The Department of Mines
THE annual report of the Department of Mines of the colony of New South Wales for the year 1886 was presented to Parliament last night. The number of applications to lease Crown lands for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1887
20 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers
The Gold Fever at Cobar
ON Tuesday last a party of local gentlemen paid a visit to the Occidental G.M. Company's claim,which is situated about three miles from Cobar, Amongst the party were Mr. John Hurley, M.P., the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Brown Becomes a Mining Expert
'INDEED then it's no wonder, said Mrs. Brown, 'that the life's worried out of me, which it is all through that Brown having got a gold-mining craze, which is most…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Chiltern Gold Mines. London, Oct. 23
A syndicated prepared to float the Chiltern gold mines in Victoria, on the London market, with a capital of £250,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Gold-mining. London, Oct. 23
A company is being formed, with a capital of over £120,000, to wort the Kilkivan mines in Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mudgee Gold Nugget
THE Government on Friday afternoon took delivery of the great gold nugget recently found at Maitland Bar, in the Mudgee district. It is described by Mr. Wilkinson,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colonial Mining Ventures. London, Oct. 20
Several large colonial mining ventures are ready to be placed on the London market. Experts advise delay, as the mining market is dull at present…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broken Hill Silver Mines. London, Oct. 30
The Broken Hill Silver Mining Co. has been registered with a capital of £350,000 to purchase the right of the proprietary for £315,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold in South Africa. London, Nov. 2
An Australian digger has found gold in South Africa in quantities which promise that the field will be payable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letter Referred to Above. Department of Mines, Sydney, Oct. 21, 1887
Gentlemen,—Referring to your letter of the 27th August last in which you make application for a share in the prospecting Vote to prospect at Coolabah. I have the honor to inform you that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Refusal to Sell Gold to Germany. London, Nov. 14
France has refused to sell gold for export to Germany at any price…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Trip to the Croydon Goldfield
A CORRESPONDENT furnishes us with an interesting narrative of a trip which he made some time ago to the now famous Croydon goldfield in the North of Queensland, where, it…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Telegrams. Gold at Thursday Island. Sydney, Nov. 24
Rich ore has been found at Thursday Island…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Entombed in a Colliery. London, Nov. 28
300 colliers were for some time entombed in a coal mine at Aberdare. Ten were brought to the surface and it is believed that the rest will be rescued alive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold From Kimberley. Sydney, Nov. 28
Mr. Ferney arrived in Sydney on Saturday with two hundredweight of gold specimens from Kimberley rained at £600…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold in Western Australia
THERE is considerable excitement in Perth at the reported discovery of gold 250 miles eastward of Perth. A party started under Mr. H. Anstey, a skilled metallurgist, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold in Wales. London, Dec. 7
Gold has been discovered in North Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kimberley Goldfields. Sydney, Dec. 13
Glowing reports are being received from the Kimberley Goldfields…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold in North Wales. London, Dec. 19
The auriferous ground in North Wales has been proved and it is estimated £2,000,000 worth of gold is in the field…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Southern Coal Company of New South Wales. London, Dec. 22
The shares in the Southern Coal Company of New South Wales have been taken up…
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