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Australia, 195; Queensland, 198; Tasmania, 200 Battery, the best way to test value of lodes, 31 Becker, on Comstock lode, 42, 43 Bischof, experiment on formation of dendroidal gold, 39 Black jack, 33 Blanket tables, 79 Boilers, How to clean, 164 Boiling points, 184 Boring, 172 Bottom, Signs of, 20 Braidwood nugget, 54 Brass, How to clean, 165 BrÜckner furnace, 105 Bucket, Hide, 139 Bulk of materials, 180 Burra Burra Mine, 24 Bush bed, 130 Bynoe harbour, Tin at, 32 California pump, 171 Charcoal, To make, 141 Chemical formulas, 182 Chlorine as a lixiviator, 73-75 Company formation, 113-126 Copper mine at Burra Burra, 24 Copper plates, Scaling, 144, 145; Silvering, 149; Dressing, 151 Correspondence, How to make copies of, 137 Cube roots, 191 Cubes, 191 Cyanide of potassium, Use of, in extracting gold, 95, 96 Daintree, on deposition of gold from chloride, 51 Diamond drilling, 173 Directors of companies, 114 et seq. Dolly, 152 Drift, Origin of gold in, 49 Dry blowing, 18 Dugout, 128 Duncan pan, 91 Electricity as a motive power and transmitter, 111, 112 Electrolytic process of extracting gold, 96-99 Eurieowie, Tin at, 32 Fire, Mode of producing, 137 Fire-lute, 166 Flooded Stream, How to cross a, 138 Flumes, 63 Forge, Temporary, 140 Freezing-points, 184 Fuels, Heat values of, 184 Furnaces used in calcining, 101 et seq. Fusing points, 184 Gold, Value of, 1; Origin and sources of, 2-7; Prospecting for, 13 et seq.; Signs of, 26; Assaying, by amalgamation, 30; associated with tin ores, 32, 33; Relation of, to volcanic action, 36; its probable mode of occurrence in early geological times, 38, 39; Mode of deposition in quartz, 39, 55, 57; Formation of sulphides of, 39, 40; Precipitation of, in pyrites, 41, 42, 51-54; Solution of, by mine water, 42; Opinion as to growth of, in drift deposits 48; Daintree on its deposition from chloride, 51; Wilkinson on its precipitation on iron pyrites, 51, 52 Gold (Alluvial) Origin of, 17, 49, 50, 51; Prospecting for, 17 Gold extraction, 11, 12, 59 et seq.; necessity of scientific procedure, 60; German organisation, 60; early methods, 61; modern methods, 61 et seq.; mills and crushers, 66-72; power and water for batteries, 73, 74; stamp mills, 76-78; screens, 78; blanket tables, 79; treatment of pyritous ores, 80; mode of saving the gold, 81; treatment of ferruginous ores, 82; cleaning and scaling plates, 83; retorting amalgam, 84-86; percussion tables, 88; pan concentrators, 90; amalgamators, 91-93; lixiviation, 93 et seq.; calcination, 100 et seq.; how to avoid loss in cleaning up, 148 Gold-field, Mount Brown 17, 18 Grusonwerk ball mill, 71 Gutters, 20 Heated bearings, Cooling compound for, 163 Heat values of fuels, 184 Horse-power of engines, 144 amount required for pumping water, 172 Horse-shoe furnace, 103 Howell-White furnace, 104, 105 Huntingdon mill, 69 Hydraulics, 171 Hydro-thermal origin of early deposits, 37, 38 Interest Tables, 193 Iron, prevention of rust on, 165 Iron extractor, 148 Iron sheets, size and weight of, 189 Ironstone “blows” as indicators of lodes, 26 Johnson, experiments on deposition of gold, 55-57 Lamp, Slush, 139 Leads, Course of, 19 Le Conte, on ore deposits, 36, 37 Levelling instruments, 160, 161 Living places, 127-130 Lobley, on gold, 36 prospecting for, 22; grass as an indicator of, 22; not of igneous origin, 23; Quartz fragments as indicators of, 23; Usual trend of, in Australia, 23; Determining the value of, 26, 28, 31; Underlie of, in Australia, 27; Explanation of shutes in, 43; why junctions of, are richest in metallic ores, 44; proofs of their being formed now, 44; Newbery, on gold in pyritous lodes, 47; Double faulting of, 72 Lode tin, 32 Long tom, 62 Loss in blasting, How to prevent, 142 Machinery, Protection of, from rusting, 166 Mear’s process, 94 Measuring inaccessible distances, 157; the width of a river, 157, 158; height of objects, 161 Medicine case, 136 Mensuration, 175 Mercury, Retort for small quantities of, 143; Mode of supplying, to mortar boxes, 145 Mercury extractor, 155 Metals, 33 Mine managers, 115 et seq. Mine surveying problems, 176 Mining regulations, 194-201 Misfires, How to deal with, 141 Molesworth furnace, 106 Monitor, 64 Mount Bischoff tin mine, 24 Mount Brown gold-field, 17, 18 Mount Morgan gold mine, 23, 94, 95 Mount Shoobridge, Tin at, 32 Names of common chemical substances, 183 Newbery, Experiments by, on modern growth of lodes, 44, 45, 53; on gold in pyritous lodes, 47; experiments in depositing gold on sulphides, 52, 53 Newbery and Vautin process, 94 New machines and processes, Advice as to adoption of, 120-122 New Zealand, Mining regulations of, 201 Northern territory hammock, 130-132 Nuggets, Position of, 17; Formation of, 17; Ore Deposits, Le Conte’s conclusions as to, 36, 37 Ore reserves, Calculation of, 168-170 Ore values, Estimating, 170 Organic matter as a precipitant of gold, 51, 52, 53 Percussion tables, 88 Pipes, How to clear, 164 Plants as a source of water, 134, 135 Plattner process, 94 Plummer blocks, Cleaning greasy, 163 Pollok process, 95 Power for mills, 147 Prospect, First, 29; Determining value of, 29, 30, 31 Puddlers, 153-155 Purchase of mines, Advice as to, 123 Pyrites as a precipitant of gold, 41, 42, 51-54; Modern deposition of, 45; Mode of occurrence of gold in, 46, 47 Pyritous ore, Mode of treatment of, 80 Quartz veins, Rosales’s igneous theory of, 34; Rainfall, 178 Reef. See Lodes Retort for small quantities of amalgam, 142; and of mercury, 143 Reverberatory furnaces, 101 et seq. Right angle, 158 Rivers, To measure width of, 157, 158 Robbery in gold-mills, Mode of preventing, 124-126 Ropes, Durability of, 173; Qualities of, 190 Rope-splicing, 166 Rosales on origin of quartz veins, 32-34 Rotomahana district, White and Pink Terraces in, 36 Rust, Solvent for, 165; Protecting iron and steel from, 165 School of Mines, S. Australian, 118 Depth of, 162; Connection of, with underground workings, 176; Data connected with, 177 Sheet-iron, Thickness and weight of, 189, 190 Shutes, Explanation of, 43 Signs, 185 Silica terraces in the Rotomahana district, 36 Silvering copper plates, 149 Skey, experiments on formation of sulphides, 39, 40; and on their properties, 41 Sluice plates, 156 Smelting, Rough, 141 Soap, Serviceable, 138 Square roots, 191 Squares, 191 Power for, 147 Steel, How to prevent rust in, 165 Stetefeldt shaft furnace, 106 Stream tin, 32 Sulphide of gold, Formation of, 39, 40, 45, 46 Sulphides, Experiments on properties of, 41, 42, 53; calcination of, 100 et seq. Tank, to find contents of, 189 Telegraphic code, 138 Tent, 128-130 Thames gold-field, Siliceous sinter in, 36 Thermometer scales, Table of, 184 Thwaite-Denny furnace, 105, 106 Thwaite power gas system, 110 Thwaites’ furnace, 102 Timber, Data as to, 174 Tin, Minerals mistaken for, 32; How to distinguish them from, 33 Tin-mines at Mount Bischoff, 24 Tin ores, 32 Tree, To measure height of, 160 Vein, to find lost part of, 167 Velocity of falling fluids, 188 Wages, Table for calculating, 192 Washing table, 79 Roots as a source of, 134, 135; Filtering of, 135; Mode of supplying, to stamper boxes, 146; Plan for raising, 163; Data regarding, 171; Fresh and Salt, compared, 188; Pressure of, 189 Water bag, 136 Waterless power, 109-112 Watson & Denny pan, 90 Weight of materials, 180 Weights and measures, 186, 187 Welcome Stranger nugget, 54 Wilkinson, on deposition of gold in iron pyrites, 51, 52 Windlass, 153 Woodside nuggets, 57 Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. 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| Geology, Stratigraphical, | R. Etheridge, F.R.S., | 52 |
| ” Physical, | Prof. H. G. Seeley, | 52 |
| ” Practical Aids, | Prof. Grenville Cole, | 53 |
| ” Open Air Studies, | ” ” | 19 |
| Mining Geology, | James Park, F.G.S., | 55 |
| Prospecting for Minerals, | S. Herbert Cox, A.R.S.M., | 55 |
| Food Supply, | Robt. Bruce, | 54 |
| New Lands, | H. R. Mill, D.Sc., F.R.S.E., | 54 |
| Ore and Stone Mining, | Sir C. Lea Neve Foster, | 56 |
| Elements of Mining, | ”” | 56 |
| Coal Mining, | H. W. Hughes, F.G.S., | 56 |
| Practical Coal Mining, | G. L. Kerr, M.Inst.M.E., | 58 |
| Elementary | ” ” | 58 |
| Electrical Coal Mining, | D. Burns, | 58 |
| Mine-Surveying, | Bennett H. Brough, A.R.S.M., | 57 |
| Mine Air, Investigation of, | Foster and Haldane, | 57 |
| Mining Law, | C. J. Alford, | 57 |
| Blasting and Explosives, | O. Guttmann, A.M.I.C.E., | 58 |
| Testing Explosives, | Bichel and Larsen, | 58 |
| Mine Accounts, | Prof. J. G. Lawn, | 57 |
| Mining Engineers’ Pkt.-Bk., | E. R. Field, M.Inst.M.M., | 57 |
| Petroleum, | Sir Boverton Redwood, | 61 |
| A Handbook on Petroleum, | Thomson and Redwood, | 61 |
| Oil Fuel, | Sidney H. North, | 29 |
| Metallurgical Analysis, | Macleod and Walker, | 60 |
| Microscopic Analysis, | F. Osmond & J. E. Stead, F.R.S., | 60 |
| Metallurgy (General), | Phillips and Bauerman, | 60 |
| ” (Elementary), | Prof. Humboldt Sexton, | 66 |
| Getting Gold, | J. C. F. Johnson, F.G.S., | 59 |
| Gold Seeking in South Africa, | Theo Kassner, | 59 |
| Cyanide Process, | James Park, F.G.S., | 59 |
| Cyaniding, | Julian and Smart, | 59 |
| Electric Smelting, | Borchers and Mcmillan, | 67 |
| Electro-Metallurgy, | W. G. Mcmillan, F.I.C, | 67 |
| Assaying, | J. J. & C. Beringer, | 66 |
| Metallurgical Analysis, | J. J. Morgan, F.C.S., | 66 |
| Metallurgy (Introduction to), | Sir W. Roberts-Austen, K.C.B., | 63 |
| Gold, Metallurgy of, | Dr. Kirke Rose, A.R.S.M., | 63 |
| Lead and Silver, ” | H. F. Collins, A.R.S.M., | 64 |
| Iron, Metallurgy of, | Thos. Turner, A.R.S.M., | 65 |
| Steel, ” | F. W. Harbord, | 65 |
| Iron-Founding, | Prof. Turner, | 68 |
| Precious Stones, | Dr. Max Bauer, | 68 |
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Transcriber’s Notes
A few obvious misprints have been corrected (for example, “thorinum” which for thorium), but in general the original spelling has been retained. Inconsistent use of hyphens and punctuation were left unchanged.
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
