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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1895

341 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 18

The Welsh Collieries

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1895 · page 3

The Welsh miners lately demanded an increase in wages of 10 per cent. The employers offered 7 12 per cent. and an advance of 1 per cent. on each shilling increase in the…

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Gold Discovery

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1895 · page 3

Another rich discovery of quartz is reported from Thistle Hill, a mile from the dearest workings on Bulgandra reefs, Albury district…

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The Lambton Colliery. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1895 · page 5

SEVERAL men employed at the Lambton colliery were fined 1s. each on Saturday for being absent from work without leave. The Lambton colliery was closed down on…

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Mining

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 27 March 1895 · page 3

The excellent crushing of 2oz 2dwt perton obtained from a parcel of stone from the Goldsworth reef, has bad the effect of creating fresh interest in that…

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Mining in New England Billgrove Crushings

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 27 March 1895 · page 3

Baker's Creek.— 513 tons crushed for 607oz 17dwt smelted gold. Sunlight.—570 tops crashed for 242oz 2dwt smelted gold, and 3½ tons…

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Sensational Find of Gold

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 April 1895 · page 3

The Barraba correspondent of the Bingera Telegraph says:-- A sensational find of gold was made last week at Crow Mountain, by two miners named M'Kenzie and M'Nare, who have been working on…

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Melbourne. Another Rich Gold Rind

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 April 1895 · page 3

Another rich discovery of gold has been made on Tambourine Reef, Wedderburn. Five tons of quartz yielded thirty ounces of gold to the ton…

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Rich Gold Find. [By Telegraph.] MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 April 1895 · page 5

A RICH find of gold has been made on the Tambourine reef, Wedderburn, fire tons of stone having yielded 30ozs. to the ton…

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Gold Find at Tenterfield. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 April 1895 · page 5

A gold nugget, the size of a hen's egg, has been found near Tenterfield, but the exact locality is not disclosed…

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The Miner. Sensational Gold Find near Warwick. Fifty Ounce Nugget Picked Up

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 April 1895 · page 3

DURING the latter part of last week (says the Warwick Argus) many reports were about concerning a sensational gold find that had been made at Darkey Flat some days previous. Owing to the…

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The West Australian Goldfields. a New Reef Near Siberia

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 April 1895 · page 3

A telegram from Coolgardie, dated Thursday, March 28, states :-- Frank Dawson and A. Golding hate struck a good reef three miles west of Siberia, The reef…

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Mining in New England

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 April 1895 · page 3

The proprietors of the Hopetoun leases at Hillgrore have negotiations under weigh in London for the purchase of the property…

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Grains of Gold

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1895 · page 6

IT is pitiful to see the penalties which folly has to pay. No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for another…

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Telegraphic News. [Through Our Special Agents.] Mining Market. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1895 · page 5

TIN is quoted at 10s.6d…

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Gold and How to Get it

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 April 1895 · page 6

In the interesting lectures recently delivered by the Rev. Campbell, M.A., the well-known geologist and mineralogist, it will be remembered that…

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Gold at Crow Mountain. Something of a Rush

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 April 1895 · page 2

A correspondent writing from Barraba on the 30th ult., says:— A rush of some magnitude has taken place unto private property at…

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Telegrams. Sydney. Friday. Parliamentary. Mining on Private Lands. Local Government Bill. Moree Railway Bill

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 April 1895 · page 5

In the Assembly the Mining on Prirate Lands Amendment Bill was read the first time. Considerable progresswas made in…

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Dooming Gold Mines in London

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1895 · page 6

A GLANCE at the London papers by recent mails is sufficient to show that London investors are animated by 'great expectations.' The floating of new companies goes on very merrily…

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Melbourne. Miners Entombed

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1895 · page 3

As owing to the existence of air pressure the men buried under the collapsed tunnel at Spottiswoode, may still be alive, efforts are being made to rescue them…

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Gambling in Mines

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1895 · page 2

In mining circles a sensation has been caused by the unexpected developments that have recently token place in connection with the Londonderry mine at Coolgardie, and as…

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