101 
Gold Valuation Table. 
Value per oz. Value per dwt. Value per grain. 
£ s. 
d. 
£ 
s. 
d. 
£ 
s. 
d. 
4 0 
0 
... 
0 
4 
0 
0 
0 
2 
3 17 
6 
0 
3 
10* 
0 
0 
3 15 
0 
0 
3 
9 
0 
0 
3 12 
6 
0 
3 
n 
0 
0 
113 
3 10 
0 
0 
3 
6 
0 
0 
If 
3 7 
6 
0 
3 
4* 
0 
0 
m 
3 5 
0 
0 
3 
3 
0 
0 
u 
3 2 
6 
0 
3 
1* 
0 
0 
1 UJ 
3 0 
0 
0 
3 
0 
0 
0 
For every rise or fall in the value of gold of one shilling per ounce gives a difference 
of of a penny per dwt. and -jU of a penny per grain. 
APPENDIX II. 
GLOSSARY OF MINING TERMS. 
Acicular. —Needle-shaped. 
Acid.—A sour substance, which combines with metals, forming salts. 
Adamantine. —The brilliant lustre like that of a diamond. 
Adit. — A level driven into a mine from the side of a hill. 
Aerolite. - Masses of metal, stone or carbon that have fallen from the air, 
also called meteorolite. 
After Damp. — “ Choke damp ” or carbonic acid gas occurring in a mine 
after an explosion of “ lire damp ” 
Agate. — A banded form of quartz. 
Agglomerate. — Accumulations of angular fragments of rock thrown up by 
volcanic eruptions. 
Alabaster. — A mottled massive form of gypsum used for carving. 
Alkalies.—A group of minerals which possess the power of neutralising 
acids, and turn red litmus blue. 
Alloy.—A mixture of two or more metals fused together. 
Alluvium. — A deposit formed by streams. 
Amalgam. — Mercury iu which some other metal is dissolved. 
Amygdaloid.—A volcanic rock, in which the almond-shaped gas cavities have 
been filled with some other mineral. 
Anhydrous. — Minerals which do not contain water in chemical combination. 
Anneal. To temper by heating and gradually cooling. 
Anthracite. —A highly mineralised form of coal. Steam coal. 
Anticlinal. — When the strata assume an arch-sliaped form. 
Aqua Fortis.—N itric acid. 
