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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1896

161 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 9

Mining News

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 June 1896 · page 5

THE mine manager (Mr. A. Johnson) of the Walter Scott G.M. Co., reports for the post fortnight: Underground—Have won 63 tons of stone from South stopes, which continue…

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Mining News

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 23 June 1896 · page 5

"A MINER" writes: "Re tailor conditions on leases: Why not adopt the New Zealand system of Ones for non-compliance? Here valuable plant and machinery, as well us the…

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Mining News

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 June 1896 · page 5

IT is remarkable how men, cautious in all surrounding dealings, will accept [?] tort et [?] travers the statements of the raining company. The records of the flotation in London…

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Mining News

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 30 June 1896 · page 5

THE Governments of the various colonies are awakening to the importance to the State of the mining industry, which has been for so long neglected by legislators, whether from…

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Mining News

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 July 1896 · page 5

THE treatment of the Pambula ores by cyaniding is giving great satisfaction. The Mount Gaban Company cleaned up from the vats on Saturday last for a yield of 61ozs…

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Mining News

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 7 July 1896 · page 4

THE big enterprise referred to in last issue, to develop the auriferous wash at the junction of the Macquarie and Furon Rivers, is exceeded by a scheme for the working of…

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Dishonesty in Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 7 July 1896 · page 3

"WODEN" writes: "Many reefs floated and worked by companies don't pay, although good payable gold existed in them before…

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The Colliery Trouble

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 July 1896 · page 4

THE question that, is being asked in Sydney is, Will the Newcastle coal-miners accept the modified offer of the proprietors, that the former should resume work on the…

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The Gold-fields

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 July 1896 · page 3

THE fields of late opened up in the auriferous country south from Grafton are attracting a good deal of attention. The results of the various crushings, as given below obtained…

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Mining News

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 July 1896 · page 5

A CORRESPONDENT, writing from N. M'Aulay's Lead, states that the Government prospecting parties have not discovered any new leads up to the present, and unless…

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Story of a Lost Gold Mine

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 14 July 1896 · page 3

A NEW story of a lost gold mine is told by the Arizona Republican, of Phoenix, with the assurance that it is true, and it has never before…

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Mining News

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 14 July 1896 · page 5

ACCORDING to a recent cablegram, a successful experiment has been made with a new process for treating gold-bearing ores. The process is known as the Hyatt-Henocksberg…

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The New South Wales Gold Mines

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 July 1896 · page 3

A LONDON correspondent writes respecting the New South Wales gold mines—"Three months ago it would have taken a clever man to float a N.S. Wales gold-mining company…

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Mining News

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 July 1896 · page 5

"WANDERER," writing in the Northern Courier on the Bucca Creek goldfields, says:—The "boss" mine of the whole of this field is "Taylor's Reward." The reef…

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Lands, Mines and Treasury. Under the Shearing Operation

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 July 1896 · page 4

THE action of the Public Service Board in respect to the Lands Department, so far as the local branch, officers of that Department are concerned, is farmore satisfactory to those…

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Retrenchment. the Treasury, Lands, and Mines Departments. a Saving of £84,000 Effected

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 July 1896 · page 5

SYDNEY, THURSDAY.—The Public Service Board issued their grading of the Treasury, Lands, and Mines Departments, showing a total saving of £81,000; namely, Treasury…

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Testing Our Goldfields

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 July 1896 · page 3

MR. EDITOR.—In making an official tour through the Clarance district lately, I have been much impressed by the very encouraging prospects obtained at the various mining…

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Mining News

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 21 July 1896 · page 5

MR. THOMAS gave notice in the Legislative Assembly last week that he will to-day move that a sum of £10,000 be devoted by the Government towards equipping and…

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The Clarence Examiner. Published at Grafton, Tuesdays and Saturdays. Testing the Permanency of Our Gold Deposits

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 21 July 1896 · page 4

THE letter which appeared in our last Issue from the pen of Mr. F. VERDON HUNTER we take it will have directed attention to the importance of this subject, and to the…

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R[?]id and the Miners

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 25 July 1896 · page 4

THE Premier has ceased to be popular with the Newcastle miners. When addressing the large meeting of miners—3000 persons were present—at Newcastle last Saturday evening,…

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