The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-26 00:00:00

LLANELLY AND LLANDILO.

This line was inspected by the Government inspector
on Tuesday last, and opens to-day for public traffic. The
length of the line is seven miles, and it forms a continu-
ation of the old Llanelly Rail way to Llandilo. When
the Vale of Towy line is completed, which is expected to
be the case in the course of a few months, it will extend
the line from Llandilo to the agricultural and mining
districts of Llandovery. Mr. J. Samuel, the engineer,
has succeeded in comp!eting the line within his estimate
8,0001. per mile, and it appears the works have been exe-
cuted in a substantial and satisfactory manner. The
Vale of Towy line is being constructed at a similar cost
under the same engineer, and the completion of it is
looked forward to with great interest by persons locally
interested.

MINING IN THE PHII,LIPINE ISLANDS.

Great activity has been lately shown in exploring and
developing the mineral and metalliferous deposits of the
Island of Luzon, one of this group—Mr. W. Eathorne
Gill, who has acquired considerable experience in Cali-
fornia being the engineer-in-chief of an association
formed in Madrid, denominated La Exploradora Phil-
pina Compania. The auriferous veins are situated at
Monte Malagit, near Paracale, and have long been
worked by the native Indians. A shaft has been
sunk abuut 46 iaras, and the edit level has been
driven a considerable length. The lode is quartz, in-
tersected with ferruginous veins ; the country is gneisq,
with dykes of syenite, and beds of steatite. Eight
stamps are erected, and Mr. Gilt was daily in expecta-
tion of receiving the grates to affix to them. It is
not the intention to employ amalgamation, but merely
to crush the ore and wash it, and the estimates are
that $2 per ton will cover aq. expenses. In contradis.
Unction to this, in his report, Mr. Gill states that the
cost to the Noveau Monde Company at Mount Oplair,
furnished by Mr. Phillips, was $17,50 ; by the same
gentleman at the Pine Tree works, $23.50 ; while Mr.
Atwood's expenses at Gras Valley were $8.29. It is,
however, to be remembered that in California the aver-
age daily wages of a labourer were $4, while in Luzon
they are $l, and this is partly paid in rations. The
Indian miners, though unskilled, are very tractable, and
have been accustomed to mining from their infancy.
The profits to be realised on a ton of quartz are calcu-
lated at $lO, and the limit to the revenue cau only be
fixed accordift to the means adopted for raising, the
quartz. Occasionally, mica is found in the veins for
several fathoms in length. In other localities, no great
distance from the works of the association, magnetic
iron ore has been found, and in the neighbouring moun-
tain large specimens of native copper have been disco
vered ; while there is a tradition among the Indiana
that white gold has been extracted, this, from its de-
scription, being evidently platioa. Mr. Gill is of opi-
nion that the district is highly mineralised ; it is well
wooded, and merely requires good management and
economy to afford brilliant results. From that gentle-
man's acknowledged experience, there. is every promise
that the metalliferous resources of the island will be care-
fully and adequately developed.—Mining Journal.

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gone ?" "That I cannot inform you," replied the corn.
municative gentleman,
"but he is dead." This is eon-
sidered the most guarded answer on record.
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