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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1897

322 stories in New England's papers · page 6 of 17

Ship on Fire. Coal Vessel Destroyed

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 26 May 1897 · page 2

The ship Buckhurst,from Newcastle to Panama with coal, took I[?] and was abandoned in mid [?] The captain and portion 'of the crew…

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Mining in New England. HILLGROVE

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 26 May 1897 · page 2

In the Baker's Creek mine the main shaft has been deepened 5ft. total 830ft from brace. No. 9 level driven 4 ft, total 141ft; reef 3in…

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West Australia. Gold Discovery

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1897 · page 2

A rich discovery has taken place in the Great Boulder Perseverance, Kalgoorlie. In sinking be low the oxidised ores, on the boundary of the Lake-view Consols mine, at a depth of sixteen…

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Gold

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 May 1897 · page 3

A Coolgardie correspondent writes: —"Bayley's Reward will shortly be beard of again; the recent silence has meant the freezing out of small…

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The Deepest Mines

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 May 1897 · page 3

Mr. B. H. Brough, in his lecture on "The Problems Associated with Mining at Great Depths," states that the maximum depth has reached…

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Mining Matters

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 May 1897 · page 4

IN compliance with the wishes of some of our mining friends we have devoted a considerable amount of space to mining news of all sorts in…

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A Mining Exhibition

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 May 1897 · page 3

Only commendation can go with the movement having for its object the holding of a Mining Exhibition in Coolgardie. There is no colony to…

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Mining in New England

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 May 1897 · page 4

Enmore Leases.—An objection has been lodged in writing on behalf of J. J. Refferty to the granting of the leases applied for on House's…

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Mining Report Increase in Leases

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 May 1897 · page 5

The annual report of the Mines Department was presented to Parliameet last night. It shows a large increase in mining [?]…

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Inverell. the Elsmore Valley Tin Mining Co. [For the Chronicll.]

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 May 1897 · page 4

Since I last w[?] you concerning this mine good progress has been made. The management is still parsuing…

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Stockyard Cheek Goldfield

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 May 1897 · page 4

During the past week the progress made by the prospectors on this new find has been highty satisfactory, and has advanced the work to such a…

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Mining in New England. Hillgrove. Crushings

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 June 1897 · page 2

Baker's Creek. — 539 tone for 533 ozs. 3dwts. smelted gold. Eleanors. —474 tons for 183[?]ozs, smelted gold and 144ozs, in…

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Mining Notes

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 June 1897 · page 4

AT last the long-looked-for rain! The fossiker will smile a smile of gladness as he views his pile of wash which has lain perhaps for months ready to put through…

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The Taiyhuan Gold Robbery. Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 June 1897 · page 5

NEWS by the steamer Omi Maru states that there is a strong probability that the robbery of gold from the steamer Taiyhuan took place at Port Darwin, where the…

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Gold

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 June 1897 · page 3

A great number of visitors are at Kalgoorli inspecting the recent discoveries in the mines. The March output of gold at the…

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Mining Amendment

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 June 1897 · page 5

Mr. S. W. Moore, member for Binghre, has introduced a bill in the assembly to further amend the Mining on Private Property Act, giving…

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Mining in New England. URALLA

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 June 1897 · page 4

A Uralia correspondent writing under date Saturday 29th May, says: The dry" weather has seriously interfered with elluvial mining on…

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A Notorious Gold Robber. an Old Story Revived

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 June 1897 · page 8

The story of the exploits of Martin, Weiberg, the ship's carpenter, who, was convicled eighteen years ago of the Avoca robbery—stealing 5000…

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Gold Yield. West Australia

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 June 1897 · page 5

THE gold yield of Kalgoorlie for the past month was 29,359ozs, being the highest on record, as was also the output for the colony, viz., 59,lllozs…

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The Golden West. Rich Gold Struck

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 9 June 1897 · page 3

Bailey's Reward mine at Coolgardie has struck a rich vein of gold. A crushing of 4cwt. of stone yielded 700ozs…

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