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THE chemistry of Kroncke's method of amalgamating silver ores has been investigated by Louis Eich, says the Mining Journal. On treating the finely-ground red ore with a hot solution of chloride of copper and…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →HYDRAULIC sluicing (fig. 7) is carried on in California, but at present we have in New South Wales no means at our disposal for such a system of work, and it is to be feared that it will be very long before…
Continued on Trove, page 1193 →SIR,—In your travelling reporter's account of our gold-field in your issue of the 4th instant, he appears to have been misinformed. Will you kindly allow me space in your journal to set hin. right. It is well-known that the late Mr. Richard…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE GOVERNMENT COMMISSION.—On Monday, the 6th, the members of the Government Commission appointed to inquire into the character, wants, &c., of the gold-field, arrived at Gulgong. During the day…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The fortnightly escort left as usual, says the Guardian, on Thursday morning, conveying 5938 ozs., which is above the average, about one thousand ounces being a few hours too late for the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE increasing prosperity of our gold-fields has been specially noticed in the speech of his Excellency the Governor in opening the Parliament on Tuesday last. This would The yield of our gold-fields, as shown by the escort returns, continues very satisfactory. The receipts for the month ending…
Continued on Trove, page 1193 →OBAN.—After describing what came under observation on a recent visit to these diggings, the Armidale Express says: Of course gold is not talked of so much at Oban now as is tin. So much is this the case that we were looked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Araluen correspondent of the Braidwood Monitor says:—The claims, I understand, all turned out very poor last week, Horbert and Co. being the only party that paid their men. Thero is, however,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GULGONG.—The past week, according to the Guardian of the 18th instant, has been rather a dull one in mining circles, attributable to many causes, not the least of which is the apparently endless litigation that is rampant on every…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON the southern, outskirts of Gross Valley, California, is a well-worked and prosperous quariz-mine, which has a story of its own too torching and characteristic to be dropped out of this narrative…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The past week at Gulgong has been a rather dull one in mining circles, attributable to many causes, not the least of which, says the local paper, is the apparently endless litigation that is rampant on every lend…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At Burrowa, the recent rains have been of inestimable service to the farming community, and caused the grassy plains in our vicinity to assume a brighter and more cheering aspect…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GLOWING accounts from gold-fields naturally take precedence, and often divert public attention from mining operations of a less pretentious character, though yielding safe and profitable returns…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →THE Commissioners recently appointed by the Secretary for Lands have visited Tambaroora, where they been to have been well received, but where they have apparently got over their work in a very brief space…
Continued on Trove, page 1230 →THE tin mines in the North (says the Armidale Telegraph of Saturday) continue to attract the attention of the public. Messrs. Cleghorn and Jackes have gone on a tour of inspection to Oban and Inverell. On Thursday, a…
Continued on Trove, page 1231 →SIR,—In your issue of the 18th Instant appears a letter from some person who signs himself "Veritas." Some of his remarks I flatly contradict. In writing about the "Primitive Workings," instead of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WE learn from the Armidale Telegraph of the 18th inst., that the tin mines at Oban continue to attract the attention of the public. Messrs. Cleghorn and Jackes have gone on a tour of inspection to Oban and…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The past week at Gulgong has been a rather dull one in mining circles, attributable to many causes, not the least of whick, says the local paper, is the apparently endless litigation that is rampant on every lead…
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