Annual report . io 111 The Sophia (l)iumond) (iold Mi;ie This mine, Fig. 55, is on lots 14 and 15 in the tenth concession of Madoc, aboutone mile west of the village of Queensboro. Gold was discovered here about 1896, andtwo veins were uncovered in the hornblende and chlorite schist. One was a long vein ofrather massive quartz, five feet wide in places, while the other was a narrow mispickelvein containing rich showings of gold. In a report written a dozen years ago, Mr. Courtenay De Kalb, then Inspector ofMines, said:* There are two veins on the property, viz., the mispickel vein, with acours
Annual report . io 111 The Sophia (l)iumond) (iold Mi;ie This mine, Fig. 55, is on lots 14 and 15 in the tenth concession of Madoc, aboutone mile west of the village of Queensboro. Gold was discovered here about 1896, andtwo veins were uncovered in the hornblende and chlorite schist. One was a long vein ofrather massive quartz, five feet wide in places, while the other was a narrow mispickelvein containing rich showings of gold. In a report written a dozen years ago, Mr. Courtenay De Kalb, then Inspector ofMines, said:* There are two veins on the property, viz., the mispickel vein, with acourse due north and south, and the free milling vein, running north-west and workings consist of the following: On the mispickel vein, No. 1 shaft, with a cross-section of 9 by 18 feet, and a depth of 60 feet. Drifting has just commenced at thatdepth. Hoisting is still done by hand windlass operating a bucket on a skidway. Onthe free milling vein is the principal working shaft known as No. 2. This has. Fiif. 55.—J-oph:a (Diamond) trod mine. Lots 1-1 and 15, concession 10, Madoc township, Hastings county. a cross-section of. 9 by 18 feet and a depth of 105 feet. There are two levels, the60-foot and the 100-foot. On the 60-foot level there is a north-west drift 20 feet long and a south-east drift 10 feet long A skipway was being installed, and an inclined trestle carried the track to the upper part of the mill, where was located thehoisting engine. The skip will thus be drawn directly from the mine into the mill andthen dumped. Xo. 3 shaft is also on the free milling vein. This is 60 feet deep with the same cross-section as the other shafts The equipment comprises a 7 x 10-inch Blake crusher, 10 stamps of 900 lbs. each, a Willly concentrator, a return flueboiler, and a Corliss engine. There is also a blacksmith shop 100 feet south ofshaft No. 2, and an assay office 150 feet south of this shaft. Operations were suspended from the spring of 1901 until 1
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