Burraga Copper Mine
A correspondent of the Sydney Daily Telegraph writes under the March 22nd:— "This copper mine is near Rockley. On Saturday. the 10th instant, nearly £2000 were paid in wages, and as…
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Mining & the mines, 1883
4 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers
Electricity for Mining
A London correspondent in the Belfast (Ireland) Morning News of the 20th February says:—"A new use has been made for electricity, which has now, as we know, been carried to a high state of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →History of the Discovery of the First Payable Gold-field in Australia
EARLY in February 1851, Mr. E. H. Hargraves came to Mrs. John Lister's, Guyong, and told her and her family that he was on his way to Wellington in search of a gold-field. Mrs. Lister's eldest son,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →History of the Discovery of the First Payable Gold-field in Australia. [Concluded.]
AFTER procuring two ounces of the precious metal from the "Fitz Roy Bar." Mr. Lister and Wm. Tom proceeded lower on the same course of water, and where a tributary creek joins the main one, Mr. Lister. While he sat or…
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