URAILA & District. Uralla, Aug. 29, 1887. Mining Items
THE old Rocky Mining Company having their pump and engine in position, a few ladies and gentlemen met together on Friday afternoon to witness the start. Steam…
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Mining & the mines, 1887
63 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 4
URALLA & District. Uralla, Sept. 14,1887. Warden's Court. Monday, September 12. (Before the Warden.) Application for a Mining Lease Objected to
S. C. BROWNING and three others made an application for a gold mining lease of 8 acres on Doherty's Hill. This being already in occupation by Carroll and party,…
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IT is a pleasant thought indeed, for the poor man, to know that gold is even now still growing. Mr. Brough Smyth has shown that it can be deposited nowadays in appreciable quantities…
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In reflecting upon the mining case heard here last week, one cannot help thinking that the law as relates to causes of this kind is not of a very satisfactory…
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The alleged gold discovery near Ivanhoe has turned out a failure, and the prospects of the field have been shamefully exaggerated. Great misery and privation will…
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DISASTROUS FIRE.—Last Thursday, between 12 and 2 p.m., a hut on the top of the Falls, inhabited by Messrs. A. Argles, Alf. Henderson, and Robert Thompson…
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Major Benseker writes as follows to an American paper:—' On one occasion I myself came near being victimised. I travelled…
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ERRATA.—In my last letter the fourhorse power engine should be eight-horse, and for reef 6 to 18 feet wide read 6 to 18 inches…
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A TIENTSIN correspondent of the North China Daily News mentions reports which from time to time come in regarding the goldfields of Northern Manchuria and in the valley of the…
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MINING MELODIES.—We have had music at the Falls this last week. The stampers are falling with musical rhythm as they beat out the precious metal at the claim…
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THERE is considerable excitement at Perth over the reported discovery of gold 250 miles eastward of Perth. A party under Mr. Anstey went out to explore the coun…
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A GREAT STORM.—We had a terrific hailstorm the other day, which lasted for about half an hour. The hailstones, without exaggeration, were as large as…
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MESSRS. Cooper and party ("Tug of War") bottomed by boring on Thursday. They are 114 feet deep, and this makes the bed of rock about the same level as…
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Precious stones obtained from the Macdonnell Range ruby mines, Central Australia, are selling freely. Rubies under one carat weight are sold at 35s., and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hillgrove Mines. the Mines, Nov. 15. Cricket Match
WE have had a cricket match here, and the Hillgrove team beat the West Enders by three runs, the match being decided by the first innings. The day was a very wet…
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A CORRESPONDENT supplies the following interesting particulars with reference to the above mines:--Pye's Creek is 340 miles from Sydney by train, and it is twelve miles from Bolivia to Pye's,…
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THE announcement that a very rich reef has been discovered in Dolgelly, in Wales, will be a surprise to many Australians, who have been accustomed to look upon this as…
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A MATTER of no small importance to the mining community was brought before the Chief Justice and a jury of four on Tuesday moraine…
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In the Jury Court this morning the Armidale gold mining jumping case—Moore and others v. M'Kinlay and others—ended in a nonsuit, plaintiffs having failed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Telegraphic News. [Through Greville's Company.] New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday Night. [Lodged 6.15; received 7.12.] Hillgrove Mining Case
THE mining case of Moore v. M'Kinlay was heard to-day, and at the close of the case Mr. Salamons asked the Judge to direct the jury to return a verdict for…
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