Mining Progress Report. Friday, September 6th, 1872
GREAT SOUTHERN G.M. Co., Gundagai.—The work on the dam is progressing favourable; the teams are still bringing the logs for machinery, and the carpenters are…
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Death by Lighting—fearful Coal Mine Accident.—railroad Accident in West Virginia
Four men, on July 5, took refuge at Boston, from a shower in a building on Governor's Island when the lighting struck the building and killed three of them.—The ship…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Progress Report. Friday, September 13th, 1872
GREAT SOUTHERN G.M. Co., Gundagai.—The contractors in the tunnel have got through the hard bar of granite, and the ground is better to work; in the south shaft…
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THE following proclamation with respect to mineral leases appeared in the 'Government Gazette' of the 13th inst.:—"From find after the lst day of October next,…
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Two mining disputes came before the Gold Commissioner, at the Gundagai Court-houso, on Wednesday. In the first Lawlor and party had lodged an objection to a lease being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Progress Report. Friday, September 2Oth, 1872
GREAT SOUTHERN G.M. Co., Gundagai.—The contractors in the tunnel are making good progress, as also are the men in south shaft, which will be down into the dyke in a…
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THE great rise in the price of coal in England, though in a great measure caused by the increased wages obtained by the colliers, also proceeds partly from scarcity of supply…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Progress Report. Friday, October 4th, 1872
GREAT SOUTHERN G.M. Co., Gundagai.—The contractors at the tunnel have made slow progress this neck, on account of the bad blasting ground. The men in the south shaft…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Mining Mania. (From the Hill End Times.)
THE mining mania seems to have infected all classes in Sydney. In numbers of shop windows are to be seen bags of tin sand—looking like…
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THE following extract from 'Roughing It,' by Mark Twain, contains a lively representation of the condition of a district under the influence of a speculative mining mania:—…
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THE following extract from Roughing It, by Hark Twain, contains a lively representation of the condition of a district under the influence of a speculative mining mania:—…
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CROWN OF OLD REEF G.M. Co, Adelong.—Two breakings down of the reef have been made since I last reported, gold being very fairly distributed in the solid stone, indicating…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Progress Report. Friday, October 25th, 1872
Great Southern G.M. Co., Gundagai.—Men in south shaft are making good progress and will strike tho dyke in a few days, when stone will be raised. The works in the tunnel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Progress Report. Friday, November 8th, 1872
GREAT SOUTHERN G.M. CO., Gundagai.—The men in the south shaft struck the dyke in the south east comer of the shaft; the stone being raised is showing good gold, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Progress Report. Friday. November 15tb. 1872
GREAT SOUTHERN G.M. CO., Gundngai.—The contractors at south shaft are still raising good stone from the dyke, and have been engaged the last two days Blubbing and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Progress Report. Friday, November 29th, 1872
Great Southern G.M. Co., Gundagai.—The men in the south shaft are progressing satisfactorily, and are still raising good stone; to soon as the dyke is sunk through opening…
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THE Government bill for making better provision for the regulation of mining has been laid before the Assembly. The preliminary portion of the measure embraces a full…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Progress Report. Friday, December 13TH, 1872
GREAT SOUTHERN G.M. Co., Gundagai.— The men in the south shaft are still sinking in the dyke; some splendid prospects were got with the dish, and gold is visible in nearly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Melbourne. Gold-brough's Monthly Circular. Melbourne, Dec. 5, 1872
Wool.—The auction sales have been held regularly during the month, and 30,123 bales have been submitted to public competition, of which about 20,000 bales have been sold. There has not been any…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Daring Robbery at a Mining Claim by Its Own Employes
A most daring robbery of amalgam from the Great Britain Quartz-crushing, Mining, and Drainage Company's claim was committed on Saturday night, but fortunately,…
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