Show KOYA GOLD bich arim ia the TI nalle deposit of OTTAWA ont dec 6 special the discovery of gold bearing quartz ia tha conglomerate of stewiacke valley colchester county N S and the reported discovery of a vau abla ackal deposit in queens county in tha iame province bouce more attention the extraordinary mineral wealth 0 nova scotia the development 0 f which with the exception of coal and gold may almoas be said to be in its infancy exploration of the conglomerate in the valley ono of the finest farming districts in nova scotia has been thorough enough to demonstrate the richness of the deposit and it may be expected that enterprise backed by the requisite capital will be forthcoming to extract the wealth from the gold earned rocks the development of yova Kc otias gold mining industry since tha discovery of i he precious metal in tho rocks of tangier in 1861 has been remarkably steady each succeeding year bronah t new deposits to light and the discovery of arold in the conglomerate of adds another important district to the novia decotia gold field the field 91 tends over an area of square miles hitherto to be confined mainly to a belt from ten to forty miles wide extending with some interruptions along the atlantic coast from capa sable to cape canso tha near field in icka valley lies very near the center of the province and if it I 1 pans oat as richly as it ia anticipated will add more importance than evar to the projects 1 stew acke valley kail acy on which come preliminary work has been done the value of tb old produced in no via scotia sinca up to 1888 is the largest production was in 1865 1896 and 1867 averaging annually from 1867 to the production varied from to but within the last four yeara lias increased to upward of annually the discovery of nickle deposits in queena county is also worthy of note their extent and importance have not yet been demonstrated st but it ia probable that reliable and definite information on these points will be forthcoming very soon if they turn out to ba as anticipated they will add another to novia Scotia a already large list of important nai coral industries |