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Mount Torrens and Petersburg doverpent Batteries 
and Cyanide Works. 
SCALE OF CHARGES, &e. 
Treatment of Ore by Battery. 
Parcels of 5 tons or over, 6s. per ton. 
Parcels of less weight than 5 tons are charged as 5 tons. 
A charge of 12s. 6d. is made for battery clean up on all parcels of ore under 
20 tons. 
Each parcel is crushed by itself, and a complete battery clean up made for each. 
Treatment of Tailings by Cyanide. 
Parcels of 6 tons or over, 5s. per ton. 
Parcels of less weight than 5 tons are charged as 5 tons. 
The tailings from parcels treated by battery at these works are not treated by 
cyanide unless sufficient gold can be extracted from them to pay cost of treatment. 
The tailings from each parcel are kept separate, and are treated by cyanide in a vat 
by themselves. 
Note. — The gold recovered by battery is purcliased by the Hon. the Minister for 
Mines unless special arrangements have been made and a cheque to cover cost of 
treatment has been received. All gold recovered by cyanide is purchased by the 
Hon. Minister for Mines. 
The bank charge on all gold is Is. per ounce. 
The royalty on all gold recovered by cyanide is 4s. per ounce. 
The cost of treatment is deducted from the value of the gold, and any surplus is 
forwarded to the owner of the ore in cash with official returns of the result of 
treatment. 
Oharges for Assays for Silver or Gold. ^ ^ 
One assay 8 0 
Two assays up to five assays 7 6 each 
Six assays up to ten assays 7 0 “ 
Eleven up to nineteen assays 6 6 “ 
Twenty assays or over 6 0 “ 
Assay of gold bullion 
Gold Bullion Assay. 
7s. 6d. each 
Charges for Smelting Gold. 
Minimum charge 
Additional charge for every ounce over 60ozs Id. per ounce 
Communications to be addressed — 
TAe Manager, Cyanide Worhs, Mount Torrens 
(or Petersburg, as the case may be). 
