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The King pit, Pemberton, is about a mile and a half from Wigan. It was first opened towards the end of 1867, with the object of opening the famous Wigan seams known as the King, the Cannel, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GREAT Cobar Copper Mine.—The mining caplain reports as follws, on 22nd November:—"During the week Barton's shaft has been sunk 4[?] feet: the sulphuret ore now extends night across this shaft which is down 37 fathoms, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NOTWITHSTANDING the great stir made in the European markets by the Australian and Tasmanian tin discoveries, and the vast importance they have been to our commerce, it would appear…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →The colliery explosions at the Blantyre pit were accompanied by the most painful scenes. The knocking of the imprisoned men was heard, but nothing could be done for them, as the foul…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →The Barmedman correspondent of the BURRANGONG ARGUS writes:—The prospectors are raising stone at the 84 feet level, carrying fair gold. The shareholders in No. 2, north, are engaged at present in…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →KROHMANN'S G. M. Co.—Under date 5th December, the mining manager reports as follows:—"The western crosscut in carroll and Beard's mine, at 500-feet level, has been put in a further distance of 5 feet, making the present…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On Monday, Oct. 22, an explosion, perhaps the most disastrous in the history of coal-mining in Scotland, occurred at the village of High Blantyre, about eight miles from Glasgow, on the old road…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →IT many have been an hour, but it seemed an age, ere the sound of the horn, in Firm's strong blast, released me from my hiding-place. I had heard no report of firearms, nor perceived any sign of…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →A public meeting took place at the Council Chambers yesterday (Tuesday) morning at 10 o'clock, for the purpose of finally settling matters connected with the Famine Relief Fund. There was a very influential meeting, consisting of…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →SIR,—You would confer a great favour upon the goldminers in this locality if you would call the attention of the Ministers for Mines and Lands to the way in which the goldfields reserves are taken up here, that is to say, between four…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →We are informed that Messrs. Orchard and party have received a telegram from the prospecting party sent out a few days ago to a supposed auriferous district of this colony stating that payable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The first crushing of the Yal Vale Company's claim, Danger's Creek, produced GOoz of gold from 57 tons of stone. This stone had been on the machine site for three years, and was culled over and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The manager, Mr. Turnbull, jun., received instructions on Friday, from the directors in Melbourne, to stay operations till the arrival of some of the directors, who are now on their way to visit the colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The coal trade of this port (remarks the WOLLONGONG MERCURY) has been unusually brisk of late, Belmore Basin seldom being without a few vessels waiting their turn to be loaded at the shoots…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The gold yield of this colony to the end of 1876 was 8,603,526oz. The yield for the present year up to the 21st November was 116,124oz, giving a total of 8,719,650oz…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. A. Watt, late of the Criterion Hotel, was at Newcastle yesterday, with a fine piece of retorted gold, weighing about 130oz, that he had brought from the Barrington. It in six months since the erection…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The full court by a majority (Mr. Justice Hargrave dissenting) sustained the equity appeal in Dibbs v. Brown. It was an appeal by the plaintiff John Campbell Dibbs from an order made by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CITY of Sydney Coal Co.—A meeting of shareholders was held on 11th December, at the office of S. Thompson and Co., when the d[?]d of settlement was approved, and the following directors elected:—Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned Lease has been returned to this Department, the Lessees having failed to execute and take delivery thereof, and it is further notified that after the expiration of thirty days from…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned Lease has been returned to this Department, the Lessees having failed to execute and take delivery thereof, and it is further notified that after the expiration of thirty days from…
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