New-York tribune., 1867-02-18
CANADA GOLD MINES.

both Provinces, leave no room TO doubt lts
presence in greater OF less abundance
The question Of its extent is one of import
ance 10 onr own public, as likely TO affect our
markets for many things, including money.
For if it should prove, as numbers believe tla'
we have upon our immediate border, and within
two days ride of NewYork, gold fields equal III
Importance to those of California and Australia
it will certainly have decisive effect on many
branches of trade, and draw thither large
amounts of capital for investment, from those
of our citizens who covct the princely profits
of productive mines, without daring to incur
the risks entaled by remote ventures on the
Pacific Coast
The question is important, too, for another
reason; and that il, the bearing its solution
will have on the value of the gold formation
of the Eastern shore of our continent. Tint
this formation exists, extending from the Glt
of 81. Lawrence to that of Mexico, IL as certan
as any geological fact can be; and, IT 1t shoIId
prove that tho deposits in Canada are OF srch
magnitude and character as to warrant tne M
vcstment of money for their development las
already has been proven in regard TO those OF
Nova ScOtia) the presumption VIII DC greaJiy
increased of the practical value of those MINES
which are already the subject of experiments III
the Atlantic States of the South.
Passing by the mcager data furnished by the
recent alleged discoveries ut MadOc Canada West,
for the reason that they are as yet nsu1ilcleh'
for any conclusive opinion we shall briefly no
tice tLe claims of the ChaudieTe Valley, near
Quebec, where we have intelligence Of results
that would be startling even IN Colorado OF
Montana. The finding OF = nugget worm SoVy
in the Scigniory of RigdHd- IGudreuii, announced
by telegraph. is confirmed by the Government
Inspector and the Commissioner oi crown
lands-thc latter offering To purchase u lor 'N-
hbtiOn next Summer III Parls; ana we nave .i
snhscuucnt reports of discoveries OF pieces SUN
larger-one dispatch affirming the iIndlng OF Il
nugget weighing hWig pounds nat
ever NAV be- the exact size and value Ol those
pieces which are considered best worm Wlc
graphic notice, there seems To be no uouDI tlii'
the local pOpulatiOn-nCNer rcmalkhDlc lor en-
tcrprisc-has at last been visited by an inclp-
lent mining fever, and that the Imperfect ap
panccs they are using are already rcWaluc,
by results far beyond their most sanglln'
hopes .,
seems the acknowledged focus of the Canadian
Gold Mining System, is a tract lying on b0th
sides of the Chaudiere River about 90 miles
south of Quebec, and containing lOS square
miles OF land. We find, by olllcial evidence
that cold WAS discovered there over twenty
wears ago f; and that soon aiterward, a Royal
Patent was issued. 10y which the selgnolr,
Charles De Lcry, became invested with q Ilglt
10 all the minerals for himself and his heirs
forever. This grant, however, was buldcned
with IA royalty tax so OncrouS rs quite 10 dls-
courage all efforts toward systematic develop.
mcnt: and under the various embarrassing and
stupcfying influences which prevailed, the
property has, till lately, been allowed to
remain unimprOycd. But something over
n wear since some American gentlemen, who
had examined the tract and satisfied themselves
of its real value bought the mineral night O
the present Scgnsr, Alexander DE LcIy and
organized u company under the laws oi Canada
for the purpose OF working the mines. ncccS-
sary preliminary was reduction Oi the royalty
fax. which was accomplished with some DIN
culty; and during the past year, the company
(Which il named after the ScigniOl) has built
"A first class quartz -clushinCmill. ana begun
measures which already are giving evidences ol
the soundncSS of Judgment which perceived
value where others could occ only Illusion aud
I1sk.
This Indifference on the part ol the Cana
dian public is the more extraordinary, from
incidents which have drawn To tins region 80
much of public notice. In 1865. Parliament
AIRY Commission was raised 10 investigate The
subject and the results of their lnqWricy,
which seem 10 have been made with CoDsclcn-
tiOus care, MI pamphlet Oi l2O pages. J.
great number of witnesses were examined, aht
the sworn testimony Oi thcSe-many OF them
Drurtiral miners who had pfOSpcCtcd cNtCu-
siycly ON the tract-rcycalcd facts which
would have created GpOre about any gold
field two Or three thousand mules away. ms
pamphlet is before us. and, IN view oi the
evidence II contains, We confess 20 icelng
of surprise that the French Canadians, uncn-
tcrprsing ~ they confcsscdly are, should have
resisted the G0iHhS which 80 generally IN
spires people ~ presence 0i treasures within
their power 10 grasp. The deliberate judg
moni OF this COMMITTEES j. very cOnciscly eN-
pressed in Il paragraph on the sixth page Ot
the Report, d5 follows:
Your Committee dcsiruus of obtaining such evidence
would admit Ot comparison being made with the
gold fields oi California and Australia, examined several
wilncSsc. who had long been engaged IN mining opera
tOls ~ hOsr Countrcr. and thrTrru warrants the Com
nicc IN expressing the opinion that the Canadian Gold
Fields smhi at least aS air indications ~ were IN INC
rst instance Observable either IN California or Australia
Nor have the opinions of scientific men been
wanting 10 sustain the judgments formed hy
practical miners. Several American experts,
including Professors WmtZ and Blake, have
expressed their belief IN the richness of these
mines and Sir VIM. Logan and his subOldin
ntcs, on the part 0l the Canadian Government,
have cautiously but positively affirmed the
same convictions. In the face of all these
facts, ii seems Impossible that the rcpute these
mines are acquiring should be destitute OF some
real foundations And, if it should prove that
they have positive practical value, 1t Will not
he a matter of entire indifference that tins
value was proved by American enterprise, and
that American capital ~ To reap the ear
lcst of its fruits. The courage and
good faith of the DE LGry Company in gong
10 work quietly with its own money IN devcl-
opment, instead of seeking its profits in the
stocl, market, at least deserves our respect;
aud it should in no way detract from that
respect that, since its heaviest investments
have been made, its ranks have been recruited
by some of the leading business men of Canada,
who seem at last to be nWalllng To sense of
advantages which the supinencss of then pub
lie has greatly endangered
The discoveries made i'll Canada have included
gold in aluvilm and in rock. At first, as is
always the case the deposits i'll the soil were
about year has it become known that the hills
between the streams are literally filled with