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Report of the Sevretary of Mines for 1892-3 (No. 50.) 18 9 3. PARLIAMENT OF TASMANIA. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF 1\1INES FOR 189"2-3 : INCLUDING REPORTS OF THE INSPECTORS OF MINES, &c. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by His Excellency's Comnian<l. T .ASMAN I A. R 0 R T OF THE S E, C R E T A R Y ·0 F ·M I N E s: FOR INCLUDING THE REPORTS OF THE INSPECTO_RS OF MINES,,. THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEYOR, THE MOU~T CAMERON WATER-RACE BOARD, &c. I . I m:afjmanta: . WILLIAM GRAHAME, JUN., GOVERNMENT .PRINTER, HOBART~ 18 9 3. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page Annual Report of Secretary of Mines ............................................... 5 Gold: Table-Comparative Yield ..................................................... 10 ,, Quantity obtained from Quartz ................................. : .... 10 Coal: ,, Quantity and Value raised ................... : ........................ 10 Tin: ,, Comparative Statement Quantity exported ....................... 11 Min~rs employed: Number of ............ , ........................................... 11 Area of Land leased .................................................................... 11 -12 Revenue, Statement of Mining ........................................................ 12. Dividends paid : Gold Mining Companies ......................................... 12 Tin ditto .............................................................. 13 Silver ditto ........................................................... 13 Mine Managers' Examination Papers ................................. : ............. 14 - 18 Reports of Commissioners ............. , ................................................ 19-22 ,, Inspectors of Mines ........................................................ 23-24 ,, Geological Surveyor .... ;·············································"····· 25-26 Diamond Drills: Report of Strata, Lefroy Deep Lead .......................... 27 - 28 ,, East Pinafore Mine .......................... 28 Stateme·nt of Work 'done by ...................................... 29 Mount Cameron Water-race Board: Report of .................. .. 30 ·Geological Report upon Brookstead Tin Mine. The Godkin Silver Mine. " Thureau's Deep Lead. " Blue Tier Tin Mines. " Mount Lyell Mine. " Sandfly Coal. " Progress of Mineral Fields, West Coast. " The Country between Mole Creek and the Dundas " Silver Field, and the Discovery of Coal at Barn Bluff. Silver-bearing Lodes of the Scamander District. " The Pandora Copper Mine. " '\. (No. 50.)' REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF MINES. Office of Mines, Hobart, 24tli July, 1893,. Srn, I HAVE the honor to submit my Report of the Mines Branch of the Lands and Works Depart- ment for the year ending 30th June, 1893. ' - · · Appended to this will be found Reports from the various Commissioners of the state of the Mining Industry in .the divisions under their chal'ge ; the Repol'ts of the Inspectors of Mines; the Annual Report of the Geological Surveyor; the Annual Report of the Mount Cameron Water­ race Board; Reports by the Geological Surveyor upon- The Discoveries of Tin Ore at Brookstead, ni;ia:r Avoca. The Godkin Silver Mine, Vfhyte River. Thureau's Deep Lead, George's Bay. The Tin Mines of the Blue Tier, County of Dorset. The Motint Lyell Mine, County of Montagu. The Sandfly, Coal Mine. The Progress of the Mineral Fields in the County of Montagu (West Coast). The Country between Mole Creek and the Mount Dundas Silver~field, a,nd on the discovery of Coal at Barn Bluff. 'l'he Silver-bearing Lodes of the Scamander District. · 'l'he Pawlora Copper Mine. Returns of the operations of the Diamond D1·ills, together wit.h Tables showing the yields of Gold, Silver, Tin, and Coal ; the number of Persons engaged iii Mining; · the number of Leases and. Area of :)::,and held for Mining purposes; the net revenue paid to the Treasury from lVlines, with the amount of Dividend 'l'ax paid by. Mining Companies. · · · · It .is satisfactory to note that, notwithstanding the financial crisis through which the colony is. Generai passing, :rendering it difficult to obtain money for the purchase of machinery or to employ Jabour remarks. for developing mining property, the Mining industry of the country is not only holding its own, but during the year which has just closed has made a very sub,:tantial advance. The value of the output of Minerals and Metals has exceeded by £40,000 the output for the year 1891-2. Machinery to the value of £35,000 has been imported and erectecl, and progressive works such as tramways, shafts, and tunnels, with other works of development, have been carried on with much vigour in varions patts of the ·colony, but notably so on the \i'{ est Coast. In all quarters there is evidence of steady improvement, and there is every reason for believing that at no distant date there will be a larg·e and important increase in the mineral export of the colony. The disastrous fall in. the price of silver will no doubt have the effect of closing down some of our lower grade mines; but there will remain many mines rich in lead, which, with the improved and more economical method of working now prevailing, will still be worked at a substantial profit. ,;;, \ (No. 50.) 6 Recent developments at :Mount Lyell give promise of most important results. Dr. Ed. Peters, jun., M.D., M.E., an eminent metallurgist of the highest repute, has lately spent some months at the mine. In his report just issued he estimates the quantity of ore in sight at four and a half million tons. His figures for the average value of this ore per ton of 2240 lbs. are-Copper, 4½ per cent.; silver, 3 ozs.; gold, 2k dwt. 'rhis ore, he asserts, can be worked at a net profit of £1 10s. 5d. per ton. Dr. Peters concludes his report with the wordi,, '' I will only say, in ronclusion, that in the past 20 years I have never seen a. mining and metallurgical proposition that promises so rertainly to be a great and enduring property as this." If the practical result comes within measurable distance of what is here foreshadowed, the impetus given to trade throughout the colony by the successful working of this one mine alorie will be immense. Discoveries of gold in quartz and alluvial have been made at Bell Mount, some 24 miles N.E. of Sheffield, which bid fair to be of considerable value. Extensive deposits of tin have been found at Roy's Hill, Brookstead, and Ben Lamond, in good accessible country near Avoca, all of which are favourably reported upon by the Geological Surveyor. Other deposits have also been found at the Iris River, at N,qrth-East Dundas, and at the Sta11ley River, on the West Coast; whilst the known deposits of wolfram near the Pieman Heads, and nickel at Heazlewood and near Dundas, are reported as valuable and likely to be profitably worked. An extensive bed of cannel coal has been discovered at Barn Bluff; it is stated to be of good quality and of great vidue, bl!t its locality is in, at present, difficult country. Other discoveries of various minerals and of minor importance have also been made. The provision-of the Regulation of Mines Act for issuing Certificates of Competency to :Mine :Managers after examination has been brought into operation. A Board of Examiner,; has been appointed, consisting of the Secretary of Mines (Chairman), the Geological Surveyor, the Engineer­ in-Chief, the Chief Inspector of Machinery, and Messrs. H.ichard Provis and H. \1/. Ferd. Kayser. Regulations have been framed. Two half~yearly examinations have been held, at which 2i candidates presented themselves, of whom 4 obtained First Class certificates, 9 obtained Second Ulass, and 9 failed to pass; besides which f) service eertificates were g-ranted without examination, and 3 certificates to persons holding equivalent certificates from England and elsewhere. The examination papers will be found in the Appendix to this Report. Already the scheme has had a benefirial effect: for, whilst it has weedei.l out-several incompetent men, it has enrouraged othe1:s, especially young men, to work up to the standard and obtain a certificate, which cannot fail to be of lasting service to the holder. S.ome complaint has been made that the standard is unnecessarily high, but it is felt that to be of· real use to the holder, and to obtain recognition in other countries, certificates should not be too easily obtainable. The knowledge required is only such as should be possessed by every man in charge of a mine. The practice, which has too long prevailed, of lessees continuing to hold ground in disregard of the labour covenants of their leases, is gradually but surely passing away. Lessees have been warned that the holding of g-round for purely speculatiYe purposes will not be permitted, and that un'Jess the labour covenants are fulfilled the leases will be cancelled. 'l'his is having the effect of causing those lessees who are unable to work their ground themselves to either let it on tribute or to gi,•e up their leases. This latter conrs~, whilst it may possibly involve some loss of revenue in the shape of rent to the State, will render the land available to those who will utilise it and so do far more substa11tial good to the country than the mere payment of rent. Consideration is and should be shown towards lessee:,; who in the past have expended large sums in the development of _their lease­ holds, and who may from circumstances beyond their control be temporarily unable to continue working. · · • A Bill is now before Parliament for the consolidation and improvement of the· Mining-Laws of the Colony. Various new provisions to meet the requirements of the industry are included, and should the measure become law without much curtailment, it will simplify procedme and give facilities which have become necessary. The law which enables the holder of a miner's right to take up and mine for tin upon one acr_e of Crown land, which has hitherto been operative in certain proclaimed areas only, has lately lJeen made applicable to all unleased Crown lands throughout the Colony. So far the privilege is not extensively made use of by miners, and it is yet to be seen if the extendeJ applic;ition will confer the great benefits which have been claimed fur it.
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