eGold - A Nation's Heritage

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It is now pretty generally understood that the time is come when the application of machinery to our numerous quartz ranges, and our equally numerous deserted but not exhausted gullies, cannot be much longer delayed. Various means and applications are already seen, on a small scale, in the pumps, sluices, puddling machines, and tram roads, which everywhere abound. Some of these are found to be highly remunerative and when sustained by adequate capital and enterprise, and to prove auxiliaries which are highly and justly appreciated by the spirited individuals who have recourse to them. We shall, doubtless, see the time come, when our quartz hills will be crushed to powder, and the auriferous refuse of many an abandoned spot disclose the precious metal through the medium of the various amalgamating machines, accounts of which have been presented to the public.