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As I know that your paper is generally taken as a guide by the mining population throughout New South Wales, and aS I well know that the news from this place for some time is likely to be conflicting, a few remarks…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THERE is a good deal of work being done in the various auriferous districts throughout the length and breadth of the colony, and the miners have apparently been rewarded for their labours with a fair degree of success. Mining…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BIG Ruby Tin Co.—At the half-yearly general meeing of shareholders, held yesterday, the dire[?] report and balance-sheet were unanimously ad p[?]ed. Messrs. F. Lord, T. R. Allt, and W. W. Billyard were re[?]el [?] directors,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE hald-yearly meeting of shareholders took place at the Exchange at noon yesterday, Mr. M. Met[?]alfe in the chair, when the following report was read and adop ed:— The directors have much pleasure in submitting the following…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An interesting and well-attended lecture was delivered on Tuesday night last at the School of Arts, by the Rev. Canon Smith. The subject was "Whifield and his Times," and it is needless to add that the eloquence of the lecturer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →HAVING long had a desire to visit our New England tin mines, of which I had heard a good deal, and also to see them during work, the first opportunity I got I started on my round. The weather had been for some…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. LACKEY said, in answer to Mr. Driver for Mr. Lloyd, that the average quantity of coal consumed by each engine per trip, between Newcastle and Murruland, was per passenger engine, 36 cwt.; and for goods engine, 55…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A REPORT has been received at the Mines Office, from Mr. St. George, P.M., and gold-fields warden for Cooktown, respecting his visit to the Hodgkinson The report is dated from the Hodgkinson gold-field…
Continued on Trove, page 140 →I WROTE to you last week the particulars relative to the settlement of this locality five years ago and the progress made since that time. Since then I have made further inspection, and now prpose to give the results…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →There are now about 120 men employed at the Cobar copper mines (says the Central Australian) under the superintendence of Mr. Thomas. In the working between Becker and Barton's shaftB splendid ore is…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →GREAT Cobar Copper Company.—Advices from Bourke and from Mr. Thomas, just to hand, report 50¾ tons c[?]arse copper and 33 tons refined copper, in Bourke. On the mine 80 tons of regulus (75 per cent.), 104 tons coarse copper (90…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The following minute paper for the Commissioner of Railways has been prepared by the Engineer-in-Chief:—"Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Engineer Office, Sydney July 21, 1876…
Continued on Trove, page 143 →For several weeks past a murder trial of great importance to the coal regions of this State has been in progress at Pottsville. Five men charged with that crime are also charged with being members of an…
Continued on Trove, page 147 →A COBRESPONDENT writes to us:—"It will surprise the majority of your readers to hear that the gold in the vaults of the Bank of France at the present moment exceeds 500 tons in weight—in other…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The following is a copy of a telegram from the Mining Registrar at Glen Innes to the Under-Secretary for Mines dated July 25th:-"Happy to report the discovery of the continuation of rich deep lead…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SUDDEN DEATH.—On Saturday morning, a young woman named Mary Norfolk, in the employ of Mrs. Macarthur, at the King's School, as cook, met with a sudden death owing to the bursting of a blood vessal. For two or three days…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →As I know that your paper ia generally taken as a guide by the mining population throughout New South Wales, and as I well know that the news from this place for some time is likely to be conflicting, a few remarks…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →BREEWARRINA POLICE COURT.-Before A. O. Graut, Esq., P. M., and Harris Cohen, Esq., J.P. P. Martin appeared in summons to answer the charge of John Bryce, under the Masters and Servanta' Act. The complainant [?]med £23 [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—The most resent work of coal explorations at a great depth is between Scarle and Swinderby, in Lincolnshire, England, where a boring has been executed by the Diamond Rock Boring Company for a private company or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON Tuesday evening, in the Legislative Assemby. Mr. Hurley, member for Hartley, asked the Minister for Mines the number of applicants who have applied for permission to mine for coal within a radius of twelve [?]es of Syoney,…
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