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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines
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THE STAR says the official figures concerning the output of gold in West Australia during last year should, if dispassionately studied, give pause to the tide of immigration sw[?]ping in ever-increasing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MR. JOHN B. JACQUET, geological surveyor from the Mines Department, has been visiting the Drake district, for the purpose of making an inspection of the old Lunatic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IT would seem as if the gold yield for the year 1895 from the Transvaal will touch about £8,000,000 in value. This does not seem very far short of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →IN the year 1855 a storekeeper named Donald Cameron, carrying on business in what was known as The Woolshed (V.), was elected first member of Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THERE was a large attendance of delegates at the Mining Conference, which continued its deliberations at Sydney last week. The Hon. Sydney Smith, Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE have received the following letter from Mr. Dowling, ami also append the paper therein referred to:—Sydney, February 14th, 1896. Dear Sir,—I…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WITH the object of ascertaining the extent of work already done on the areas of a[?]rifero[?]s beach sand on the northern coast, and also with the object of seeing what could be done to further develop this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE following is from the paper rend by Mr. Septimas Dowling before the Mining Conference held in Sydney on the 5th February, 1896:— Perhaps the best and the last find in the back…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A COR. writes to the Grafton Argus:— One of the latest gold discoveries in the district is that at Bucca Creek, the original prospectors being Messrs. Green…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THERE at last appears a prospect of the great mining industry in this colony receiving practical assistance from the State, which should result in some remarkable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WITH the view of ascertaining the extent of the work carried on on the auriferous sands of the northern coast and also of seeing what could be done…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The series of articles upon the West Australian gold boom which was concluded in our columns last week paints the prospects of the legitimate fortune…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN ingenious geologist has propounded the astonishing theory that the centre of the earth is a mass of molten gold and platinum. He says:— "If you put…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—I am not surprised that correspondents should object to my letters on this subject on the ground that they are not a categorical answer to their communication. What I have…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →AN appalling disaster has occurred in the Brunner coal mine, near Grey mouth, on the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand. About 9.30 last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →AT Maclean Police Court last week a case from M'Aulay's Lead, between Henry Chapman and J. Franklin came on for hearing. Senior-constable Brown…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Scotch miners have fallen on evil times. For weeks past reductions have at one colliery after another been notified been protested against and been accepted by the men, with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A CONFERENCE between the miners and the Northern colliery proprietors was held in Sydney on Wednesday, in a the endeavour to settle the Newcastle trouble. On the question being threshed out in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—As the Premier seems to have succeeded in getting all the coal own[?]rs to agree to meet him and the miners' delegates, it is, I think, worth while in the interests of the general public, who are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AT Maclean Police Court last Thursday, John Franklin and Leonard J. Franklin proceeded against Constable Brown for detaining without just cause 38 ounces…
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