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HAVING briefly recorded the fact that a fire had broken out in the coal mine at Anvil Creek, belonging to Mr. William Fathing, and that the No. 2 engine of the West Maitland Volunteer Fire Brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IN the course of Monday evening the first news of the fire reached West Maitland. The smoke and flames from the air-shift had been noticed by passengers in the afternoon train from Muswellbrook, but they were, of course, unaware…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →TAMBAROORA.—The correspondent of the Bathurst Times writing on the 25th ultimo, says:—Since my last we have had a pretty considerable fall of rain, consequently something of a "damper" has prevailed in mining affairs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—At a time when hundreds of people from the Western and Southern gold-fields, and even from distant Victoria, [?]ock weekly overland to these great diggings, it is rather inconceivable that the post town…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SOME very exciting rumours respecting an alleged gold discovery in New Caledonia have been circulated in Sydney during the week. As is usual [?] such cases, there appears to be some little truth at the bottom,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AS I believe the minds of the speculative and commercial community of Sydney are at present directed partly towards the devalopment of the mineral wealth and resources of the country of which it is the capital,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →HAVING briefly recorded the fact that a fire had broken out in the coal mine at Anvil Creek, belonging to Mr. William Farthing, and that the No. 2 engine of the West Maitland Volunteer Fire Brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →As I believe the minds of the speculative and commercial community of Sydney are at present directed partly towards the development of the mineral wealth and resources of the country of which it is the capital,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →IN commencing the new series of the Mail, it may not be out of place to mention, that our arrangements under the present head, have been so far extended, as in a short time to make this branch…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SIR,—I observed in your paper a few days since some remarks respecting the Gold-Fields Commission which compel me to say a few words in reply, lost it may be assumed by your readers that I was one of the members…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →We are somewhat in doubt to which. "field" we should first draw attention. Various new rushes are announced, and some of the quartz reefs in the Southern and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Gold Prospecting Association at Wagga Wagga are going on steadily with their work at Kyamba Creek, and from all accounts (says the Advertiser) there is little doubt that their endeavours will meet with success…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →SOME very exciting rumours respecting an alleged gold discovery in New Caledonia have been circulated in Sydney during the week. As is usual in such cases, there appears to he some little truth at the bottom,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ARALUEN.âThe report from Araluen, dated Wednesday, in the Braidwood Monitor, states that:âThe leakag[?] in all the claims is now worse than ever, in some instances the engines, although large and of many horse-power, driving…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GULGONG.—The Guardian of Saturday says:—Again we must repeat that we have no authenticated news of any new discoveries, though romour with its busy tongue has reported several new leads during…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →EMU CREEK.—The latest report from the Mining Record is appended. In passing along the various leads that surround Grenfell, and witnessing the work that is boing don[?], every one must feel an impression that the Grenfell…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE inquiry into the circumstances attending the recent fire at the Anvil Creek Coal Mine, was resumed on Wednesday morning, at Mr. Drinan's Morning Star Inn, Branxton, before the District Coroner (Mr. T. W. Pearse),…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Moniteur of the 22nd February contains a report by M. Hersen, lieutenant of the artillery, concerning the newly discovered [?]uriferous lands in New Caledonia. The first mentioned gold-field is that of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SUPPOSE we adopt Principal Dawson's assumption, that one foot of coal represents fifty generations of coal plants; and further, make the moderate supposition that each generation of coal plants took ten years…
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