Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-03
THE CONSOLIDATED MINES OF
CANADA.
Recently Visited BY a Distinguished
Party Of Maine People.

VdVty Ot matno FeOPic.
A party composed of Mr.. and Mrs
c. Vey Gilman, Captain John Ross
Col. Harry F.. Ross of Cover
nor Cobb's Staff, Hon. Pascal T.
Gilmore. State Treasurer of Maine.
and Hon. Oscar F. Fellows OF Bucks
port, formerly Speaker Of the House OF
Representatives recently returned from
a visit to the Consolidated Mines of
Canada. 1naslnuch as the stockhoid-
erS in this enterprise are practically all
Maine men, and many of them residents
Of the Kennebec Valley, the report Of
this visit will be Of special interest to
the people Of our State. Mr. Holman
in letter to an Augusta friend adrnira-
bly, summarizes the results of the trip.
He says:
At the mines, 1 found a steady pro-
gresS had been made III the direction
of sinking in the new shaft which is
now at depth Of more than a hundred
feet in an extremely wide belt Of gold
bearing quartz, the lead showing a
width of more than six feet from the
foot wall is as smooth and distinct and
being exposed, but probably lying not
T~oo eiiih WV VI thiSS iSSt ehN
face of the present working wall. The
foot wall is as smooth and distant and
as sharply defined as I have ever seen
in q mine, and the work of stripping
it of ore has been done in the most
thorough and workmanlike manner. In
the main shaft house there had been in
stalled since my visit in October a
new, highly efficient, air compressor.
capable Of furnishing power for all drill
purposes below ground and of the high
est modern type. This compressor is
fitted fo- both steam and electricity, so
that whenever the management shall
have harnessed the waters of the Moose
River the change from one form OF
power to the other can be instantly
made.
Many other evidences of progress and
of the continuous energetic activity of
MIR. Guilford as manager of the proper
ty were noted by myself and the other
members of our party.
The mill was running. at the time OF
this visit exclusively on ore taken from
the new shaft and from the manner In
which the amalgam was accommodating
on the plates, 1 have no question that
the next clean up will show results
most satisfactory to management and
stockholders.
During the week or more that the
property was under my observation, on
this last trip. am bound to say that all
my previous convictions of its great
value and practically unlimited extent
were more than confirmed.
Mr.. Gilmore. who preceded US on the
return home by a day, wrote me a let
ter from the State Treasurers Office al
Augusta yesterday, in which occurs the
following expression: II cannot thank
you enough for the kindness and court
esq of yourself and Mrs. Holman during
our recent trip to Halifax. and the Coli-
solidatco Mines of Canada. 1t certain
ly was a most enjoyable trip, as well as
an agreeable and restful change Tor
me- Having seen something of mining
l can realize in degree the great val
ues of these properties
After thoroughly inspecting the mine.
our party went to Halifax and there
net several officers of the Company,
including the President. Simon hugh
Holmes. formerly Premier OF Nova
Scotia, and now Prothonotary Of all the
Courts of the province, and Mr.. F. j.
Tremaine, Kings Counsel, the Secretary
of the company. The faith of these gen.
tlemer. both ir the great property that
they represent and in Mr.. Guilford, Its
efficient manager. is if possible even
stronger than my own.
At the office of Commissioner OF Pub
lie Works and Mines at Halifax l
drew from the official records the in
,oI, fa1lnyrC. TNhpra
are in Nova Scotia, according to Prof..
Faribault, $500 square miles of gold
bearing rocks. which have furnished
the basis of a continuous and profitable
though quietly conducted gold mining
industry for more than forty years.
Within a radius of seventy miles from
Halifax there are twenty-eight dis
tricts that are on record as substantial
producers of gold within that period.
From 1862 to 1899 the value of the
gold output at S19 per ounce was S13,-
O62. 1874, being the mint value of 6Sf,4sl
ounces CT fine gold. The Caribou and
Moose River district (three mines. all
hut one of which are now as 1 under
stand in the property of the Con-
solidated Mine Company. in 1880
crushed 1851 tons of quartz. which
yielded 1,576 ounces. 10 pennyweishts
and grains of an average value OF
heavyweight, II grains per ton. afford
ing 17.74S days labor to 5S4 men. This
compares with yield for the whole OF
Nova Scotia for that year of 24,35S
ounces valued at $774.99O. from 41.seO
tons Of ore crushed, which afforded to
skilled miners 160,2S4 days labor.
1t has been a matter of great sur
prise to me. that in the Dominion of
Canada's total gold production. Nova
Scotia stands next to the provinces OF
Yukon and British Columbia.
The yearly yield Of gold in Nova
Scotia from its discovery in 1859 down
to and including 1906 has averaged
more than 10000 ounces, or something
under 100000.
The report of Mr.. Holman will doubt
less be good news to the readers of the
Journal who are interested i'll this
great mining enterprise. No man III
Maine is more familiar with mining
values than Mr.. Holman, and no mans