Telegram-herald., 1890-01-11

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s,.ou : - uzis ~tacl has laea llsziy
s.vse ss - gresas 4 Ao.lE A-9rg-4 SD a-.s.
sssssi !. Ca1Erai S'zaals.a.11. s1l-1 u lay-
.r.s A. .as RAE - gssF . million q year a
-sgassza.a Ehs history cf Lls ll-le, s1lcs
a. sasy boeE f---y 1sss-.slo1 --4---s La -
Fzs.r. : : carlll-s go. Tie 9r .--a- s@scgar
~ las frse1otl plFa7c ~ t1s ac1 1erfl-Y
ren uroueFEy. oonzaslllg ~ 80 @lrss, szs
90 u.saa-d Gisrdsa, % p<1d ngs sli .ngs
e. a.sfs Tor = an al-llhed So ~ grazaE lznd
fes as csEsie.
a esrraposl.izns = TIE sy3uey A5rnlng
Esrasd. 10 vaiIsd tLas mine s1r1s tine ag0,
tod LAs rs4csrs q LhAt la.lrl4l oos rezara-
irz Irua lie 8-0s11zzla. hs ssopDe1 az . way
slis san. Sbers a tlu, ~@arler beaten,
grlrrisd .oeklBg mzl took hs c0rss 70 zws1
J. sruk
.-IaE 49, ths original holder u tbe free
bold - - pa-rL-1 s-1a ls g ths Acrgans 10
szld - 1al a. Sats be-lsFesi lac ulyLutalus 70
b. u lroass0ne, and asver knea - TIE for
tIns shat -as 50 lcng within Us grasp. In
oiisn days - ussd 70 seiI tAs plmLoestons
looxIag quartz iu RockhAulpten. b. clean fhs
hzzrLils aad t1orsteps II the houses"
ofordln sd The freeheld t1 tas Mzssrs
Morsan for Eg4o. OF n a. acre They tis-
covered gold il ~. Al ia that year formed
q partner snip, pa whlel -hry held halg ths
m.ua. Shlle Aessrs j : Han. " Hal. "
q Arcy znd " partlson. Who are nov
t.ur 0f the princfpai propsie.oss, held the
seooud half TIE Mrssrs Morgan subse-
q1euay dlsposs1 II iLsT share o. these gen
Jleu.en Tor E8 0o0, aud IA 1856 tie present
c.lnpany was formed with a capital of El-
90 90 IN 0s0 30 shares u II each, II which
2. CT per share Is paid up.
Leaving kockhamp1ou soon after 9 o'clock
be- the morulng, the traveller Il deposited a.
roadside station ~ about T. ard q rough
breakfast Is % De ooLalned as country Inn
from " llcl lLe coach start for Mount Nor
gan We were about - enter t1e prInciDa
room ln wlIeh breakfast was lad olr, when
one of tLe assayers, who was employed at
TIE mir=. informed Us in an awe struck voice
that -tae directors were tlere, and ss tue
dlrece0rs of tas Mount Morgan mine were
ev vdanrly To great 70 30 contaminated BY
tle presence of ordinary -lortals ne betpok
ourstFes ~ q Lua.lar apartment, where We
Ell 1F5i poorer bat chealer fare. Ne then
s-.-rlad -n = L.lt four h9re coach. holding
e-.l, e1p,5 besides .Ae driver, in whicA Se
were lllted along TIE roGgle-t ot roads
through Pa1locks az over 5000 acres, with
parrots and cockatOos slrieAlIg among the
lrsu-les ot tls gum trees over rLead.
After DIVE OF between two and three
hours through the bush, Including the tre-
meudOusly steep ascent of a dill known as the
Iaz2rback, up which every particle 0f ma
chln4ry for Mount Morgan bad 20 oa brought,
We reached the newly formed mining town
snip. Scattered about among the trees were
tents Of various descriptions, bark Luts, hUts
u corrugated iron, and wooden houses. In
. central position were two hotels, some stores
or general shops, q church in process OF con-
scructiOu, a school and au Odd Fellows hall
There are already about 800 inhabitants,
and the object which las attracted them all
is "a couical shaped llu about - feet IN
height above the water level. and with moth
ing. SO far as outward appearances are con-
cerued, 70 distinguish il from numerous other
well wooded hills which surround IL.
At the foot OK the mountain Is ono set Ot
works, which are duplicated about half way
% H. some go feet from ths top q tunnel
rams IN Tor about 20 feet, when a. Is met by
a shaft, down ~ hiCh the stone is sent IL g
then brought through the tunnel IN small
trucks and shot down a slide 70 the upper
works, while q cable tTamway supplies the
lower works AT the top OF the mountain Is
O regular quarry, where some I've dozen men
are occupied in blasting aDd quAyrying the
stone. FllJy-two feet have already been cut
away, and they are now working at a second
bench
The preponderating stone is a kind Of
biack ironstone, with no appearance OF gold
whatever, yet il yields as much as five or
s,x ounces 10 the ton. Some OF the stone IS
reddish, and looks as II II might contain COP
Ter. while here and there Is a bank Of vel
l0wish sand which yields eleven ounces %
the ton. Formerly the ore was treated by
the ordinary battery and quicksilver ANAL
CauntIon process, but the gold Is so finely
disrr butad through the stone that most Of il
WIS lost, and the taiiings are being treated
with very satisfactory results BY tho chl0ri-
nation process. which Is now IN use az the
cine. Under this process the ore is first
crushed by powerful machinery ard reduced
h lne sand. It Is then roasted in furnaces,
and when cooled is placed ia the chlorina-
ton barrels AMI subjected 70 the action Of
chlorine gas, which dis-olves the gold, and ia
aows out in n fuid, the color Of sherry. into
large vats
Il s then placed IN charcoal filters. and
the gold adne-es to the charcoal beds which
are subscqG 1tly roasted In n rcverberatory
furnace until nothing Is left but an ash con
tanning - per cent. of metallic gold The
worss, wa4cn are lit throughout by the eiec-
tric light, are Kept constantly going night
and lay. Nlns hundred meu ara employed,
sld WcTk IA thTee SHIFTS Of eight hours each.
T1e ezreu1l-urs IN wages Is 10000 Der
aa11m. 400 tons ri 6rewocd are burnt per
month. ami rns output q gold a about a
tn per mcrtR II the works were stopped
for a single day it would mean a loss 10 the
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