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PAET I. Diamond-mining. Victoeia Bingera— Page Page Australian Diamond-mining Company's works .. 28 Goldfields visited • ■ 1 Description of machinery employed for extracting Sandhurst diamonds from washdrift .. .. 28 Winding machinery .. .. .. .. 1 Safety-cages .. .. .. .. .. 2 PART II. Crushing machinery, general remarks .. .. 2 D of oi , im rovementg in conne otion with Quartz workings . 2 mimng and schools of mines, &o. .. 29 Garden Gully Company works .. .. ..2 6> ■" . Lansell's „ „ .. .. .. 3 Crushing Auriferous Ores. " , I ■ , ■ - • - - I Description of crushing and batteries .. .. 29 Pyrites, chlormation process of treating .. ..4 P gold-saving appliances .. ..29 I g °rrnlrn!^neT ngraW. " "5 St. Mungo ComWs plantfLndhurst .. ..30 Castlemainc— Pyrites, Treatment of. Coliban water supply 6 Victorian Government Board .. ..30 Rates charged for water 7 Claudet process 33 Maldon— j oml Percy, of Metallurgical School of Grand Junction Company s works .. ..7 Mines, London .. .. ..36 ClSies^ " Messrs. Ulrich and Newbery .. ..37 Port Phillip Company's works .. .. .. 8 Concentrating and Amalgamating Machinery. Pyrites, table showing results of treatmg .. 9 ore-concentrators 42 g* JSaaSKS 1-". :: :: ;» S^^T 1" :: :: 8 Ballarat— Winding Machinery. QuLtz lodes different to other goldfields.. .. 11 regard to safety-cages, &c 44 works '.. .. 11 g^SSSE^^- .\" ." " tt Moonlight „ „ .. .. ..11 Diamond-drills. Diamond-and rock-drills .. ..12 Diamond . drillS) working of) genera i ly .. .. 46 Air-compressors ... .. ■■ •• Table showing results of underground drills in testing quartz lodes .. .. .. .. .. 47 Alluvial Mining. Table showing results of surface-drills in testing Creswick Creek— quartz lodes .. .. .. .. .. 47 Madam Berry Company's works .. .. IS Di amO nd-drills in Victoria, regulations for use of .. 48 Method adopted for sinking through drift .. 14 ; n New South Wales, regulations for Chiltem — use of .. .. .. 49 Chiltern Valley Gold-mining Company's works .. 15 cos t o f .. .. .. .. 49 Beeohworth — Sluicing operations and price charged for water .. 15 Coal-mining. Character of coal seams, New South Wales .. 49 New South Wales. Underground haulage .. .. .. .. 49 „. . . Comparison of tail-rope to endless-chain haulage .. 50 Tin-mimng. Ventilation in mines 50 •Emmaville — Glen Smelting Company's works .. .. 16 Mining Surveys. Tin ore, process of treating 16 System adopted in Victoria 52 „ New South Wales .. .. 53 Silver-mining. Webb Silver-mining Company's operations .. 17 Organization of Mines Departments. Boorook— Mines Department, Victoria .. .. .. 54 Boorook Silver-reducing works .. .. .. 17 „ „ New South Wales .. .. 54 Description of machinery and treatment of ore .. 17 ,,.„,. Sunny Corner- Schools °f MmesSunny Corner Company's works .. .. 19 Subjects taught in School of Mines, Ballarat .. 55 Description of smelting operations .. 19 Table showing the fees charged .. .. 55 La Monte and Kahlo's "Probert smelter" .. 21 Subjects taught in School of Mines, Sandhurst .. 55 Silverton — Table showing the fees charged .. .. .. 55 Broken Hill Company's Mine .. .. .. 22 Summary .. .. • • • • .. 56 Pinnacles „ „ • • ■ • .. 23 o onc i ad i n g remarks .. .. • • .. 56 May Bell „ „ ■ • • • 23 Day Dream „ „ .. •• ..28 APPENDIX. Apollyon „ „ ■■ ■■ " ® Report by C.W. Langtree on the working of diamondUmberumberka „ „ .. • • ..Ad victoria 56 General characteristic of lodes 23 gynopsi ' s of WQrk done by'diamond-drills in Victoria 61 Copper-mining. List of Drawings and Plans. Cobar — Webb's patent safety-cage .. .. .. 8 Oobar Company's works .. .. .. AA Seymour's „ • • • • .. 8 Description of smelting operations .. .. 24 united Pyrites Company's works, Sandhurst .. 8 Newcastle — Huntingdon and Koch's amalgamator, Sandhurst .. 8 Hunter River Copper-smelting works .. .. 25 ]sf ay i or and Thornton's rock-drill Wayman and Kay's „ .. • • .. 16 Coal-mining. Plans longitudinal and traverse sections of quartz .. 16 Wallsend Company's works 25 . lodes in Sandhurst and Stawell Districts .. 16 TT^rlwom,™^ ifonlaw wqtam of .. 26 La Monte and Kahlo's smelting furnace .. ..24 Ventufrnsystem gof? y . .. •• 26 Diamond-drills manufactured by Mort's Dock ComAustralian and Agricultural Company's works .. 27 pany, Sydney .. .. .. .. •• -"* Wickham and Bullock Island „ „ ...87 Machinery for extracting diamonds from the washBlueXuntains- " " " Planf of St. Mungo Company's" "crushing" battery Katoomba coal mine and method of surface haulage 27 Sandhurst .. .. •• •• " ™ TvTpwpWIp Plan of nine tables, &c. .. .. .. ..64 NHydrtl^ cranes 27 „ Haley's concentrator 32 System of loading vessels 27 „ Frue's ore-concentrator 40

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