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THE Araluen correspondent of the Braidwood Dispatch writes as follows:—The late rush to Icely has resulted in failure, and now the fever is over we may ask the question why the miners did rush there? The…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →SIR—The greatest misfortune to be contended against by those who will be most disastrously affected by the passing of this measire [?] the unhappy fact that it was introduced by a Mi[?]. If a private member had introduced it, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE Albury Banner informs us that the crushing mill at Hawkesbury has been busily engaged for the past fortnight upon a parcel of about 100 tons of stone from the prospecting claim, the returns from…
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Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE field is now assuming a much livelier aspect than it has done heretofore. I mean in the shape of quartz mining. The stone is being carted in from many of the daims to Edwards and Co's machine. Various are the…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →THE Committee of Elections and Qualifications has had two matters referred to it by the Assembly for inquiry. The one is, whether Mr. T. Brown, the member for Hartley, is directly or indirectly…
Continued on Trove, page 304 →ALARM OF FIRE.—On Friday morning, about 9 o'clock, the fire bell rang out an alarm, and before the engine was horsed news came that all danger was over. It appears that a man mamed Emery, who keeps a small orchard on the Kissing…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →NOTICE is hereby given that in the GOVERNMENT GAZETTE of the 10th March proximo a list will be published of about 1000 leases ready for issue. Such leases, if not executed within the time prescribed in such notice, will be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NOTICE TO APPLICANTS FOR GOLD-MINING LEASES.—NOTICE ia hereby given that the undermentioned Gold-mining Lease has been returned to this Department, the lessees haviug failed to execute and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MINING affairs, on the whole, have shown a little more activity during the past month; but operations have been limited to a very considerable extent by the dry weather which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Mineralogical aud Geological Museum of the Department of Mines is now open to the public and we feel bound to compliment the Minister for Mines (the Hon. John Lucas) and his officers for the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Carcoar Chronicle has the following:—The few miners who now remain in the vicinity of Mandurama are still working away with varied success. We heard of one party obtaining over 3 ounces of gold from…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Vienna Perss[?] announces that a fire broke out on the 30th December in a salt mine at Bochnia (Galicia) over 900 feet-deep. While an inexperienced assistant engineer was engaged alone cleaning the engine the hemp he was using…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →THE Mineralogical and Geological Museum of the Department of Mines is now open to the public, and we feel bound to compliment the Minister for Mines (tho Hon. John Lucas) aid Ms officers for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GOLD.—The following quantities of gold arrived in Sydney coastwise during the week ending March 9:—March 6, per Florence Irving (e.), from Cooktown, 1110 ounces gold…
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Continued on Trove, page 2 →There has been very little of importance to chronicle from this district of late. The weather has been all that could be desired the days are still warm, but the nights are perceptibly colder…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →WILLIAMS'S G. M. Co.—The mining manager sends the following report for fortnight ending the 4th instant:- "480-feet level: The south winze has a lode in the bottom, 8 inches thick, fair quality stone; sinking is now…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The [?] Mining Company swindle, made historically illustrious through the revelations of corrupt complicity on the part of Mr. Sampson, city editor of the Times, still crops up, says the Melbourne…
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