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Las diagrammes suivants illustrant la mithoda. 1 2 3 4 5 6 MICROCOPY RESOIUTION T?ST CHART (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART Ho. 2) 1^ IIM i^ |I5.0 1^ 13^ i^ IS ■ ■1.0 |2.0 u A :^PPUED_IM^GE_ SBV 1653 East Main Street r-.jS ?.?5l'''s'«''' New York 14609 USA -.JS ('''6) 482 - 0300 - Phone ^S ("e) 283 -5989 -Fox AV M REPORT ov C. S. GZOWSKr, ESQ., AITOINTW, TO EXAMINE AND REPORT ITOI^ THE MINES OK Tin: UPPER CAA^ADA MINING COMPANY. 0\ LAKE IIirRON. -'t I -*. .^ <% i ^M • 1 -I HAi\IILTOi\, C. \y. .1 PRIN-TEI) AT TUF. SPEcTATOn OI'FICi;. * ; 1 itiiH. thf ho del 'I'll an] th(] tati the mo tair the Mil quil and first as3( whi Office of the Upper Canada Mixing Co. Hamilton, 2Gt)\ September^ 1848. Sir : The Board of Directors arc of opinion, that the accompanying Report, made by Mr. (.'. S. GzowsKi, (one of iSeir number) is of sufficient interest and importunce to the Share- holders to justify its transmission to them, and determined to have it printed for that purpose. 'I'he Directors do not intend to publish it m any of the periodicals until the expiration of the current year, in order to avoid the impu- tation of an attempt to give an undue value to the Stock. The Directors liavc also decided to adopt most of the leading recommendations con- tained in the Report, and, with a view to give them cftect, have resolved to work the Wallace Mine during the winter. The estimated amount which will be re- quired, in order to discharge present liabilities and to work the Mines properly, up to the first day of May next, is £2,404 lis. 8d.— $9,618 33. The balance in hand of available assets, amounts to £963 ISs. Od.-— $3855 75, which, belijg deducted from the former, leaves » < a balance of $a862 58 to bo provided for, oi- «-« by assessment or^ale of some of tlje Stock yet undisposed of, winch, as you are ^are by the Act of Incorporation. The Dii-ectors wish to avoid making an ashmen,, and, therefore, have come to' the conclusion of offering such portions of si t2l :'7T «'°''='-''l-. at par val . address ZT f ^^'^'^' y°" "'" P^^^^o wUhTt dX -^•**"^""°"' '^^'••, reduce7orh"'7 "Tt '° '^''^^''' " barrel of ilhli h °' •""'tP'^kedore to thesmeltin.es- aWishmentsat Boston and Baltimore, ti,is\u. umn,a. samples, with ^he view of mak 7con trac siorthedelivery pf the ore at those'cu" Uufing the summer of 1849 ore and He. facilities of transmission, the Di «ctor. W.1I feel authorised i„ enter"nL „„" ," Wy contracts, if it shall he found prffita^ ,,, "The Directors dgnot wish to makcaav en,arks on the Report now sent yoSrt^^^r than to say, that it is their una„i,ni= L": . derived from conversation with" M;:G;r,rsK," ►vided for, ci- e of ti?e Stock » are aware, aies, created 1 making an come to the ions of said t par value, lie required take a por- wiJl please LLSOX, Esq. a barrel of JraeJtinges- ►re, this au- aking con- hose cities r valuable n,the Di- ring upon profitable make any u, further GzowsKf, ns well as from various other authentic sour- ♦;es of information, that the Report is within bounds in its statements of the value of the Wallace and Spanish River Locations. I have the honor to bo, Sir, ' Your'Most Ob't. Serv't., " Geo. S. Tiffany, President of the Upper Canada Mining Cvmpanij. Toronto, 14th Septemhcr, IM^, Sir : In compliance with a Resolution adopt- ed at a Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Upper Canada Mining Company, held at Hamilton on the 12th July last, I proceeded to examine the Wallace Mine and other f,o- rations belonging to the Company, on Lake Huron, and have the honor to submit, for their consideration, the following Report and re- commendations : — As the operations of mining have been fairly commenced at thfe Wallace Mine, and as that Location demanded more particular examination,! have devoted the principal por- I . - prog::X;:' •=»""-'=''-''■ the .ohJ cribinV'he re!,°r"Pr'"''' "' "■"«'" Op- tion, as ha. has »[ ""-f T'"" "*'"''' L°^''- '- far as it !,as been pro.ZlliaZoT'' eix to twolvc feet. "'creases to from The operations carried on, so &r r question, as to whether th^ n '^'^ uuanfitv on I • "^"^®^ ^"6 ore increased in quantity, and impraved in nunlitv k j , ^^rfacej this, I am pleasld fT7' """^ '^'^ beei^most satisP.^. , ^^ '"^^^"^ >'«"» has facP "''''\''^'^«^'*ctonIy established-the sur- ^ce indications of the strcn..th of .h. IT. -V- good, but nothing extraordinary/'f;;;;: id to •vith the Works e-vamining >r time in des- n of this Loca- nnished to the Mi-.T.Bristgl; tifully situated on, at the dis- »n Island, in a •or, perfectly vessels, and ^' (i• From the time, however, it wrs opened, the ore in- creased in quantity and richness every foot. At the bottom of the trial shaft, which is only about 15 feet in depth, numerous vein'? of yellow and grey sulphurets of copper — the latter containing a large proportion of arseni- cal cobalt and nickel — are clearly developed j and, instead of showing themselves in a de- tached form, as they did near the surface, are continuous, uniform, and evidently assuming a permanent character. This shaft was sunk at an elevation of about three feet above the surface of the water, and after it reached the depth of about six feet, the water came in rapidly from the lake through a seam in the wall-rock \ noticing,however,thc improvement in the character of the vein, the shaft was carried to the depth of 15 feet. After reaching that depth, and proving the vein, it was deemed expedient not to sink it any further, the difficulty of keeping the wa- ter away, as the depl,h increased, becoming every moment more serious. Two other shafts were commenced on the same vein \ one to the east of the trial shaft, •^t a point elevated ab^ut nine feet above the lake, and at a distance of about 40 feet from the water's edge •, anu the other, to the west „''^'„-^''' ^' • -, ' ••*_„'' _ > Kj\ \l\Ki i^iai Siiali^ ai au eiuVaiiOu oi UpWafuS of 60 feet above the surface of the water. •n ii ^ery one, that the same results-as regards ized »t »h increases-will be real- ued^ at these po,„.s as at the original trial JerreJfoislill "«''"'">" ""= "^° ^^afts re- Dabmtv nV h ' ^"' P'""^' '° ?">-« the ca- pability of ,the vein, ,vliich will enable the Company to calculate with certainty o„ T quantity and value of the ore fnr L ^ -t and west.hafts(whicV::'abo ;:::;, : ^lAr .iTLTS riTshl'' 'd f quantity and quality of the o els^l """ ''" j-ewii.be no di^mcu,ty'T„:i:iv::at' .,uant ty of ore can with certainty be liffed 1 "' "'" P°«'en of the mine in a given time Another object in^sinking those shaft to enable the Company to cari^olthe work require, by extending ievels in pnc*«.i westerly directions, aSd. it t hop ri"u -O^mconvenience being ^u/fered fronf the The character of the rn/>i- :_ ^ por,ischloriticslate:itisVasi;;;XlZ that though Jnk but a few 't shaft about et) sufficient ^ to satisfy —as regards 'roportion as ■will be real- >riginal trial ^o shafts re- •ovethe ca- enable the nty on the r, when the it a quarter ink to the % and the the same, ating what 5 lifted out iven time. shafts is, the work nces may iterly and l» without from the «jg cop- *kcd, but th& i?: '-i: Mdl •:>Xi\Ur.^ DC readily separated fr cannot without the process ot crusiiing. A|i, the bottom of the trial shaft, and even in the west shaft, small veins of quartz have appeared -, and I look to an entire change in tlie character of the rock, as the shaft is in- creased in depth. Much anxiety was manifested to ascer- tain beyond a doubt, whether, in addition to tliC sulphurets of copper, the vein at the Wal- lace Mine contained other minerals of greater value, namely, cobalt and nickel ; and though 1 confess, that before making this examina- tion, I myself had great doubts of tiie exist- vuco of tjjcse mineruLs, I am now fully satis- tie ! ;,for, by making a personal examination of the ore as it came out of the shaft, it not only answered accurately to the description of arsenical cobalt, but, by putting it to the test, which was done by Dr. Le Compte, of New York, (who very kindly offered to make the experiment) the existence of arsenical co- balt, in large quantities, was proved beyond a doubt. It remains i)ow to ascertain what quantities of each description of mineral the vein contains, which cf^l be done by analyz- ing a fair average speciijien of the ore. On this Location, in a north-easterly di- rection from the point of operations, and at a distancB of only about two miles, there is a ■fpl :|fl-| 4i 10 cry rich vein of iron ore, (red oxide.) It is ^•00 feet above the surface of the lake ; and though at present the operation, « ilh „o doubt ttn !f T, "'J'P'"'""' "«" «'e long, the attcn- I«>fit, towards developing and getting out the -on ore, «hicb is of great riohnes^ and n outlay for the purpose of extracting it. At a distance of about one and a half 1 .»h l,.ke there ,s a very extensive water the Company, as ,t is sufficient to propel a„v ■!cscr,pt,on of machinery connected wfthmm^ ■ng operations, or other works. Another important advantage which must "11 '° "= ^-^'"^ °f «■« Wallace" Mine Loca t.on .s, Its proximity to market. It fe the .'oarcs. mme accessible, by uninterrupted Z ter communication, on Lake Huron. The Lo cafon contains, also, in addition to tie very" great mmeral resources and extensive watcZ power, a large quantity of land fit for agrtu - lural purposes ; suflftient. in my opinfon if ,P operiy culuvated, tii yield every descZ on 01 produce, for the consumption of a Ta °e number nfm^^ Ai- ' tt Mrge ' ..v«. Ainiosi every description of I «2^5*!»««iB id oxide.) It is Ucd to be about f the lake ; and fi8 \v\n no doubt fie copper vein, lonor, the attcn- directed, with getting out the ichness, and in my reasonable :ting it* e and a half foot of White 'cnsive water flense vahie to o propel nny ted with min- e which must Mine Loca- It h the srruptcd wa- on. The Lo- to the very Qsive water- for agricul- opinion, if description of a large scription of 11 imbcr id in abundance j therefore, as far as it an be made available for the purposes of roasting or smelting the ore, a sufficient sup', ply of it can be relied upon for a great length of time. ; ,, Having given you a general description of the Wallace Mines and of the Location, I bog leave to draw your attention, in the next place, to the details of the operations and ma- nagement, as I found them. Not to incur any more expense than was absolutely necessary to prove the vein and ex- plore the Location, Mr. Dibble, the Superin- tendent, placed the entire establishment at tlie Mine on as economical a footing as it could be done. There are only 5 miners, 9 laborer.*. 1 carpenter, and 1 smith, employed. In addi- tion to these, there are two persons employed -1 acting as an issuer of provisions and tools, and superintending the work generally j the other superintends the working men, and con- >eys the tools to. and from the forge, saving the employment of a laborer for that purpose. There are between 40 and 50 tons (esti- mated) of valuable ore raised : tliis is now in the course of being partially dressed and put up in barrels, to be sent as specimens, and for the purpose of being an^yzed, to any place the Company may deem proper to direct. Mr. Thomas Bristol is also employed in making a more detailed e.xploration of the ■:tf H r Wallace Mine Location, and oti.er locations Mong,„g to tl.c Company on I.alv*.f ^e m tnai shaft, by the opehibg of the spring. f^:.; '•r I'll ,' 44 If this work could be Derfni.m«j u tract or bargain, I .^S/u X"^^' hrst place, it would save the neceLi^' r h 'n« a foreman watching the pro^2 /ft" men, and, in the ofl/»«n5 i P'^^S'®^* of the I would recommend to send n ft„ffiv t After having ascertained the yield of «h» ore and the price that it wilj bring^S/rl' Kff:':t!.r.^ '!«'»?''<'«- beh'adia I 'ts different state, namely, hand. I shou ings as is brmed by con- '• »t J as, in the cessity of hav- ogreaa of the (vould give the le value of do- ira convinced, icularly when ten«ive scale ctory method! remain on the ntM'O should ntity of pro- y be necessa- 3 navigation j fchly with ike ccount of all da sufficient arkets, hand- shing to pur- >»• ton. in that obtain from ialjsia which yield of the in different uantity and in be had in riKAeioAj i 15 separating the ore from the stone, as far as that can be done by breaking it with ham- mers j crushed and washed by machinery, and barrelled ; or roasted. I conceive there will be no difficulty in getting out and preparing any quantity that may be required. In the meantime, active means should be taken to ascertain the best and cheapest mode of crushing and smelting on the spot, (rever- beratory furnaces, in Now Jersey, arc very highly spoken of.) Beingin possession of all this information, knowmg the value of the ore, and having plac- ed the work-'at the mine (by continuing the operations proposed, during the winter, for provmg the vein still further) in a position that will admit of extending operations as fur as may be required, the Company will bcablo to determine, without any difficulty, on the most profitable and best 6ourse to be pursued, and not have a large amount of capital sunk in getting out a great quantity of ore, without knowing the best market for it, or the most advantageous state in which the ore should be prepared to meet the readiest sale and yield the greatest profit. I would recommend, also, that a fe w^en should be employed, during the winter, clear, mg such land in the neighborhood of the mine as 13 fit for cultivation T so that, in this next ' "I in fl.,, \ii 16 %l«g, the necessary Vegetables— at least which liavc to be n^ obtained at considera- bio expense, and tarried some distance by weter—ni ly be raiadd on the spot, r'^ Though I had Sut little time left at my disposal, after having made the necessary ox- ammation of the Wallace Mine, I proceeded to make a hasty examination of the Location next east of it. Thore are several veins of copper upon it, running in quartz.which I have not the least doubt will, upon being properly tested, prove very valuable. The next most important Location to the ..Wallace Mine, is the Location at the Spanish Kiver. To examine this Location carefully, ^ould require a number of days, there being 24 distinct veins of copper upon it. I exam- ined tvvo vein8~-one on the main shore, and the other on an island near the mouth of the I mer. Ihe island is about two miles long and one mile wide The vein on the island Is in I helace of a cliffihsing perpendicularly above the water to a height of upwards of 50 feet ' It carries grey and yellow sulphurets of cop^ per, very strongly disseminated for a tv dtfj if upwards of two feet. • » oi . Though I have not been able to i.^^e a more minute examination myself, I have every reason to believe, from the information 1 have -'eceiTcd from Mr RBie-n^- *u , . ablcs— at least d at conaitlern- le distance by spot. inio led at my 3 necessary cx- e, I proceeded f the Location veral veins ot ;z,which I have >eing properly location to the It the Spanish :ion carefully, , there being it, I exam- in shore, and mouth of the niles long and 3 island is in :ularly above s of 50 feet, irets of cop- 3r A width of I I 17 cor, that it will prove a most valuabi( rlisco- very. Its position is very favorable : the buy at the mouth of the river forms a mossi bninti- fiil harbor, with great depth of water. I am of opinion that, next season, it will be well to send a party of men and prove the best veins on tliis Location,to enable the Com- pany to form a luore accurate opinion of its value, nlictherwith the view of working or disponing of it. In conclusion, I have to state, that on the last return trip of the steamer 6rorc, she called at the Wallace Mines •, and that having now established the channel, and found it to bo perfectly safe, and that she can touch at the mine by only going a short distance out of her usual course, she will go there whenever it will be found necessary for her to do so. 1 remain, Sir, Your very Obed't. Servt'., C. S, GzowsKi, Trustee U. C. Mining Cvrnpfiim. To G. S. Tiffany, Esq. President V, C. M. Co., Hamilton. e to iijuKC a [ Jiave every ation 1 have ^piofiiig o/ii-