APPENDIX. 



Field Excuesiox, 



June 21st, 1871. 



About twenty members, with their friends, met at the Steamboat 

 wharf and proceeded to Dartmouth in the 2 P.M. boat. They were then 

 conveyed to the Montague Gold Mines, about seven miles distant from 

 Dartmouth. 



The day was beautiful and pleasant, and the Company enjoyed 

 themselves exceedingly. The road going from Dartmouth, passing along 

 the chain of lakes exhilarated the spirits and gladened the hearts by the 

 ever changing and quiet scenery. The road from the highway to the 

 mines was found to be rather rough, but by no means unpleasant. 



Arrived at Montague we had ample material for geological specula- 

 tion. Dr. Honeyman defined the position, &c. of the strata, which at 

 first seemed somewhat perplexing. Walter Lawson, Esq. C. E. the 

 proprietor of one part of the mines and a successful worker of them, very 

 kindly conducted the party through the mines. Mr. Brown kindly 

 explained the processes of crushing, amalgamating, and retorting, which 

 was quite a novelty to many of those present. 



The company were afterwards entertained by Mr. Lawson with 

 refreshments, and then returned to the city highly delighted and instruc- 

 ted by the excursion. 



w. a. 



^N^OTES ON THE MoNTAGUE GOLD MiNES. 



Having been honored by the Institute with the post of guide in the 

 Montague Gold Field, before having made an examination of the locality 

 I proceeded to make some little preparation for the work assigned to me. 

 I tried to ascertain the position of the Montague Mines by examining 

 the only geological map of the Gold Mines in my possession, and there 

 found that the mines in question were situated east of the Richmond 

 station of the Nova Scotia Railway. I therefore came to the conclusion 

 that it was probable that the gold-containing rocks were a continuation 

 of the argillites and quartzites of the section at the station, i. e., the 

 north side of one of synclinals or south of one of the anticlinal folds of 

 the lower silurian strata of the Halifax peninsula. I also asked W. A, 

 Hendry, Esq., Deputy Commissioner of Crown Lands to locate the 

 Montague district on one of the office maps. The position which he 

 assigned to it tended to confirm the conclusion at which I had arrived. 



