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BOVERNMENT BATTERIES AND CYANIDE WORKS. 
These plants have been established at Tarcoola, Petersburg, and Mount Torrens fin 
the Adelaide hills). 
Gold-bearing ores are treated at these works and assays made on the following 
terms, viz. : — 
Tarcoola Goverpent Battery and Cyanide Works. 
SCALE OF CHARGES, &c. 
Treatment by Battery. 
Parcels of ore yielding under loz. of gold per ton 5 0 per ton 
Parcels of ore yielding over loz. and under 2ozs. per ton 7 6 “ 
Parcels yielding over 2ozs. and under 3ozs. per ton 10 0 “ 
Parcels yielding over 3ozs. of gold per ton 15 0 “ 
Parcels of less than 5 tons are charged as 5 tons. 
Treatment of Tailings by Cyanide. 
The charge for treatment of all tailings is 58. 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. 
Note. —The gold recovered by battery is purchased by the Hon. the Minister for 
Mines unless special arrangements have been made and a cheque to cover cost of 
treatment ha.s been received. All gold recovered by cyanide is purchased by the 
Hon. the Minister for Mines. 
The bank and forwarding charges on all gold is Is. 4d. 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. 
Charges for Assays for Silver or Gold. j, 
One assay 8 0 
Two assays up to five assays 7 6 each 
Six assays up to ten assays 7 0 “ 
Eleven assays up to nineteen assays 6 6 “ 
Twenty assays or over 6 0 “ 
Gold Bullion Assay. 
Assay of gold bullion 7s. 6d. each 
Charges for Smelting Gold. 
Minimum charge 6s. 
Additional charge for every ounce over 60ozs Id. per ounce 
Communications to be addressed — 
The Manager, Cyanide Works, Tarcoola. 
