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Fun Fact: Image from page 496 of “S.A. mining and engineering journal” (1891)

15 June 2020 by Alan

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Image from page 496 of “S.A. mining and engineering journal” (1891)
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Identifier: p2saminingengine24joha
Title: S.A. mining and engineering journal
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors:
Subjects: Mineral industries Mining industry and finance Mines and mineral resources
Publisher: Johannesburg
Contributing Library: Gerstein – University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Text Appearing Before Image:
rface Ore Transport, Crushing and Sorting 7,463 0 11 „ Cyanidmg Expenses 18,621 16 10 „ (General Mine Charges 23,909 18 5 ^260.530 1 7 „ Charges- Claim Licences 3,896 5 0 Salaries, Directors and Con- sulting Engineers Fees … 5,800 0 0 Cables, Telegrams, Postages, Stat:onery, Printing, Adver- ti.-iing, Legal Expenses, Ex- change, Commission and General Charges 1,758 9 8 Profits Insurance 143 Ifl 3 London and Paris Office Ex- penses (including London Committee Fees) 1,191 11 ^ 12,790 2 1 ,, Balance— To Appropriation Account 43,752 17 11 £316,079 1 7 / Gold Account— Mill—55,529.385 fine ozs. from 284^960 tons cD>ished … £232,458 10 9Cyanide—20,013.347 fine ozs.from 284,158 tons treated 83,620 10 10 £316,079 1 7 A. GREGOR, Acting Secretary. Johannesburg, 26th February, 1915. W. H. DAWE, Choirman.C. J. MEINTJES,H. W. ANDERSON, Directors,amined and found correct,C. L. ANDERSSON & CO., Incorporated Accountants (Eng.),CHARLES STUART, Chartered Accountant, Auditors.

Text Appearing After Image:
Union CastleLine. Sailings between SOUTH AFRICAand the UNITED KINGDOM bythe Western Route (via Madeira andthe Canary Islands), and by theEastern Route (via Suez). ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS sail homewarda from Durbanat daybreak every Sunday, and from Capetown at 1 p.m. eyerySaturday, calling at Madeira. INTERMEDIATE STEAMERS are despatched each week forEngland (via Laa Palmas or Tenerifte) taking pawengert at lowerrates than by the Mail Steamerg. Calls are made at Lobito Bay,St. Helena and Ascension at stated intervals. EAST COAST SERVICE.—Monthly sailings homewards viaEast Coast Ports and the Sue« Canal, calling at Delagoa Bay,Beira, Chinde, Mozambique, Port Amelia, Zanabar, Mombasa(Kilindini), Aden, Port Sudan, Suez, Port Said, Naples, MarseiUes,and Gibraltar for London. This Service, both outwards and home-wards connects at Natal with the Mail Service via the Western Route. Passengers embarking at Durban and proceeding overlandfrom Marseilles to England can effect the journey in about

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