A Pleasant Creek paper, of June 2G, states : —The North Cross Company’s crushing was conchoid to day. with the following satisfactory result :—1729 tons of quartz yielded 427 loz. IC'dwt. ISgr., nr an average of 2oz. 9dwt. 1 Igr. per ton This return has enabled the directors to declare a dividend of twenty-six shillings per 10,000 th share, or a total of 13,000/. for the month of dune.
Goldsmiths’ Work. —The process of line-art manufacture in this branch of trade is strikingly exemplified in a little work published by Mr. J. W. Denson, of No. 25, Old Bond-street, ond of the City Steam Factory, 5S and 00, Ludgate-hill, London. It is enriched and embellished with designs, by Italian, French and English artistes, of brooches, bracelets, ear-rings, and other articles, suitable for personal wear, or for wedding, birth-day, or other presents, with their prices. Mr. Benson, who holds the appointment to 11.11. H. the Prince of Wales, has also published a very interesting pamphlet on the Rise and Progress of Watchmaking. These pamphlets are sent, post free, for two stamps each, and they cannotbotoo strongly recommended to those contemplating a purchase, especially to residents in ihe country or abroad, who are thus enabled to select any article they may require, and have or war dedin perfect safety.
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Dunstan Times, Volume 640, Issue 640, 24 July 1874, Page 3
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