Mining Items
It is stated in a report on the Palmerston goldfields furnished to the S. A. Government, that the yields are improving. Themiggest found by M'Intyre and Johnson in Grieveson's Gully weighed Gloz lldwt…
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Mining Reports
PAXTONS G.M.CO.—The mining manager reports, under date 23rd instant, as follows:—"7 feet by 8 feet have this week been driven at the 90-feet level; and the stone which, as last week, looks very poor, is 4 inches thick. Total…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Northern Territory Gold-fields. (From the South Australian Register.)
THE following reports by Mr. J. G. Knight on the Northern Territory gold-fields have been laid on the table of the House of Assembly. "Palmerston, May 5, 1877…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Braidwood Gold-fields. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail
SIR,—I beg to contradict the statement of your correspondent in your issue of 2nd June, in which he states that the fine gold during the crushing escaped into the creek. This is not true. As this is likely to do our company a great…
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WHEN the estimate for the Mining Department was submitted on Monday, Mr. Cameron moved the omission of the item for the Minister's salary. The object of the motion…
Continued on Trove, page 816 →Mining Warden's Report. (From the Annual Report of the Depurtment of Mines, N. S. W., for 1876.) Tambaroora, and Turon District. (Mr. Warden Sharpe Hill End.)
As in my report of last year, I described fully each goldfield in my district, it is scarcely necessary for me now to do more than describe the progress of mining where it is actually being carried on…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Country and Mining News. Manning River. June 23
We are, in the district, at present is the enjoyment as delightful weather, the days are wares and pleasant, and the nights cool enough to made a good fire a desideratum. Our farmers have nearly cleaned the corn fields of their crop of…
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14,000oz of gold from the Hodgkinson have reached Cairns. Kingsborough No 1 has crushed [?]3 tons for 1033oz; 147 tons from the St.George produced 768oz. Unusually rich stone is being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Country and Mining News. (From Our Correspondents.) Parramatta. June 25
DANGEROUS PRACTICE.—As the 5 o'clock p.m. train left Blacktown on Friday last, the engine-driver felt several shocksas if the wheels were being shifted from off the rails and on ascertaining the cause he found a quantity of ballast…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Letters to the Editor. Parkes—settlement, Mining, &c. (To the Editor of the Freeman's Journal.)
Sir,—I have promised myself for some time the privilege of a communication to your journal concerning the progress and general prospected of the surrounding district in the immediate…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Queensland. Northern Goldfield
THE HODG[?]INSON.—The total crushings on this field for the six months ending on the first instant, is stated by our Thornborough correspondent to have amounted to 7255 1/2 tons of…
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LONG Tunnel G. M. Co., Uralla.—The local secretary reports on 25th June as follows:—"The extent driven during the fortnight was 15 feet. I feel justified in stating that we have now passed through our greatest difficulty,…
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THE result of the case against Mr. John [?] was reported to [?] telegram on Friday. We now give a portion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Discovery of a New Goldfield. BRISBANE, Monday, 8.10 p.m
It has just been reported that a new and rich goldfield has been discovered at a spot about thirty miles from Charters Towers. Already a rush has set in, and there is a certainty of the new…
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PAXTON'S G. M. Co.—The mine manager reports under date June 30, as follows:—"At the 90-feet level a further rise of 6 feet has been made this week; total rise, 5[?] feet. North, [?] feet by 20 in length, ha[?] been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fearful Mining Accident
A FEARFUL, accident happened on Saturday at Eagle-hawk Victoria, at the South Catherine Mine, when a man hamed Henry Finch, who was fixing a struck and a cage, met with a horrible death. One of tis catches…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Department of Mines. to the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—There is one thing I should like to call the attention of the Minister of Mines to, and that is "the cancellation of all leases on mineral lands on which the rent has not been paid, and upon which the lessees have not fulfilled the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dreadful Explosion in an American Colliery. (From the New York Herald.) Pottsville, Pa., May 9
[?] region was startled, about noon, to-day, by the announcement of a terrible accident at the Wadesville shaft, an extensive colliery at Wadesville, a small mining village near St. Clair, and several…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News of the Day. a High Premium for the Discovery of Coal
Mr. Bosworth will move in the Adelaide Assembly, that it is desirable to offer a bonus of £10,000 for the discovery of a payable coalfield, and that the Government should secure the services of the best…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Northern Goldfields
The following are the Warden's reports on the operations at Charter's Towers and the Hodgeinsp during the month of May:—HODGKINSON RIVER GOLDFIED…
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