The Gold Mines of the World (2d Ed., 1902): Written After an Inspection of the Mines of the Transvaal, Rhodesia, India, Malay Peninsula, West Australia, Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania, New Zealand, British Columbia, the Klondyke, United States, Alaska and Mexico

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Waterlow and Sons Limited, 1902 - Gold mines and mining - 380 pages
 

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Page 27 - O bitter and tender Dolores, Our Lady of Pain. As our kisses relax and redouble, From the lips and the foam and the fangs Shall no new sin be born for men's trouble. No dream of impossible pangs? With the sweet of the sins of old ages Wilt thou satiate thy soul as of yore? Too sweet is the rind, say the sages, Too bitter the core.
Page 53 - ... on the dip of the Meyer and Charlton mine, in the centre of the Rand, at a depth of 3,251 feet.
Page 16 - ... ore-sorting has made great strides on the Rand. Large revolving tables and belts have been erected. Over these the rock, after sliding down the grizzleys or screens, slowly passes. Streams of water play upon it, cleansing it and showing clearly to the sorters which is ore and which is waste. At some mines 20 to 30 and even 40 per cent. of the whole quantity is sorted out as being valueless. The mines employing this careful system of sorting are distinguished by their better comparative profits...
Page 84 - Sheba. — Issued capital, ,£1,075,000. The past history of this mine entitles it to the position of one of the notable gold mines of the world. Briefly described, the mine consists of a wide reef of quartzite, dipping at 45 degrees, and carrying one main chute of rich ore which has been proved to 1,500 feet on the incline. In many places, notably on levels 7, 8 and 9, the chute ore has been of exceptional richness, perhaps averaging 2 ozs. per ton, and of a dimension of TOO feet long, and 60 feet...
Page 231 - ... quarrelling over boundaries and water rights, and the only remedy appears to be a lawsuit, or series of suits, in the local courts. The gold commissioner, his assistants, and the claim inspectors, seem to have no power — or to be afraid to use it. Their only remedy is
Page 165 - ... district. In the opposite direction, and sloping at a much steeper angle, is a series of well-defined white quartz reefs. These reefs carry no gold, except where they cut through the slate-beds, but at those points the precious metal is invariably found not only in profitable, but in visible quantities. So common a feature indeed is visible gold at Gympie, that each mine is provided with a strong box, which from time to time becomes filled with particularly rich and nuggety specimens. Mount Morgan,...
Page 9 - Witwatersrand, with its series of "banket" beds nearly 40 miles in length, unlimited apparently in depth, and payable over the greater part of its entire area, became the new Eldorado, and Johannesburg the greatest goldmining centre in the world.
Page 54 - ... deep-level than in the outcrop mines, they are 68 easily traced, and are not considered a serious factor. Thirdly, the Rand rock formation is so regular that very little water finds its way into the workings when once they have been pumped dry of the water tapped during the shaft-sinking. Finally, the increase in temperature is found by experiment to be not more than one degree in every 200 feet of depth, so that there is no reason why the heat in a formation of solid sandstone should debar mining...
Page 231 - Oh ! take it into court.' Dawson, as a consequence, reeks with lawyers and litigation. A couple of Australian mining wardens, of the old school, who would ride up the creeks themselves, interrogate the parties to a dispute, and settle the matter on the spot — sticking the boundary and water-right pegs into the ground themselves...

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