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792 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 40
ONLY very feeble attempts have been made to test the lodes, the greatest depth to which any shaft has been sunk did not exceed, it is said, 120 feet; at the Planet Tin Mining Company, Nine-mile Creek, Mole…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →PAXTON G. M. Co.—The mine manager reports, under date November 1st, as follows:"The cross-cut to the west at the 25[?]feet level has been put in 2[?] feet for the week, making total length to date 98 feet; no…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →We were reminded on Friday last-that our local gold-fields were not quite exhausted, as the escort brought in about 1450 ounces to be forwarded to Sydney. That this district is richly auri erous in boyond…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →At the 'Maid of all work' (reports the Gazette) Hogan and Party have completed a crushing of 163 tons from their claim, No. 1 Mitchells, which averaged nearly 11…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →It has often occurred to me, when thinking of the great natural industry of mining for gold in this colony, and especially of Bendigo, after reading of the success attending the deep sinking for gold and silver in California, that…
Continued on Trove, page 588 →THE expedition that was organizea some months ago at Sydney, for the purpose of searching for, and, if practicable, recovering the treasure lost in the General Grant, when that ship was wrecked on the west coast…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The weather of late has been fine and genial, albeit at times a little warm in the middle of the day; but gentle breezes from the southward as a rule have prevailed and tempered the the atmosphere, rendering outdoor exercise most enjoyable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FlRE BRIGADE PBEBENTATION.—On Saturday afternoon the members of the Volunteer Fire Brigade met at their engine station for the purpose of presenting Mr. L. Menser, their superintendent, with a token of respect for his past…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Intelligence reached this offices yesterday that an alluvial goldfield has been discovered at Mr. Hall day's Brookong station, about eight miles from the township of Urana. Already 17dwt of coarte gold is obtained…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE exhaustion of the [?] of [?] worked by the Waratah Colliery Company at Waratah for the last fifteen years, has long been looked upon as inevitable, and in [?] respects, [?] event, laying as it did under the crown…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The prospects of the Kumara field are improving daily. There is an immence extent of country proved payable, if sluiced. The rain has enabled many parties to wash up very satisfactorily. Gold has been traced to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A [?] has been initiated by the directors of the Star of Peace. Krohmann's, and Carroll-Beard's G. M. [?]tending to a more systematic and inexpensive mode of testing Hawkins Hill. A plan of amalgamation has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News from the Gold Coast to August 17 states that the importance of the intelligence received from the Niger of the continued and serious hostilities directed by the natives against the trading steamers…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →STAR of Peace G. M. Co.—Under date 7th November the mining manager reports as follows:—"We have taken out the ground in the south sto[?]e at the 555-feet level, length 24 feet, and height 28 feet, but have not taken down any…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →We received this morning the following telegram from a correspondent at Urans Please [?]tradict the report about rich gold being found here The wash is only three and four inches instead of feet, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Recently there have been some very good finds of the precious metal in the Gympie reefs, and on the whole the prospects of the goldfield nay be regarded aa in the ascendancy just now. In addition to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Now that the warm was ther has set in, a number of digge[?] are finding their way back to the Back Creek digg[?]ga. Good accounts continue still to reach [?] from there, and a good deal of gold has been [?] away…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →HAVING been on a tour through the mining districts of the Clarence, I called at Cangi, and seeing that there were some very good-looking reefs in that part, I made it my business to tarry there for a few days in order to…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →THE HODGKINSON GOLDFIELD.—On the Hodsinson gold filed quats-mining, as we learn from the report of Mr Warden [?]bray for the month of September, continues to progress…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →PANTON's G. M. Co.—The mine manager reports, under date November 8th, as follows:—"The crosscut to the west at the 258-feet lovel has been extended 3 feet during the week, making total leng[?] to data 101 feet. We have…
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