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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
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A communication has been addressed to the Hon. the Minister of Mines (Mr. Francis Abigail) relating to an important mining case, which, being the first of the kind which has occurred in the colony,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →It is alleged that the English Government intends to grant leases and issue licenses for gold mining in North. Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A terrible accident took place at the Bombo quarries to-day. It appears that two men were charging a hole 20ft. deep in a column of basaltic rook some 60ft. in height. While ramming home…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An explosion occurred in the Rich Hill Mine, in a recently developed colliery district, in Missouri, on the 29th ult. A column of are 1000 feet high shot out of the shaft, and was followed by several…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Mining Manager reports for the fortnight ending May 19th, as follows.-—The shaft is down to a total depth of one hundred and sixty-four (164) feet, having sunk six feet for the week ending…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The following concluding paragraphs of a tourist's description of the wonderful Mount Morgan gold mine will be read with interest. The article uppeared in the Argus of May…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CHAPTER I.—MARGERY. It was the bright, beautiful springtime. Redolent with a thousand scents and sound of the coming summer, the tender green…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Margery awoke next morning with the sun-shine of a bright Sunday morning all around her; an indescriable feeling of strangeness and unreality lay like a heavy weight on her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON Friday a deputation warted upon the Minister for Works to request that the road from belltrees to Stewart's Brook should be surveyed and declared…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir J. Gorst has informed Mr. Hanbury in Parliament that, according to the best information possessed by the Secretary of State, King Theebaw's revenue from the ruby…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Though Horace remained in town, he felt a feverish impatience to return to the little town of W—. It was hot, and the roads were dusty, whichidid not improve his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A diastrous explosion took place at St. Helen's Collieiy, Workinton, on April 19, by vhich about 17 men have lost their lives and several more have been injured The pit took fire while a shot was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Following is the report of the mining manager (Mr. A. Fairly) for the past fortnight, and it will no doubt be read with pleasure by the numerous shareholders in and around the district:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The action of the Government in restraining by injunction the removal of gold from Mount Morgan Gold Mine has caused great dissatisfaction in the district. Mr. Pritchard…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Pritchard Morgan, who has had a protracted interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and other members of the Government in reference to the further development of the Welsh goldfield,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At a meeting of the Geological and Mining Section of the Canadian Institute, held recently, Mr. W. Hamilton Merritt, president of the Institute, read a paper in which the following totals of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold in small but, it is said, paying quantities has been discovered in the parish of Applecross, on the west coast of Ross. Situated in front of the village of Shieldaig, in the narrow channel which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →During the voyage of the mail [?] Arcadia, from Melbourne to Sydney, [?] day, Alexander Milne, the chief [?] was accidentally killed by a piece of [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A "coal-importers ring" has command of the Melbourne market, and the Victorian Chamber of Manufacturers has passed the following resolution:— "That…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Minister of Mines introduced into the Legislative Assembly on Monday evening a bill to repeal ancLamend the mining laws, and to make better provision for the regulation of mining. The…
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