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The Huron Expositor, 1870-03-04, Page 8arcit 4t .1011.11111iiIII011111111.1111111111•111111111111111MINNIII .AR4IVAL. TEAS!OF = COFFEES 1 Liquors toinfrom the public that p. 'large stem of _New Tea, for quality is unsurpassed. cI that, he can soli cattie or in largel, ten per cent r than any eni the Oiiiflt. ES. is also .cheaper than can be had -here, and a large stock consisting of `sl Wines, Brandies, C., uaJity cannot be Country Merchants and lie large purchasers are re. a a call before purchasing ttisried he can_ do better for Ise in this seation of the t., .14114.N \VAL SH, Scott's New Brick Noel ts7t). ll-tf. WAREROOMS I RT,SON -atfacturor of all kinds of -- FURNITURE ..,;11011 ZIN Tit E.TA EL E S , ATTRASSES, FAT TABLES, CL and STEAI r; -:e in Great Varity„ eonidenee in offering his k they are made of Good ittl by First-Clasa Work- ILDE TO ORDER. [tortest Notice. TURNING Lud, I)espatelt- .3,roorns slIARP's HOTEL, •••`.treet. t, ISM 57-tf. 0 HOUSE WINTER at greatly 'ices . r - 41141 I.Ut at rt Gfr cerkg, "roc :7ery. E.:DNV A ittfr.. rAhlf IS70. 53-te (honey reeeivl another large re. for rrveatment on good !tart • n- it) per cent, an JOHN N. PORTER: 1St. Int/. 95-t1 IVfare 41, 1870. H.URON. EXPQM-Ofk minitir in Qii.ia;tcle, (From. the iliontred Herake4 Annual Review.) The continued depression in the prices of all metals has had a very unfavorable effect .on niinieg operations in the -Provinces. in the circular from Messrs. Rogers & Co., which we republish elsewhere, a pretty full -summary of the adverse influences will be found, so that to these we need not here more particularly refer.. ,In addition, how- ever, to the informationrelating to copper, which will be found there, we learn that the importations from Chili from which 5,000 tons could have been absorbed, have been upwards of 10,000 tons, leaving a very large surplus in stock in Great Britain at the beginning of the year, the *demand being by no means in proportion to the in- creased supply. QUEBEC AD ONTARIO. There is so little information ayailable owing to the discontinuance of many of the mines, and the partial working of !others, that it is impossible at present to enter into details, We give, however, as full infor- mation as it is possible to obtain, the en - satisfactory state of affairs apparently in- ducing those interested to refrain from communicating the position of the, different mines. For much of the information we • give relating to mining in Quebec and On- tario we are indebted to Professor Bell, of the Geological Survey, who has kindly furnished us with notes on the subjeot. • eoPPEa. The greater part of the mine . have ceased working, owing to the Causes lready pointed out. The ores Containing a, large proportion of sillphur have :been us d tp a ) considerable extent in making su phuric ecid, for the 'Reparation of the bleaching powders and other chemicals, in the manu- faCture of which this acid is employ d, the residuesof Copper being treated sep rately after the sulphur has bee -n extracted. The want of a sufficient market here h s pre- - vented this branch of manufaCtur frorci being prosecuted on any , extensive scale, but something has been done at uebee, and it is not improbable that the use, of the Sicilian Sulphur in the works. at London, Ont., may be dispensed with, and.sono of the Lower Canada ores containing a large percentage of, sulphur be substituted for it withladvantage. Great part of the ore now sent to the States is used for making superphosphates for the South, the use •of which is becoming daily more ext , sive: ca Sulphuric A.cid being, however, the agent for obtaining nearly all the other aci s, and being employed in se many different ways, is an article of daily growing importance, and will draw upon sulphurets, which are probably the cheapest material that can be obtained for the perpose. • The Huntington Mine in Bolton, East- ern Townships, has continued in the fface of depressed prices to , be worked *igo ously, about 240 tens per.month of ten.' pe . cent, ore .being sent off to Liverpool and Balti- more. Were a demand to spring up frona 500 to 600 tons a month could eas lye be sent away. This mine, we have. rea on to believe, has been worked -with great judg- ment and ability, The Capel Mine has been sendi g off about 300 tOUS a month, fiom 60 to 80 men being employed. Sinelting'is'going on regularly, from 30 to 40 tons of 35 per cent regains beine6shipped to Liverpool. monthly, the most of the raw ore being sent to the States. Thefuelemployed for the 'Smelt- ing is partly American Anthiacit and partly English Coke. ._ The Lower Canada Mine • is _working rctoderately, part of the,produnt being sent to Quebec, and part to the United States. In Quebec the Selpliurie Acid Wor10, the property of the Company, have a consider: able capacity; but are by no means Worked up to theft full capicity. ' The lessee of the Harvey Hill Mine, Mr. James Douglas, of Quebe,c, has been intro- ducing a new system of working, and dress- ing the ore. A separate hoisting, engine has been erected at the mouth of .the princi- pal shaft, connected by a tramway.athe dressing -house, three storeys high,–where -. the ore falls into a Blake's crusher and 'passes through two sets of Cornish rollers - eonnected with cylindrical screens. The arrangement is such that the ore from the time it is landed at the bottom of the shaft is never handled till it ig delivered, crushed and sized, at the dressing floor below, where are two double automatic hatch s on -Rittinger's plan for dressing theslimethe 'whole being constructed on the lates Ger - Man models. The machinery is seady completed, and, it is said, wiR enab e the ore to be treated ra.pidly and tecononically, and to dress it up to 25 per Ont., th .4 crude ore holding from 3 to 5 per I cent. en an averacre. The new process for extr cting copper, discoVered, by Dr. Hlunt an Mr. Douglas, which was successfully tried in the mine last September, will, it is repor ed, be carried on as soon'as the dressing M. ,hine- ry is complete, which will, probably, be in a week or two. A proper filmic and lixiviators have been erected for th pro- -cess. Thereeire other min ea in the neighbor- hood of Lennoxville -working to sonie ex- tent, but we have been unable to- 9btaili any detailed information respecting t1iem. Oa Lake Huron, the Messz s Taylor Bros: have continued to mine copper re on the Bruce, Wellington and Huron Qopper Bay locations. They have employed labout 300,men.and boys, and . exported about 2,800 tons of ore, and `retained sothe on hand.. Works are,being 'erected for the; reduction, an a larte• Oak, of.: the eliporel: ores, and the tailings, by a - modification of Itindason'prcidesic .0441Vf-evt.'ItOns-ot me- tallic copper- have been already produ ed in this way. ` • • At Madoc gold -raining is still carried on. _ The Phosnix. (old Richardson) Company of Madoc are sinking a shaft about 200 feet north of the old workings, in the expect- ation of striking the lead at about 130 feet froin the sulface. Mr. Dunstan, the menager, has obtained gold in the character- istic carbonaceous matter at a depth of 100 feet in the old shaft . In the Township of Marmora, the Severn Mine, on lot 6, in the 8th concessien, is being -Worked at a „consi- derable depth. The old Berry Crusher is at work at a mine On 1,)t 7, in the 9th con - Cession of the same Township, where a few men, are bmployed getting out ore. The Feigel Mine. on lot 16 in the llth con-. cession of •thefsame ° Township, ,had been worked during she whole year. The stamp mill at this mine has been in more constant use than an other mill in the district. The gold at the above localities is contained in; quartz and sulphurets, associate'd sometimes with calcapar and bittterspar, and at the Phcenix Mine with carbonaceous matter. The average yield per ton, so far, has not been high, and it appears that success will depend upon crushing large quantities at a cheap rate.. Alluvial gold milling in the Chaudiere region is stall confined( almost entirely to the Gilbert River, ir the Seigniory of Rigaud, Vaudreuil. The amount of gold takereout daring the year. amounted to, rather more than $20,000, Goldbearing veins continue to be diecovered in the same Seigniory, and • stamp -mills have been erected for reducing the quartz, SILVER. The Montreel. Mining ,Comp'yhave had Mr. Macfarlane at work again all summer on Lake Superior. In addition to survey- isig and exploring the Company's locations, be has been eilgaged in carrying on mining operations on an island in front of the Jar- vis location, where he had discovered a valuable vein of silver ore. He has also erected a building, and sunk a shaft on the small island in front of Wood's location, Thunder Cape, where he discovered silver last year. Work was to be continued in this shaft all winter, comfortable quarters having been provided for the men and horses on the main land opposite, A number of barrels cf silver ore have 'seen sent down from each of the above localities. Owing to som difficulty with the. American partners, the Shuniah Mine,. near Fort William, has not been worked as was intended this eeaaen. The Thunder Bay Silver Mining Cerupany prosecuted • . • operations with a considei-able number of men, and sent down several thousand 'doll- arA worth of . native 'silver: They alSo erected a stamr-mill„ to be driven by water- power, at the mouth of the Current River; but, through some defects in the construct- . ion, it had not got into successful operation at the close of navigation. Some prelimin- ary trials, however, proved the ore on hand to be rich in silver and easily reduced.--- • Trials have been made of the rich iron and lead deposits near the shores of Thunder and Black Bays, and extensive operations are contemplated in the spring. • Th c mines of this region are best known :to the Americans, by whom, it is expected, they will be principally worked. . IRON. --The St. Meuric Iron Works M. -ye been, carried on as usual with •g-reat slccess by MeSSIIi.. John McDougall & Sons, of Mon- treal, and the Radnor Forges by Mr. La- Rue. All the Iron that can be produced commands a ready sale at a geed price in Canada, paiticularly- in .Montreal. We gave an account a few days ago of a new Iron Company—the St. Francis—which has been in opperation only about a year, and so far with (food success. The works are situated at St Pie de Guire, nine miles from St. Michel; on the Yarnaska River, while the two preceding ale in the vicinity of Three Rivers. The Moisie Iron Com- pany have discontinued operations for the present, owing, we believe, to some disagree- mentainiong the Company. In the }Testings region, mining opal.- ations have been confined principally to iron and gold, the bismuth end other mines having stopped. The Cobourg, Peterbdo', and IVIarmora Railway' and Mining Com- pany have had a large number of men at work A the "Big Ore Bed," on Crow Lake, in Belmont Township, commonly called the " Marrnora Iron Mines." The ore is found to improve greatly -in depth, being nearly free from -Sulphur. It is sorted into No. 1, 2 and 3 grades—No. 1 and 2 being export- ed to Pittsburg and Chicago, while the No. 3oie-.eis retained for the present at the 1nin LEAD. . The •main shaft at the Galway Lead Mine, behind Peterboro', has reached a depth of more than one himdred feet, and a considerable quantity of galena has been produced. The works have been recently stopped pending a sale of the property. The Company declared a dividend of ten per centfor the first six months of the year. The Frontenac Lead Mine has been actively worked. The main drift is up- ward a .of 400' feet inlengl akid 'shows galena all along.; • A trial of* tbe-‘ :.crushing mill was made with the surface ore on hand: The vein averages ten feet in width, the gangae consisting of pure calcspar. The crushing yielded from 4 to 6 per cent. of galena in the whole mass. Tile. smelting hearths were run for a short time, and about fifty tons of pig lead shippq. At present work is confined to sinking the mam shaft,- while automatic dressing-ma- blaiyes are 'living vrepair,e07 and improve- ments made In the "Sinelting apparatus. The Gaspe Lead Mining Company have, for the present, dircontinued operations for want of workir,g oapital., The massive •depoifits of .:galena at the Lead Hill location in Black Bay, Lake Superior, are being worked to a small ex- tent this winter. PLUMBAGO. At Buckingham, the Canada Plurabago Company have been steadily engaged in mining, separating and manufacturing the ore. In. addition to their mining oper- ations the Company have 'erected large works, driven by water -power, for manu- facturing *crucibles, stove polish, pencil lead 'and other -materials, for which a ready market is found. The greater part of the crucibles are sent to New York, and chs - posed of there without difficulty, in spite of a heavy duty. The Dominion *Black Lead 'prepared here 18 now extensively used foi stove polish, and is put up for retail in a very niee form. For the various operations •the works are very complete, sixteen heal of stamps being used for preparing the ore, the machinery for preparing the. Black Lead being on the most improved plans. The Lochaber Mine has, we are inform- ed, been stopped in the meantime. PETROLEUM. rhe Petroleum'interest in the Township of Enniskillen has been very aotive during the year. Petrolia is the chief seat of oper- ations. Many new flowing and pumping wells have been sunk. The produetien has averaged five or six thousand barrels a week. The surplus oil is stot ed in huge tanks sunk inthe stiff clay of the district. Large stills have been ..erected and a more perfect process of refining and deodorizing the oil discovered. Hitherto nearly all the oil has been consumed in the country, but a foreign -market has been found and ar- rangements have been made to export large quantities. The Petroleum business is rapidly becoming an important branch, of trade in Canada. SALT. . The Salt Wells of Goderich and neigh- borhood have been very, successful as far as quantify and quality of material are con- cerned, but owing to the fact that the Americans are allowed to send their salt into Canada free of duty, while we are pro- hibited from sending our into the States, the business is not as profitable as it ought to be. - GYPSUM. The demand for calcined and land plaster in Ontario is increasing largely, and the Gypsum beds on the Grand River, in. the neighborhood of York and Caledonia, con- tinue to be actively worked. Recent ex- plorations at -the for mer place have shown the beds to extend over a larger area than at first had been supposed. SLATE. - The Melbourne Slate Co., has been conti- enously working during the year at their quarries near Melbourne, Eastern Town- ships. The Rockland Slate Company in the same township, was, up till mid -sum- mer, engaged altogether in preparatory work for developing the mines.. During the season several thousand squares have been made at the two quarries, but we have no information of the number of hands em- ployed. Considerable improvements to the machinery for dressinc, the slate have been made, although the splitting is still done by the band. The quality of the slates produced in Melbourne is very uniform„ and of a high standard, the color is of a bluish black, which does not tarnish by ex- posure,—and the experience -of the last few years shows that as a roofing material slate is not injuriously affected by the climate, a fear which for some time prevented its extensive use for that purpose. Shipinents have' been made during the past summer and falrto all parts of Ontario and Quebec, and to some extent to the Western States. We have been unable to obtain any in- formation respecting the. operations carried on at Danville in the( making of school slate. PEAT. The Canada Peat Fuel Company have been engaged dining the sunimer on their bogs at eapigeoniere, on the line of the Grand Trunk Railway. The machinery used is Hodge's patent, which has been con- sideraly improved, and some further im- provements are likely to be introduced next season. Notwithstandin,g, the unfavorable weather last season, the Company managed to dry an d secure in marketable condition a very considerable quantity of peat, sev- eral thousand tons having been. sent to market. The same Company have a bog at St. Brigide, near Farnham, which is inter- sected by the Stanstead, Shefford and Chanably_Railway, and on which, we un- derstand, operations will be begun in spring. One or two other Peat Companies have been sending fuel to market ; but respect- ing these we have no reliable information. Peat is being manufactured UST the Ang- lo American and Ontario Peat Companies on the route of the Welland Canal, and their* products besides sup lying the local market, are finding their 4ay to Hamilton and Toronto. The pike i $3.00 a ton. • In the neighborhood of Perth, Iron Ore, Mineral Phosphate and Mica are • being worked. The Iron o,ccurs principally in the Townships of Bathurst and South Sherbrooke, and the Phosphate -and Mica Elmsley. Large deposits of Iron Pyrities occur in the neighborhood and near Brock- ville, and it is proposed to erect works for the manufacture of Sulphuric Acid of suf- ficient atreng,th for the conversion of Apatite into Superphosphate, which is greatly need- ed by the farmers in tha+ part of Ontario. A Soapstone quarry 18 being svorked in the Township of Madoc, by Mr: J. P. Cum- mins, ofBripicipton. FOR SALE CHEAP! ' A GOOD, SEWINGMACHINE in good -working order, will be sold.at cost price, for cash. Apply at the "ExPosrroP.." office. Seaforth', Feb. 25, 1870. Are offering . 1?yalt GREAT BARGAINS TO CASH BUYERS! IN THE GROCERY AND WINE • TRADE. The Stock is very large, and MUST BE SOLD To made roOrn for 'fnrther purchases. It comprises the following staple articles :- 200 half chests Fine Young Hyson Tea, 100 boxes New Raisins; 50 barrels New Currents, 10 hhds, Bright Cuba Sugar, 100 barrels Yellow Refmed 200 barrels No. 1 Labrador Herrings, 50 do White Fish, 'fall catch, 50 do Trout, 100 barrels Superior Windsor Whiskey, 50 barrels Old Rye and Malt do Also a large and well selected stock of GENERAL GROCERIES.! • Too numerous to mention. • Give them a call and see for yourselves. KILLORAN 'and RYAN. Jan. 21st 1870. 111-3m. CLEARING SALE WINTER GOOD READY-MADE CLoTHINQI IT IS UNDLNIABLE that the Lockman Ma- chine is not only the Latest but also the best of its kind, before the public. JT IS UNDENIABLE thgt the Lockman Ma- chine,. although Ittit much exceeding in price the very cheapest machine manufa,ctured any- wnere, is yet Incomparably Superior to any cheap machine yet brought out, IT IS UNDENIABLE that the Lockman. Ma- chine has a.cnieved an immense popularity - in the short time it has been before the people- . IT IS UNDENIABLE that the Lockman Ma- chine already occupies a position only acord-- ed to others after years of toilsome effort. TT IS UNDENIABLE that the Locknian , Ma- chine, by the .mere force of its inherit good qualities, is bound to become the universal favor. ite of the Canadian public, IT IS UNDENIABLE that every family, eith- er in country, town or city, should. have a Sewing Machine, and it is equally undeniable that none is so well adapted for universal use aa the Lockman. NXTIFE, Sisterand Father -within the bounds V of our happy land, importune their re- spective. TTUSB AND, Brother and Fatheruntil the Millenimn (which is sure to follow the universal introduction of the 'Sewing Machine) has been inaugurated. WILSON, ROWMAN & -CO. Hamilton, Jan, 21, 1870, 111-tf. GO TO THE BEST. The British American • AND BRYANT, STRATTON & ODEL CONSOLIDATED BUSINESS COLLEGE. Now the largest, most extensive and complete BUSINESS SCHOOL in the country. It has tbe largest staff of Teachers, the naost practical and best adapted business forme, and the best ar- ranged and most commodious apartments. It is under themanagement of thorough busi- ness men, fully alive to all the requirements of all the business community. The advantages and facilities afforded in thin institution are unequelled in the countly, and no young man Should enter a business career with- out .fully availing himself of its benefits We were awarded the FIRST nun IN BUSINESS° WRITING at the late 'Provincial Exhibition at London. AS this is the Sixth consecutive year that we have taken this prize, we feel confident that there can be but one opinion as where to go to learn bo write. For specimens of writing, bank notes, circulars, &c., address, ODELL & TROUT, Toronto, MR. JOHN .THOMPSON- CANAD. A. TWEEDS T' liberal patronage dating the last fifteen. . his numerous customers for their years, and trusts he will receive its continnance, He has now on hand a large assortment of Good Sound Green Hemlock! Which he warrants will give satisfaction. Flannels, Clouds, Hoods, ALSO 200,600 FEET OF PINE! CUT FOR BUILDING AND GENERAL PURPOSES Which_ he offers on liberal terms. Orders will be promptly attended. to. • He has also on -hand a large assortment of WELL SEASONED ACCOUNTS! To which he calls the attention of his old._ euisto- mers, who will find it co their advantage to re- tire them promptly, and without legal proceed-. mgs. • Also a large assortment of Seaforth, jan'y. 21st 1870. 84-tf; WOOLEN GOODS. / -10 per cent allow0 on a Cashpurchases over $2.00. J. Bonthron & Sons Seaforth, Jaa'y. 28, 1870. 52-tf. FARM FOR SALE. TirE Subscriber offers for Sale, fifty Acres of good land, from, forty to forty-five Acres cleared. and fenced, and in good state of cultivat- ion, being composed of South -half Of Lot, No, one, on the llth con. Grey on the Gravel Road, adjoining the village of Ainleyville. Tittle in- disputable, For further particulars apply personally or by letteprepaid to D. MOLL1SON, • Grey, P.O. Or to J. P. BRINE, Seaforth.„ Grey, Jan'y. 28, 1870. 112-6ins- NOTICE - TO CHEESE MAKERS. The Tha,mes Road Cheese Factory, whielk is situated in the Township of Hibbert, County of Perth. Which is situated in a first-class 4airymg loeality, is for sale or rent. Sealed Tenderwwiul be taken up to the 15th Feb, next, 12 91.41:0ek noon. For further particulars apply on *the premises. ANDREW 144,100* -4,:,. 112.. Hibbert, Jan'y., 28, 1870. • A