SHOTMAKING.
The Thames Star of the 7th instant, says :—A carious instance of how men tax their ingenuity to effect their purpose lias just been exemplified on the Thames, which, however satisfactory to the experimenters, has caused disappointment to othersi The (Shamrock tributers banked sixty ounces of what they thought was gold, which was duly chronicled in the local papers. On an assay being attempted, considerable difficulty was found in arriving at * results. lie treatment proved that there were twenty-seven ounces of lead with the gold. To account for this the tributers, on enquiry, find that the shaft they use had been made use of as a kind of underground shot tower, but the amateur sliotmakcr neglected to ascertain the result of his experiment. The lead being sliovellcd up and mixed with the stone sent to the mill, gave a scomug result to the crushing highly favorable to the tributers, but it would not stand science and the crucible. I
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Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1207, 1 September 1874, Page 4
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