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  2. Two Flourishing Tasmanian West Coast Towns.

    Strahan may be aptly designated the capital of the West Coast of Tasmania. It has sprung and officers; now it is a heap of ruins; but fast becoming a resort for picnickers. Strahan is ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 748 words
  3. Electrolytic Copper.

    It is a comparatively simple matter to get a good deposit of copper electrolytically, provided always that a sufficiently low current density is used. This, of course, involves a very large and ...

    Article : 494 words
  4. Miscellaneous Items.

    Up to the close of 1899 South Australia produced copper worth £15,163,893; lead, £61,246; copper ore, £6,398,616; lead ore, £169,089; regulus, £125,545; bismuth ore and bismuth, £16,679; ...

    Article : 1,192 words
  5. The War and Gold.

    The war in the Transvaal (says an English paper) is seriously affecting the deliveries of gold from South Africa, the total which came to hand in December being only £15,920, as compared ...

    Article : 275 words
  6. THE MINER.

    The following complete specifications have lately been accepted in the various colonies undermentioned, and letters patent will, therefore, issue to the applicants in due course. This ...

    Article : 258 words
  7. An Acetylene Safety Lamp

    Some trials have lately been made in Europe of a miner's lamp fed with acetylene, and the results were satisfactory, although a few modifications in the direction of greater strength were ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 445 words
  8. Iron Making in Madagascar.

    Quite a respectable quantity of iron is, it would seem, still manufactured by the inhabitants of Madagascar, especially at the small town of Emyrne, where there are twenty-five hearths ...

    Article : 348 words
  9. An Australian's Opinion of Klondike.

    Mr. I. J. D. Halcrow, who some time since left Townsville (Q.) to seek fortune at Klondike, has returned to his old home, filled with disgust that he should have been deluded into leaving it. It ...

    Article : 247 words
  10. The Origin of Granite.

    At a recent meeting of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society a paper on "The Origin of Granite" was read by Mr. C. E. Stromeyer, M. Inst. C. E. The paper was an attempt to explain ...

    Article : 325 words
  11. The World's Stock of Gold.

    Mr. Roberts, the director of the United States Mint, recently said that the world did not depend upon the Transvaal for its stock of gold; that Colorado would produce more gold in 1900 than ...

    Article : 298 words
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