CHROME DEPOSITS.
The “Daily Times” learns that Mr Herbert Cox, F.G.8., assistant Government geologist, is now engaged in Nelaon in re-examining the extent and value of the chrome deposits which are to be found in various parts of that Provincial District. This mineral is likely to come into great prominence, owing to the recent _ discovery in Germany of its enormous value in the process of leather tanning. By the use of chrome the tanning of leather may be completed in from two to three weeks, whereas by the old process it took from eighteen months to two and a-half years—indeed, to turn out the best leather seven years have been occupied. It will thus be seen that the chrome deposits in Nelson are not u- likely to prove or immense advantage not only to that district, but to the colony at large. The Government have consented to assist in sending Home a trial shipment of about five tons of chrome, and it is part of Mr Cox’s duty to select the deposit from which this shipment shall be procured.
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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2146, 11 January 1881, Page 3
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