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flats, and in the largo areas of country covered by basalt in various 

 parts of New South Wales. Our quartz reefs and lodes will Ije worked 

 to greater depth than hitherto, and at a far lesser cost. New discoveries 

 of rich and payable deposits of different minerals may be expected to 

 be made not only at or near the olil mining liflds, but in the hitherto 

 sparsely prospected mountainous country and the vast scrub lands of 

 the far west. 



Does mining pay? This is a cpiestion frequently asked wiiirh can 

 be easily answered in the affirmative. Mining does and will pay 

 provided it is made a business, like any other ])rofession, trade or 

 calling. It requires honesty of purpose, system, economy, energy, and 

 perseverance, tempered by common-sense and blended with ])ractical 

 and scientific knowledge. If such methods were adopted, then the 

 lethargy towards mining investments would disappear; our mining 

 industry would be placed on a solid foundation. Capitalists and miners 

 should work hand in hand for the mutual good; they should ])lace 

 confidence in each other, as the injury of one section must leave behind 

 injurious effects on the other; such actions would tend towards the 

 employment of large additional numbers of miners and the payment 

 of dividends for capital invested in our mining industry. 



The Government Diamond Drills under the supervision of ^Ir. W. 

 H. J. Slee, Chief Inspector of Mines and Superintendent of Diamond 

 Drills, have been the means to a very great extent of the rapid 

 development of our mining industry. This is generally admitted and 

 duly appreciated by the public. These drills can be obtained from the 

 Government on very easy terms at a certain rate per foot. As they 

 are costly, they are never handed ovei', or allowed to be worked l>y 

 parities; but are worked by men engaged and paid by the Government 

 under the supervision of the above said officer. These drills, while 

 really assisting in the discovery and development of the great mineral 

 wealth of this Colony, are almost self-supporting, and very little, if 

 any, loss to the State. Through gain of experiences, and alterations, 

 and addition in machinery, the cost of boring with Government Diamond 

 Drills has been considerably lessened. 



