E/MJ : engineering and mining journal . rred morethan two years ago, or before the British governmentdirected that no more leases be granted, and it is be-lieved comprises all bauxite lands leased up to the pres-ent time. In Dutch Guiana leases have been granted for about125,000 acres of bauxite lands. These leases weregranted under the old mining laws, but in March,1918, a bauxite ordinance was passed by the DutchGuiana government and the issuing of licenses underthe old law discontinued. This new ordinance has notyet been approved by the Dutch government in its origi-nal form, but it is unde
E/MJ : engineering and mining journal . rred morethan two years ago, or before the British governmentdirected that no more leases be granted, and it is be-lieved comprises all bauxite lands leased up to the pres-ent time. In Dutch Guiana leases have been granted for about125,000 acres of bauxite lands. These leases weregranted under the old mining laws, but in March,1918, a bauxite ordinance was passed by the DutchGuiana government and the issuing of licenses underthe old law discontinued. This new ordinance has notyet been approved by the Dutch government in its origi-nal form, but it is understood that the colonial gov-ernment has been advised recently that it has been ap-proved with certain changes. Pending the passing andapproval of this ordinance, all prospecting for bauxitewas stopped, and no leases were granted, and it is notnow known when the restrictions will be removed. There is no information available as to the estimatedarea of bauxite lands in either colony, as all prospectinghas been done by private .\ i;i:i i 1; \ 11 ; .^rr.\ for clothes The advantage of having working clothes exposed tothe free circulation of air which is obtained by theabove method will be realized by operators who havehad experience with the defects of the ordinary changehouse. This illustration is reproduced from the Bulletin ofthe Bureau of Safety, Sanitation, and Welfare of theU. S. Steel Corporation, and shows the arrangement asinstalled by the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co. Mexicos New Mining Law The last clause of Art. 17 of the new mining law ofMexico, the text of which was given in the issue ofAug. 2, should read a single tax which shall not exceed5 per 1,000 per annum, on the value of the propertyand its equipment. 244 Engineering and Mining Journal Vol. IOE:, Ko. 6 BY The Way An Item in the Cost of Tin Transportation charges on six bundles of picks andhandles sent during the war from New York to Jos, inthe Nigerian tin fields, amounted t
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