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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines
141 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 6 of 8
A terrible explosion occurred on Tuesday night, October 16, at Bentilee Colliery, at Adderley Green, near Longton, resulting in the loss of 60 lives. So far as is known, about 75 men and boys were at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Further testimony of the value of the carboniferous deposits of Gippsland was furnished to the Secretary of Mines for Victoria on Thursday (says the Age).The information was contained in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pioneer Rowley's reef, Hawkins Hill, has bottomed on fifteen ounce stone…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At Newport yesterday, at a conference of the representatives of 300,000 miners, a resolution was passed by a large majority to demand eight hours as a day's work…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dr. A. H. Florence, the patentee of process for coating iron and steel with copper, has further extended his researches, and has now discovered a process by which gold may be extracted from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On account of the peculiar position of the shares and rumours that have been current respecting an alleged disagreement between the auditors, the secretary and the board of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Australian Ochre Co., situated at Dubbo. is being floated in London, with a capital of £50,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Friday evening a representative of the National Advocate waited upon Mr. W. H. Florence, a graduate of the Melbourne University, and one who has just brought himself…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining affairs are dull at Wattle Flat. The Middle Creek Co. have found a new reef in their ground. Their last crashing of about 50 tons gave 72oz. of gold…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. William Hzelharst gives the following account of his celebrated mine, at Parks:—"When I arrived in Parks, in 1872, I brought a swag over from Victoria. Previous…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A flood of nugget stories yas been let loose by the recent discovery of a great nugget in Australia which is estimated to contain fifty-one pounds of pure gold, worth about £51…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On Tuesday last we saw a nice button of gold from the retort, weighing 25ozs. 5dwis., the same having been obtained from Crozier's roof at Swallow's Most, from 26 tone of stone near the surface. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LEASES CANCELLED.—The undermetioned mineral leases have been cancelled for non-fulfilment of labor conditions:—Robert Vincent, Oberon, 40 acres, parish Blenheim; W. Watkins,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two miners from New Guinea report a payable gold discovery on the mainland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Leases Approved.—The undermentioned applications for gold-mining leases have been approved :—F. Watkin and another, 2 acres, parish Melrose; H. A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The manager (Mr. Scoble) on Wednes-day presented the following report to the directors of the above Company. In submitting my report to you this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A telegram from Mudgee, dated Saturday, says:—At a meeting of shareholders of the Mount Stewart Lead and Silver Mining Company, Denisontown, held at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An explosion took place in the mine of the Britannia Gold Mining Co. at Forbes at 9 o'clock on Saturday night which proved fatal to one man. L. Ryan and Charles Murphy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →If you run your eye over a map of Victoria, and note particularly the parts lying between the heads of the Snowy River and the Womangatta (two considerable streams running south…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Owing to the stagnation in the coal trade, the Northern Colliery, Terra Bella, has decided to suspend work, throwing 200 men out of employment…
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