Southern Gold Fields. Adelong
The Hon. Ezekiel Alexander Baker was, at noon to-day, duly elected for the Gold-fields South. There vas no opposition…
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Coal. to the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—That the writer of the articles on British trade which have appeared in Frazer's Magazine, and referred to in your leader of to-day, is not alone in his ignorance of the extent of the coal deposits of Australasia must be apparent…
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A vast amount of speculative gossip has been afloat on Gympio this week, respecting which of the three gentlemen, Messrs. Couldery, Mellow, and Lord, is likely to nucceed in contesting the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mining Report. (From the Annual Report of the Department of Mines, N.S.W. for 1876.) Tumut and Adelong District. (Mr. Warden Vyner, P. M., Tumut.)
THAT portion of the Tumut and Adelong Mining District under my charge comprises the following goldfields, viz:âA delong, including Upper and Middle Adelong, Shephardstown, and Grahamstown; Mount…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Country and Mining News. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Brisbane Water. Gosford, August 28
Lately there has been very little worth writing about except our Town Police Act which has been in force lately, and great many have had to appear before the court for allowing their stock to stray in the so-called streets. This is considered…
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A meeting of members representing both sides of the House took place yesterday afternoon in the Parliamentary Library. There were twenty-three gold-fields members present, while apoligies were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spontaneous Combustion of Coal. (From the Review.)
A HIGHLY interesting inquiry was held under authority of a Royal Commission appointed in the spring of 1875, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause of spontaneous combustion of coal in ships, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Country and Mining News. Brisbane Water. Guilford, August 23
Lately there has been very little worth writing about except our Town Police set which has been in force lately, and a great many have had to appear before the court for [?] their stock to stray in the so-called streets. This is considered…
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A fatal mining accident occurred at Blackman's Lead, Maryborough, Victoria, on Thursday. A man named Wotherhall has for some time been fossicking in that locality, usually working in old abandoned…
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Fatal accidents are fortunately rare on this goldfield, says the TOWNSVILLE STANDARD, but it is our duty to record one of a very painful character that occurred on Wednesday last, by which a young man…
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The last few days have witnessed (says the NEW ZEALAND HERALD) a furore in Alburnin shares that has not been equalled on the Thames. Prices ruleda t £3 for a considerable time, then rose £1 by £1 till…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Determined Suicide by a Mining Speculator
A shocking and most determined suicide was committed early on Saturday morning (says the Melbourne HERALD) at a private boarding house, No, 12, Victoria Parade, by a man well-known under the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Mining.—Fatal Accident. CAIRNS. Wednesday, 10.20 a.m
There has been a grand yield form No. 1 Identify line of reef at Charter's Toweres: 598 tons of quartz yielded 2328oz gold. The whole of the claims are being vigourously worked, and more than the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Meeting of Colliery Proprietors & Miners. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle, Wednesday, 8.15 p.m
A meeting of the associated colliery masters and delegates was held at Newcastle to-day, with reference to the proposed reduction on the price of coal. Alter considerable discussion it was decided…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Snowball Copper Mine, South Gundagai
ACCOMPANIED by a friend, I recently paid a visit to the Snowball copper mine, situated only eight miles or so from here. We had splendid weather, whose genial influence tended to exhilarate our spirits, as we…
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KROHMANN'S G. M. Co.—Under date 5th September, the miming manager reports as follows:—"Back stoping Nos. 2 and 3 veins at 110-feet level; also No. 1 vein east at 140-feel level. Have raised 8 tons of cuartz this week,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bonus for Mining Enterprise. MELBOURNE, Friday, 12.30 a.m
The agitation in favour of the Government giving a bonus to mining enterprise continues, and it is held as essential to the success of the efforts now being made in the different fields to test the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mines and Mining. Machine v. Hand Labour in Mining
THE comparative saving of time and money by the substitution of machine for hand labour in mining is a subject of such paramount importance to the mining interest that it is scarcely necessary for me to…
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It would be a difficult matter (says the YASS COURIER) to renew the excitement which a few years ago existed with reference to gold-bearing reefs at Nanama, yet there are one or two who still believe…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Snowball Copper Mine, South Gundagai. (From a Correspondent.)
ACCOMPANIED by a friend, I recently paid a visit to the Snowball copper mine, situated only eight miles or so from here. We had splendid weather, whose genial influence tended to exhilarate our spirits, as we…
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