and engineering journal . ontinued Mr. tzod, thai anj community of wliite,progressive people, such as we bave in South Africa, willcontinue to be so apathetic towards the great possibilities ofthe mine as to allow this gold to lie fallow for ail time. Wedo not always find ourselves in accord with Mr. Ezodsutterances, but in respect of his remark as quoted above, wethink he lias sounded a note which should become a clarion call throughout the length dth of this country. The \\ bole ihi in, , I t be Wit v, , and in lai that of South Allien, i- wrapped up in the problem oi how towork lo
and engineering journal . ontinued Mr. tzod, thai anj community of wliite,progressive people, such as we bave in South Africa, willcontinue to be so apathetic towards the great possibilities ofthe mine as to allow this gold to lie fallow for ail time. Wedo not always find ourselves in accord with Mr. Ezodsutterances, but in respect of his remark as quoted above, wethink he lias sounded a note which should become a clarion call throughout the length dth of this country. The \\ bole ihi in, , I t be Wit v, , and in lai that of South Allien, i- wrapped up in the problem oi how towork low-grade tonnages at a profit. There are imnquantities of such ore standing deveL ped or partially d[dm iln mines to-day, and theri an further immeasurableareas of ci ngk mi rate beds : ntent to be exploited. Accumulations cf the Years. These developed and partiallj developed repre- sent the accumulation of years of work and of manythousands of feet of sinking, drilling, raising and winIt is quite impossible to exaggerate the import. The Turf Mines Headgear of the Village Deep, the deepestonly one of many mines which would benefit substantially b discussed shaft on the Rand. This low-grade and deap proposition isy the suggested amendment of the Mining Regulationsin this article. THE MINING AND ENGINEERING JOURNAL. Jburg, November 12, 1921. Johannesburg, to the Hand, and to the whole of the Union, ofrealising the colossal amounl of wealth locked up in theselow-grade reserves of ore. If these immense tonnages couldbe made 1 disgorge their auriferous content, mam scoresof millions i I pounds would be put into circulation, the lifeof the industry—and particularly the life of the Central Rand All-Round Benefits. Everyone would benefit and benefit enormously from aprolongation of the lives of the mines and from the lifting—or at least the partial lifting—of the shadow of waning pro-duction which darkens tne future of the gold mining industryof the country. The shareholders
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