A Rich Goldfield
A CORRESPONDENT thus writes of the great wealth of the Rand goldfield, in Africa—"In the stretch of 11 miles, over which the field extends, there are 100,000,000 tons of stone,…
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Mining & the mines, 1893
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Mining
INFORMATION has reached Kempsey of important developments in connection with the Gundle tin mines, owned by Messrs. Rudder Bros. It is stated that valuable ore, of which samples have been brought into…
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O'CONNOR and sons, who have for some time past been prospecting at the head of the old workings at Gerrard's Gully, near Drake, have hit upon a rich patch of gold, and…
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THE floating of a large company in London to work the gold and diamond mines of Bingera, it is cabled, has almost been accomplished. Naturally enough, the news has…
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THE report upon the working of the Department of Mines for 1892 was laid on the table of the House. The number of applications to lease Crown lands for mining purposes…
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EXCITEMENT AT DRAKE. — Respecting the late important gold find at Drake, a correspondent, signing himself "old miner," writes —"Drake is wild with excitement, caused by…
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SPEAKING at Broken Hill, Mr. John Howell, the mining expert, said that in these times of depression it was satisfactory to know that the mining industry was suffering the…
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FROM a most reliable source the National Advocate learns that operations at the Sunny Corner mines are practically at an end. The official liquidator has arranged to remove…
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THE Australian Mining Standard urges that the present is an appropriate season for investment in mining. After pointing out the shipwreck numbers have incurred…
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IN connection with the Burra Burra rush it is reported that several claims have bottomed on gold. The route to the field is by rail to Parkes, from Parkes to Trundle, 3[?] miles, by…
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A NEW invention has been patented in Los[?] Angelos, California, for working alluvial deposits where gold exists but no water. The conditions under which it works are—Fairly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gold-Bewitched Victoria. Critieised by a London Journalist. Coaxed or Sold into Slavery
WE give below the substance of the lengthy article entitled "Gold-bewitched Victoria," in the Investor's Review. In his article Mr. A. J. Wilson the city editor of the London…
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MR. EDITOR.—I cannot refrain from adverting to the Quixotic mythical report in the Argus of yesterday relative to gold being found near the Junction, and the probability…
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MR. EDITOR.—In your Saturday's issue. Mr. Thomas Marcolino poses as an authority on gold digging, and condemns the Argus for insinuating that alluvial gold is to be found…
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THERE is a movement in Newcastle for the purpose of working one of the mines in the district on the co-operative method; but it is being strongly opposed by the Miners'…
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THE Rev. Joseph Campbell has just been on a visit to the mine and sends us the following particulars: " I visited the mine with the following objects in view. (1) To prove once…
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Mn. EDITOR.—Permit me to answer the enquiries of Mr. Michael O'Connor, a miner of 35 years' experience (if such a person exists), though I do not wish to enter into a…
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A CONTEMPORARY, referring to the proposal put forward in some quarters for sending the unemployed on to the gold fields, with a view to their "tucker hunting," points out…
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LAST week the attention of the Full Court was occupied in considering a mining appeal of a somewhat interesting nature. According to the special case stated by the Mining…
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MR. EDITOR.—In your last issue I read an article under the heading of "Gold-mining and the Unemployed." extracted from a contemporary. Its remarks on that question, to…
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