, 1860-11-03
GOLD DISCOVERIES IN CANADA.
GrrnG Excitement in Reference TO the
told Mines In the Cllaudfcrc River
Hundred Dollar Nuggets aud lots OF
Gold Uust.-4An Adventurous Lawyer.

Hundred Dollar Nuggets aud lots OF
Correspondence Of the n. i. Timcs.J
QUrsEc, Thurfday. Oct. %, leGo.
II has been known for many years that there
arc extensive gold regions in Lower Canada.
Sir William Logan, tlc Provincial Gcologi6t,
has in bis museum small phials, each contain
iug the product Of the washing Of one bucket
them the quantity is quite considerable. On
another occasion he discovered gold in the St.
Francis, and tracked il up for more than 100
mills to rocks containing aurifcrous quartz
veins Various people in thc vicinity Of Que
bee have for years been suspected Of knowing
where gold was to be found, and of procuring
it whenever they wanted lnoncy--an utterly
vague suspicion, but perhaps not as untrue as
vague. And, two or three years ago, . conlpa-
ny was formed in Montreal which actually car
ried on operations In the Chaudicre River,
washing some So 600 worth Of gold from about
| half an acre Of sand bar, but the work WAS
! discontinued, as it cost as much to get the
| gold as tho gold was worth. Ever since, how
| ever, Il few stray people have been nj work in
the neighborhood, making their living br gold
! washing, and it las come to lie fayotite juunt
| for Young people to 20 up to the Chaudicrc far
enough to get gold lora ring or q breast-Ein.
| Now, however, excitement has been kiudIed
! and las reached y very high pitch by circunl-
! STANCES which will cndcavor to nar1atc.
! For months past, Additdux, rs the French Ca
nadians are called, have been coming into Que
bee with nuggets and dust. which they hHye
| sold to jewellers and others 1T considerably
hs1ow the market value; and ono Uarris, q
I matchmaker, in particular, las thus bought
| some 500 or $500 worth Of the precious met
| ol 4 day nr two since, two tncn came in with
I nuggets 10 q considerable nmotsnt-onc which
have seen, worth over $l03. being bought By
| Nj. HnIris for St0-and as almost every other
| person i'll the city saw some Of the gold N
question, it naturally BECAME the theme Of
| common conversation. Ono O'Fnsrcll, a noto-
| rfops lawyer, once member Of Parliament,
t seems, however, to hare ltecn tha first to take
active measures for discovering where the gold
men, and alter plying them with liquor llber-
ally, talked gold to avery considerable extent,
but never word could lc ,sor1n out as to
where they got it. lie nevertheless bribed the
ostler ut the inn where they stayed to find out
for him where they lived, which was done &C
coEdingly.
Iwas IN the Crown Lands Office, transactins
business, yesterday, 1rhca in came Mr.. O.EaE
rell, asking about mining licences. Ono was
shown him, but it was simply license to look
for the baser metals, and he was told that the
form Of th0sc for searching and mining for
| gold and silver having been found unsatisfac-
tory, and tho changes to be made nut Iaying
not have one issued. lie was further told thai
only tWo had ever been granted, and received
some Information Is to the measure Of sue.
cces.
| The next thing ,f-. o'Far7cll lid was 10 bug
some old haeitdns clothes, madc Of Grey home
started for the residence Of the men who CANT
in with The nuggets. LIE speaks French a.
well as English, understands tho wnys Of tht
people thoroughly, can hold his own In .
rough and tumble fight As well rs anybody
and il nny man eau find ont where the secret
| %.- l. H. ,3.-.1 &u,x.
| people ta 5ogn him In t1fs little bit Of advcn
tpre, but finally started alone lie made nc
secret Of what hc was abont, talking Of 1t te
| everybody who chose to listen
! Whether rush will be made to the nurifcr
| Gus district or not, cannot Of fcourse fotctcl1
The fact Is thls, that certain haoitans pick VI
humps Of gold, and men have brought huudrcdE
Of dollars worth Of it into Quebec to Sell
They hare probably visited Montreal {and per
haps New York, on similar GRAND. The ex
cltement may lead 10 nothing. or 1t may lead
TO much. In the same region there has been
great dca1 Of talk for years, Of the deposits
ofcopper ore, but nothing was done, ot ans
BY MI. Sleeper. This mine turned out to have
probably the richest orc in the wotld-thc Ell
craving in the London Iuuardted At.es, 1nout1
ago. gives good idea OF the case with which
it Is Worked-a11d Nj. Sleeper has sold ont Lii
$Soo,0Oei
Imysc1f think there arc rich gold fields il
the eastern townships, as that part Of Lowe
Canada is called where these discoveries hayt
been made, and think it would be worth the
while oftllose who have the required expert
c2ce to dos little prospecting there.
! GOLD SUPPLIES IN THE QrEnro xAnKEr.
[From the Quebec Chronicle.l
Whether 1t would l,e advantageous to ths
Province or otherwise, If a discovery Of profit
ablc gold mines should be made, may be mat
| ter Of dispute We a1c told the geologic for
nations arc not such as to permit the exist
ence Of deposits in such quantities as woplt
spcctlng copper. It was, first Of all, founi
| that copper had no existence in tic region o
tue Townships; that when small bits wcr,
! picked up, science modified Its views, and con
tidcntly told US It might possibly be had il
found ID "pockcts'. or in qnarries, they ar'
digging out copper By tue ton ut Acton.
What II gold should also he found in sim
flar1y capacious "pockcts'-egen at the risl
ofputtlng the geologic nose out of fjoint? VI
cannot Us yct decide, but habitanta from tn
. auriferous district Of Lower Canada hare re
city-not in parcels OF dust, but In good solis
| nuggets, some Of the yaluc Of $50 aud upward
slightly intcrnlfxed with quartz, hut IT " on
dcrful purity as whole. The real point Ut rhi
guild discovery may not be traced for son
time Jet, as Ii is thc interest Of the iurtunat
ownefs Of the secret to keep It concca3cd u
long rs possible But that limited nambe
Of unskillcd miners Of tho ordinary cbss Q
Aa1iGans arc In possession Of productive G.
indian gold property, We have not c!en
: shadow Of doubt. The gold Is here In taagihl
. shape.
The Wo4s.D DOES Moyx.-Hese are 4 fez
curious points in the news hy the AeiA;.
!: pniYcrsA suffrage IL given to the teop1
= OF Enplea. Ther are reoucst 81 n rote nv III