The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-14 00:00:00

is convened for to-day, in the city of Cork, for the elec-
tion of four directors, receiving report, auditing accounts,
and gezersl bu•dness of the company. We arc glad to
hear that the directors have- come good news to com-
municate to tho sharehoLlers.
Disnatches have been received by the St. John Del
Rey, imperial Brsziiian, NatioLal Brizilian,and Copiapo
Mining Companies.
The St. John del Rey letters arc to the 7th Feb. The
returns fur January give a profit of 3,984/. 2s. Bd., the
net produce being 20,298 oits. The agent's report of the
mine is satisfactory, and repreSents the present prospects
indicative of progressive improvements.
The Imperial Brazilian dispatches are to the 13th
February. Tho returns from Gongo, from Jan. 23 to
Feb. 12, amount to 12 lbs. 1 oz. 1 dal.; from Banana],
ditto, 14 lbs. 9 czs.-----26 lbs. 10 oz. 1 dwt.—making a
total since Jan 1, of 42 lbs. 5 ozs. 1 dwt.
The National Brazilian letters advise the returns from
Cocaes for ten days from the 3d to the 13:11 February,
at mks. 10 2 7 60, and Cuiaba, from the 3d to the 6th
February, at mks. 1 7 6 65. The manager's report of
the mine conveys the expectation of shortly meeting
with a rich deposit of gold at the point where the Ban-
deira and Cocaes veins form a junction.
The Copiapo letters are to the 31st January, furnish-
ing the returns for the month of December, which ap•
pear to be about 55 tons of copper.
'll.e iu re-
terring to the operations at the Checo Mine, advises of
a considerable improveniQiit in a winza in the 12fm. level,
west of the new shalt, from whence during the past week
several tons of rich ore had been raised; whilst the lode
was progressing in size without diminishing in quality.
Preparations were making to drive the 20 fm. level, to
communicate with the winzc. The Esperanza Mine is
producing a large quantity of copper, but not of sufficient
richness for transmission, averaging only from 10 to 12
per cent. In the San Pedro mines they are only stop-
ping the 5 and 10 fm. levels, which are paying costs.
The silver mines are represented to be in a highly pro-
ductive position, especially the San Jose del Carmen, in
which the lode is large and rich, the produce estimated at
6001. and 800/. per ton. At Alfin Hallada the vein has
been disordered by a slide; but an improvement has fol-
lowed, and bids fair to become productive. The Carmen
Alto Mine is highly spoken of, and a large deposit of
silver is expected at a point where a junction of four
lodes takes place, which will be intersected by a level
extending from a depth of 15 or 20 fins. The Merce-
dite Mine is producing silver from a vein of 18 in. wide,
half of which is good work. Operations will shortly be
commenced on the other silver and gold mines recently
secured by the company. The returns for the month
amount to 36 tons, 41 of which belong to the company.
The shares in foreign mines have not been in that re-
quest we generally notice•, the principal transactions ap-
pear to be in Sr. John del Rey, Copiapo, which maintain
present quotations, United Mexican, Imperial Brazilian,
Gundalcanal, and Bolanos have been done, but at rather
lower rates. In North Biitish Australasians there is a
greater demand, at last quotations, than can be obtained
at present. This company, as we stated last week, pos-
sesses one-third of Bon Accord section; and, in reply to
several applications, we have since lerrned, that " the
Bon Accord property consists of 347 acres, not divided into
stirs etnohfinghe.
greater
lots; but the produce, or profit, to be equally divided
among the three proprietorsTtheit
great
shaft of the
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it
othan h
norththe aßarra
south. Barra,
Burrs Burra is within 100 yards of the boundary line;
and another shaft is being opened still nearer to it; but
they have never allowed the Bon Accord people to see
their works." We stated, last week, that about a ton
of superior copper had been sent home from the Bon
Accord Mine. We have since learned, that we were
misinformed; and that the ore is from a mine called
Werra, or Werra Coors, about 25 miles from Adelaide;
and the manager, in a recent communication, states that
it is progressing favourably; but no great quantity of
ore has been raised from it yet.