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792 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 40
FOR the moment the "glory" of the Edwardstown reefs has been almost lost sight of in the blaze of a fresh discovery in which both branches of mining appear to equal advantage; but it has ever been the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The only matter of any importance in this district at present is the unusual heat during the day at this time of yeazr. Some days last week, notably Tuesday the 21st, was as het a day as any we have had during the whole summer, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE ELECTION.—Mr. Hugh Taylor has found an opponent in Mr. John Young, of Sydney, who has been induced to contest the election by receiving an inflnetial requisition from the supporters of the present Government. Meetings…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Greta (Matland) miners have been received as members of the Newcastle Mining Union, and are to receive pecuniarysupport in their refusal to work on the te[?]ns proposad to them by Mr. Vickery, the owner…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CARROLL and Board's G. M. Co.—Under date 12th April, the mining manager reports as follows:—"The winze at 500-feet level has been sunk a further depth of 4 feet since, last report, present depth of winze 73 feet. The vein is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WILLIAMS G. M. Co.—The mining manager reports under date of 17th instant, "480-feot level south, and have still a few men working here, on stone which averages about l8 inches in thickness and showing gold. 540-feet level: The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Oberon correspondent of the Bathurst Free Press supplies the following items of news:—Thirty-eight tons of stone from the No. 1 South Lucks All claim was passed through the battery, and produced 36…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GREAT Victoria G. M. Co.—Mining manager reports on 15th April as follows:—"North shaft has been deepened 4 feet, making 14 feet from lower plat. North stopes 3, 4, and 5 have been carried on as usual—the lode continues…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MR. A. MACKAY, the Commissioner from Queensland to the Philadelphia Exhibitions, sends to the Brisbane Courier the following account of hydraulic mining in California:—…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →An inquest was opened at Graysouthen, Cumberland, on February 1st, on the bodies of David Roper, aged twenty-six, and William Souter, aged eighteen, two colliers, who had died from the…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →REEFS IN THE NORTH.—A telegram to the Herald from Brisbane says that the reports from the reefs near Warwick are satisfactory; about 100 men on the ground; the stone from…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The great mining trial at Melbourne in the case of Learmouth v. Bailey, in reference to the Egerton mine, had an abortive ending, the jury being unable to agree. Before they left the box to cousider their…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →A telegram from Paris, dated February 4, says:— The explosion of fire damp at St. Etienne resulted in the death of 200 persons. The pit in which it occurred is known…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Last week we had some beautiful rain, and the grass locks quite green a gain, and a good supply of water in the creeks and waterholes. On Easter Monday there was to have been a cricket match here between [?]ven of Norwood Club…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE accompanying engraving represents the largest specimen of quartz and gold ever discovered in Australin, and probably in the world. It was found in Beyers' and Holtermaivs claim, Hill End, in 1871. On…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Last week we had some beautiful rain, and the grass looks quite green again, and a good supply of water in the creeks and waterholes. On Easter Monday there was to have been a cricket match here between eleven of Norwood Club…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Cornwall Chronicle records the receipt of a 79Sez cake of gold—the largest yet produced in Tasmania—from the New Native Youth claim at Nine Mile Springs. The quantity of stone crushed was 514…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PAXTON'S G. M. Co.—The mining manager reports, under date April 22nd: " Star of Peace vein: The drive to the south at 320-feet level has been extended three feet 'during the week, making total length of drive from north boundary…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—It was an evil day for mining in New South Wales when Parliament consented to the establishment of a separate department to watch over it, and gave it a political head in a Minister for Mines. I have no objection to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Commissioner Sellheim who returned on Thursday from the Mitchell River, which he was unable to cross on account of its flooded state, gives a very discouraging account of the Rush as to "alluvial." The reefs are said…
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