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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
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THE LINE.—The railway between here and Hexham is undergoing the necessary repairs, gangs of men are busily engaged in lifting many of the old sleepers, and replacing them by new ones, they…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Krohmann's G. M. Co.—Under date November 4, the mining manager reports as follows:—"In the prospecting drive in the north shaft at the 392-feet level we have driven 4½ feet this week, making the distance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The demand for shares on Tuesday was light. Coal shares met some buyers at 18 to 18[?] for Wallsend, and 13[?] for Waratah. Peak Downs copper sold at 10s. Gold shares, difficult to move…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Big Ruby Tin Co.—Manager reports [?] tons ore raised during week ending October 31st, and the dispatch of 54 bags from the mine, leaving 3½ tons of ore on mine; 25 men employed, and two [?]ces…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Elsewhere we have remarked upon the report of the Mining Board, bringing under the notice of the Minister for Mines the defects of the Mining Act of 1874, in so far as they concern the status and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →HITHERTO the session has been characterised by extreme dulness, and one is almost inclined to wish that something would occur to infuse riotous live iness into the proceedings. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Beyers and Holtermann's G. M. Co.—Under date 10th November the mining manager reports as follows:—"The prospecting drive east, at the 334-feet level, has been driven a further distance of 4 feet 6…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN accident of an alarming character has occurred at the chief pit belonging to the Stand Lane Colliery Company (Limited) at Radcliffe. On September…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Hill End correspondent reports by telegram —"The Star of Peace finished crushing their own stone, and have washed up 146 tons, put through this week, yielded 469 oz. About 36 tons first-class…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Believing that a few truthful particulars relative to the three great interests mentioned will not be unacceptable to the new proprietors, and to the numerous subscribers, and still more numerous…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The demand for Wallsend coal shares was contiued on Wednesday, and the market being cleared of all obtainable at 18, holders advanced their price 5s. No alteration in other descriptions. Copper…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Beyers and Holtermann's G. M. Co.—Under date the 17th of November, the mining manager reports as follows:—" Work continues as reported in my last letter. The east drive at the 334-feet level has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The correspondent of the Queenslander writes on Nov. 10:—Work at the Peak Downs Copper Mining Company's furnaces is being very greatly retarded, owing to the supply of wood being only equal to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Transactions in mining shares are becoming apparently more unfashionable every succeeding week. At present, about two sales per day is the average number reported. Coal shares were in moderate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Goodrich Copper Co.—The manager reports that the output of refined copper for the week ending 14th November was 4 tons 1 cwt. 19 lbs. Account sales have also been received from London by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drunk and senseless in his place. Prose and sprawling on his face. More like brute than any man alive or dead— By his great pump, out of gear…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →JAMES E. OLIVER, mining manager of the Great Northern Company, Stawell, Victoria, was killed on the 18th instant, by being jammed in the cage. An…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →My readers must pardon my retracing my [?]otsteps a little. In Hill End there is a very commodious, well-built brick Roman Catholic church, in which the duties of the R.C…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY OF A TIN REEF.— From a gentleman just arrived from the Mole Table Land we hear that a rich tin reef has been discovered in the neighbourhood of a place called the Nine Mile…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Share market on Thursday, the only purchases were copper-Mount Coora. 8s; and Peak Downs at 11s 6d. Sellers of the latter at 11s 3d. (From the Evening News, Saturday afternoon.)…
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