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present time. During this period, an adit has been driven into the 

 mine on the course of the lode 77 fathoms, feet, 8 inches, and an under- 

 lying shaft was sunk on it at 28 fathoms from the entrance ; a cross 

 cut has been driven north from this shaft 20 fathoms, 4 feet, inch 

 through dolomite quartz, and talcose schist ; but without finding any 

 new lode, excepting a small bed of iron ore. A rise of seven fathoms 

 was driven up from the adit at sixty-one fathoms from the entrance, 

 and a diagonal shaft was sunk to meet the rise from whence a gallery 

 has been extended eastward over the adit, 19 fathoms, 2 feet, 4 inches, 

 of which 8 fathoms, 5 feet, inch is in poor ground; 4 fathoms, feet 



inch in old workings, and 6 fathoms, 3 feet, 4 inches in ground, 

 whicti in Cornwall would be worked for one- third of the ores. Of 

 the adit, 5 fathoms, 3 feet, inch were in old workings ; 42 fathoms 

 4 feet, 2 inches in ground that would on an average let for one-half 

 tribute, and 16 fathoms, 2 feet, 6 inches in ground that would not pay 

 for working, besides 12 fathoms, 3 feet, inch of the outer part of the 

 adit, in which no ores were found; very little ores have been left 

 visible in the bottom of the adit or the eastern end of the mine, but 

 the mine may improve if sunk deeper or extended further ; however, 



1 should prefer working the western part of the mine, where the lode 

 is wider, and the ores of better quality. A ventilating passage was 

 carried forward over the adit from the first mentioned shaft to the 

 rise, and a winse was sunk under the adit three fathoms ; besides 

 which, other excavations, amounting to about twenty fathoms of 

 ground were made, and conveniences for clearing ores, workshops, &c. 

 have been built. The expense incurred by this part of the experi- 

 ment (omitting European superintendence,) has been Rs. 2,846: 8: 9, 

 and the return of copper is Rs. 231 : 4 : 4, besides 3 to 400 Rs. which 

 may be expected from ores yet unsold. The roof of the adit now 

 offers a good field for tributers, and if worked on a proper scale, it may 

 repay the expense which has been incurred in driving it ; but it is 

 not likely to do so without machinery for cleaning and smelting the 

 ores, which generally contain only 2 or 3 per cent, of metalliferous 

 ores, or from \ to f per cent, of copper. 



" The Chowmuttee lode, after crossing the ridge east of the mine, 

 enters a very compact bason, in which is situated the Doomed 

 Mine; this mine has not been worked to any considerable extent, 



