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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines
81 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 5
THE exploits of the military at Newcastle have been the principal topic of conversation in the city during the past few days. By means of grossly exaggerated accounts in one of the papers, an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coaldale Coal.—A trial of a sample of coal from the Coaldale find was made this week, at the smith's forge of Messrs. Fraser Brothers. Out of the small quantity available very good results…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A vain man's motto is "Win gold and wear it," A generous man's, " Win gold and share it." A miser's " Win gold and spare it." A profligate's. " Win gold and spend it."…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →TO-NIGHT the miners are to lay their case before the working men of Sydney. The meeting is to take place in the Town Hall, and Messrs. GOUNDRY and CURLEY (the chairman and secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON Tuesday evening last the delegates of the Newcastle miners addressed a meeting of the citizens of Sydney in the Town Hall. The hall was densely crowded, and a large number of people were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, THURSDAY. — It is believed that the Greta Colliery will start work on a similar agreement to that made with Stockton. It is reported that the Miners' Delegate Board…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. J. HOLMS POLLOCK, of the Glasgow University, has, after long and patient years of experiment, succeeded in extracting gold from the ore by a clever and highly successful process. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, FRIDAY.—The Stockton miners have withdrawn non-Union labour. A ballot ia still being taken at Bulli, whether the miners will give 14 days' notice to cease work…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IN the absence of anything like a detailed account of the disturbances which took place on Friday afternoon at the Wallsend Colliery, it is impossible to sheet home the blame for what occurred to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Bennett, representing a Sydney syndicate, is at present on the Clarence, and leaves Grafton today for Dalmorton to examine Butler and Green's claim. Mr. Bennett is a mining expert, and his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THERE was intense excitement at Adamstown, near Newcastle, when news arrived that the accused in in the alleged recent disturbance at New Lambton had been found not guilty. Arrangements were at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MR. HOWELL, the well-known American mining expert, has inspected the White Rock Proprietary Silver-mine, respecting the value of which various conflicting opinions have been formed. Respecting…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SYDNEY, THURSDAY.—A temporary deadlock has occurred between the proprietors and miners at Newcastle, over the amended scale for "Jerry Morgan." or " Myrtle." Strong hopes are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The difficulty at Greta is said to have arisen out of the refusal of the management to give the advance of 4d per ton which the new scale in the general agreement would render necessary. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE only man who seems to have kept a diary in which the exact date of the discovery of gold in California was recorded was H. W. Bigler, who now lives in Utah. According to his diary the date…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE mining industries of England employ in the raising or manufacture of minerals no fewer than 1,200,000 persons. The wages of every man and boy is docked for the benefit of the landlords by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Messrs. W. A. SMITH AND CO., South Grafton, report:—On visiting the leading mining brokers, the first question asked was: "Does your stone give 20oz.? If not, there is no use attempting to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MANN RIVER.—The quartz from five different reefs and claims has been tested at the Dora mill, and yielded satisfactory, 27 tons 6 cwt yielding 58 oz., Two tons from the Emily (Wilkiscn's) went 3 oz.;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WE have inspected the gold-saving machine recently patented in Sydney by a Mr. Dobie (says tbe Braidwood Dispatch). The machine is only intended for saving free…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR.—We notice that Mr. Lyons has taken exception to some remarks made in our report furnished for publication. We are quite able to give the authority that fully warranted us in making the…
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