Tasmania. Hobart, Thursday. Gold Finds
Yesterday a party brought in 130oz nuggetty gold of fine quality from King River, twelve miles from Zeehan. A similar quantity and several lesser parcels came is…
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Mining & the mines, 1891
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New Goldfield. Prospecting Party. PERTH
A THOROUGHLY equipped party of sixteen prospectors left Geraldton, yesterday, for the Murchison. Their intention is to thoroughly prospect the Cruickshank's country and that…
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INTELLIGENCE has been received from Ingham of sensational discoveries at Running River Co.'s property, Kangaroo Hills. A large quantity of malleable copper is exposed,…
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Weekly progress report:—Main shaft sunk 2ft; commenced crosscut east; water increased in shaft; west crosscut, 425ft level, advanced 12ft; south drive advanced 14ft;…
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Manager's report, 4th July:—Dyke shaft now 103ft, and No. 2 shaft 174ft, quality of the ore in both of these unaltered. Crosscut north from No. 2 shaft now 164ft in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Meeting. Glebe
THE Glebe miners held their usual monthly meeting on Monday evening last in Simpson's Hall; Mr. James Rice in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Risks. Fatality at New Lambton
A MINER named John Ellwood met his death under terrible circumstances at the New Lambton Pit, about half-past 10 o'clock yesterday morning. He was working on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reported Outrage. Five Miners Massacred. BRISBANE
A REPORT has been received from Yalaroo Station, Cloncurry, that five whites, believed to be miners returning from the new goldfield, Tip-top, were attacked by Myalls and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fatality in the New Lambton Colliery. Inquest and Verdict
AN inquest was held in the Royal Crown Hotel, Adamstown, yesterday morning, touching the death of John Ellwood, who was killed in the New…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill
At the South Mine everything is looking exceedingly well, and the opening up of the property is progressing vigorously. The main shaft is down 546ft, and plate is being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Leigh's Creek Coal Co. Manager and Miners from Newcastle. ADELAIDE
THE directors of the Leigh's Creek Coalmine have engaged a manager from New castle, who will arrive shortly with fire coalminers from same place. The company is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Miners' Association. Quarterly Meeting of the Delegates
THE quarterly meeting of the delegates from the various miners' lodges in the district was held in the Rouse Hotel yesterday. Mr. James Thomson, the president, occupied the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ediacra Consol Mine. Adelaide
THE Adelaide Advertiser mining reporter, who has spent three days at the Ediacra Consol silver-mine, reports favourably of the assays made of the stone from the different…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Wallsend. Coal Trade
THE continued depression in the coal trade, more particularly with regard to the Wallsend and Co-operative Collieries, is causing a corresponding depression in business…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dangerous Competitor. Gippsland Coal. MELBOURNE
THE Government Geologist last night, lecturing on the coal-beds of the colony, said that within a small area in Gippsland there was at least 40,000,000 tons of coal, equal to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Miners' Association. The Delegate Board Meeting
AT a meeting of the delegate board of the Miners' Association, held in the Rouse Hotel on Thursday, it was decided by a small majority to receive the resignation of Mr…
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The large lode which was discovered some days ago in Brisbane Blocks appears to be improving as sunk upon in the costean, and last assays taken from it have given over…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Threatening Competitor. Coal of Victoria
MR. JAMES STIRLING, Government geologist, lectured on the subject of Victorian coal resources recently, at the Athenæum Hall, before a large…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Stockton Colliery. Creep in the Workings
CONSIDERABLE excitement was caused in the city yesterday, by a rumour to the effect that part of the workings in the Stockton Colliery had fallen in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Proprietary Mine. Fall in Shares. ADELAIDE
A sudden fall in the shares of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company to £9 16s, this afternoon, caused a sensation on 'Change, and among shareholders of the big mine…
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