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TO-DAY a number of ladies and gentlemen I was present on the occasion) attended by invitation at the house of Mr. John Mitchell, Newtown, late manager of the Glen Inresttin mine, New England, to witness the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—I concluded my last letter with the consideration of the miner's right and consolidated miner's right, and will continue the examination of the bill in the consecutive order of its clauses. Clause 19,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The settling of the New Year's Races was very satisfactory. About £400 was paid away in prizes, and the committee handed over £20 to the Hospital Building Fund, transferring…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The returns of coal exported from Newcastle in the week ended the 3rd instant, are only from four collieries, and amount to 7236 tons, of which 1677 were shipped to Sydney, 3041 to Melbourne, 4026 to Wallaroo, 826 to New Zealand,…
Continued on Trove, page 51 →PERHAPS the most striking characteristic of tin when operated on by the moist process, is its insolubility in nitric acid; which body at once oxidizes it, and brings it to the condition…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →We understand that a meeting of delegates was held yesterday (6th), at Lambton, and a communication was forwarded to Mr. Merewether, the chairman of the Associated Collieries, asking for a meeting to take place between…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →As mentioned in our telegrams, a general meeting of the coal-miners of the Newcastle district was held at Griffiths' Flat, Waratah, on Friday, for the purpose of considering the course to be pursued in reference to the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →TELEGRAPHIC intelligence has been received to the effect that work has been resumed at the Old Lambton Colliery. The Newcastle Chronicle of Thursday also informs us that Messrs. Morehead and Croudace accept…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A LARGELY attended meeting of the miners of the Hunter River district was held at Hamilton, on 3rd instant, to lake into consideration the present "lock-out" in connection with the question of shortening the hours of labour…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →The legal manager forwards progress report of the West Krohmann Gold-mining company (limited). It runs as follows: —Present depth of shaft, 108 feet. During the past week the contractors have timbered…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →HILL END AND VICINITY.—It is reported that the late crushing for Hickson, Creighton, and Beard, turned out favourably. Nearly 2 oz to the ton have been obtained, and, as 600 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE manager of the Golden Belt, Tambaroora, under date 7th instant, reports:—"Contract satisfactorily completed to day, the shaft being down 132 feet from the brace, and timbered. The bottom is on soft…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thirty tons of first-class copper ore have just been shipped from Wilcannia, per steamer Telegraph to Adelaide, as samples from the Wilcannia, Konynte-Und'e, and Alice Edith mines, situated, about sixty miles…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A VERY dull day in the Share market. A few sales of copper at 43s. for Cobar, 18s. for Cowflat, and 10s. to 10s. 3d. for Normanby. Gold shares very dull. Carroll and Beards changed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LATEST FROM HILL END.—The Observer of Wednesday reports as under:—Starting this morning (Tuesday) on a tour of inspection to Hawkins Hill, we first paid a visit to the Great Extended, where the shaft is down to a depth of…
Continued on Trove, page 51 →BEYERS and Holtermans and Krohmans gold shares were very salable on the 3rd, and prices exhibited a further advance. The former sold at 70s., and the latter at from 55s. to 56s. Rapps…
Continued on Trove, page 50 →SIR,—Having to pass directly through the centre of the rich gold-fields of Little River, while on my way up to the tin-mine of New England, 1 thought 1 would devote a day or two to a personal examination of the many rich…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE Otago Witness of the 21st December last contains the report of a mining conference at Tuapeka. The report points out many incongruities of the mining laws of that colony, and as some material changes are about…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →THE present condition of the greatest producing interest of the colony is most anomalous. Never did the mines, more particularly in the Sandhurst district, look better, never were the…
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