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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IX, Issue 830, 16 July 1853, Page 4

Election for the Prorincial Council.

nPHE undersigned Committee for se-| -*- curing the return of Gbokos Moohi-i Esq., J.P., 98 Member for the City of Wei 1 lington, will meet every Tuesday evening, at 8J o'clock, at the Ship Hotel, Te Aro, and every} Friday evening, at the same hour, at the Boyali Hotel, Lambton-qu.ajr. tfGeprge Hunter ' P. M. Hervey E. A Hargreaves Job,n, Tfult '• D. Andersop D. Muon \ R. J. Duncaa Georgt Edwirda j Charles Mills John Pirablr \ Joßn Harding ' J. H. Marriott { W. Hickson JametVaaghao 1 J. Sutherland i Wellington, July 9, 1 }j

npHE undermentioned gentlemenhavingj ■n formed themselves into a .Committee for the j purpose of forwarding the Election of Johnj Wallace, Esq., as a Member of the Provincial j Council for the City of Wellington. j George Crawford, Esq., Chairman. ; Mr. E. G. Osgodd-' Mr. J. H. Wallace Mr. John M'Beth Mr. P. M. Hervey j Mr. John Holmes, sen. Mr. Richard Barry Mr. John Johnson Mr. David Anderson i Mr. W. E. Wallace Mr. Joseph Torr ; It was resolved that the , Committee should ' meet at the'Te Aro Hotel each Tuksdat even- - ing, at 7 o'clock, 1 until further notice. • * ] :- J. M. TAYLOR, i '. Secretary. ' i Wellington, June 25, 1853. '_J

Prospectus.

poOK'S STRAIT MINING COMPANY, Nelson, New Zealand. Capital £56,000, in 5t6,0p65 t 6,0p6 shares of £1 each, to be paid in full upon application, with power to increase the Capital by additional shares. Honorary and Provisional Trustees in the Colony : D. Sclanders, Esq., of the firm of Morrison ' &. Sclanders, Merchants, London, and Nelson, New Zealand. ' 'E. W. Stafford, Esq., Nelson. iW. R. Nicholson, Esq., Merchant, Nelson. Bankers in the Colony : The Union Bank op Australia, Wellington. ' Provisional Secretary \ and Solicitor, in the . Colony : 1 Wm. Thos. Locks Travsrs, Esq., Nelion. This Company is formed for the purpose of ■ working the ". Dun Mountain Copper Mines," 'pursuant to the prospectus issued by the projectors of the undertaking on the Bth of October, 1852. The preliminary fund having been raised in the manner proposed by that pros» pectus, a contract was- entered into by the projectors with W. L. Wrey, Esq., a Mineral Surveyor, to perform the works necessary foi determining the true character of the mine, and the practicability of forming roads for trans* porting" the produce to a place of shipment. The following is his report to the projectors of the result of his investigations ;— To W. T. L. Travebs, and W. Wells, Esquirrs,' Nelson. Gentlemen — I have now the honour of reporting the result of- the operations conducted by me, und r the contract entered into with you in December, 1852, and which I deemed requisite for •scerta^ninfc, firstly, the actual. character and value of the copper lode situated near the Dun Mountain, respecting which I made an earlier report (25th May, 1852) to his Excellency the Governor-in-Chief ; and secondly, the existence of a practicable line of road for transporting to a place of shipment the produce of the mine. I find the anticipations expressed in tbe earlier report above alluded to, to be fully confirmedand borne out by the opera tit c researches I have since made upon the lode. - # * I am now able to say from positive, mining, that the lode is a north and south lode. ' That it is a champion lode from 5 to 8 feet in width, and contains metal of a very high quality, in great profusion. The lode is so situated that it may, be worked to a depth of two hundred \fathom* by adit or level. The adit will furthermore be '.he commencement of a railway, for the transport of the ore to the place of shipments These points are of great economical' importance. Although my engagement, was merely to explore a particular lode, 1 beg to add, .that I have clearly ascertained the existence of several 'other lodes in proximity with the on« originally 'discovered. I with sincerity beg to assure you, that it has never before-fallen to ray lot to meetwith any lode exhibiting euch extraordinary and unerring indications of mineral wealth, or which would more completely justify the investraentof capital. The only approach to the nvne, when I first -visited it, was of such a mountainous t and rugged character, necessitating'an ascent to the height of nearly 4,000 feet, that I 'at first felt doubtful respecting the possibility of removing the ore to a ,place of .shipment with a due regard to economy, but I am happyin being able to report, as the result of actual and careful survey, that a good practicable line for a mineral descending traffic has been proved. This line follows throughout the whole length, as you will observe by the accompanying plan, the course of the Maitaißiver, themain stream (»f which takes its rise within .a .mile.of the lode. The distance will not exceed, l2 mires, from the mine adit to the Vessel's side in the Haven ai Nelson, and the goods will nof require to be shifted after the waggons are' loaded sti the mine until discharged into the vessel. .In th» ( first part of the line, for about two miles,' the descent must be by inclined plane,' after 1 which it' will present upon the whole remaining distance a very uniform ,and easy gradient, workable by horse or locomotive power. The serpentine' course, of the river, *&*'< the mountainous and; Broken, character .of. the country, may possibly render tfie curves' too sharp for locomotives, but this is a point of detail which I have not thought it essential to determine. The nature of the country, however, is very favourable for the construction of the necessary works, the bank* of tlie river being'solid, and the prevailing rocks of slate and trap, of* very compact and durable character, whilst an abundance of- timber "is found growing throughout the ;whole extent of , the. line. I feel justified therefore in asserting^ not , only that a practicable Hne exists, but also that it is efficient and economical. ;" ,' . , I beg to aq"d,a few words on the geological features of the country. Taking a cross section, Jrom the town of Nelson by Brook Street Valley,^ find the prevailing rock to .be_ a clay slate, intersected, 'and occasionally 'disturbed, by dikes and beds of trap rock. < The- slate may be traced along the summitof the ridge for aboud three miles, beyond whiph I find a magnificent deposU of -grey,, crystalirie ' limestone extending "about a mile in width. '- The summit of 'thtrnigb: wooded p*ar(the altitude of which" is not lest thari 4,000 feet)"l«eom« posed of this lime-stone, lying conformably to the slats which forms the base of, the mountain,- and; presenting sharp angular masses at tbe very apex. The slate and limestone-are 1 both "highly inclined: Immediately beyond the limestone formation the mineral region commences in which the • copper ore exists. The .prevailing rock is a micaceous schist, traversed' by dikes of hornblende schist, whilst the surface of the mountain is strewn with detached masses of serpentine rock contain* ng magnetic, iron ore. and occasional veins of asbestos and talc. Other products besides the copper ore, will, therefore, by the formation of the necessary