[Editor: This article, regarding the Nuggety Ajax mine (in Daylesford, Vic.), was published in The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), 4 May 1909.]
The Nuggety Ajax.
Ballarat. — In their report for the past half year the directors of the Nuggety Ajax Co., Daylesford, state that the “good” stone at the No. 4 level has now been proved for a distance of 130 feet. The rise over this level is up over 60 feet, and is carrying 18 inches of stone of “very fair” quality.
The mining manager states:— “A large quantity of stone has now been opened up, and should keep the battery fully employed for a long while.”
The immediate future of the mine centres upon developments in the workings at the No. 4 level. The company closed the half year with a credit at the bank of £976.
The latest official report from the mine manager of the Nuggety Ajax stated that a new make of stone was coming in from the hanging wall in the top of the rise above the No. 4 level, and was showing very fair gold and a lot of galena. The mine manager added that there was no change in the character of the stone in the No. 4 level.
Source:
The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), 4 May 1909, p. 7
Editor’s notes:
battery = a machine which uses a heavy metal vertical arm, or multiple arms, to stamp down upon and crush ore, so that minerals could be extracted; the building in which such machines are located (also known as a “stamp battery” or a “stamper battery”)
Co. = an abbreviation of “Company”
galena = a grey-coloured common heavy mineral, which is the main source of lead and a key source of silver
See: “Galena”, Wikipedia
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