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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1900

226 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 12

District Mining

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1900 · page 2

THE recent gold discovery at Texas promises well. An assay made of some quartz taken from a mine owned by a man named Rogers gave 4ozs of gold per…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 9 May 1900 · page 2

The Mount Morgan Company has declared a dividend at the rate of 7d per share. Messrs. Beaton and Dunean have been appointed auditors to the Stoney Creek Tin…

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Drake Mining

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 11 May 1900 · page 4

MESSRS. Hancock and party have resumed work on the old Mount Carrington Mine, which has been idle for a long time, and are engaged sinking a vertical shaft some…

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Colliery Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 May 1900 · page 5

The Colliery fire at Gunnedah is still raging. There is no hope of extinguishing the outbreak…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. Colliery Explosion

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 May 1900 · page 5

An explosion was caused by a fire at a colliery in Gunnedah yesterday. The manager, Mr. Watson, and several miners were injured, one of the…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Saturday 12 May 1900 · page 2

The output of the Great Cobar mine last week was 58 tons 18cwt. of refined ingot copper. The long-expected boom in dredging shares…

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Latest Telegraphic News. Sydney, Friday Night. Mining Accident

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 12 May 1900 · page 3

A sensational mining accident happened yesterday at Gunnedah. The Colliery Company's mine manager on visiting the workings early in the…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 16 May 1900 · page 5

Tin fell from 23s Gd to 23s on Saturday last. Father Curran will meet Mr. Paisley in Bingara on Thursday next, to inspect the…

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A Drake Mining Accident. Severe Injuries Sustained

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 18 May 1900 · page 2

A RATHER severe accident happened to Mr. Dith Connor last Tuesday evening while driving in a store at his mine on Mount Carrington, Drike [?]…

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Mining

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 2
Also in The Inverell Times

The Rev. J. Milne Curran, geologist, who has just returned from a visit to Bora Creek, in the Inverell district, states that there is no other…

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Inverell Mining Boom. Further Rich Finds

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 7

Scott and party at Gilgai, Inverell, have struck splendid tin. At Wattle Paddock (Rogerson's) they are down 25ft, and have driven 30ft west and…

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Drake Mining. 19th May, 1900

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1900 · page 3

AT the Pioneer mine, Mount Carrington, the work of development is proceeding satisfactorily, and a large quantity of good; concentrating are is being brought to the…

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Reported Mafeking relieved. the Little Wonder Has a Terrible Fight. And, As Usual, Wins. Worth His Weight in Gold a Thousand Times Over. Great Britain Breathless with Excitement. 10 a.m. FRIDAY, May 18

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1900 · page 2

Lord Salisbury read a cablegram in the House of Lords yesterday, announcing the news of the relief of Mafeking, but he said the new, was…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 23 May 1900 · page 2

Mr. P. Alwell has been appointed manager of the King Conrad silver mine. At Howell's Conrad mine, Bora Creek, operations have been started from the 100 feet…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Saturday 26 May 1900 · page 2
Also in The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record

The Mount Bischoff tin mine has declared a dividend of 17s 6d per share, amounting to £10,500, making the total amount paid by this mine, £1,663,500…

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Mining in the New England District. an Extensive Field of Great Promise. Tin, Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Coal, and Diamonds. No. 1

The Inverell Times · Saturday 26 May 1900 · page 4

The two ans a quarter miles of the lode at Broken-hill has the deserved reputation of containing greater deposits of minerals, (lead, silver, zinc, and gold)…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 30 May 1900 · page 7

Mr. W. Kershaw of Kershaw and Davies, Castlemaine, Victoria, went over Cope's Creek Dredging Co.'s property on Friday last with the object of marking out site for barge, his…

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Mining in the New England District. Silver Lead Lodes at Bora Creek. a Valuable and Reproductive Deposit. the Extensive Conrad Lode. Iii

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 30 May 1900 · page 4

The silver read lodes and the township of Bora Creek are situated amongst a number of granite hills, the huge flat rocks of which have a strong resemblance…

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