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SIR,—The inhabitants of Illawarra are under a great obligation to Mr. James Manning, for he alone, of all your correspondents, appears to have a full and comprehensive view, and adequate conception, of what is requisite to make…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hickson, Creighton, and Beard hare had another fortnightly crashing. One hundred and seventy tons stone yielded 340 oz. gold. The total yield to date is 1840 oz. The Homeward Bound (Green Valley) has given 3oz 13dwt per ton from a trial crashing of 4 tons 16 owts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The mining manager of Prowse and Woodward's G. M. Company roports as follows for week ending 30th August:—The main shaft has been sunk an additional 4 feet since last report, making a total depth of 303 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GOLD shares were very flat to-day, and sales confined to Krobmans at 14s. 6d., and Rapps at 3s. 3d. to 3s. 6d. Copper unaltered—Peak Downs sold at 12s. and offered, buyers of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Hill End correspondent writes:— "Mathewson's crushing of 78tons which yielded 382 ounces is very satisfactory, as giving a stimulant to the claims situate to the north. The cross course known to traverse…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir Charles G. Duffy replies to Mr. O'Shanassy's denunciations by taxing him with having become the leader in the Council by renouncing all opinion previously held in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BUSHMAN'S.—It is reported by the correspondent of the Forbes Times of Saturday that, a short time since, about 60 tons of stone were crushed from No. 1 South Dayspring, which yielded over 2 oz, to the ton. The party are still…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Hill End correspondent writes:- "Mathewson's crushing of 78 tons which yielded 382 ounces is very satisfactory, as giving a stimulant to the claims situate to the north. The cross course known to traven…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THOSE of the Stock and Share brokers who confine their business to mining shares will, not lose much by the races interfering with business during the remainder of the week…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →I HAVE just returned from a visit to the mines in the Cobar district, and am able to report, from personal observation, the position and prospects of our mineral properties…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Morning after morning I see in your columns letters about our coal and coal ports. Why not let private or public enter into what they may? Some whose names I notice seem to advocate their own particular interest. I see by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Messrs. Church, Joseph Graham, O'Connor, and Arthur Alfred O'Connor, addressed the electors last night. There were about 2000 persons present, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →YESTERDAY morning, a number of gentlemen interested in the development of the coal mines of the colony proceeded by special train to Bowenfels, for the purpose of inspecting the mine of the Bowenfels…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CONSIDERING the vast volume of gas" generated in Melbourne, Mr. PUNCH condoles with Victoria, according to Mr. Mackenzie's report, in not being richer in the raw material…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A public meeting of the miners of Hill End was held last Saturday afternoon, when the following resolutions were passed:—"That this meeting regards the reduction of wages on the Hill below the minimum rates,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN accordance with the resolution passed by the Brokers' Board yesterday, there were no transactions in shares reported to-day. A progress report was adopted at the half-yearly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE directors have to submit the following half-yearly report:— Difficulties connected with the smelting of the ores have caused a much greater delay in the getting of copper than was anticipated at the last meeting. Three smelters of reputed experience…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →HILL END AND VICINITY.—The Observer of Saturday reports no crushing of any moment since Wednesday. Pollen and Rawsthorne's are reducing a parcel from Mathewson's, from which a fair return is anticipated…
Continued on Trove, page 310 →So many tricks and schemes are being resorted to by unscrupulous persons in connection with mining claims that all confidence seems to be lost even in the best paying claims. The last…
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