The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-21 00:00:00

FOIM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

Ge„,To the Directors of the Albion Gold Mining Company.
ietriZeinen—l request you will allot me shares of one pound
t b`g each, in the above undert ikb,g, the whole of which, or any
Nd :inber that may be allotted to me, I hereby agree to accept,
bli,Tl required, to pay the amount thereon, and subscribe the
of the Company.
I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
Date • •

Adress .............•
Reference •• • •• ••

rtlIE CHARTERED AUSTRALIAN LAND,
tiy ttinsTlNG, IMPORTING, and REFINING COMPANY.
e Royal Charter the liability of each Shareholder will be
limited.
Capital, 500,0001., in Shares of Si. each.
,„
it() Deposit 1/. per Share.
~_",totment of a less number than 10 bares will be made.
k
"tent of the Deposit Money and signing the Preliminary
Agreement, Scrip Receipts will be issued.
air DIRESTORS.
°WI s liers Shelleny, Bart M P Park-lane, and Marestield
,ussex—Chairma.
lijureY Brown, Esq., M.P., Westminster, and Tewkesbury—
Itowl'aiY-Chairman.
ancl, G. Alston, Esq., Harley-street, Cavendish-square.
ta:,.alin Esq., Piccadilly. and Putney Heath, Surrey.
rge bg,
e la Poor Beresford, Bart., Travellers' Club and Oriental
as
Brighton.
~=! , s Chandler, Esq., Rotherhithe, Surrey, Shipowner..
honourable George Hamilton Chichester Connaught-terrace,
Usti River View.
ciiAtrd Esdaile, Esq., City Saw Mills, Regent's Canal.
t4l;.Zard Graham,Admiralty, and Esk, Cumberland.
Charles Edward Mangles, Managing Director of the II tyal
to—,,ad_Steam Packet Company.
101; .I[uskerry, Carlton Club, and Springfield.
Sharland, Esq., Croydon, Chairman of the North Devon Lail.
aY and Dock Company.
tssinura CousseL—Sir John E. Eardley-Wilmot, Bart.
tiautotExes—Messrs. John aid Alfred Blyth, Limehouse.
METALLURGIST AND Assume—Charles Watt, Esq.
."..41.‘xxes —Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin-lane.
4M:tams—Messrs. R. and J. Sutton, 22, Royal Exchange.
SOLICITOES—Messrs. Mullins and Paddisou.
SECRETARY George Byam, Esq.
OFFICES—No. 6, Broad-street Buildings.
Itse:lllrectors, with much confidence, submit to the Public this
tothe making for Mining, Importing, Smelting, and Refining Gold, on
improved system. The contemplated operations of the
tile tiny (which. until the Charter is issued, will be conducted on
Oat-book system) will be principally confined to the auriferous
etiatects of Australia, where, even the quantity now raised, by a very
or
,rocess, is of vast magnitude.
ett;_, great number of persons who are working in the' diggings of
Rhrrdia, afia, a large majority are labourers, who not being famished
0)43," any means for reducing the poorer ores, can avail themselves
feikr.the comparatively small quantities of the auriferous deposits
m._ such a state of purity, and uncombined with other sub-
tlit,,7s, as to render gold actually visible to the eye, ant at once,
1%,;..1.? re, marketable without scientific aid. The " Times" (of the
I)ltigipecember, 1852), under the article " Australian Gold Fields,"
,;":"
isis may here remark that the gold exported since October last,
sitF'sents a value of 2,863,4771., and all these accounts, we a• e as
Tiled by the ' Melbourne Herald,' are rather under than overstated.
Iteeake, atitounding results have been obtained by unskilled labourers,
t, king without either plan or concert."
q: Science,' says the' Argus,' "has done little or nothing for us.
it processes in obtaining gold are of the rudest nature. The search
itrOlaracterised almost solely by what the sailors call sheer
letiith and stupidity "'because they
to,aenY thousands of tons are actually thrown away
tus.elit no immediate benefit to the diger and yet by numerous late
sitiYs. that very refuse often contAnsg , a larger proportion of gold,
"°tlgh not in view, than cad been already extracted.
Ail richore, in which the gold is visible, is certain to be a constant
wee of plunder; but moderately rich; and even poor ore, in which
MR gold is nor visible, and which is not wor the while of any
dopeger even to look over a second time, would hive a very large pro-
those who judiciously purchase, and reduce it. This will be
Co ander the immediate superintendence of the offices of the
.itParty.
AEU ayer and Chemist;of the Company, Mr. Charles Watt, has
ii..ettithod for reducing the ore by which amalgamation is entirely
emPrseded, the great expense of quicksilver being totally avoided,
~° Yet every particle of gold or silver is extracted at a mpare-
?lovely s
i,, mall expense. Mr. C. Watt has also a patent forcer elining
kr, and silver in the most expeditious and least expensive mode
nave
known. In confirmation of this statement the Direc:ors
"e received the following letter from Mr. Charles Watt :
Selwood Place, Brompton, Dec. 15, 1852.
GEN-Lima/4,—T have read the paragraph in your prospectus re-
ng tome and my patent, and l beg to assure you that I am fully
11, ,-Pared to carry out the announcement therein made.—l have the
`°ar to be Gentleman, your obedient servant,
• " CHARLES WATT."
Id- 're the Directors of the Chartered Australian
Importing, end Refining Company."
't has been deemed expedient previously to the application for and
tr
1.44 at of a royal charter for securing certain privileges, and for limit-
-8 the liability of each shareholder to arrange for the purchase of
eata
140 te in the country where it is proposed to commence opera
1), Accordingly, after a protracted negotiation, en agreement has
°t ea Concluded for the purchase, in a si eh known auriferous district,
4 large freehold Estate, situate Ir. the County of
Argyle. On one
ode of it there is a long range of rocks, capped
with Quartz, and in
e valley beneath a rapid stream flows into the lower levels, present-
all the features of an immense accumulation oflarg gold.
al luv These
iliwer levels are occasionally overflowed, and e
0110 w, have been formed, where, in obedience to the gravity of the
;Irtose matters and the force of the impelling torrents, the precious
stale are deposited in the sand or mud. " Gold," says Mr. Stutch-
hul7. his Report on the Geological and Mineralogical Survey of
IL^ South Wales, "in small quantitieshas been found on the summits
it tears
theflanks of the mountain ranges, but, With few exceptions,
k.,arts evidence of abrasion, The largest produce in every instance
—Z,Deen found in the lower levels."
it itao estate will be of the most essential service to the Company, as
ut: not only rich in itself, but is in the vicinity of an immense quart
Of refuse gold ore. It has always a plentiful supply ef water, and
"
itn,the high main road to Brt.dslbane and Goulburn. It will also
• testa
Materially aid (by the means it will afford of subsistence ea
to
of burthen) the transport of the concentrated ores to the s
—7?tiox distance of ~bout 50 miles,
,i
e vendor, having the greatest confidence in the undertaking and
t_,.,!•°e advantages to be derived to the shareholders, has consented to
17:1 the whole of the purchase-money (which does not amount to
• et if
generally paid for grazing land in the agricultural districts
be
in shares of the Company.
sm,°e Directors refrain from estimating the returns for fear of over-
rating the profits, though their thorough conviction is, that a most
successful result must speedily ensue.
224', tiPlications for shars to be made to Messrs. Sutton,
„„,110Yal Exchange; and for information to the Secretary, at the
o"tees of the Company, 6, liroad-street Buildings, London.