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An explosion has occurred a the Featherstone Main Colliery, near Pontefract, by which the underground night steward and two boys, lost their lives. Soon after midnight William Phcnox, aged about forty years, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE following is a portion of the report for 1872 furnished by Mr. Clarke, the commissioner for the Southern Gold-fields; to the Secretary for Lands:— "The marked prosperity that has attended the gold…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Cornwall Copper mines near Cowra, will shortly commence operations. Arrangements have been made to work the same by tribute.—Carcoar Chronicle, 15th…
Continued on Trove, page 244 →THE nearest to the township is the "All Nations," situated about half-a-mile from Bingera, on a low slaty ridge; to the eastward is a gully known as the buryingground gully, from which first-class gold has been…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →THE Government Gazette published yesterday contains notices proclaiming the following gold-fields:— County of Vernon; including the south-western…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An extract from the report of the mining manager of the Nundle Gold Sluicing Company (limited) runs to the effect that the ground they are now working at is paying handsomely, and as soon as the tail races are cut…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A telegram from Port Darwin via Adelaide, appears in the Melbourne papers of the 11th instant. A telegram received from Port Darwin, dated Saturday last, reports that a German, who had been engaged as a digger in…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A PANIC, on a small scale occurred amongst the share jobbers to-day, and Hill End shares were knocked about in an extraordinary manner. We heard of one case of a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The strike of the miners in Wales is coming to an end. 400 of the men will resume work to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 242 →The price of coal has advanced in several of the manufacturing districts. Yesterday, the question was discussed in the journals. An appeal has been made to the Government, but…
Continued on Trove, page 242 →The colliery strike continues. House coal is 50s. The introduction of Chinese labour is threatened…
Continued on Trove, page 241 →The exports from the United Kingdom for the month ending the 31st January, 1873, show an increase of four millions sterling, owing principally to the increased value of coal and iron…
Continued on Trove, page 241 →We were shown this morning copper ore, at the offices of Messrs. C. Bate and Co., George-street. The sample is from the Stanwell Copper Mine. Rockhampton, and was taken from two shafts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NOTWITHSTANDING the shook given by Solferino crushings to Sydney investors, some transactions in shares have been made here. The Star of Hope prospecting claim changed hands a few days past at £200 per share…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →BOROUGH COUNCIL.—The council met again on Friday and Tuesday last, when the late Mayor (Mr. Hugh Taylor, M.L.A.) and Mr. C. J. Byrnes, were again proposed as Mayor for 1873 and 4; and the votes being again eqlul the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →This was an action of trespass, brought by Mr. Charles Bacon and James Laird against Louis Rebora, Stephen Bodesta, Achquilinis Foliani, Carlo Solari, and Glachomio Gallini. The alleged tre[?]pass was…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The news from the gold-fields is encouraging, but very little progress seems to be made in developing the copper and tin mines, many thousand acres of which have been taken up on lease. The most striking events…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SINCE our last monthly summary public attention here has been principally directed to the rich claims of Hawkins Hill. The shares in Krohmann's, Beyers and Holtermana's, Carroll and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The strike of the Newcastle colliers has been brought to a conclusion, after having lasted for something like a month. As we explained in our last summary, the custom has been to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →We were shown on Saturday morning some fine speci mens of copper ore, at the offices of Messrs. C. Bate & Co., George-street. The sample is from the Stanwell Copper Mine, Rockhampton, and was taken from two shafts,…
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