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The weather hat been exceptionably warm during the last few weeks, and the want of a few showers is again being felt. Though there is plenty of feed as yet, its diminution is becoming rapid, through consumption by stock and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →I do not think (says a correspondent of the Albury Burner) that there is a newspaper in the colony of Victoria, when writing on mining matters, that has not at some time or other pointed out the abuses of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AT the Criminal Sessions of the Northern Queensland Supreme Court, held on the 16th December, before his Honor Mr. Justice shepherd, Ebeneser Gibson was indicted for having, on the night of the 5th September,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—It must be pleasing to the consumers of coal in and around Sydney, as it is to me, to notice that an attempt is about to be made to bore for coal on the Parramatta River, which, if carried deep enough, will "solve the problem…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The festive season has come and gone on the Manning, and find things again setting down into their old groove. There was no scarcity of enjoyment for pleasure seekers bring the past week or two. There were horse races on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BEYERS and Hollermann's G. M. Co.—Under date 2nd January, the mining manager reports as follows:—"Since my last report of the 19th ultimo, the crushing has been completed, and sixty-sev[?]n tons of stone yielded 65 oz…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →AN interesting experiment has just been completed by the New North Clunes Company, the particulars of which will, we think, possess special interest for mining coin panies and others interested in the treatment of vein…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →According to the Bathurst Independent there is some talk of a brass manufactory bemg formed at Cow Flat. A gentleman (native of France) was at Cow Flat shortly before Christmas, and some preliminary steps…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →PANTON'S Gold Mining Company, Limited.—The mine manager repents, under date 20th December, as follows:- "The rise on the belt of veins cut in the cross-cut to the west at the 258-feet level has been extended 2 feet during…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The following facts are from Dr. George Hartwig's work, "A Subterranean World," the third edition of which was recently published:—The Mexican silver mines, which deserve a particular notice from the immensity of their…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →About a couple of years ago, Mr. Usher, C.E., in a letter to the Newcastle Daily Pilot, recommended a scheme for the water supply of the city of Newcastle and the colliery townships of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →CHRISTMAS.—The Christmas festivities passed away quietly in Rylstone and the district, many of our neighbours being too busily occupied with harvest operations to afford more than the one day for holiday purposes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CHRISTMAS.—The Christmas festivities passed away quietly In Rylstone and the district, many of our neigubours being too buslly occupied with harvest operations to afford more than the one oay for holiday purposes…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →AT the Criminal Sessions of the Northern Queensland Supreme Court, held on the 16th December, before his Honor Mr. Justice Shephard, Ebenezer Gibson was indicted for having, on the night of the 5th September…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The various sports which were to take place on Boxing Day, ended very abruptly, for after the wind blowing very hard all the morning, and making it anything but pleasant to face the dust, the rain came on early in the afternoon, and in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An explosion, by which five men were burnt and fourteen ponies killed, has just occurred at Walthew House Collieries, near Wigan, belonging to the Orrel Coal and Canned Company. Eive men were engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BEYERS find Holtermon's G. M. Co.—Under date January 9, the mining mannger reports as follows:—"I have no change to report this week. Back-stoping operations are still being carried on at the 175-feet level; from south…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The gold returns from the various mining districts of the colony of Victoria, for the year 1876, have just been compiled by the officers of the Mining Department, and the result, it is to be regretted, shows a very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN explosion, by which five men were burnt and fourteen horses killed, occurred on November 10, at the No. 2 pit of Walthew House Collieries, near Wigan, belonging to the Orrell Coal and Cannel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The steady progress of work on the diggings has been somewhat interrupted by the holidays. The claims on Hill Ead have crushed the stone at grass, with moderate result. In the Star of Peace, 287 tons yielded 470 oz…
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