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the quantity of ore exported from it amounted to 

 122,556 tons, with a value of $2,982,836.00. In 1878 

 a still richer deposit was opened up at Little Bay, near 

 Bett's Cove. Up to 1879 the total quantity of ores 

 exported from all these mines reached a value of 

 $4,629,889.00, or nearly a million pounds sterling. 

 This placed Newfoundland, though still in its kilts as 

 a mining country, sixth among the copper producing 

 countries of the world. 



GEOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE COPPER ORES. 



The existence of the serpentine rocks in the island 

 is a matter of the utmost importance, as they belong 

 to what in Canadian geology is known as the Quebec 

 Group of the Lower Silurian series, and the middle or 

 Lauzon division of that series. That division, accord- 

 ing to Sir William Logan, "is the metalliferous zone 

 of the Lower Silurian in North America, and rich in 

 copper ores, chiefly as interstratified cupriferous slates, 

 and is accompanied by silver, gold, nickel and 

 chromium ores." This Lauzon division is the one 

 which is developed in Newfoundland, and in which 

 all the copper mines are located. The Government 

 Geological Survey's report gives the following truthful 

 estimate of these serpentine mineral-bearing rocks of 

 the island, which is sufficient proof of the existence of 



