Colliery Disasters
A colliery accident has occurred at the Waterloo Pit, belonging to the Plaskynaston Colliery Company. Eight men were being drawn up by a carrier over an upcast, when the carrier came in contact…
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The Nova Scotia Gold-fields. Their History, Extent, Developmemt and Prospects
The great extent in Nova Scotia of metamorphic strata—sedimentary rocks which Lave undergone important changes through heat—has for many years engaged the studies of local geologists. The result…
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The great oxtent in Nova Scotia of metamorphic strata—sedimentary rocks which have undergone important changes through heat—has for many years engaged the studies of local geologists. The result…
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TAMBAROORA.—The correspondent of the Bathurst Free Press writes Plenty of gold being obtained here makes everything look lively, and I question if any place in New South Wales, at the present time, is as prosperous…
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WE have given elsewhere the more impartent figures embodied in the returns which have recently been prepared by the Sydney Mint. These figures have there been quoted is order to show their effect upon our monetary and…
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A gentlman who has recently paid a visit to the Carcoar district has favoured us with the following account of the operations going on at the Belubula:—…
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OPAL or Chalcedony Reef, eight miles up the Tumut River, on the left bank ascending it, by no means easy to find without a guide, is Mr. J. Hargrave's twenty-acrelease, " Mt. Opal," taken up on a…
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The intelligence from Burrangong is unimportant. The last escort, however, brought 437 ozs 13 dwts 6 grs of gold to the Sydney Mint. There is not much being done in the way of buying…
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THE correspondent of the Braidwood Dispatch of Saturday last, writing from Major's Creek, reports:— The prospects, of these reefs are still looking up and…
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This lode was discovered about three years ago, and lies E.N.E. twelve miles from Tumut. The lode is from one to two feet wide, and can be traced through the country for fifteen miles. I examined it in the…
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MR. Kitto, M.L.A., on Thursday introduced to Mr. Longmore, the Minister of Railways, Mr. G. S. Lang and Mr. Manuel, representing proprietors of coal lands in New South Wales, with the object of getting the carrage of…
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Sir,—From my reading of your really first-class journal I am lod to believe you must know something about everything. Hence I am led to ask "Can you give a receipt for catching a mining surveyor? I infer their…
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New York, January 1.—A special to the World from Plymouth, Pennsylvania, says there was nearly a repetition of the Avondale affair yesterday morning. The breaker of the Nottingham mine, in…
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New York, January 1.—A special to the World from Plymouth, Pennsylvania, says there was nearly a repetition of the Avondale affair yesterday morning. The breaker of the Nottingham mine, in…
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This lode was discovered about three years ago, and lies E.N.E. twelve miles from Tumut. The lode is from ono to two feet wide, and can be traced through the country for fifteen miles. I examined it in the…
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SIR,—In the concluding paragraph of your article in the Herald of 21st instant on the new mining regulations your say:— "Taken as a whole, the tendency of what is new in these regulations must be considered as adverse rather than…
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ARALUEN.âA. correspondent of the Braidwood Dispatch writes:âMining intelligence is rather slack this week; there have been no new finds of any rich spechnous. Most of the claims maintain a steady yield of the precious metal…
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SIR,—The sooner a Commission is appointed to take evidence and report, for the guidence of Parliament, upon the requirements necessary to frame a new Act of Parliament for the gold-fields the better; indeed; every day…
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The mining surveyors of the Gippsland mining district have reported to the Victorian Government the discovery of lead and silver ore in the country around Buchan, about 50 miles from B[?]irnsdale. It is stated…
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