Essington Gold Fields
In connection with the Essington gold fields, it may not be generally known that two men have to apply for an are of groung on which to work. A deposit of £1 each…
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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines
483 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 22 of 25
In connection with the Essington gold fields, it may not be generally known that two men have to apply for an are of groung on which to work. A deposit of £1 each…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Peak Hill Proprietary—The main shaft is down 410ft, in a highly mineralised formation, carrying 4dwts of gold to the ton. The drive towards the lode ia within a few feet of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A slight labor trouble arose at Block 14 to-day, owing to the contractors wishing to substitute piecework for day labor in stoping ore. The men engaged in blocking out are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Messrs. Donnelly Bros, have started running their coach to the Essington Park Goldfield…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There has been, a new rush of miners to the Batavia River Goldfields, Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Messrs. Jamieson, McCullock, Patterson, Wigg and Rodway, directors of the various mines, have arrived to, inspect the various properties. It is understood that , Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The manager, reports: No. 2 Tunnel: East crosscut[?] driven,9ft;. total, .72ft; ground more favorable, containing patches of are South drive, laft: total from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There is considerable excitement on Essington Park Goldfield to-day, which had been fixed upon by the proprietors of, the ground. Messrs. I and A. Stevenson…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Hunt, of Oberon, has opened a store on the mine, and has had a fair demand for supplies. He intends keeping up a regular supply, and should the result justify it, he will make…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Some little time ago, a very considerable stir was caused among persons interested in gold-mining by a report in the ADVOCATE that Essington was to be thrown open as a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The excitement first caused at Easing ton Park and its neighborhood by the discovery of gold in a creek on the estate has, as our readers know, resulted in the throwing open…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following telegram has, been sent by Mr. R. O. Bourne, the general inspector at Bowen, to the superintendant of telegraphs at Brisbane :-" The attached report has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The bearing of the case against. John Owen Jones, Stephen Thomas, William M'Loanan, Henry Scroggins, William Andrew Rowan, and Peter. Johnson, who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In my last report, made on opening day, I [?]formed you that my opinion was that the eld would, unless patchy, turn out a failure, he work of the past 48 hours has convinced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A colliery accident has occurred at Raton in New Mexico, by which [?] miners were entombed and [?] be rescued. The families of [?] imprisoned men…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A number of the men who have been engaged in the Nevada Mine have now also bean discharged, and work has been entirely impended. Prospecting was being pursued…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The United Butchers Mine, Bear Hill, has been seized by bailiffs on behalf of the employes and other creditors…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To the disappointment of the numerous diggers who went out to Essington Park in hope of striking" something good," the field has turned out a "duffer." Experienced…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Work at Junction Mine is being pushed in, and a parcel of 100 tons of fair grade carbonate ore will be shipped to Port Adelaide next week for treatment with a sulphide…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great excitement has been caused here by reported find of gold at a place 75 miles puth-west from Broken Hill. All sorts of [?] reports are in circulation as to…
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