid for by the inch. The Marmora mines lie in the midst of a highly pro- ductive wheat-growing and catth^-raising country, where provisions and all the other recpiisites of " living " are as abundant as, and cheaper than, in New England or New York, The County of Hastings, of which the Townshi}) of Mnrmora is a subdivision, is intersected bv macadamized highwavs and railwavs. One of the former extends from the city of BeHe- ville, on Lake Ontario, to the mine, and there is a railway station within ten miles. In respect of geogra])hical ])osition, measured by time, relatively to the grt^at business centers of Canada and the adjoining States, Marnioi'a, Iviiig /»:{ miles buck from Belle- ville, is distant from — Toronto, about 10 hours ; Montreal, about 14 hours ; New York or Boston, ?»() hours. Fuel-wood of the choicest description can l)e bought at the mine iov J^l.25 per cord of l!28 I'ubic feet, Avhile the River Moira, ])assing through tlu^ property, afl'ords abundant su])])ly of water for all ordinary mining uses in all seasons, and (witii 30 feet fall) ample power for driving machinery for nine months in the year. The great Hiunestake Mining Company (gold), in the " Black Hills" ccmntry, i)ublishes the following statement for the two years and nine months ending with August, 1880 : Total tons of cn-e trrushed, 278,283. Net bullion extracted, .i;l,88y,283.98. I 56 Total working expenses, $959,825.98. The cost of plant, stiinip-niills, etc., was $455,210.10. And dividends paid in same two years and nine months, !5;()00,0()0. This great result was obtained from ore yielding, net, only about $6 j^„"y per ton. The working expenses per ton of rock, averaged SB,'*,,",,. Comparing prices for labor and " supplies" of all kinds at the Honiestake mine Avitli what w^e know will ])e ruling rates in Marmora, and allowing for any probable increase over present rates, the relative cost of extracting the bullion in the two localities, supposing the ores to be identical in character, would be as follows : Homestake. Marmora. Labor of mining and milling, per ton $1 40 $0 70 Shafts and dead-work 30 20 Machine and blacksmith shops and all else. 71 47 Fuel 28 10 Water 11 All other " supplies" GO 50 Whole cost, per ton, of rock $3 4G $1 97 And this comparison, so widely in favor of Marmora " facilities," does not take into account the large saving to be effected there by the use of water-power for the greater part of the year as against steam-power, with wood at $4.75 per cord ,dl the vear round at the Homestake mine. The Homestake ore yields, net, as stated above, $( 1 u F*^^ ton. The average of 108 assays, from 108 five-ton samples of Marmora rock, shows $13.37. These tests, chiefly from your own sampling and assays, must be taken as having been very safeJy made ; for I find reports from nine other well-known mineralogists giving far higher results. The average of all the tests made seems to leave no room to doubt that the per ton value of the ore is fully $18V\ A,. 57 A8 ail offset to J^J'iek HiU ^'lO JuVrl -^^i<>n,t/i.T:j^":"^^^'-^'oi.,„, ^"•!/-we,bi:::;,;;;t^^-^'^^iceoi.ei^^ le tho h iisthi est (], Id it {J and IS ^^'g mto Himdl •^"PJ>lios in tiu I'eiuli]^ pieces iihi^' I liiitted t iXCi Til fitter '^iitniiis beii friisJied ill tJ, )(' iiiir '^ ^'i-e, and i« j.,.,,^^., •les ig iijosti ese possess tiiom l>e almost inc, ii-e Jai- n,.^ XI. ,. " ^^1^1 nrovp ..,. .. ,. -^ gold mines to place the U Pi'ove HO enti f'espect pi'edict But '^ •'^'iiaJl Dart. "•i"ora in tlie front cnmnm.„+,- i"e and coni- ^•^^"k of pHji, , »»**& 56 Total workiiif^' expenses, $959,825.98. Tlie eost of plant, stanip-niills, etc., was $455,210.10, And dividends paid in same two years and nine months, .*r.oo.ooo. This fifreat result was obtained from ore yielding, net, only about $6j^„"y per ton. The working expenses per ton of rock, averaged -S3 j*,,'',,. Comparing prices for labor and " supplies" of all kinds ac the Homestake nnne with what we know Avill be ruling rates in Marmora, and allowing for any probable increase over present rates, the rehative cost of extracting the bullion in the two localities, supposing the ores to bo identical in character, would be as follows : Ilomestako. .Marmora. Labor of mining and milling, per ton $1 40 $0 70 Shafts and dead-work 3(5 20 Machine and blacksmith shops and all else. 71 47 Fuel 28 10 Water 11 All other '•' supplies" GO 50 Whole cost, per ton, of rock S3 4G $1 97 As, however, the Marmora ore requires to be roasted and chhrrinated, the cost will be increased ; althougli, since only the concentrates, or say one ton in three, will be roasted, and only one ton in four will }w chlorinated, the total cost of mining, n)illing, etc., reduced to the ton of ore as extracted from the mine, will still not exceed from $3 to $3.50 per ton, or not move than at the famous Homestake, Avhose ore vields only SG.HO per ton, and where fuel is $4.75 per cf)rd. '/- iiigiicr ifsuits. xne average oi an me tests made seems lo leave no room to doubt that the per ton value of the ore is fully $18y\,V. 57 As fin offset to tlio lii^rli prieos of Ijilx.v !iii(l .supplies in tlie VA'.ick Hills rooion, the Homestuke ore is adnutted to be "soft iuul friable, bivuking into small pieces after being shattered by blasting, and is readily crusln'd in the mill. It is in the highest d(>nree a tree-miliing ore, and is rea.lily amalgamated, the gold it contains being mostly coarse and easily saved in tlie l)atteries." These are large advantages, and did the Marmora rock possess them in .-.lual degree, the value of the proi)erty Avould be almost iiicalcnlable. None of the veins as yet exposed, how(>vt>r, mine as easily or will "mill" as freely as the " Homestake" ores. On the contrary, they are roasting ores, and the cost of treatment is consequently much increased. Th(^ counterbalancing advantages of Marmora are to be sought for in the greater richness of the ore, almost three to one, and in the immensely greater wo)king facilities in respect of labor, materials, and water-poAver, and I confidently predict that the " c(mnterbalancing" \vill prove so entire and com- plete as to place the Marmora in the front rank of paying gold mines. But a small p..rt, comparatively, of the Canada Consoli- dated (lold Mining Company's proi)erty has as yet been " proved ;" l)utyour estimate of the value of the "ore in sight" appears to me to be not overstated at .ii>575,000; and with proper application of capital and skill, the enterprise can not fail of proving a notable success. W. Shanly. I I ^ 19 1 «^MWWrfn«Mi«b«MMtotaB ♦ ' "" -'P «)■") Jll, 1 Hm ^y "'\". I ,.).'■''■"""*' ^mWB—fyy *!■ ? < » j i»*.i<*»* -Tuttle Shaft _ XXg--;;^j5il '^' c^. 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