Mining. the Scrubyard Rush
ON Saturday last, Mr. Lamont Young, Government geological surveyor, proceeded to Scrubyard in pursuance of instructions from the Minister for Mines. His report,…
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Mining. Scrubyard Rush
There are now 400 men on the field, and should the weather keep favourable, the next week should be sufficient to give a definite idea of the prospects. Unfortunately,…
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THERE can be no better criterion by which to judge, of the prospects of this new gold-field than the steady increase of miners observable on the ground. At date of last paper there…
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WE have little to report from Scrubyard this week. Several additional claims have bottomed, and on gold; but the time is chiefly occupied at old claims in sinking air-shafts…
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WE are pleased to be able to give a very I satisfactory, report of affairs at Scrubyard or Woodstown to-day. The population is rapidly increasing. Our estimates have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Reported Alluvial Goldfield at Merool Creek. Mr. Warden De Boos reports:—"Wagga Wagga, Nov. 8
"Sir,—Having, in accordance with your instructions, visited the reported alluvial gold-field on the Merool Creek, I have now the honour to report…
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THE country about here and Gundagai appears to be undergoing searching investigation at the hands of prospectors; and if it is ever to be developed in its mineral…
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THE pathetic plea of the fisherwoman in Scott's "Antiquary," that what her customer was chaffering over was not fish, but men's lives, might be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →(From tho London ' Mining Journal,' Sept. 20.)'
The increased application of asbestos for engine packing, gas fires, and variety of other purposes, has led to greater interest being taken in mineral properties which yield it. Even the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Visit to a Salt-mine. (Science for All.)
THE Marston mine at Northwich, to which visitors are readily admitted, is one of the most extensive in the district, and is a highly interesting sight. It…
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