Antimony Mine
AN antimony mine has recently been opened by Mr. W. Wilkins and some others, on some land leased from Mr. Anthony Tindale, situated near Carwell,…
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Mining & the mines, 1881
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Wallsend Colliery
HAVING visited the Wallsend Colliery the other day, for the first time, since the opening of their outside works, situate midway between Dark…
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TOWNSVILLE (Q.), Saturday.—Rich silver mines have been opened at the Staa River, near Townsville. Some of the ore assayed 800 ounces of silver to the ton. Over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Grafton Gold Reefs
A FRESH reef (says the C. and R. Examiner) has been discovered between the Lady Matilda line and the Dargue, and a number of leases pegged out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LOCAL & GENERAL. Mining Accident
A MINER named Joseph Cameron, met with a serious accident through a fall of coal at the Greta B pit on Wednesday last. We have not learned how…
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WE are very glad to be able to state that the litigation which has been so long pending between the Messrs. J. and A. Brown and the Messrs. Dibbs has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Circular to the Colliery Proprietors of Newcastle
THE following is the text of the circular lately sent to each of the colliery proprietors by order of the delegates of the Hunter River Miners' Mutual Protective…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LOCAL & GENERAL. The Barrington Gold Escort
ON Saturday night the gold escort from the Barrington diggings was despatched from Newcastle to Sydney by the steamer Maitland. The amount…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Accidents in Victoria
THE number of human lives which are sacrificed in the mines every year in Victoria, and the absence there—to a large extent, at all events—of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Late Accident at Greta Colliery
THE unfortunate man Joseph Camwell, who was so severely injured on Wednesday, the 24th ult., by a large piece of coal falling on to him whilst working in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal-Bearing Crown Lands
MR. FLETCHER had a very important motion on the paper of the Assembly for Tuesday (says the E. News of the 30th ult.) on the subject of leasing coal-bearing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Mining Accident
A FATAL accident occurred on Saturday afternoon, at Mr. G. Kidd's sluicing claim, Watson's Hill (says the Ballarat Courier) to Mr. Thomas Hele,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Glebe Miners
THE usual monthly meeting of the above miners was held in the Protestant Hall, on Monday evening last, Mr. G. Gregory in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting was…
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MR. FLETCHER M.P., has again placed on the paper his motion relative to mining leases, which he withdrew to make room for the want of confidence discussion last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Borehole Miners
THE usual monthly meeting of the above miners was held in Mr. J. Williams' Assembly Rooms (Miners' Exchange), on Saturday night last, September 10, 1881;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence Borehole Miners. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate)
SIR,—Will you allow me a small space in your paper to ask a question, which I hope some of your correspondents will answer. Where is the vacillating spirit…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Mining Accident
A FRIGHTFUL accident has happened in No. 1 South Phœnix mine. Two men—James Curten and O'Grady—went to work in the face of the western crosscut, where…
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SIR HENRY PARKERS, in the Assembly on Tuesday night (in reply to Mr. Fletcher, who asked for the names of all persons who have applied for the right to mine for coal,…
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WE take the following from a work on "The Coal Trade," published by Mr. F. E. Saward, New York:—"In Sweden the tot output of coal is not over 90,000 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Delegate Meeting
MINUTES of a special delegate meeting, held at Lambton, on Monday, Sept. 19th. Lodges represented—Borehole, Wallsend, Lambton, Glebe, Back Creek, New…
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