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NORTH DAKOTA. 



The Democratic State Convention met at Fargo 

 on Sept. 6. After considerable discussion it was 

 voted to adopt all the nominations of the Inde- 

 pendent party (the electoral ticket included) ex- 

 cept the nominee for Congressman. For the 

 latter office the convention selected James F. 

 O'Brien as its candidate. 



The Prohibition State Convention met at Fargo 

 on the day following the Democratic Convention. 

 It made choice of candidates for presidential 

 electors, and nominated Lieut.-Gov. Allin for 

 Governor, but he declined the nomination. The 

 Republican nominations for Congressman and 

 Secretary of State, and the Independent candi- 

 dates for Lieutenant-Governor, Treasurer, At- 

 torney-General, and Railroad Commissioners 

 were adopted, and the remaining places on the 

 ticket left unfilled. 



At the November election the contest was 

 very close. The Republicans elected their can- 

 didates for Secretary of State and for Congress- 

 man, while the Independent-Democratic fusion- 

 ists elected their candidates for all the other 

 State offices and for presidential electors. Chief- 

 Justice Corliss was the nominee of each of 

 the three leading parties, and was elected with- 

 out opposition. For presidential electors the 

 fusion ticket received 17,700 votes, and the Re- 

 publican ticket 17,506. For Governor the vote 

 was: Shortridge, 18,995; Burke, 17.236. For 

 Congressman, Johnson, 17,727; O'Brien, 11,- 

 040; Foss, 7,468. Members of the Legislature 

 of 1893 were elected at the same time. That 

 body will be divided politically as follows : Sen- 

 ate Republicans 19, Democrats 6, Independents, 

 6 ; House Republicans 31, Democrats 15, Inde- 

 pendents 15. 



An amendment to the State Constitution, in- 

 creasing the debt limit to 5 mills on the dollar 

 of assessed valuation, was submitted to the peo- 

 ple, and was rejected by a vote of 3,848 yeas to 

 10,600 nays. 



NOVA SCOTIA. Prominent among the in- 

 dustries of Nova Scotia are the agricultural, the 

 fisheries (for which see the DOMINION OF CAN- 

 ADA), and the mines, which are under provincial 

 control. The following summary shows in brief 

 the mineral production of Nova Scotia during 

 the year 1891 compared with that of the pre- 

 vious year : 



It is declared by those who profess to be scien- 

 tific experts in such matters, that this province 

 is still in its infancy so far as relates to gold, sil- 

 ver, copper, iron, and even coal mining, and that 

 there are undeveloped fields in them all, which 

 promise great returns. In 1892 the attention of 

 English capitalists was attracted by this fact as 

 it never was before, and there seems to be a 

 promise of large developments in the near future. 



NOVA SCOTIA. 



Meanwhile local enterprise and energy are active. 

 This is more especially noticeable in the way 

 of iron mining. The iron deposits of Annapolis 

 County, of Londonderry, Brookfield, Pictou, and 

 Cape Breton are immense, and the ore is of the 

 highest class. At Torbrook, in Annapolis Coun- 

 ty, at Londonderry, and at East Pictou iron 

 making and iron works are being pushed for- 

 ward with energy. The construction of iron 

 ships has already been begun. Nova Scotia is, 

 per head of population, a larger owner of ship 

 tonnage than any other country in the world. 

 Timber ships are going out of date, but, judging 

 from present indications, Nova Scotia will, in a 

 very few years, be possessed of an iron mercan- 

 tile fleet far surpassing in tonnage her present 

 wooden one. All indications favor such a con- 

 clusion. Here follow some extracts from official 

 reports : 



The past season has exhibited a general increased 

 interest in iron smelting, etc. The Londonderry Iron 

 Company have rebuilt one of their furnaces and 

 raised it to a height of 75 feet, instead of G3 feet. Two 

 new kilns for roasting the spathic ores found so 

 abundantly on the company's property, having a 

 capacity of 100 tons daily, have been erected. 



The New Glasgow Iron, Coal and Railway Company 

 expect to have their furnace in blast next June. Their 

 railway to Bridgeville is about completed, and their 

 development work secures them an abundant supply 

 of good ore. The furnace is 65 feet high ; bosh, 25 

 feet 6 inches; hearth, 9 feet 9 inches. Three hot- 

 blast stoves. Two blowing engines of 1,000 horse 

 power each. Capacity, 15,000 feet of air per minute. 

 Anticipated yield, 100 tons per day. The coke ovens 

 are of the Coppee pattern, and are likely to be the 

 first of their kind to go into operation in America. 

 Capacity of each oven, about (5 tons, making 70 to 80 

 tons of 'coke per day. The coke is all to be crushed 

 and washed before coking, and the ash reduced to 

 about 4 or 5 per cent, in the coal. 



The Pictou Charcoal Iron Company have located 

 themselves at Bridgeville, on the line of the New 

 Glasgow Company's Railway, and the object of their 

 work may be gathered from the following remarks of 

 the manager : " Our object is to establish a charcoal 

 iron plant, to use the brown ores principally, and to 

 produce a charcoal iron specially adapted for car- 

 wheel making, and also for especially strong machine 

 castings. With this object in view we have pur- 

 chased mining rights of iron ore, limestone and man- 

 ganese ore, and 6,000 acres of hardwood land. The 

 size of our furnace will be 11 feet bosh and 50 feet in 

 height,- and the estimated output for the first few 

 years, 5,000 tons per annum." 



About the beginning of March last active 

 operations were begun at Torbrook. Annapolis 

 County, on the bed of red hematite ore discov- 

 ered there during the previous year. The ore 

 extends along the base of the South mountain, 

 the strike being about N. 60 E., and has been 

 traced on the surface from Nictaux Falls east- 

 ward to the Kings County line, 4 miles. The 

 bed has an average thickness of 5 feet clear ore, 

 and is so tilted up as to dip at an angle varying 

 from 70 to 80. Both the hanging and foot 

 walls are of a variegated talcose slate, very light 

 in color, and between 18 and 24 inches thick. 

 The country rock is of a dark-bluish slate, prob- 

 ably of upper Devonian age. A fair sample of 

 the ore yields about 60 per cent, metallic iron. 



It is alleged that during 1892 there was a nota- 

 ble increase in mineral products, especially in 

 the fields of metalliferous ores,^gypsum, and man- 

 ganese ; but official returns are not procurable. 



