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JUDGING from the reports that have come to hand during the week, the mining industry has taken a turn for the better, and as the improvement comes from the work of practical miners who are engaged in…
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978 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 49
"The World Is Mine Oyster." --Williams
I AM an oyster. What then? An oyster, yes! An ordinary oyster, no! I am defined by the great Lexicographer as "a bival- vular, testaceous animal, much esteemed for food." "I believe you my boy!" Said (I would, I could say saith) the equally…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Reported Gold Discovery Near Werris Creek
THE following official correspondence from the Gold-fields Warden at Temworth has been handed to us for publication. The following in the Warden's letter:— "Warden's Office, Tamworth,…
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THE Rev. Mr. Lawes, passenger by the Somerset, and missionary from New Gui[?], reports rich gold having been discovered near the coast by Goldie and party…
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THE specimens of quartz and samples of wash found by Mr. Goldie in a stream at Hew Guinea have been on view, during the week, at Messrs. Mason, Brothers' store, Spring-street, where several persons have inspected them…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →The Victorian Gold Production for 1877
THE staple export of the colony of Victoria, for the last twenty-five years has been the product of the gold mines. Of late years the industry has been on the decline. This appears to be principally due to the…
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The following is a copy of a letter addressed to the Under-Secretary of Mines by the Government Geological Surveyor:— Geological Survey Branch…
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THE report which we gave publicity to a few days since of the discovery of gold by Mr. Goldie, in New Guinea, appears to be verified by what is stated by the Rev. Mr. Lawes, who arrived in…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Country and Mining News. GOSFORD. January 8
Since my last communication the weather has been splendid, and everything in the way of pasture looks fresh and green. Our roads are in splendid condition, except where there have been some improvements made; there it is…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →The Hodgkinson Reefs. (Hodgkinson Mining News, December S.)
SINCE the commencement of the dry season and the dull times the method of acquiring interests in mining properties by backing has fallen into disfavour with the public, and now only interests…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →The Ballarat Goldfield
THE BALLART STAR, in a mining retrospect of the year 1877, states that the year just ended has been singularly barren of interest, in so far as new adventures or discoveries are concerned. Mining is now a…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →The Sandhurst Gold
The yield for the past week is under 2000oz its smallness being attributable to the holidays, and a number of the plants not having been crushing. In consequence of their having been partially stopped for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Question. to the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—Your correspondent "Newcastle" says, "Illawarrs coal, though as good for some purposes as Newcastle, is not as good an all-round coal." This may be true of the seam of excellent steam coal now worked at Wollongong; but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Cliff Company's Mine
THE most recent of the mining enterprises of the south coast (and the nearest of all, north or south, to the metropolis) was inaugurated, under highly favourable auspices, on Friday last. In our issue of Tuesday, October 30, a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Revival in the Mining Industry
The recklessness with which people opened their purses, and were victimised, in the mining mania a few years ago has resulted, even to the present time, in a widespread determination among small and large…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Notices. Department of Mines, Sydney, 8th January, 1878
NOTICE TO APPLICANTS FOR GODLD-MINING LEASES—NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned Lease has been returned to this Department, the Lessees having failed to execute and take…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Newcastle Coal Trade During 1877. (From the Newcastle Herald.)
THE export of coal from the port of Newcastle, for the year 1877 exceeds that of the previous year by over 62,000 tons. At the commencement of, and during last year, we were told by those who profess to understand the coal trade…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Thames Gold Yield
The gold raised at the Thames and out districts (excepting Coromandel), has proved much greater than the previous year of 1876, and is the fourth greatest on the list since the goldfield was opened in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Decline in Victoria
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The mining department estimate that the gold return for the year will be 799,9193, which will be a great falling off. The miners have decreased by three thousand, most of…
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