East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-03-29
prospecting; but as i remarked before,
the statement must be erroneous.
/ have the honor to be Sir,
Your very obedient servant,
G. l.. DEBELLEFEUIIIIE,
@. M. l., G. Division, Beauce.
REPORT OF J. X. GILMAN.


SrASsrEAD, August 0, 1864.
SIR,--Enclosed arc the receipts
signed in duplicate for my months
salary, ending July 3lst / have also
to acknowledge the receipt of three
books of Crown Land Licenses, throe
Of private lands, one Of discoveries,
one of tavern, one for the registration
of claims, one map of the eastern
townships, two books containing a list
of the unsold crown lands in my dis
trict, and plans of the townships of
Auckland, Clinton, Chesham, Ditton,
Ditchfeld, Hampton, Spaulding,
Woburn and Wilton, three hundred
copies of the gold mining act, thirty
autographs of the eastern townships,
notices TO miners, one book for letters,
and Canada Gazette.
l have been absent the past week,
and up to this of the present, visiting
places where gold mining was said to
be going on. regret having to con-
firm whatyour department has already
ascertained, that there is no gold min
ing of any consequence going on in
my district, or rather that portion
which visited, being the townships
Of Ascot, Hatley, Oxford and Magog
On lots 1, 2 and 3, range 13 in the
township Of Ascot, Now York COM
pany have expended quite an amount
OF labor preparatory for siuicing,
when the conditions upon which the
purchase was made are complied with,
the conditions being that no sluicing
should be done except for the purpose
Of satisfying the parties intending to
purchase that there was gold there
The manager informed mo that he
had not sluieed any since the middle
Of juno; previous to that time he
sluiced some parts of days with very
satisfactory results, averaging half an
ounce to tho man per day. He reports
an aggregate result Of thrco pounds
of gold. The work at the other mines
l visited was simply prospecting done
at an early period in the season. The
parties report that they had made very
good shows Of gold to the pan. At
two. places j saw some panning done
with results of five to ten cents to the
pan of dirt. The parties interested |
i'll the mines / visited speak hopefully
of the prospects. They assure me
that as soon as the water rises they
shall commence work in earnest
frbaro oro en,.oral ,oaanpa tbot ba,,o
operated very unfavorably upon the
mining interests in this District, the |
drought which set in very early in tho
season, and which still continues, has
operations to very great
oxtent. Another cause, which has
had still moro to do in bringing about
the present unfavorablc state of affairs,
is the high rate of exchange on Amer
lean money. The gold-boaring lands
held by private parties in this district
were bonded by different parties in
the townships during the lattor part
'f last year, and tho early part Of tho
present. These parties have sought
and made connections with other par
IAco Al thc SiticS VI 1NSW lOTh, DOStOu
aud Providence, for tho purpose Of
companies for the working of
Ihese minos. Mining stocks went very
ow early in the season, consequently
I was impossible to interest parties in
he citios, so that with the drought,
he high ratessof exchange, and the
lulness of tho stock market mining
operations are at pretty much Of
l have received, since my
'eturn, application for = private land
iccnce in the township of Ditton.
l shall visit that portion of my dis
rict Immediately, and hope to be able
o report results which will be more
satisfactory. a-l
wish to enquire if discoverer Of
| mine on private lands is entitled to
! free licence. rfRllont
i have the honor to be, sir,
Your most obedient servant, +
JAMES X. GILMAN, Il
Gold Mining Inspector.
70 the Honorable tho Commissinor of
Crown Lands.