. mining and engineering journal . rs. We would ask, there-fore : (1) Has John Bull any knowledge of the situation of Bucklands and of its probable or possible value as atownship? (2) Is the township referred to above anabandoned alluvial field? (3) What is there to support sucha township, and what justification is there for the erectionof a large hotel or lor the founding of a sanatorium,to say nothing of the allocating of land for the use of variousreligious denominations ? (4) Who is Mr, H, Hirschel-Cohen, and what is his experience in connection with municipal enterprises ? (5) What i


. mining and engineering journal . rs. We would ask, there-fore : (1) Has John Bull any knowledge of the situation of Bucklands and of its probable or possible value as atownship? (2) Is the township referred to above anabandoned alluvial field? (3) What is there to support sucha township, and what justification is there for the erectionof a large hotel or lor the founding of a sanatorium,to say nothing of the allocating of land for the use of variousreligious denominations ? (4) Who is Mr, H, Hirschel-Cohen, and what is his experience in connection with municipal enterprises ? (5) What is there to makethese Bucklands Town stands worth fifty shillings, let alonefifty pounds, each, and how many stands do the directorsexpect they will repurchase for £500 ? From what weknow of Bucklands, we are tempted to advise prospectivepurchasers to ponder on the fate of that charming placewhich was kno-wn as the Garden of Eden, so admirablydescribed bv Dickens in Martin Chuzzlewit. r>E. ;^ C i O OON. - I KNOR. folinniiesburg, Sept. 28, 1012. THE SOUTH AFRICAN MINING JOURNAL. Ill A RESEARCH UPON A REFRACTORY GOLD ORE. Valuable Paper Describing Important Tests. Thk following extract forms the final jwrtion of a lengthyand interesting paper read by Mr. Moi-ris Grten at the lastmeeting of the Chemical, Metallurgical and Mining Societyof South Africa. The paper, which is unfortunately toolong for publication in extenso in this jouraal, is valuablenot only on account of the detailed description of a sys-tematic examination of ore from the Mount Morgan mines,Barberton, with apparently successful results, but also be-cause it gives an outline of a course of investigation whichmight be followed with advantage in the examination ofother ores of a similar kind. Having, by a series of tests,discovered that the gold in the ore was existent under twoconditions, which were determined, the author concludes: — A complete interpretation of the mode of of t


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