Gleanings. the Uses of Coal Tar
The following is an extract from the journal of Gas Lighting, 31st October, 1865:—A letter from Mr. F. S. Evans, the engineer of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining & the mines, 1866
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Another Gold Discovery
INFORMATION has been conveyed to us of the discovery of what may yet prove another source of wealth to the Gundagai district. Gold has been discovered in the immediate vicinity of South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Improvements in the Process of Extracting Gold From Its Ore
THE very simple metallurgy of gold is no doubt already well known to most of our readers. It consists either in mechanically picking up such pieces of the kind of metals as are large enough to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Abolition of the Gold Commission
IT is now very generally known that the Gold Commissioners are, with some four or five exceptions, to be absolutely dismissed from the public service. The Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Emu Creek Gold Field
IN our issue of last week we designated this newly-opened up place as the "Emu Creek Rush;" and, although it still has all the characteristics of a rush, it may now class not only as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Weddin Gold Field
SINCE our last issue, Emu Creek diggings have altered very little in feature. Additional shafts have bottomed satisfactorily, but the distance from water precludes anything like an exact…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →