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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
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Mount Coora Copper Mine.—Captain Stevens sends the following report to the directors, under date 11th instant:—When first commencing operations, I found the mine in a very dilapidated state—shafts and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The tin mines in this district continue to maintain the prestige they have heretofore had in the public mind. Discoveries are coming to light daily, which had considerably enhanced the previously high…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →As our readers have doubtless observed, a most extraordinary eagerness to purchase shares in the Peabody Copper Mine, Molong, was recently exhibited in Sydney. This excitement was mainly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At a meeting of shareholders in Frank's Reef Gold Mining Company, held on Monday, Messrs. W. Nixon, S. Ashlin, J. Pope, G. Griffiths and E. Miller, were elected directors; Messrs. W. Nixon, and E…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The last ten days have been remarkably prolific of new companies, and numerous ventures in copper mines have been placed upon the market either as promoters' or public companies. On Tuesday there…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A correspondent writes from Tenterfield to Messrs. Little and Pile, as follows—July 7th. With reference to the ground of the Great Cemetery Creek Tin Mining Co. recently floated—I have the pleasure to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →I did not pass over half the country selected, but it struck me that in many cases blanks must be found. The district, however, must prove a good one in time, but a little discretion will be necessary,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheel of Fortune Root Hog, Hill End.—Sinking straight shaft; down 69 feet; expect to strike the reef next week, and according to the stone they are raising in the adjoining claim we shall drive north…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The coal mines in the Allora district, are (says the Warwick Examiner) shortly to be worked in a systematic and extensive manner. A company has been formed to work the mine on Mr. Green's land…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →All the drives now being operated upon are yielding first class ore ra payable quantities, and every day's work increases the quantity of ore in reserve for immediate extraction. There are over 6000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Etheridge correspondent of the Queenslander (June 18th) writes that a considerable number of miners from Cloncurry had arrived at Georgetown, within the few days preceding the date of his letter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The share market was rather flat on Thursday, sellers being much more numerous than buyers. In copper there was an improved demand for Peak Downs from 8 to 8¼; a parcel of Drummond were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MORE MINERAL ALLOTMENTS.—On Thursday, at the Land Office, Bourke, there were twenty-four applications for a block of mineral land, of one hundred and twenty acres, adjoining Addison's north of Cobar,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cope's Creek, 40 acres. Commenced sluicing on the 9th. The results are highly satisfactory. Two buckets of tin per day can be obtained by the labour of two men…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Saturday, July 13, a public meeting was held at Inverell of persons interested in tin-mining pursuits. The weather proved unfavorable, but there was nevertheless a good attendance. The Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We have conversed with a gentleman who with a companion a few days since visited the Gulf, where it is reported gold reefs exist. The distance appears to be between 70 and 80 miles N.E. of Armidale. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TOOLOOM.—Messrs. Sandford and party—of the prospecting claim at Tooloom, Pioneer Reef—crushed about 35 tons of stone, which gave a return of about 1½ ounces to the ton. The machine works…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Little Ponds, near Cope's Creek. For some weeks past sluicing operations have not been carried on owing to scarcity of water. The rain which fell a few days ago has given a supply sufficient for a short…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A good deal of work has been done during the week at the different mines. The Grenfell Consola Company are still sinking in the North and South shaft. The stone shows a further improvement as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The market for mining shares is quiet to-day (Monday), excepting for krohmann's gold shares, which have advanced 2s; a large dividend being expected from the crushing, which is about to…
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