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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines
19 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers
FOR some months past an old and well-known miner in this neighbourhood has been prospecting in the vicinity of Drake (Fairfield). We allude to Mr. W. Williams, who has most perseveringly been carrying…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THIS metal seems to have been somewhat more plentiful in ancient days, than at present. An English paper sta[?]--The contributions of the Jewish people in the time of David for the S[?]nary was £[?],000,000. The treasure David…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following is Mr. Lamont Young's report to Mines Department on the Warrell Creek Silver Mines. It will be seen that the yield by report and by assay differ very considerably—3000 to 4000 ozs. by the former…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE aggressive attitude assumed by the people of Hamilton towards the labourers working for the A. A. Company was continued again this afternoon upon the labourers leaving their work for home. The women…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A PARTY consisting of four, hearing of some favourable tidings from the above gold field, determined on again visiting it, and enjoying a few days amongst the mountain ranges during the pleasant and delightful weather…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE take the following extracts from the Animal Report of the Department of Mines for the year 1879:â NEW ENGLAND AND CLARENCE DISTRICT. Boorook Division (M. J. Synge)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SUPERINTENDENT Bawden, of the Julia mine, meeting a Chronicle reporter, said:—"If you want an item about heat in the mines, come with me some day and I will give you one that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There is a complete stagnation in vein mining here, only two parties of two men each and one batter being at work on the reef. Mr R. A. Bertie arranged with the now defunct New…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The effects of the mining mania of 1872-73 are now fully realized in the total abandonment of the whole of the quartz reefs in my division, and although sixyt-four distinct lines of reef have been discovered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IN accordance with instructions Mr. E. F. Pittman, geological surveyor, has inspected and reported upon the reefs in the Dalmorton and Cunglebung district. In his progress report he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IN an article on the gold coinage of Australia, the Australasian Insurance and Banking Record, after pointing out the fact that in 1879 the new gold coins struck at the Royal Mint, London,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IN accordance with instructions Mr E. F. Pittman, geological surveyor, has inspected and reported upon the reefs in the Dalmorton and Cunglebung districts. In his progress report he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A nugget weighing twelve ounces was found yesterday in Lewis' claim, on the improvement purchase. Specimens from a rich outcrop of quartz, about one mile north-east from the upper town, were brought to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The diggers at Temora are in high glee at the continuance of the rain. Lewis and party have received £22 per man for last week's work; they say if rain continues they will wash 100 loads by the end of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IN the Insolvency Court, Sydney, on Monday last, in the matter of Henri Herenschmidt, an adjourned examination. Mr. C. J. Manning, instructed by Mr Fawl, appeared for the official…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE introduction of the diamond drill has greatly promoted the search for the hidden treasures of the earth, and the instrument itself is kept busily working in the north, west, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A TERRIBLE colliery explosion occurred early in the morning on September 8, at the Seaham Pit, near Sunderland. Two hundred and fifty men were down in the pit at the time, Every effort was at once made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A WHITER, Mr Moses Zweizig, in an American publication, describing the coal beds of North America, says that in the United States the coal beds and seams are thicker and more numerous on the eastern, or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE explosion at Seaham Colliery has proved more fatal than was at first anticipated, the Government inspector having officially announced his conclusion that the number of lives…
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