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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IX, Issue 834, 30 July 1853, Page 4

Slection fox the Provincial Council.

r PHE undersigned Committee for se- ■*- curing the return of George Moore, Esq., J.P., as Member for the City of Wellington, will meet every Tuesday evening, at 8 o'clock, at the Ship Hotel, Te Aro, and every Friday evening, at the same hour, at the Royal Hotel, Lambton-quay. George Hunter P. M. Hervey E. A Hargreates John, YuleI). Anderson D. Munn R. J. Duncan George Edwarda Charles Mills John Pimble • John Harding J. H. Marriott W. Hickson James Vaogban J. Sutherland Wellington, July 9, 1853.

I HPHE undermentioned gentlemenhaving - 1 - formed themselves into a Committee for the j purpose of forwarding the Election of John Wallace, Esq., as a Member of the Provincial Council for the City of Wellington. George Crawford, Esq., Chairman. Mr. E. G. Osgood Mr. J. H. Wallace Mr. John M'Beth Mr. P. M. Hervey Mr. John Holmes, sen. Mr. Richard Barry Mr. John Johnson Mr. David Anderson Mr. W. E. Wallace Mr. Joseph TonIt was resolved that the Committee should meet at the Te Aro Hotel each Tuesday even- J ing, at 7 o'clock, until further notice. J. M. TAYLOR, Secretary. Wellington, June 25, 1853. j Prospectus. , pOOK'S STRAIT. MINING COMPANY, Nelson, New Zealand. Capital £56,000, in 56,000 shares of£l each to be paid in full upon application, with powe 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. W. R. Nicholson, Esq., Merchant, Nelson. Bankers in the Colony : The Union Bank of Australia, Wellington. Provisional Secretary, and Solicitor in the Colony :

Wm. Thos. Lockb Travers, Esq., Nelson. This Company is foimed for the purpose of working ihe " 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 prospectus, a contract was entered into by the projectors with W. L. Wrey, Esq., a Mineral) Surveyor, to perform the works necessary fo-t determining the true character of the mint, and the practicability of forming roads for transporting the produce to a place of shipment. The following is his report to the projecters of the result of his invesliga'ions : — To W. T. L. Traver", and W. Wells, Esquires, . Nelson. Gentlemen — T have now the honour of reporting the result of the operations conducted by me, und r the contract entered into with yon in December, 1552. Mini which I deemed requisite for nscrtainino 1 , firstly, Hie actual character and value of the copper lode situated near the Dun Mountain, respecting which I made an earlier report (25th May, IS.">2) to his Excellency the Governor-in-Chief ; and secondly, ihe existence of a* practicable line «>f road lor irsinsporting to a place of shiv-mer.t the piodu< c of the mine. I find flic atHcipi tions expressed in the eailier report alnve allud< d to, to be fully confirmed and borne out by the op. rative researches I have since made upon the lode. I am now able to siiy from positive minimj. that the lode is a north and south lode. That it \% a champion lode from 5 to 8 fee' 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 httndred fathoms by adit or level. The adit will furthermore be -he commencement of a railway, for the transport of the ore to the place of shipment. These points are of great economical importance. Although my engagement was merely to explore a particular lode, I beg to add, that I have clearly ascertained the existence of several other lodes in proximity with the one originally discovered. I with sincerity beg to assure you, that it has never before fallen to my lot to meet with any lode exhibiting such extraordinary and unerring indications of mineral wealth, or which would more completely justify the investment of capital. The only approach to the nyne, when I first visited it, was of such a mountainous 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 happy in 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 yon will observe by the accompanying plan, the course of the Maitai River, the main stream of which talc-es its rise within a mile of the lode. Tire distance will not exceed 12 miles from the mane adit to the vessel's side in the Haven at Nelson, and the goods will not require to be shifted after I'he waggons are loaded at 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 which it will present upon ftie -whole 'remaining distance a very uniform and easy gradient, -worfoible by horse or locomotive t power, ITie serpentine course of the rirer, and, the mountainous *nd broken character of the country, trcay possibly render the curres too sharp for locomotives, but this is a point of detail which I have not thought it essential to detei mine. Thr nature of the country, however, is very favourable for tire construction of the necessary works, the banks of the river being solid, and the prevailing rocks -of slate and trap, of a very compact and dur able 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 line exists, but also that it is efficient and economical. I beg to add a few words on the gef logical features of the country. Taking a cross section from the town of Nelson by Brook Street Valley, I 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 summit of the ridge for about three miles, beyond which I find a magnificent deposit of grey crystaline limestone extending about a mile- in width. The summit of the high wooded peak (the altitude of which is not less than 4,000 feet) is composed of this lime-stone, lying conformably to the slate which forms the base of the mountain, and Presenting sharp angular masses at the very apex, 'he slate and limestone are 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 serpentina 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