Water and Gold
As we get more knowledge of working gold ores and more fully realize the importance and difficulty of saving the very fine gold which all of them contain to a greater or…
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Mining & the mines, 1890
30 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 2
Some Famous Finds of Gold
A FLOOD of nugget stories has been let loose by the recent discovery of a great nugget in Australia which is estimated to contain fifty-one pounds of pure gold, worth about £51 per pound,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Deep Level Mining in Victoria
No man (says the Melbourne Daily Telegraph) can measure the depths at which lie the auriferous riches of mother earth. The experiences at Sandhurst this week in the Hecules and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →'Adorable Gwendolen, Be Mine-'
After an interval of about half an honr-- during which Martha had ministered to Ned some slight refreshment, including a cup of weak tea over his legs-- Gwendolen entered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Chandler Mines
ABOUT six miles from Dalmorton is the Alice Cornwall Creek, and on the ranges at each side of the creek the reefs are situated. First the Garden Hill reef, owned by Messrs. Campbell…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Pope's Gold Rose
The gold rose, of which so much is errone ously written, is not a rose at all, but a rose bush or plant, perhaps eighteen inches in height, showing leaves, buds and several full-blown roses. The designs are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An African El Dorado. Johannesburg Described. the Most Wonderful Goldfield in the World
I HAD heard and read so much about Johannesburg that I was prepared for a good deal; but I must SAY, I did not expect to find a place of so much importance as this for a three…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jumping Baker's Creek Mine
SIR.--On my return to Armidale to-day I was nearly devoured by some men, who were more like wolves then gentlemen; I was in the most disrespectful and atrocious manner charged with being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sketcher. the Blue and Gold Man-child. I.
As Joce Jeffries, parting her way through the older-bushes, stood still a moment to pull down a hunch of the berries which spread like a red-brown canopy above her, she saw…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jumping Baker's Creek Mine, and Mr. Alex. Hutchison, M.P.
SIR,-- I was much surprised when reading the Examiner this morning to observe an effusion emanating from the pen of Mr. Hutchison. The whole composition points to it having been written…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sketcher. in Search of a Gold Mine
I was obliged to cross a snow-drift to attain a point whence I could descend to my friends. This drift lay at a steep angle, terminating in a precipice seven or eight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bear Hill Proprietary Mine
The following is the progress report for the week ended June 21st :--No I winze on south reel has been sunk feet, making the total depth 112 feet from the brace ; reef 12 inches wide, and shows…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Miner. Mining at Dalmorton
FOR more than a quarter of a century it has been well known that the country surrounding Dalmorton was of an auriferous character. At various times prospectors have visited the region in question…
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AN application has been received from W. Healy for permission to mine on 15 acres within the C.L. of P. J. Mechan at Bear Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Miner. Mining at Dalmorton. Garden Hill
GARDEN Hill is about six miles from Dalmorton, and Black Slate Creek about four and a half miles. The same remarks about the rugged nature of the country will apply with equal if not greater…
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THE following gold mining leases have been approved, viz. :-- BEAR HILL. No. 90 3, J. Kennedy and others, 10 acres…
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Refused.--90-1, W. Gilford and others, 20 acres, at Glen Elgin. MRS. HEINDERS, the plucky wife of the captain of the Johanna, has been presented with a gold…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Miner. Gold Mining Leases
AT the Warden's Office on Thursday Richard Curtis applied for 10 acres at Kookarabooka, for gold-mining purposes. THE following leases have been refused:--J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Miner. Gold Mining Leases
CANCELLED.--The following leases will be cancelled on the 29th August, and will he open to be taken up at midnight on that date:--Nos. 88-5, 88-6 and 87-1, three four-acre blocks; also 89-94, L…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Mining in China and its Perils
THE Chinese have in the past made a pretty good thing out of gold-mining in Australia. In their own country gold-mining is a capital offence. There exists in China a very old law…
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