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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
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The manager reports under date August 6: "Main shaft sunk 8ft; 78ft from 282ft plat, 310ft from surface. There is a body of quartz in bottom of shaft 5ft in width, carrying mineral, chiefly on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A home paper says:—"The coal strike at Newcastle, New South Wales, last fall, has proved a blessing in disguise to at least one firm of Clyde sugar importers, who has under charter from Java…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There is nothing very fresh to report in mining from the Black Range reefs. The Albury Company are driving east along lode with the intention of reaching 100ft to stope up and reach…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Sunday.—The New Disraeli Mining Company has been registered, with a capital of £150,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE South Yorkshire coal owners and others have recently issued new price lists advancing the price of all classes of coal. Household fuel, the winter value of which is at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Great excitement exists at Farina over a splendid find of free gold at Nichols' Nob…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE growth of the coal trade of New South Wales has been so great that the output has more than doubled within the last ten years, and during the last twenty years it has…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Manager reports under date August 3: "During the past week the crosscut has been advance 1 5ft; total, 284ft. The country has been hare quartzite, much interlocked and difficult to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE following is the concluding portion of the text of the new Coal Fields Regulation Bill, the first and second parts of which appeared in our issues of Monday and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →AT Manchester on July 3rd, a conference of miners was opened to consider the question of wages and the restriction of the output of coal. In attendance were representatives of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. T. W. Brown, who was engaged to furnish a report on the prospects of the syndicate's property, reported as follows:—"The formation, in which are the principal workings, is an immense…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A CORRESPONDENCE which has taken place between Mr. Bradlaugh and the Durham Miners' Association is published. On receiving an invitation for the annual gala…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The main shaft at the Victoria Cross mine is now about 270ft deep, and sinking is still proceeding. The Barrier Chief mine, near Silverton, which at one time was regarded as a valuable property, has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold-quartz, yielding 4 ounces to the ton, has been discovered at St. Helena Island, 14 miles from Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—I should feel obliged if you would allow me a small space in your journal for the following matter. On the 11th May last the South Waratah miners held a special…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A gentleman who was associated with mining matters in England for many years, and is now occupying an important position in connection with one of the Wollongong…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A large public meeting was held at Broken Hill to-night, to consider the question of erecting local smelters, and a motion was enthusiastically carried that smelters for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FROM the telegram of our Sydney correspondent it will be seen that the second reading of the Coal Mines Regulation Bill has been postponed for a month. While no…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Wednesday Night.—In the House to-night, in reply to a question by Mr. Dibbs, Mr. Sydney Smith. Minister for Mines…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the Central mine, at the 300ft. level, the main crosscut to the west is in about 17ft. and still passing through silicious galena. The body of sulphide ore is about 80ft. to 100ft. in thickness,…
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