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H
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Howell-White furnace, 104, 105
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Iron extractor, 148
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L
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Le Conte, on ore deposits, 36, 37
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Underlie of, in Australia, 27;
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Long tom, 62
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M
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Mercury extractor, 155
Metals, 33
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Mining regulations, 194-201
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Molesworth furnace, 106
Monitor, 64
Mount Bischoff tin mine, 24
Mount Brown gold-field, 17, 18
Mount Morgan gold mine, 23, 94, 95
Mount Shoobridge, Tin at, 32
N
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New Zealand, Mining regulations of, 201
Northern territory hammock, 130-132
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Origin of, 50, 53-58
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Otto engines, 110, 111
P
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Plants as a source of water, 134, 135
Plattner process, 94
Plummer blocks, Cleaning greasy, 163
Pollok process, 95
Power for mills, 147
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Determining value of, 29, 30, 31
Puddlers, 153-155
Pump, 155, 171
Purchase of mines, Advice as to, 123
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Modern deposition of, 45;
Mode of occurrence of gold in, 46, 47
Pyritous ore, Mode of treatment of, 80
Q
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R
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Reef. See _Lodes_
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Rivers, To measure width of, 157, 158
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Protecting iron and steel from, 165
Rutile, 32, 33
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Data connected with, 177
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Silica terraces in the Rotomahana district, 36
Silver ores, 31, 32
Silvering copper plates, 149
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Soap, Serviceable, 138
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Steel, How to prevent rust in, 165
Stetefeldt shaft furnace, 106
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Thwaite power gas system, 110
Thwaites’ furnace, 102
Timber, Data as to, 174
Tin, Minerals mistaken for, 32;
How to distinguish them from, 33
Tin-mines at Mount Bischoff, 24
Tin ores, 32
Tree, To measure height of, 160
Tulloch ore feeder, 74, 75
V
Vein, to find lost part of, 167
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W
Wages, Table for calculating, 192
Washing table, 79
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Welcome Stranger nugget, 54
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