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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IX, Issue 835, 3 August 1853, Page 4

Election for the Provincial Council.

HPHE 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 Hargreaves John Yule D. Anderson D. Munn R. J. Duncan George Edwards Charles Mills John PimbJe John Harding J. H. Marriott W. Hickson James Vaughan J. Sutherland Wellington, July 9, 1853.

HPHE undermentioned gentlemen having formed themselves into a Committee for the 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 Torr It was resolved that the Committee should meet at the Te Aro Hotel each Tuesday evening, at 7 o'clock, -until further notice. J. M. TAYLOR, Secretary. Wellington, June 25, 1853.

Prospectus.

/ROOK'S STRAIT MINING

■COMPANY, Nelson, New Zealand.

Cap ital £5 6,000, in 5 6,000 shares of £1 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 r The Union Bank of Australia, Wellington. Provisional Secretary, and Solicitor in the Colony : Wm. Thos. Locke Travers, Esq., Nelson. 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 prospectus, a contract was entered into by the projectors with "VV. L. Wrey, Esq., a Mineral Surveyor, to perform the works necessary for determining the true character of the mine, and the piacticability of forming roads for transpoiting- the produce to a place of shipment. The following is his report to the projecters of the result of his investiga'ions .—. — To W. T. L. Travers and W. "Wells, Esquires, Nelson. Gentlemen — I have now the honour of reporting: the lesult of the operations conducted by me, nnd r the contract entered into with j'ou in December, 1552. and which T deemed requisite for ascertaining, firstly, the actual character and value of the copper 'lode situated near the Dun Mountain, ipspectinp: which I made an earlier report (25th May, 15.52) to his Excellency the Governor-in-Chief ; and secondly, the existence of a practicable line «f road for transporting »to a place of shii mer.t the produce of the mine. 1 find the anticipations expressed in the earlier report above alluded to, to be fully confirmed and borne out'by the operative "researches I have since made upon the lode. I am now able to say from positive mining, tliat the lode is a north and south lode. That it is a champion lode from .*> 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 fathoms by adit or level. The adit will furthermore be 'he commencement of a railway, for the transport of the ore to the plaoe 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 seyeral other lodes in proximity with the one originally discovered. * , I with sincerity teg 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 nvne, when I first visited it, was of such a mountainous and rugged characfer, necessitating an ascent to the height of nearly 4,000 feet, that I at first felt doubtful respecting the possibility of removing fhe 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 arrd careful survey, that .a good practicable line for a mineral descending traffic has been proved. This line follows throughout flic whole length, as you will observe by the accompanying plan, the "course of the Maftai River, fhe main stream of which takes its rise within a mile of fhe lode. The distance will not exceed 12 -miles from the mine -adit to the vesseFs side in the Haven at Nelson, and the goods will not require to be shifted after the -waggons are loaded at the mine until discharged into the -vessel. In the first part of fhe line, for a*bout two miles, the descent must be by inclined plane, after which it will present' upon flic whole remaining distance a Very uniform , and easy gradient, workable l>y horse or locomotive power. The serpentine course of the river, and! the mountainous -and broken character of the counfiy, may .possibly render the 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 work's, 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 geological 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'notless than 4,000 feet), is composed of (his lime- stone, lying conformably to the, slate which forms the base of the mountain, and presenting sharp angular at the very apex. The slate and limestone are both higlilyfinclined. 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 serpentins rock" containing magnetic iron ore and occasional veins of asbestti and talc. Oiher products besidestbe copper- ore wi.l, therefore, by the formation of the necessary