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The month's new s from the mines presents no very marked features of interest. Most of the claims on Hill End have changed for the worse rather than the better. In the Patriarch claim, what is known as the Frenchman's, a ve[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THESE mines (situated at Locke's platform) were formerly known as the Armstrong Copper Mines, and, although from time to time the public were made acquainted with rich finds of copper, nothing…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →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 30 →A telegram from Launceston to a Hobart Town journal states:—The New Native Youth Gold Mining Company have crushed 900 tons of quartz, which yielded 375 ounces of gold…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →The telegram from Newcastle, announcing the stoppage of all work in the Australasia Coal Company's mine, followed by the sudden departure for Newcastle of Messrs. F. Longmore and W.B. Jones,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE steady rain of Sunday night last was not without beneficial effects upon the ruining industry, replenishing materially the supplies of claims in constant operation, and giving a few others—…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →I herewith send you a reliable account of the progress and prospects of this gold field. The Rainbow have crushed about 90 tons for the prospectors. It is not known yet the returns…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →HOSPITAL BAZAAR.—A great undertaking was performed by the philanthropic ladies of Parramatta, in holding a fancy bazaar for the sale of useful, as well as ornamental, goods in the Domain yesterday and to-day, for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →SINCE the date of my last letter there has scarcely been a mining event worth chronicling here; all the crushing mills hung up, no gold production, and consequent stagnation and gloom overspread the…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →We are informed that there is yet a prospect of the silver mines at Timor, near Blandford (reports the MURRURUNDI TIMES)being made remunerative. It is well known that a considerable expenditure of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting of the shareholders of the City of Sydney Coal-mining Company, Newington Estate, Parramatta River, was held at their offices, 362 George-street, on Wednesday last. The meeting was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned Leases have 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 7 →NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned Lease has been returned to this Department, the Lessee having failed to execute and take delivery thereof, and it is further notified that, after the expiration of thirty days from this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →PAX[?]TON's G. M. Co.—The mine manager reports under flate 15th December as follows:—"On Paxton's veins we have been busily engaged stoping all the week, and have a large piece of hanging and middle veins stripped; none,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →During the last week, Mr. Bedford, surveyor of the Works Department, worked the line of road between Parkes and [?] also a site for a bridge on that route over the Goobang Creek. One mistake, though slipped in [?] this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SINCE the date of my last letter there has scarcely been a mining event worth chronicling here; all the crushing mills hung up, no gold production, and consequent stagnation and gloom overspread the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →STAR of Peace G. M. Co.—Under date 18th December, the mining manager reports as follows:—" The main shaft has been sunk two feet this week, making total depth from surface 75l foot.The hanging-wall vein at this depth is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The following is the latest from Charters Towers: —In the Captain lease, Whitehead and party have struck a good reef. This piece of ground has been taken up and abandoned several times during the last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,âIn a letter from Mr. John Biggar, the honorary secretary of the Metropolitan and lllawarra League, which appeared in the Herald of the 17th July last, it was stated, "Coals will be delivered in Sydney at the above…
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