INDEX. 



Introduction , png. 1 . 



Occurence of Minerals „ 5. 



Method of Attack. „ 6. 



Methods of Breaking Ground „ 7. 



Productive Work „ 7. 



Paying for the Ore ,, 7. 



Timbering. .'...! „ 8. 



Haulage „ 8. 



Drainage „ 9. 



Ventilation ,, 10. 



Illumination. ,, 11. 



Equipment of the Miner „ 11. 



Coal Mining. .' ,\V. „ 1 1 . 



Improvements suggested for Mining.' . ."...' ,, II. 



Dressing '..... „ 13. 



Washing of Gold-Ores. . . . ; „ 14. 



Improvements suggested for Dressing. . . . .' : „ 14. 



Metallurgy ....".'". I .... . , „ 15- 



Poasting „ 15. 



Smelting „ 1 G. 



The Charge „ 17. 



Defects in the old Smelting Process ,, 17. 



Improvements suggested for Smelting. „ 18. 



Assaying ,, 19. 



Surveying „ 20. 



Officers and Workmen „ 20. 



Mining Law „ 22. 



