The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-09-15
The Gold Fields OF Nova Scotia.

OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE PROVINCIAL SECRETARY TO
THE LIEUTENANT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND YIELD
OF THE DIGGINGs.
Hon. Joseph Howe, Financial Secretary of Nova Scotia,
has presented report the Earl Of Mulgrave ieuten
ant Governor Of the colony, the above subject which
has already attracted considerable attention the United
States We reproduce the main points of the paper
day The Secretary says:-The existence of aurierous
deposits IN Nova Sofia was unsspect till 1850 In
Mrch, this year, man, stoopng TO drink at brock,
found piece of gold shining among the pebbles ever
which the stream flowed. He picked up, and search
ing, found more. This WIS about half q mile 10 the,
eastward OF the d'bouchment Of the Tangier
river, stream OF no great magnitude, taking It's
rise not very lar from the sources Of the Mu9quOdobot
towing through chain of aks which drain for many
miles on either side, rugged and wilderness country
falling the Atlantic about forty miles TO tho east
ward Of Halifax. Your Exceency visited the mines
May and your attention by the fact that
two men from one Of the agricultural districts had tan
five dollars worth Of gold three days prior your visit
AS six dollars would have paid tn their labor
II was apparent that they had lie profit sxty-nne
dollars in three days This profit was not derived from
the chance discovery OF nugget hut from crushing the
Quartz VEINS OF which, there was od reason to believe,
ran for mics along the cast from washing the
crrmbing rock and soil by which they surrounded
III. Tanger mines have been visited during the sum-
mcr by your Excelency, by Rar Admiral Milne, by
Prince Napoleon and the Princess Cotilde They were
visited last week by the Eon. Nj Iicy, ProvncialSecre
tary Of New Brunswick The lowest depth vet reached
is forty five feet and the largest nugget found is valued
at $500 The gold got in veins, running through
SLATE or earth resting npon ante In the form Of scales
q
wall It is sometimes gobalar, but seldom completely
round The veins run east and II ia found in the
soil Immediately around the veins but placer washing
has not been very profitable Tinger or perhaps has
not been attempted IA scale sufficiently extensive TO
command q fair return.
The qrartz veins In all directions through the pro-
montory, and visible to the naked eye without labor
These and the circmiacent sol discovered be
aurferous in June and great number OF persons rushed
IN and began to stake of claims Though single lots
taken by good many IL evident that the experi
ence gathered at Tangcr had gt the value of com-
nation Companies were formed, and larger areas APP
plied for The shore washings have proved very rich
Mr.. Campbell having associated himself with William
Canard, Esq. md Mr.. r. G. Fraser, proceeded wor,
the four shore claims. Which formed the frontage
Of some seventy np'and lots taken by this company
In the rear. Though no accurate return has been
given by these gentlemen there 10 every reason
to believe that very large sum has been taken
from these shore claims within NTH and the rights
Of those three gentlemen have been sold larger
company for fl 200 they retaining all that had been
tanned up to the day of sale. At Tangier, Inenburg,
Iwrencetown and lake Thomas the facts collected are
indspntable and the interest taken In those mines by
capitalists at home and abroad AMI by very large num-
Der Of the industrious classes warrant your Exceency
In assuming, and reported to the Secretary of State
that gold mining in those localities, whatever may oc-
cnr elsewhere, will be permanently established new
branch Of industry, tempting To the capitalist and
tractve TO the immigrant