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WE have received from the South Australian Department of Mines the Mining Review, No. 61, for the half-year ended December 31, 1934. After a short preface signed by Dr. L. Keith Ward, director of mines and also Government geologist, whose report appears afterwards, the review contains a summary of mining legislation, etc. A statistical portion which, together with a table at the end of the volume, shows that the total value of the minerals produced in South Australia since 1841 up to the end of 1934 equals 53J million pounds, taking gold at its old value. They also show a considerable increase both in quantity and value in 1934 compared to 1933, the quantity of iron ore produced in the former year being practically 1J million tons, showing an increase of half a million tons over 1933. Gold has naturally increased both in quantity and in value, and most other minerals show increases, though these in some cases are but slight, and actually show decreases in a few cases. Next comes a statement as to subsidies, from which it would appear that the amount advanced to various mines is nearly £71,000, of which a little more than £18,000 has been repaid. Next we have certain reports of treatment works and Government boring operations, followed by a short report by the Government geologist, and a series of reports by the chief inspector of mines, which give much detailed information about many of the mines of the Province.
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Mining Legislation in South Australia. Nature 136, 545 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136545b0
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