Report on the Sellheim Silver Mines and Surrounding District |
Common terms and phrases
15 feet 30 degrees 30 feet alluvial arsenical pyrites assay basalt beds bismuth bottom Brisbane Broken Hill Burdekin carbonate of copper carbonate of lead cassiterite cent coal measures coarse conglomerate consists containing country rock Creek crosscut crushings crystals cutting decomposed degrees north degrees west deposit Desert Sandstone distance district dolerite drive dwts dyke feet deep feet in depth feet wide felsite felspar felspathic ferruginous fine-grained footwall galena gangue geological gold gossan granite greywackes grits gully Gympie hanging-wall hornblende inches in width junction lavas lead oxide lease limestone lode magnetite mass matrix mica miles mineral mines Mount north-east occurs porphyry quartz quartzite Queensland reef Report ridge runs sample sandstone schists seam seen shaft shales shows side siliceous silver situated slate south-east south-west specimens Station stone stoped strata sulphide sunk surface thickness tons tourmaline tunnel underlies vein vertical yards yielded zincblende