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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines
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MY first trouble is, where shall I address this from? and therefore to avoid making a mistake I'll say Queensland. There's something general and rather comprehensive…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THERE are many now in Queensland who will remember the following incident. There is a gentleman now, and has for over twenty years been, resident in Brisbane, who, at the time, was one of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →IN his speech, at Leichhardt upon the occasion of laying the foundation-stone of the new Town Hall, the Minister for Mines confidently predicted a most successful year for the mining industry of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AFTER spending the best part of the day in inspecting the mine and country surrounding it, the company drove back to Fairfield, stopping on the way to inspect the Mount Carrington gold mine,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE first annual meeting of the Association was held at Mr. Eudder's on the 14th; about 30 persons attended. Prior to the general meeting, the committee met to deal with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MB. MATHESON'S party paid a visit on Monday to the White Rock silver mine. This discovery of silver promises, according to present indications, to become one of the most important ever made in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →CONSIDERABLE attention has been diverted to the siver mines recently discovered at White Rock, near Fairfield. Through the courtesy of Mr. J. H. Munro (who paid a visit to the field last week) we…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"COAL grates and stoves for heating or cooking purposes" was the subject of a lecture delivered by Mr. John L. Bruce, I.A., at the Technical Hall, Sydney. In his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. P. MARCOLINO has just returned from the Gympie field, where he has put up one of his batteries. The practical miners were much interested in the invention, and expressed satisfaction with its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FAIRFIELD—officially called Drake—possesses now a little more than a year's growth. Its development has been so rapid that, although Drake is possessed of six hotels and its main thoroughtare half-a-mile…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WE have been shown a letter from an old Clarence River man, now at Croydon, from which we are glad to give a few extracts, which may probably interest onr readers in matters affecting the E1…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE mining warden at Kempsey has forwarded to the Under-Secretary for Mines a report from Mr. Becke, a competent authority, on the goldfield recently discovered near Deep Creek, about 18…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AT NANA CREEK.—We learn from a correspondent that recently six applications were lodged with the Mining Registrar (Mr. Geddes) for gold-mining leases; the total area being 22 acres. All of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →GOLD-MINING LEASES APPROVED.—H. W. Hodgson and others, G. Lance and others, each two acres. FROM MACKSVILLE.—The correspondent of the N. C. Times says: It is stated that Mr. Becke offered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Daily Northern Aryn, has the following:— "The big boom in Mount Morgan shares eclipses and swallows up all other local mining. A few back they stood at £8, and now they are steadily…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"DOES silver-mining pay?" is a question which possesses considerable interest at the present time, when so much capital is being embarked in the pursuit. Unfortunately, statistics give no very…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A MEETING of the above Association was held at Mr. Rudder's, Coramba, on Saturday. Mr. James Sweeney (president) occupied the chair. There was a fair attendance of members…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A CORRESPONDENT at Croydon says on the tenth March last there were over 16,000 ounces of gold in the Banks at Croydon awaiting escort. In addition to that the gold from the Etheridge had to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WE are in receipt of the annual report issued by the Department of Mines, giving details of the official business done during last year, the value of mineral raised, areas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE vicissitudes of silver-mining stocks during the past month afford a very interesting study for onlookers and a somewhat melancholy retrospect for speculators. To the latter, the period…
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