Scottish Australian Mining Company
On April 22 the half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders of the above company was held at the City Terminus Hotel, London; Mr. Apolphus W. Young presided…
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Mining & the mines, 1881
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Mining Prospects
THE report for last year of the Minister of Mines, of which we give elsewhere some of the chief figures, is in its entirety an encouraging document. Last year the minerals…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Causes o[?] Heat in Mines
Lime is undoubtedly one cause of heat in our mines, but it is not the only nor the great heat producer. Lime is local in its action; the heat produced by it is confined to certain…
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We (Ech[?]) are indebted to the Hon. E. A. Baker, Minister for Mines, for the following copy of a telegram received from Mr. Warden G. C. Tompson, Mount Poole, dated 24th instant:…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Proposed Road to Rouchel. Department of Mines, Sydney, 13th July, 1881
SIR.—I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the petition of certain inhabitants of Westbrook, Karakors Greek, &c. (presented by you),. for a road to start from Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Intelligence. (Echo's Telegrams.) Central Kempsey
There is considerable excitement about the Bellinger reefs. Several persons have already left the Macleay, and others are leaving every day. Four ounces of quartz from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dreadful Mining Accident at Stawell
The correspondent of the Argus gives the following report of a terrible and fatal accident which occurred on Friday morning, at eleven o'clock, at the claim of the Wonga…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company. (S. M. Herald.)
The following is the half-yearly report of this company:- The directors beg to submit their report of the company's affairs for the past six months. The works at the mine, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Milburn Creek Mine
Following is the report of the meeting of shareholders in the Milburn Creek Copper Mine, respecting which the Government has undertaken to appoint a Royal Commission…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Explosion of Gas on Coal Ships
There can scarcely be a doubt that many of the coal-laden vessels that annually leave our ports and are no more heard of are destroyed by explosions of gas. Therefore the caution which lately emanated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Intelligence. (By Telegraph to Herald.) CARCOAR
Patterson and party lodged in the Commercial Bank to-day 41 oz. 2 dwts., being the result of a crushing of 15 tons 17 cwt. of quartz from their claim situated south of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Science. ASSAYING. (From the Scientific American.) the Assaying of Gold and Silver Ores
A ton of [?] containing one thirty [?] its weight of gold, or one [?] in many istances he worked [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mines of Golconda Revived
There is a report that one of the diamond mines which were included under the celebrated name of Golconda has been discovered to be in a workable state, and that an effort will be made to revive an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Copeland Gold-field. Excellent Prospects. (By telegraph to the Evening News.) Copeland
Messrs. Benjamin, Scott, Driscoll, and party of No. 1 Centennial South crushed yesterday for a yield of over 2 oz. per ton. The prospects of the field are daily improving…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wynaad Goldfields, India
One of the influences that helped to stop the flow of mining companies and to make the public less eager to subscribe for their shares, undoubtedly was the delay that has occurred in ascertaining the results…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Trade of the Colonies
An official statistical abstract has just been published for the several colonial and other possessions of the United Kingdom in each year from 1865 to 1879, as far as the particulars can be stated; and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Accidents at Sandhurst. (From the Argus' Correspondent.) the Catherine Reef Fatality. Thursday Evening
The shocking fatality which occurred at the Catherine Reef United Mine, Eaglehawk, yesterday morning, by which James Davey and Thomas Lawry were killed, was partially…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Minister for Miners
Dr. Renwick has accepted Mr. Baker's vacant sent, and is Minister for Mines. This appointment, appears to give general satisfaction, for the Doctor is an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Kilcoy Coal Mine
We have often told persons from other parts of the colony that the Hunter River Talley must of necessity become the most active, most prosperous, and most populous community in these colonies…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grand Gold Discoveries at Temora
A TELEGRAM to the S.M. Herald from Temora, dated Wednesday, says:-" This morning another discovery was reported, on the well-known ground of Penman…
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