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Americans: obtained near the surface
The mineral assumes the appearance OF re
! pular veins, and there Is not a doubt bu
! this mine will be very productive. a sL
yer color4d fossil is found at this mine, bu
not in such quantities as at the Mine a Bur
ton. The mine, at present, is nnoccupie,
for the reasons before mentioned, and Wi
remain so until a more favourable mo
ment.
The land carriage from the niue 90 St
Genevieye, is about twenty miles. III
| mine may be considered as the properly Q
the public.
z. Mine a Zoe on Grand River, sbou
four miles from the Mine a la Plate, an'
fourteen south east Of the Nine a Bur ton
was discovered by Nessrs. Baker and Al
ly, American settlers at Grand river, il
September, 1901, but was taken from then
in 1902, by one Of those acts OF injustice
not uncommon in absolute governments
| While Messrs Baker and Alley were suf
| fered TO work the mine, they obtained mi
| neral in abundance; but since is has beer
in the hands of the present holders, it ha'
produced but little. This mine IS said Il
be private properly, which rendersl II dih
cult TO ascertain it's extent and richness
but from circumstances i: is supposed no
to be very extensive. The mineral il
found in pieces of several hundred pounds
| weight, pure and solid.
g.. Mine q Lany. This mine is situated
six miles ives, of the Mine a Zoe, and six
! teen south south east of the Mine a Burton
II was discovered about the year 1875, ane
bears the name of It's discoverer. The
mine has not been much wrought, and
from what | can learn never produced any
large quantity Of mineral. 1t is not in
much repute, and at present is unoccupied,
9. Mine u la Mott, is situated on the
waters of the river St. Francis, SIX miles
from the main river, and thirty south
| south west Of St. Genevieve was disco.
yersd bv Mr.. Ranault, about the year
1928 or "a, who made an exploration, bu,
finding no silver ore, he abandoned It.
| About the year 1923, a man by the name
Of A la Mott, opened and wrought the
mine, after whom it IS called.
Mine a la Met. differs in every respect
from The mines on Grand river md lis vi
einity. The situation is fat, low The
water bad and unhealthy. The mineral is
found in regular veins, from two to four
feet solid. Five of these veins have been
opened and wrought. They are found
within four or five feet of the surface +;
with a declination of about ior.y-hve de-
grces, but cannot be mined deeper Con &C
coun, of water) than twenty five feet, and
to thae depth only in the dry season. The
mineral is of a fine steel grain, said TO con-
tam fifty ounces of silver 20 a ton OF lead,
and is highly charged with sulphur. Not
wi~thstandlng, the french inhabitants OF
this country have followed tbs mining bu-
siness upwards Of eighty years, vet they
have MOI advanced IN ihc art Of smelling a
step beyond their ancestors. The methods
the, pursue bespeak their surprising igno-
rance. AS the Mine a la Mots, differs
from those already described, SO does their
mode of smelling. The first process is,
by depositing the mineral in a pile of logs,
after the manner sea shells are burnt TO
lime; the piles being set on fire and con-
sumed the quantity of lead produced, is
FIVE per cent. Il is then put into a fur
mace of stone, such as before described /;
from this process, if well attended, is pro-
duced fifteen per cent more. After this
second burning, they consider the mineral
in proper state for smelling. Therefore
collecting it from the ashes, they ag-iu
put it into thv furnace, arranged with logs
at bottom and sides, and makes an end OF
smelling. From the last process they
commonly obtain about fifteen per cent,
masitg thirty FIVE p:r cent, the greatest
qasntity obtained.
At the Mine a la Mott, is also fouad, in