ABOUT DABB'S CRUSHING
The singularity of the return obtained from Messrs Dabb and party's late crush, ing icduced Mr Black, manager cf the Pumping Association Works to-give another lot of stun 0 from the same reef a trial at the Prince Alfred free of charge.. The result quite proves that the poorness of the return is attributable to some peculiarity in the metal. One ton of quartz was crushed; loz 18dwts of retorted gold was obtained from it; and the'process'of melting caused a reduction of 7dwts, leaving as the return loz lldwts of gold, the value of which is rated at. 16s 4d per ounce. This is a similar result to that got froEou the. same class of stone the other day. I may had—though it is in reality superfluous—that, the whole process from crushing to retorting was inspected by the tributers There is nothing for it, therefore, but to conclude that a very rare metal has been come upon, more precious than pure silver and much less than gold. Though only worth 16s 4d per ounce, Mr Murray allowed the tributer» £1.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1942, 25 March 1875, Page 2
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183ABOUT DABB'S CRUSHING Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1942, 25 March 1875, Page 2
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