Coal
The Greta coal mines have now established themselves. A very considerable township has been formed. Tenders have been called for the erection of a Wesleyan chapel, and the structure…
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Mining
During the week the new Mining Board has held several meetings, and the members have discussed various matters in connection with the regulation of the gold-fields, and passed resolutions in…
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COAL shares remain firm, and wanted at late[?] rates; holders-asking an advance. Shale Oil strong; sales at 13s. 6d. to 13s. 9d. Copper inquired for. Peak Downs firmer,—sales at…
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CAPE Coast Castle is principal fortress and capital of the British settlements on the Gold or Guinea Coast of Western Africa. A short account of these regions cannot fail to be of interest at the present time, not…
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FEW of our, readers will probably have cared to enter upon the perusal of the regulations for mineral leases, published in our issue of Monday last. With their diffuse and crabbed legal verbiage, they form a…
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APELONG.—The correspondent of Gundagai Timer, 4th instant, writes that the Williams Co. have resumed full work in the mine, which keeps up its prestige as the premier mine in the district; a contract has been let for sinking the main…
Continued on Trove, page 54 →Mines and Mining. Mineral Leases—Deputation to the Minister for Mines
Messrs. T. F. De Courcy Browne, J. H. Griffin, J. M. Barns, H. Copland, J. Mongan, W. Brown, H. Roman, J. P. Sweeney, and J. Baker, as members of the Mining Board, waited upon the Minister for Mines…
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BARMEDMAN, YOUNG.—The correspondent of the Argus writes :—The prospecting claim— Quail Brothers and party—are driving for the reef at a depth of eighty six feet, in…
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We are informed by the secretary of the Peak Downs Copper Mines, that a telegram was received yesterday from the mining captain, stating that he had struck a five feet lode of black ore, estimated to yield 16 per cent, of…
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PEAK Downs shares were excited this morning, and prices ran up rapidly from 11s. to 12s.; at the higher figure buyers were prepared to go on, sellers asking 12s. 9d. South Cobar sold at…
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THE Belcher gold and silver mine in the Comstock lode, Novada, is without doubt the greatest bullion-produc ing mine in the world. It has produced in the last two and a half years the immense sum of 16,772,965. In…
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ANOTHER serious gas explosion has occurred in Wallsend colliery (says the Pilot). On Saturday last, two miners—John King and his son-in-law, whose name we have not ascertained—were…
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Owing to the heavy rains and the consequent almost impassable state of the roads in several parts of the interior, several of our country correspondents letters have not come to hand this week…
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WHEREAS under the provisions contained in the Third Division of the "Mining Act, 1874," it is enacted that the Governor may grant leases of Crown Lands for the purpose of mining for any metal or mineral other than gold, subject…
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CAPE Coast Castle is the principal fortress and capital of the British settlements on the Gold or Guinea Coast of Western Africa. A short account of these rogions cannot fail to be of interest at the present time, not…
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THE Mining Board met, pursuant to adjournment, at the Colonial Secretary's office this morning. Mr. Thompson occupied the chair, and all the members of the board were present…
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THE CHAIRMAN (Mr. H. A. Thomson) took the chair at half-past 10. All the members were present The minutes of last meeting were confirmed. CORRESPONDENCE…
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[In addition to what appears in our Supplement to-day respecting the mining leases, the following regulations have been published in the Government Gazette.] Deportment of Mines, Sydney, 7th July, 1874…
Continued on Trove, page 55 →Palmer River Gold Fields. [From Our Special Correspondent.] Upper Camp, June 1
My last letter dated the 17th ultimo from the Normanby, was left with the storekeeper to be forwarded by the first traveller going to the Endeavour who could be depended on. Since then I have visited the Laura…
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