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  2. FROGMORE MINE TO AGAIN GO INTO PRODUCTION

    The stage where actual steady production of the valuable ores tungsten (wolfram and scheelite) is almost reached and mechanical equipment for their treatment is nearing its final stages of installation. Frogmore tungsten mine, an active mining centre in days gone by, ...

    Article : 161 words
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    Old tailings looking south from poppet head. Tailings .are to be re-treated. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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    This was the site a few months ago of engines. A new building now covers ali machinery east of poppet head. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. TWO LEVELS TO BE WORKED

    The underground workings are ready for production on No. 3 level, and work is expected to start on No. 5 level in the near future when pumping of water is completed. Last week a few tons of ore were lifted from No. 3 level. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 759 words
  6. Wide Range of Uses For Frogmore Mineral

    The mineral, tungsten, which is once more being produced at Frogmore, has a wide range of industrial uses, ranging from its hardening qualities as an alloy in steel to the manufacture of filaments in electric light globes and in the making ...

    Article : 388 words
  7. ABOUT 2 Per Cent RECOVERY EXPECTED

    Tungsten Consolidated expects to make almost a 2 per cent, recovery of concentrates from the ore. ...

    Article : 241 words
  8. OVER £1 A lb. GUARANTEED FOR TUNGSTEN TILL 1955

    In 1950 the Common-wealth Government guaranteed for five years a price of 450 shillings a unit sterling ...

    Article : 170 words
  9. Big Water Storage Dam Burst

    The big water storage dam, situated at the south-eastern foot of the mine hill, burst in March of this year after heavy falls of rain sent a terrific body of water down the creeks. An earth wall about fifteen or so feet high was built during ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 248 words
  10. ORE RESERVES COULD BE 15,000 TONS

    The probable ore reserves at the mine could be as high as 15,000 tons, it is believed. There has been a proven ...

    Article : 166 words
  11. DELIGHTFUL BUSH SURROUNDINGS

    The environs of the mine area are delightfully attractive in a wealth of bushland beauty which stirs the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 185 words
  12. LOCATION OF AND ACCESS TO MINE

    The mine is situated on Mining Leases 1 to 9, Parish of Alton, County King, 21 miles north-north-east of Boorowa. ...

    Article : 261 words
  13. Mine's Canteen Committee Provides Many Amenities

    The mine's canteen committee has done a particularly fine job since its inauguration on January 3 this year. On that day, the first day of work, following the Christmas-New Year break, the mess house, declared one of the best in Australia, ...

    Article : 467 words
  14. NEW REEF DISCLOSED

    A new reef has been disclosed on No. 3 level at the tungsten mine. The reef was discovered ...

    Article : 98 words
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