Mining Intelligence
THE JUNEE REEFS. âMessrs. George Nicholls and Houghton's three acre lease claim, the Cambrian, on the Homeward Bound Reef, crashed its first stoneâsix tons at Kirkpatrick's…
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Liquid Fuel As a Substitute for Coal
The experiments made from time to time to prove the practicability and expediency of employing mineral oils as a substitute for coal have been followed by the adoption in many cases of the former material instead of the latter for…
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ARALUEN.âThe correspondent of the Braidwood Dispatch writes:â"I have but little alteration to record in mining news this week. Nearly all the claims are once more washing, some with good returns, while others are scarcely…
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TUENA.—The correspondent of the Goulburn Herald writes:—Though last we are not least in the estimation of reefers, as the result of last Saturday proves. The yield of the 12 cwt. of stone crushed from the reef at Trunkey…
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A MEETING of the proprietors of [?] and [?] mines, and other gentlemen interested in the mining business of the district, was held in the schoolroom at Mr. Higgins's Main Camp, Lithgow, on last Saturday afternoon,…
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Sir,—The object of the attachment to my party of a number of prospectors (to whom the Government, at my request, supplied rations, tools, &c.), having now been…
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TRUNKEY CREEK.—The Bathurst Times says the quartz reefs recently discovered at Trunkey Creek still cause a great deal of excitement. The reef or reefs have now been discovered for a distance of two miles, and ordinary claims…
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A MEETING of the proprietors of kerosene shale and coal mines, and other gentlemen interested in the mining business of the district, was held in the schoolroom at Mr. Higgins's Main Camp, Lithgow, on last Saturday afternoon,…
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THE following letter was received yesterday by the Government in regard to the recent gold discovery at Trunkey Creek, of which several notices have appeared in this journal. The letter addressed to Captain M'Lerie by Mr…
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An official confirmation of the rumours that have recently been in circulation with regard to the alleged discovery of rich gold deposits at Trunkey Creek, in the Western gold-fields district, was received by Cap…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Gazette. a Correspondent of the Goulburn Herald, writing from Tuena on the 23rd June, says:—
Though last we are not least in the oslimation of refers, as the results of last Saturday proves. The yield of the 12 cwt. of stone crushed from the reef at Trunkey set our miners on the [?], and on the day referred to…
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NOGO.—The Moruya Teole[?]aph states—Our latest advices from the Mego gold field are very satisfactory. We are informed that several parties have had quiet a run of luck lately, and that all are doing pretty well…
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M'INTYRE FLAT.—The Armidale Express says:—"Mr. James Starr, sen., favours us with the following information from M'Intyre Flat:—'Monday, June 28. My prospecting party bottomed one hole, and got four grains from…
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It would be a fortunate coincidence if, now that there is a fair prospect of the railway to Bathurst being completed in a couple of years, there should be a renewed development of…
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TRUNKEY CREEK.—The correspondent of the Bathurst Times writes:—Another reef was discovered on the 1st instant, at Pine Ridge, on the Pinnacle, by a shepherd in the employ of Mr. T. A. Smith, a stone from which may…
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WATTLE FLAT.—The Bathurst limes correspondent says:—There has been a great rush near Wattle Flat, within the past fortnight. The Bathurst papers do not seem to have had…
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The Braidwood Dispatch of Saturday last has the following remarks with reference to the reefs at Mongarlowe, or Little River:— Some very rich surface stone has been found, we…
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THE following letter was received an 2nd instant by the Government in regard to the recent gold discovery at Trunkey Greek, of which several notices have appeared in this journal. The letter addressed to Captain M' Lerie by Mr…
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