Mining Mems
One of the handsomest nuggest of gold we (Parkes Gazette) ever saw is now exhibited at the Prince of Wales Hotel, by Mr. Cohen It was got at Perry and Co.’s claim, at M’Guiggan’s, at…
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Mining Mems
The Evelyn Observer writes:—“It was only last week we chronicled the fact [?]t a £90 nugget having been found at Cobbler’s Gully, Caledonia, and we have now to record something very much…
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In sinking a well at Poverty Bay, N.Z., a few weeks ago, a spring of oil was reached at a depth of 15 feet, giving from eight to ten gallons per day…
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A young man named Mobbs, employed in the Prowse and Woodward G. M. Co.’s mine, was charging a hole, and while in the act of pressing down the powder with a copper tamping bar,…
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The quantity of gold forwarded from Young to the Mint for the year 1874 amounted to 3303oz. 6dwt. [?] Mining prospects continue encouraging at the…
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The Monro Mercury states that it is uncertain when the Mcalago Quartz-reefing Company will commence operations. The lowness of the river will certainy cut the race-water short…
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Since Home Rule was first rushed (writes the Chronicle), mining matters were never more quiet than they are at present. No doubt a great deal of work is being done, but it is more in the way…
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The Times gives the following Adelong items : “The South Currajong Co’s. ground is improving they have some 14 tons of stone to grass. North Caledonia Company are getting a little…
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The Carcoar Chronicle says respecting Galley Swamp :—The progress of Galley Swamp, so far as the leases at work and machinery is concerned, is equal to our sanguine expectations. The…
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“The monthly yield of gold for January at Sandhurst,” states the Advertiser, “shows a decrease compared with the returns for previous months. The yield is 18,297oz. against 28,879oz…
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Last week R. Currie and Co., of Upper Adelong, obtained a fine nugget weighing 27oz. and containing 20oz, or 21oz. of pure gold, probably more. This is the largest piece of gold found on…
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At Gulgong and Home Rule, the escort last week took down only 877oz. of gold as the produce of the fortnight. It is not easy to account for the smallness of this escort, except on the…
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At Home Rule mining affairs are as quiet as they can well be. The prospecting parties still work steadily, but there is nothing of moment to report, nor can there be till a really good lead is…
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YARRA DIGGINGS.—Yarrara which, with adjacent country, has been proclaimed as a gold filed, is slowly but the less surely creeping [?]vor; already it has become the home of a…
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For the following Adelong items we are indebted to the T. and A. Times:—“The quartz mines are again in the ascendant, and splendid yields are now the order of the day, fully…
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A recent discovery has been made of copper ore by Messrs. M‘Dowell and party, twenty miles west of Euabalong, we (Parkes Gazette) were shown some splendid specimens at the Joint…
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The Gulgong Argus reports that at the copper mine of Messrs. Deitz, Paul, and Co., things are improving daily, and ore is being raised in great quantities. The works are at Bolara, twenty-one…
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Speculations are common as to what would happen to New South Wales, if a spirit of enterprise prise leading to the development of the coal deposits of India and China, were to be manifested,…
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The great tail race the Manus is not quite completed yet, although two summers have been spent on it, with from thirty to forty hands constantly employed. A few weeks more, however,…
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It is reported that the total amount of gold purchased in March, 1875, by the banks at Sandhurst was 24,279oz. 14dwt. 11gr., which compares favorably enough with the preceding month, and…
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