Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-31
PROVINCE NOTES.
NOVA SCOTIA.

ny uSuIHlnS ana DaQIy wrecked. capt,
Trefry was badly burned about the legs.
He had been sitting near the window
when the lightning struck. His pants,
from the knees down, drawers, stock
ings and slippers were not only torn off,
but seem to have vanished, not sign
of them being discovered They were
apparently burned off in an instant.
Capt. Trefry's family were seated in
the parlor about the stove, when they
heard terrific crash, then all was
confusion. Little Katie was the prin-
cipal sufferer. She got to one of the
broken windows and jumped out. Be-
ing unable to walk, she started to
crawl to neighbor's. S. She was seen on
the road, assisted into Cant. HILBERT $
house near by and a doctor called. The
| little girls stocking was torn to shreds
and one foot split from her heel to the
great toe as though done by an axe.
| The doctor had to put twenty-five
| stitches in the wound. The child's leg
was also broken above the ankle The
other members of the family escaped in
jury beyond the shock.
Exports from Boston last week: $40
barrels flour, 300 sacks oats, to Var
mouth, per str, Boston; $50 barrels -four,
lbO do. corn meal, to Salmon River, per
sch. Annie; 2050 barrels tlour, 800 bar
rels corn meal, to Halifax, per str. Ty-
rian; lS0 bags mill feed, 30 do. oats, %
barrels flour, to Grand Harbor, Grand
Manan, per sch. Ellie and Jennie.
speaking Of Blonde Rock casualties,
| w. Andrew Smith of Centreville recalls
for the coast guard the fact that the
clipper ship Staffordshire, which struck
there IN the fifties and sunk III an hour
or two, carrying down with her nearly
two hundred people, left no sign of the
spot where she foundered. The wind
was westerly and she must have drift
ed towards the land while afioat. Cabin
furniture and light wreckage came on
shore next day, but no trace of the
masts or hull or an article of cargo was
| ever seen, though diligent search was
made to find her.
NOVA SCOTIA'S KLONDTKE,
The facts concerning Nova Scotia are
that the possibilities of it's enormous
gold producing power are absolutely
unknown. Take a map of Nova Scotia
and draw line from cr near Yarmouth
to the Gut of Canso, about the middle
or map, and there is scarcely a square
mile on the southern half, or Atlantic
slde OF the province, that is not
! gold bearing. The province has not
been, one-tenth of it, thoroughly and
properly prospected. The development
made IN past years is mere scratching
as compared with the development Of
the gold fields in other localities.
Geyser's HILL Dutch Village, the al
legged hlondike of Halifax county, Is
attracting at the present time consider
able attention. Last week a plumber of
I parties spent several days prospecting,
ana the discovery of large lead caused
considerable excitement. In the Wine
Harbor district, when first opened in
1861 and 1862, Unusually rich returns were
met with. In one instance 8 tons of
quartz yielded LIS ounces OF gold. In
another 800 tons of quartz yielded 1888
ounces OF gold. Again, 3644 tons yield
ed StlS ounces. On the old Plough lead
IN 1872 as high as OF. and II dwts. was
nad per ton. In the Sherbrooke district,
GuysDoro county, in the early workings
! fabulous yields Of gold were had In 1862
the Hayden lead yielded a maximum of
OF. per ton The Blue lode yielded
trom "a ounces to 1-2 ounces. A to-
tai crushing Of 663 tons yielded 2023
ounces of gold. In 1866 1853 tons Of
quartz yielded 5829 ounces. This dis
trlct was among the richest in Nova
scotia Recently new mills have been
erected and today it is again the busy
seat OF active gold mining operations
| EtNJAi well. IN the E1Tteen
Mile district large and important oper-
ations are in progress. The New Eyer
ton gold mining property, month after
mohtn FOR years past, has deposited its
IoV' SVO ana 400 ounces of gold in the
bank at New GLASGOW.
+ Inc RaWdon district yields from two
/ ounces per ton upwards. The Carbon
district has proved exceptionally rich.
IN lSsZ the Truro Gold Mining Company
from Nov. z, '92. to Jan. Z, '9S, produced
gold 70 the extent Of SIS, ,9S2.06 deduct
ing expenses, showing a clear profit of
$ll,046.56 In the Montagu district. the
celebrated Rose lead yielded from S to
10 ounces Of gold to the ton. The Mon
tagu claims are still working and aver
aging we'll In January '97 the New
I Glasgow mill returned 200 ounces of
gold from 300 tons of quartz, and in Feb
ruary 2O8 ounces from 280 tons. or an
average of about IA pennyweights. The
Cow Bay mine, in January, 97, yielded
% ounces OF gold from 65 tons of quartz
Archibald's mine in Mt Uniacke, Weld
ed 153 ounces of gold from II tons of
quartz A mine in Sherbrooke, name
not given, in July, '97, gave 81 ounces
OF gold from so tons of quartz. The
Touquoy mine yielded in August, '97. 29S
ounces from sos tons of quartz. 1t has
paid 90 per cent dividends for years
McKay's mine at Killag, in July, '97,
yielded over 81 ounces from Is tons Of
quartz. The Stellarton Gold Mining
Company's property in July. 81, yielded
133 ounces Of gold from 121 tons of
quartz, In August, 's7. the Elk Gold
Mining Companys property yielded
over 5l ounces from 10 tons OF crushing
material. This mine, during the sum
mer Of 1897 made pocket strike, and
some $4,000 to $4,000 in gold was taken
from couple of shots in the mine. The
Oldham Company's mine yielded in Au-
gust, '97, 1853 ounces and over from III
tons Of quartz. T. N. Bakers mine in
| Gold River district, yielded in August
81, nearly 46 ounces of gold from 10
tons of quartz In October, 975 tons
of quartz yielded 26M ounces Of gold
and in November, '97, II tons of quartz
yielded rs ounces, The Blockhouse
mine, Lunenburg county, in the spring
of 1897, yielded an average Of over 11S
ounces per ton, 203 tons of quartz Yield
ing 331 ounces of gold. The last 80
tons of this crushing gave 102 ounces
In September, '97, the Copeland mine
Guysboro, yielded 212 ounces from 2Sl
tons of quartz, In October, the Hope
well Gold Mining Company claims
| Guysboro, yielded 2641s ounces of gold
i from 3O4 tons of quartz. The Richard
| son mine, at or near Isaac's Harbor
IuiS ~ stamps CONTINUOUSLY, steam
| power, and mines and mills it's ore reg
ularly for about $3.50 ton The returns
from the Moose River. Gold Mining Com
pany for December show 25 ounces from
240 tons of quartz.
James NJ. Payzant of WolfviHe
brother of the late Godfred Payzant Of
| Windsor. died in the 97th year of his
age, recently. He leaves an estate val
ued at $20,000 bequeathed to his widow.
h &c. 1a1x 5e a,V.Ir,, ~ "a
I her own home.
I Mr.. Van Harrington, engineer of the
/ construction COMPANY. accompanied BY