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TWELVE years ago M. Rouquayrol, engineer of the mines at Firney, devised an apparatus for enabling the wearer to breathe with safety in the midst of noxious gases. This invention, however, received small encouragement from the…
Continued on Trove, page 753 →GRATITUDE.—In acknowledgment of the feast given to the poor old men of the Government institution, by his Excellenoy Sir Hercules Robinson, they causea to be forwarded a very handsome address, signed by some of the oldest men in…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Intensely severe wintry weather prevails in this district, with blasts of wind penetrating every nook and crany of people's domiciles, blowing grist to the mill of the doctors, who report an unusually large number of patients upon their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Now that the "mania" is over, it may not be out of place to let the world know some of the results which have attended the search for coppor in the neighbourhood of Bathurst, during the past two years particularly. For…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following statement(from South Wiseman's Creek Copper Mining Company), which we gather from the most reliable source, will show a chaft has been sunk 60 feet perpendicularly, and closely timbered, carrying carbonates of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SCHOOL or ARTS BALL—On Friday night last a grand ball took place at the above place. The room was gally decorated for the occasion with falgy, ferns, [?], and a quantity of flowers, rendering a lively contrast to the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AFTER a great deal of agitation on the part of the Delegate free telectore, calm ensued. The selectors on this part of the Minaro district have really had a strange experience of the land administration. Twelve months have elapsed since…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The escort which left Carcoar on Monday last (says the Carcoar Chronical) was a very good one. The total weight was 730oz [?]d wt, towards which Brown's Creek was again the largest contributor, sending in 405 oz 6 dwt. For…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"GOLD shares are looking up," was a remark more commonly used to-day than it has been for some time past. It only requires one good crushing to restore a portion of the confidence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →JUDGING from a report that appears in the Courier of the 4th instant, it would seem probable that Ballarat will yet be found a rich quartz-mining district. That journal writes as follows: "Quartz-mining affairs in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →HILL END AND VICINITY.—It is reported by the Observer of Saturday, that they are breaking down stone in the stopes on the Frenchman's vein, showing very good gold. No more of the new vein broken down. Present contract…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →INCREASED firmness on the part of holders of Hill End shares was perceptible in the market to-day, but the amount of business reported from the Brokers' Board was not large…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The manager of the Armstrong Gold-mining Company, Hawkins Hill, reports on 16th June, as follows: "I have the pleasure to inform you that the stene from the lowest levol, at the south end in the bottom of shaft, just undar…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE demand for shares on the two first days of the week appeared, to day, to have eihausted the purchabing capacity of investors. Very little business was transacted. Wallsend coal were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON the coast line of Klamath county, Cal., there is [?] remarkable deposit of auriferous gravel. For nine miles along the beach an unbroken line of cliffs, towering from one to five hundred feet, serves as a sea…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—At this juncture in copper mining affairs a few remarks through your columus to shareholders of the Western Peak Downs Copper Mine, with your permission, will not be out of place…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MR. Robert Bell of St. Kilda, Victoria, writing to the Argus or the 13th instant on the subject of condensed air in mines, quotes the authority of Dr. Ure to show that miners can work under an atmospheric pressure of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE mining department of "Victoria, has according to The Age, Just issued regulations under the Mines Statute 1873, to the inspectors appointed under the 9th section of the Act. These are well calculated to…
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