and engineering journal . pyroxenites, and con-stituting a younger petrographical province not milike theBushveld Plutonic Complex. It is known under thename of the Palabora Plutonic Complex, and the importantmica-bearing pegmatites south-east of Ijcydsdorp, whichprobably have no genetic connection with the older granite,doubtless represent—as the residual mother liquor of theyounger magma—the last phase during the consolidation ofthe Palabora group of rocks. There is perhaps not muchopening along the Murchison for mining enterprises upon alarge scale, but properly directed undertaki
and engineering journal . pyroxenites, and con-stituting a younger petrographical province not milike theBushveld Plutonic Complex. It is known under thename of the Palabora Plutonic Complex, and the importantmica-bearing pegmatites south-east of Ijcydsdorp, whichprobably have no genetic connection with the older granite,doubtless represent—as the residual mother liquor of theyounger magma—the last phase during the consolidation ofthe Palabora group of rocks. There is perhaps not muchopening along the Murchison for mining enterprises upon alarge scale, but properly directed undertakings with amoderate capital might prove abundantly successful. Th^absence of railway communication, only lately remedied, andthe difficulty in the matter of a reliable and adequate watersupply—a question Avhich we understand is now engagingthe attention of the Government—have hitherto been seriousdrawbacks to progress in this region. With better facilities G71 THE SOUTH AFKICAN MINING JOURNAL. JoIiiunicsburL, Jan. , .Inlla 1913. Tllll SnUlll :\iIM(;.\N MINING! .lOlMlNAI,. 67: (luio seems no reason to donKl ( tlir oM llmi nrlixilvwill once more prevail, aiul llmt liie mumII in;ui mnvliiiil (111 (iistrici a siiiidiv attractive one. Tin-: LvDioMirnd Distiiict. Ilic districts already rdtrriil to coiupiisc an area wliirlihas iieeii Ind jiartially prospected; the li_ydeid)iir^ tlie otlier hand, \\lii(di is representcnl in our inap, is prctt\well known to ])rospeetors, and is the centre of a hif^ddy ])ro-ductive iiunini, industry. There is nnich yet to !)(> done,however, ludorc the field can he said to have been workedto aiiytliini; like its full ea|)aeity. It is eminently a field foi-the wdikn- of modest means, ailhouf,di circumstances andan unsyiiipallictic Ciovernmeid lia\r made it extremely diflicult for siadi a |ie)>;on to tind his opportunities as con-veniently as nnf;lit he desired. In 1906 Mr. A. L. Halli-emarked of this field:— In th
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