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688 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 35
SRALVEN.— The correspondent of the Braidwood Dispatch of Saturday Writes:— The men during the week have all been busily employed setting out the different engines that were buried. The following have been secured:— Mr. T…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—I do myself the honour, for the information of the Honorable the Secretary for Lands, to submit my annual report for the year 1869 upon the condition and prospects of the gold-field in the Western district…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir.—I have the honour to submit, for the information of the Hon. the Secretary for Lands, a report on the Gold-fields in the Southern district, for the year 1869. During that period there has not been any discovery of such…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—In the records of this office there does not appear to have been aby copy kept of the conditions and prospects of the Northern Gold-fields; this must be my excuse for not forwarding such report at an earlier date…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →I DEBARTED five months whether it was worth while to go deeply into the alluvial mining of this district. It is evidently of an evanescent character but still, remembering the angry countenances of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →We take the following report of the leasing of the Currawong Copper Mines from the Goulburn Herald:— We understand that this mine has been leased for £600 a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →IN some of the mining districts the recent rains have done considerable damage, but generally speaking much activity is now manifested in mining pursuits. A new rush took place to Forbes, from…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →MUDGEE MINES.—More diamonds were brought in on Monday from Two Mile Flat. One weighed over 2½ carats; another weighed 1¾. Eight hundred small diamonds were sold to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →FROM the Braidwood Dispatch of last week we take the following report upon the mining business in that district:— The late floods have set the ground sluicers to work in all…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →ON the 11th February, an explosion of gunpowder used for sinking occurred at the Morfa Colliery, near Neath, whereby twenty three men were killed. Thirty other persons were injured, and four of them so severely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—From the interest you have at all times evinced in the development of the great mineral resources of this colony, and as a faithful reporter of both the theoretical and practical operations going on in our…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →OBLEN.—The correspondent of the Western Examiner writes on the 18th instant:—"I hear a certain party is going to put, an engine on the Gunner's Dam Reef, as there is plenty of water now, and a large quantity of stone…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE thirteenth half-yearly meeting of this company took place at noon, yesterdny. The advertisement convening the meeting and the report and balance sheet were read, and the following report unanimously adopted on the motion of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"They're off! They're off!" assails the ear, and o'cr the turf they go, Like feathered shufts that swifty fly, shot from a good yew bow;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ANOTHER mining catastrophic has taken place in Wales. On Monday morning an explosion, caused by gunpowder, in a pit at the Morfa Colliery, belonging to Messrs Vivian and Sons, took place…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →" They're off! They're off!" assails the car, and o'cr the turf they go, Like feathered shafts that swiftly fly, shot from a good yew bow;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →EMU C[?].—The Mining Record states there is every indication that the winter season has fairly commenced, for it has been raining almost incessantly for the past two weeks. During the last few days it has been pouring…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ANOTHER mining catastrophe has taken place in Wales. On Monday morning an explosion, caused by gunpowder, in a pit at the Morfa Colliory, belonging to Messrs. Vivian and Sons, took place…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE half-yearly meeting of the above campany was held to-day, in the Chamber of Commerce, and the following report adopted:— "The direetors regret to state that no satisfactory result has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BEFORE entering upon the reefing subject, I will jot down a few figures upon the alluvial leads:- The "Two-mile" and the "Milkman's" together are 390 yards long, comprising ninety-five frontage…
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