18 THE IRON ORES OF NICTAUX, AND 



To upset these drawbacks it must be remembered that 

 mining of these ores and their transportation would be cheaper 

 than from almost any other iron ore district in Nova Scotia, and 

 the preliminary outlays for machinery, drills, wire, tramways,, 

 etc., be reduced to a minimum by the facilities available for 

 utilizing water power for generating electrical power. 



The following tables of analysis of samples from the out- 

 crops of a number of these beds, as well as from the underground 

 workings of the Torbrook mine, will serve to give an idea of 

 the values of these ores : 



The following analyses show the quality of the ore mined at. 

 Torbrook : 



Metallic Iron 52'44, 60'72, 59'00, 61/3S, 47'00, 5574, 74-59,, 



11-57, 57-93, 59-86. 

 Silica 1100, 10'28, 12'S6, 26*50, 10'12, 1497, 17-21,. 



5-93, trace. 

 Phosphorus T66, .17, trace, 1'08, trace, '18, "17, 



"16, none. 

 Sulphur ........ None, trace, trace, trace, trace, '23, '08,. 



09, 0-36, -11, 



Lime 2-70, trace, 216. 



Magnesia '41, trace, trace. 



Alumina 5'53, trace, 314. 



Analyses of crop sample from beds on Armstrong's and other 



Titanic Acid.. 



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