The Bulli Coal Mine and Jetty
An hour's drive from Wollongong through scenery of the most picturesque character, brings the traveller to Bulli. The village consists chiefly of the dwellings of the…
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651 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 33
Mines and Mining. Report of the Commissioners to the Western Gold-fields. the Commissioners to the Western District to the Secretary for Lands. Sydney, 12th December, 1871
SIR,—We do trarselves the honor to report that, in fulfilment of the objects of our commission, we have visited Mudgee and the gold-fields of Gulgong and Tambaroora. We have dlrected such personal observation as it has been in our power…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mining. Gold, and How it is Got. No. VI
ANOTHER plan of raising stuff from a deep shaft is by the employment of a " whip." This is formed of a stout post of a sufficient length to stand about eight feet above the centre of the mouth of the shaft. It is…
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A CORRESPONDENT of the Inverell Courier, of the 13th instant, says :—The principal leaseholders of tin mining country here are a Sydney company, represented on the ground by Captain Holman. The next largest are Bagot…
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WE this week publish in extenso the report from the Commissioners to the Western Gold-fields, appointed by the Secretary for Lands. Their recommendations will be read with interest, particularly by those who…
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A CORRESPONDENT, signing himself "Miner," and writing from Murrumburrah, asks " Can any person holding a miner's right search or dig for gold on land belonging to another, field under the Conditional Purchase Act of…
Continued on Trove, page 1355 →Mining Items
From the daily papers we reprint the following telegrams:— Adelong.—Tuesday.—The yield of the Wynyard Gold Mining Company's clann, for the first…
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GULGONG — The Guardian reports the past week has been a dull one, owing to the continued dry weather, reducing washing operations to the smallest limits, and rendering it advisable…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Gold-fields Commissioners' Report. To the Editor
SIR,—Having perused the report of the gold commission. I beg to offer a few remarks, which I hope will be for the beneilt of my fellow-miners. In the first place I don't think the commissioners got their…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →New Copper Mine, Near Louth, Darling River
A correspondent (T. A. M.) has kindly furnished us with some particulars (too lengthy for insertion in their present form) concerning a very prolific copper mine, which…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Western Gold-Fields. Report of the Commissioners. (Published as a Parliamentary Paper.) the Commissioners to the Western District to the Secretary for Lands. Sydney, 12th December, 1871
SIR,—We do ourselves the honour to report that, in fulfilment of the objects of our commission, we have visited Mudgee and the gold-fields of Gulgong and Tambaroora. We have directed such personal observation as it has been in our power to afford to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1351 →Mining on Private Lands. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail
SIR,—Permit me, through the columns of your valuable journal, to offer a few remarks on a subject which, to a considerable extent, affects the mining community of New South Wales. The subject to which I allude is the unjust…
Continued on Trove, page 1355 →The Gold-fields
GULGONG.—In the Guardian's report of Saturday, it is stated that the past week has been a dull one, owing to the continued dry weather, reducing washing operations to the smallest limits, and rendering it advisable for claimholders…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Report of the Western Gold-fields Commissioners
THE report of the Commissioners to the Western Gold-Fields contains a large amount of information on various matters connected with gold-mining, mingled with suggestions as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Colliery Explosion
A terrible, explosion of gas occurred at the Topton Colliery, on the 21st October, which resulted fatally to two men, while several others are more or less injured. At the inquest, held on the 24th of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Gold-fields
GULGONG.—By the Guardian's latest report it is stated that the usual fortnightly escort left on Thursday morning, conveying 8340 oz. as the yield of this gold-field for that period. The amount is large—more so than was expected…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shocking Colliery Fatality at Dudley
On October 25, a shocking colliery fatality occurred at Lord Dudley's limeston[?]pits, at the foot of the Dudley Castle Hill. Four men and a boy, named H[?]ings, Edwards, Rock, and William and…
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