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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines
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Sir H. Parkes, with the Minister for Mines and Messrs. Wyman Brown and De Courcy Browne, Ms.P., arrived in Silverton at 7 this morning and were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Considerable excitement prevailed in mining circles on the receipt of a cablegram from London stating that a syndicate had offered £7,500,000 for the Mount…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IT was rumored in town to-day that an important change had occurred at the Central mine. All interest was, as usual, centred in the developments at the 400ft…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Twelve months ago this mine was taken over by the present syndicate, and up till then the proprietors had made the ore pay all expenses. The principal work…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →HAVING seen several telegrams from Sydney and Melbourne this morning, asking the reason why such a seare had been caused regarding the stability of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A telegram has been received from Tumberumba concerning an important discovery of silver and minerals at a place near Jingellico, on the River Murray,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Minister for Mines (the Hon. Sydney Smith) was waited upon yesterday by the MINER representative, and reiterated his previous expressions of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The yield of gold in the colony for the quarter ended March, as compared with the quarter ended December last, was 127,217oz. against 180,243oz. All…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WHILST in Broken Hill, Mr. Sydney Smith Minister for Mines, promised among other things, that an inspector of local mines would be appointed as soon as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The quarterly mining returns from Ballarat give the total for the past three months of 19,090oz…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further trouble is likely to ensue amongst the Newcastle miners. Three weeks ago the Wallarah Colliery hands strack for an increase of wages, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An extensive gold discovery has been made at Ashburton, in the Roeburne district. The discovery is in a claim owned by Wilson, Ford, and Breshnahan,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. J. V. Parkes, formerly manager of the Lady Carrington mine, in the Purnamoota district, has been appointed Government Inspector of Mines pro tem.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON July 2nd of the present year the International Exhibition of Mining and Metallurgy will be opened in London. Whilst expressing a hope that the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No. 1 shaft is down 254ft. The country shows a slight improvement, being composed principally of mundic, micaceous schist, and sulphide of copper. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"A Shareholder " writes to the Advertiser, under date April 8, as follows:— "Sir, I was notified in March last by the secretary of Block 14 of a temporary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Numerous important finds of gold have been made at Try Fluke, about 30 miles from Auckland, and a large area of ground taken up…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The manager of Block 10 reports under Monday's date:—"The third return from the Australian Smelting and Refining Company, Dry Creek, from 68 tons netted,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Professor Benton, an English mining expert, who represents a syndicate, is at present visiting the Cargo goldfield, in the Carcoar district…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →STILL another[?]rumor! This time, however, it affected the northern end of the main line. It was freely stated this morning that something rich had been…
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