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PARKES AND CURRAJONG.—The Gazette reports:—M'Guiggan's south is now the "lion" of this field. No 7, below Snow's have held undisputed sway for nearly twelve mouths. The…
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Mines and Mining. Latest from Cooktown. (From Our Correspondent.) Cooktown, July 5
ALL things here are in a reasonably prosperous condition; news from all parts of the gold-fields confirms this, and our supply of gold is equal to that found at any period since the discovery of the…
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The Four-mile Creek correspondent of the BORDER POST writes respecting the goldlfield that, several crushing batteries are about to be erecter there, several pensons from Melbourne and other ports of Victoria have visited the place. The…
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THE following notification, signed by the Minister, has been issued from the Department of Mines:— Notice is hereby given that the sums undermentioned will be paid to the persons who shall, within twelve months…
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ICELY.—Mining here is improving of late; the company has also put on a number of men on the lower mines known as the little Bell, on tribute and contract in driving the siet, which work was stopped by the attitude taken by one…
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IT is known to some of our readers that [?] Roderick Murchison gave, by will, £1000 to Professor Geikie, of Edinburgh, who was his intimate friend, to write a memoir of his life, and that he left besides for the use of his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Country and Mining News. GOSFORD. July 19
During the week the weather has been fine, but very cold and frosty, up to Sunday about 2 o'clock, when we had a smart shower accompanied by very heavy wind: but it cleared off again, and this morning we had a very heavy [?]…
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During the week the weather has been fine, but very cold and frosty, up to Sunday about 2 o'clock, when we had a smart shower accompanied by very heavy wind; but it cleared off again, and this morning we had a very heavy frost…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Great Australian Gold. (From the Mining World, May 29.)
It was found impossible to form a quorum at the meeting convened for Saturday last, but proceedings of a rather singular and irregular character took place. Mr. Charles Appleyard presided. Some fifteen shareholders, after waiting to form a quorum for…
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CARROLL and Beard's G. M. Co.—Under date 21st July, the minig manager reports as follows:—"305-feet level: Sinking winze on the vein 18 feet to the east from shaft. The winze has been sunk a further depthe of 3 feet this…
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MEL[?] ans Curtis report the yield from the New North Clunes for last week, 330 oz. A dividend of 20s. per share for the month has been declared, payablo on the 3rd proximo. Great Extended Hustler's; 202 oz…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Agricultural Settlement on Our Gold-fields. to the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—There is one defect in the existing land laws and their administration which appears to have been overlooked by the framer of the Amending Land Bill, now being discussed in Parliament. As, in my opinion, the defect is in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Legislative Council. Tuesday, July 27. THE Prealdent took the chair at hall-past 4 o'clock. Duty on Gold Abolition Bill
THE House divided on me question whether this bill for the abolition of duty on gold, and the repealing of Acts [?] Vic. No. 17, and 26 Vic. No.[?], should be considered in committee. The division resulted as follows:- Ayee, 7- Messrs. Docker,…
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THE receipts fo gold per Government escort to the sydney Mint during the past month amounted to 13,772 oz. of this, 8117 oz. were from the western distriet, 5212 oz. from the southern, and 443 oz. from the Northern. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Loading Coal at Newcastle. to the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—The want of grreater loading facilites at Newcastle has been the subject of considerable comment of late, I submit my plan by which a ship would be loaded in one quarter of the time taken by the present system…
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The reports from the principal centres of mining industry during the month have been on the whole tolerably satisfactory. Showing that there has been a good amount of work…
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TRUNKEY Creek Quartz Co.—At the half-yearly meeting held yesterday the report was adopted, and Mr. F. J. Thomas re-elected a director. During the past six months 587 yards quarts were crushed for a yield of 341 oz…
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IN Welsh Quartz Mines a fair amount of business has taken place. Clogau change hands at full quota tions. The Gold Company's shares remain firm at about ½; the arrangement to which we referred last…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Colliery Towns. Wallsend
DURING the last four years, the above town has increased considerably in population. Its institutions and industries can compare with those of any other provincial town in New South Wales. The output of coal far exceeds that of…
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The BOURKE TELEGRAPH says: Sixteen tons of ore from the South Cobar mine have been received here. These are the first results of the smelting works, and the copper slabs are now awaiting shipment to Adelaide, having…
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