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NEWS from the Scrub, on Bolivia Run, states that in the prospecting claim, Percy and party, three shares have been sold for £60, and that 1 lb. of tin is obtained to the dish at a depth of 3 feet from the surface. The shares sold in this…
Continued on Trove, page 619 →ON Tuesday evening last a meeting, convened by Mr. J. H. Young, was held at Phillip's Hotel, Port Macquarie, for the purpose of taking steps to form a company, with the object of organising a party to prospect and thoroughly test…
Continued on Trove, page 619 →THE ventilation of a mine in an efficient manner is a far more difficult matter than many persons suspect, and consequently any now method of accomplishing the wished-for result, if oven in only a partial manner, is…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →THE excitement which we noted in our last summary as prevailing in mining matters has continued almost up to the present time; and we are certain that never before in this colony was such an interest taken in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →As a general rule, old diggers, who form the great bulk of the miners in these colonies, know very little respecting even the commonest methods of mining for copper, tin, &c., and, unfortunately, they are almost as little…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →GULGONG.—The Argus reports:—There is a more buoyant feeling exhibited in mining matters during the week, which promises to be permanent, and will assuredly be so if rain falls…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pursuant to an advertisement, a meeting was held on last Thursday evening, at Johnston's Family Hotel, South Head Road, for the purpose of forming a prospecting company. It was decided to form a…
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Continued on Trove, page 4 →We take the following from the Tambaroora Times of Saturday last:— We understand that Beard and Tallentine's claim is about being formed into a company. This claim is on…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A MEETING of shareholders of Paxton's Gold Mining Company, Hill End, took place at the Exchange on 10th instant, to arrange preliminaries connected with the formation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 617 →THE dulness of the last few days was considerably increased to-day. Hardly any gold shares changed hands, no[?] was there much inquiry until late in the day, when some reports…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →At [?]meeting of Hickson, Creighton, and Beard's Amalgamated Gold-mining Company held on Friday last, at the Exchange, the following five gentleman were appointed directors, namely, Mr. E. Coobs, Mr. Alfred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Tuesday evening, the 7th instnnt, a public meeting was held at Phillips's Hotel, Port Macquarie, for the purpose of forming a prospecting company to test and develope the richness of the copper lode known, to exist near Nobby's,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A TRIP to the Western Gold-fields is easily made now[?] a-days. One may leave Sydney at 5 o'clock in the evening and reach Mudgee at 10 o'clock in the of the next day, without having suffered any fatigue or…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →MR. E. N. EMMETT reports; The share list of the Rawsthorne Company, Hill End, closed on Saturday, at 12 o'clock, the deed of settlement is in course of preparation, and the scrip will be ready for issue in a few…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE demand for shares to-day was very light, and although reports were in circulation that richer stone had been struck both in Krohman's and Beyers and Holtermann's claims, the news…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The All Nations.-In consequence of the good news from this claim, which was received in town from Tambaroora this morning, the share list was closed early this morning. During the day a ve[?] large number of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Tuesday evening, the 7th instant, a public meeting was held at Phillips's Hotel, Port Macquarie, for the purpose of forming a prospecting company to test and develope the rich[?]ss of the copper lode known to exist near Nobby's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—In your mining column of 13th instant appears a report from the mining manager of the Ph[?]nix G. M. Co., Young. Such report has no foundation in fact, and has been ineerted without my "sanetion or knowledge."…
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