The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-15 00:00:00

AIitSTRALIAN COMPANIES.

The subjoined notices have been received from
Australian Companies
" ENGLISH AND AUSTRALIAN COPPER COMPANY.
" The English and Australian Copper Company have
received advices from their managers at Adelaide up to
the 28th of September.
" The smelting works were in partial operation, and
had returned during the month of August 57 tons of
copper. The stock of ore on hand was 5,210 tons, some
of which had been forwarded to Port Wakefield for ship-
ment to England. The stock of fuel was about 5,000
tons, all of which would be removed to the works so
soon as carriage and labour could be procured.m South America
were The mules that had been sent froy
were to be employed in the course of a
few
dayse on
and
ertihoae
road to the port for the conveyance an
of ore
the mast favourable results were expected from
their use.

Land and
" ADELAIDE LAND AND GOLD COMPANY.
~
"espatches have been received by the Adelaide
laide, the sth, 14th, and 27th of September,which an.
Gold Company from the manager, dated Ade-
nounce further large purchases of selected land on
rac-
count of the company in the districts of the Onkapa-
inga, Wakefield, suburban to the township of Goolwa,
Bremer, Noarlimra, Strathalben, Gilbert, Barrossa, and
town sections in Port Mott, the shipping port of the
river Murray, the whole amounting to upwards of 3373,
acres. Portions of the land have been selected on ac-
count of their mineral and auriferous qualities.
PORT PHILIP AND COLONIAL COMPANY.
`The Port Philip and Colonial Gold Mining Com-
pany have received advices from their resident director
in Melbourne up to the 22d of September.
"All his endeavours had been for some time directed
to obtaining mineral land on lease from the Colonial Go-
vernment,
which he fully expects will be accomplished
in a short time. Pending the decision on the question
of mineral leases, the Goveraor had passed a temporary
measure authorising the digging for three months for
21., in lieu of the 30s. monthly license system, and it
was proposed to pnt an export duty on gold.
"The resident director further states,---` I have no
reason whatever to doubt that gold mining will answer
to the company, under judicious and economical manage-
ment, so soon as we can get a well-selected piece of
ground to ourselves ; until then I must do the best I
can under the present defective system with our di-
minished establishment.' The Assay-office continued in
full operation, and 32,000 oz. had been smelted for th
Oriental Bank. With reference to lease of land, thee
mining superintendent remarks,---' We have proved' by
trial that ground holding one-half the minimum, gda ,
required to remunerate the digger would affroor% us a
°ling': st th eayn dvi
handsome profit. Such an - extensive field
adventure- must afford many pfizes to a r mining
antdhetllii3stiini
otfheA
had extracted
little or no risk of loss, if the Governmentecfinpally with
would u u grant
"Seven tributers and six mechanics compelled to do.'
leases,
between
bethe 10th
74 oz. 11 dwt. of gold, the company's 10th of September
43 oz. 17 dwts. 20 gr. share amounting to
~ THE COLONIAL GO
Letters have been GOLD COMPANY. •
. received .
Company,' dated the 3d by the Colonial Gold
Spence, their
of September, from Mr. E. J.
ic mi.. Spence
speaksuperintendent in New South Wales.
l favourably of the progress made
since the date of leisl as t advices in the erection of the
machinery and b •ua dings at the Louisa Creek, and was
pleased with the assistance he had received in his mining
operations by the arrival of the Cornishmen who were
sent t o him hence hi March last. Mr. Spence states,—
I am confident the undertaking will be benefitted if
you will send me out another troop. They are hard-
working, good-tempered, and obliging men, and each of
them is worth any two colonial or ordinary emigrant
labourers. You may conclude that these men are
satisfied with their position and prospects when I men-
tion to you that they have requested me to hand' you
the accompanying list of persons in Cornwall with whom
they ail), one or other, connected, and to whom they
wish you to give preference should you determine to send
me a further number of such truly useful hands.'
" Mr. Spence further states that in the course of the
spring and summer months he intended to carry on
alluvial washings on a. large scale, and was making the
necessary preparations, by engaging the services of ex-
perienced persons for this purpose, and for more
.fall
and extensive explorations on the cl • aims granted to this
company.