 | Robert Brown - 1876 - 362 lehte
...anywhere, specks of very fine gold will be found. In the vicinity of the reefs rather heavy gold is often got by sluicing ; and if a suitable spot be selected, the native mind's will obtain, even by their imperfect methods, sufficient gold to remunerate them for their labour.... | |
 | Royal Geological Society of Ireland - 1880 - 324 lehte
...select spots near the reefs for washing. Their earnings amount to from two to three annas (3d. to 4jd.), a day but it is possible that at an earlier period...interest. Mr. Eastwick quotes from Dr. Burnell : — " It has always been a puzzle whence the great wealth came which enabled the Rajahs of Southern India to... | |
 | Valentine Ball - 1881 - 152 lehte
...that:— On washing a few dishes of the surface soil anywhere a few streaks of very fine gold w1ll be found. In the vicinity of the reefs rather heavy...interest. Mr. Eastwick quotes from Dr. Burnell:— It has always been a puzzle whence the great wealth came which enabled the Rajahs of Southern India to... | |
 | William Wilson Hunter - 1881 - 500 lehte
...very fine gold will be found; in the vicinity of the reefs rather heavy gold is frequently obtained by sluicing; and if a suitable spot be selected, the native miners, even by their rude methods, get sufficient gold to remunerate them for their labour. The character... | |
 | George Smith - 1882 - 634 lehte
...few specks of very fine gold will be found ; in the vicinity of the reefs rather heavy gold is often got by sluicing ; and if a suitable spot be selected...sufficient gold to remunerate them for their labour. The character of the rocks, the nature of the climate, and the formation of the country, have all contributed... | |
 | Madras (India : Presidency) - 1885 - 584 lehte
...however, streaks of fine gold may generally be found on washing a few dishes of the surface soil, and " in the vicinity of the reefs rather heavy gold is...selected, the native miners will obtain, even by their rude methods, sufficient gold to remunerate them or their labour." The assays of quartz available at... | |
 | Royal Dublin Society - 1880 - 710 lehte
...spots near the reefs for washing. Their earnings amount to from two to three annas (3d. to 4|rf.), a day, but it is possible that at an earlier period...interest. Mr. Eastwick quotes from Dr. Burnell : — " It has always been a puzzle whence the great wealth came which enabled the Rajahs of Southern India to... | |
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Smyth says that the present condition of the country is, that it is covered with ' tailings,' and corresponds to that of an abandoned Australian washing. Still it is the case that : — " On washing a few dishes of the surface soil anywhere a few streaks... 