Mining Booms and Wedding Booms. (To the Editor of the 'Inverell Times.')
Sir,--We note a letter in your issue of 17th inst., headed "Mining Booms and Wedding Booms," over the signature "Fiat Lux," and must take…
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Mining & the mines, 1900
226 stories in New England's papers · page 10 of 12
An Enormous Yield of Gold
When the Boer War began, the Transvaal w&b yielding annually about [?]ix million pounds' worth of gold, or more than one-fifth of the world's…
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The largest piece of gold ever found was discovered by two poor miners at Hill End, New South Wales, on May 10th, 1872, It weighed 640 pounds,…
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Sir,--On looking over your issue of the 20th inst., I was quite pleased to find that my efforts, in the shape of two letters addressed to you, had had the effect of producing three…
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IT was a common belief among the Romans that gold could be found on the teeth of sheep that grazed an auriferous clay. An opinion of the same character was prevalent with the…
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The manager of the Brickwood Extended tin mine reports as follows I have the honor to inform you that the western drive has been extended 45 feet beyond tho cross cut, 2 feet…
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A return published in Melbourne on Friday show- that the Broken Hill mines have paid £8.935,000 in dividends. The Proprietary Mine paid over £7,000,000…
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The gold at present in the United States treasury amounts to ninety million pounds sterling being the largest gold fund in the world…
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I DO not know (writes a London correspondent) whether you have yet learned of how the New Zealanders narrowly missed £1,500,000 of President Kruger's gold. The story has been…
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We are informed that, as the result of an appeal to the warden, Mr. J. W. Moore has had restored to him his share in the Silver King mine at Pine Ridge. The case was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Emery Mine in Naxos
All the emery used in the world comes from the little island of Naxos, near Greece. As it is one of the hardest substances known, ordinary quarrying tools can't be…
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A NUMBER of good-sized mines are now on fire in the United States, and have been for years. The Vulcan mine, on the Green River,…
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The manager of Stoney Creek reports that 135 loads of ore have bean washed during last week, with satisfactory results. A meeting of the Coalbrook Coal Syndicate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Mine Accident. MELBOURNE, November 5
An explosion occurred on Saturday afternoon at the crushing battery owned by the Unity and Carlisle, North Garden Gully, and Pass by companies at Bendigo,…
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The monthly gold return, compiled by the Department of Mines, shows that the field for the month of October was 33,113oz., valued at £113,285, as compared with 78,550oz.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold at Slackheath. SYDNEY, Monday Night
A NEW attraction has been added to the mountains. A Black heath resident, who has been prospecting in a valley at Govett's Leap, has obtained…
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Development work at Pine ridge is going on satisfactorily. Mr. Williams recently found some good chlorides of silver on his claim. The St. Patrick's mine has been registered…
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Then is notliing star[?] to report as regards mining in general. The alleged new find, has, so persistent rumor says, turned out an absolute failure…
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DR. LETDS declares that Mr. Kroger carried away with him from the Transvaal £400,000 of the State funds. He says it is his intention to publish documents…
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The manager of the Elsmore Valley tin mine reports that at the eastern end the south drive has been put in 65ft., the wash dipping 14ft. in that distance, and is now going level…
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