Mining News. [From Our Special Reporter.]
MINING operations at [?] have [?] greatly hampered by. thu recent heavy ruins, it is estimated that,about 8 or 9 inches of rain fell from Saturday until Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1896
161 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 9
Mining News
THE METALLURGICAL WORKS.—Our Sydney correspondent writes: Increasing evidence is forthcoming that the Government metallurgical works at Clyde that were opened a few…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Nana Creek Field. Gold in Mineral Combinations. Prospects of the Orara Goldfield
[BY THE "DAILY TELEGRAPH'S" SPECIAL REPORTER.] THE localities which have been described in previous articles represent new mining centres which, practically, have yet to earn…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Notes. [From Our Special Reproter.]
THE recent rains on the Orara, for a four days' run, was 15.58 in., on two days of which the average nearly reached 5 in. each. With such a fall it can scarcely be wondered at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining News
WRITING from York in West Australia to a friend in Ballina, a Mr. W. Cooper says—It cost me from Sydney to Albany £5, and from Albany to Perth 25s. Board and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Notes. Discovery in the Advance Orara. New Find at Coramba
BETWEEN Sunday and Tuesday 150 points of rain fell. Rain set in again on Thursday night, and 50 points was recorded on Friday morning, and over an inch on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining on Private Lands. Amending the Mining Law
THE Mining Laws Amendment Act of 1896 will be in operation in the course of a few days. The principal object of the measure is to facilitate getting on the land to prospect…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining News
GOLD FROM THE MANN.—Mr. E. Hockey arrived in town on Friday from the Mann River with 22ozs smelted gold, the result of a crushing of 23 tons from the Little Dora…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Turning Silver Into Gold
A DISCOVERY has just been made public which, if verified by investigation, may revolutionise civilisation. This is nothing more or less than the announcement that a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Reminiscences of Johannesburg. Life in the Gold Fields of South Africa. a Digger's Story
In the early days, when gold was first discovered in the Transvaal, many men left their occupations and their homes, and trekked northwards in order to try their…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Drake Gold and Silver Field. the Geological Peculiarities. the Possibilities of the Field
THE Drake mining district covers a very large area; but in the present articles it is proposed to deal only with the section of the field in the immediate neighbourhood of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Disaster at Newcastle. Seven Miners Suffocated
SYDNEY, FRIDAY.—A terrible catastrophe has occurred at the Stockton Colliery, seven men being suffocated by foul air, and many others are missing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sale of a Mine at Bucca
IN the Equity Court on Monday, before Mr. Justice Manning, C. L. Garland, mining agent, applied for an injunction restraining Michael Cohen from prosecuting an action…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining on the Clarence. (By Our Special.)
THE new find of Woods and Son is situated about two miles in a direct line east of north from the Golden Bar, and from Bushell's lease is about a mile to the south on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fearful Colliery Disaster. the Struggle for Life. a Pitiable Procession
AFTER the last body had been recovered Rev. James made application to the police, and had them conveyed to the Church of England schoolroom. It was a sad sight to see the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The White Rock Silver Mine
THE mining reporter of the Daily Telegraph contributes an articie on this mine in which he writes—The White Rock mine may well be called a famous one. A little more than a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Important Mining Decision
AT Ballina last week, an important decision that should be important to the mining community was given by his Honor Judge Wade, sitting as the Mining Appeal Court in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining on the Clarence
AT the Christmas Gift they are now engaged in taking out a crushing. Three months ago their northern drive was in 17½ feet. It is now in 28½ feet, and a few feet of overhead…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining on the Clarence
MINING matters at Corindi are much as usual. At the Lady Eleanor (Cameron's) sinking has been discontinued for a time, and since last report they have opened out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News From Transvaal. an Unfortunate Gold Prospector's EXPERIENCe
Mr. W. Taylor, a gold prospector in the Transvaal, whilst following this occupation, had some curious experiences. To a reporter sent to interview him a day or two ago, Mr. Taylor very kindly…
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