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978 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 49
The Boorook Silver Mints are situste about 20 miles is a north-easterly direction from the town of Tenter-field at the present moment they are attracting much attention and creating excitement amongst the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE only Company carrying on mining operations at Cobar is "The Great Cobar Copper Mining Company, Limited." This Company is an amalgamation of the "Cobar" and "Southern Cobar" Companies…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →It is gratifying to observe that the coal-mining industry of the Southern district bears strong evidence of increasing prosperity. Daring the year 1677 there were 629 hands employed at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →PAXTON'S G. M. Co.—The mine manager reports' under date 3rd August, as follows:—"During the week, our time has been employed sinking and sloping (south). The shaft was sunk to a depth of 7 feat, making total…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following is the latest from a reliable source about Wattle Flat:—31 tons from Vasselie and party[?] ground at Wattle Flat, gave 147oz; 11 tons of rubble gave 27oz 14dwt; 14 toot from Williamson and party's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Victorian Minister for Mines in a prefatory memorandum to the annual report of the Mining Statistios of that colony far 1877, dos-not hesitate o say that the mining industry daring the year…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MR. Slee, Inspector of Mines, has much confidence in the auriferous qualities of the regions included in the Tumbarumba goldfield. Id late report he states that there was cot sufficient rainfall to enable Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ROCKHAMPTON, Wednesday.—The report to be submitted to the meeting of the shareholders of the Peak Downs Copper Co., on August 14, shows an estimated profit of £3400, for four months' work…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CARROLL, AND BEARD'S G. M. Co.—"Hill End, August 6. Back stoping No. 1 vein, at 140-feet level, stoping-out south, on No. 3 vein, at 180-feet level; stoping-out south, on western vein, at 230-feet. Have rose 2 tons of quartz;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRISBANE, Wednesday.—At Charters Towers a crushing from the Bryan O'Lynn yielded 563 ounces of gold, being the return for a fortnight. Nos. 1 and 2 West Bryan O'Lynn obtained a yield of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BEYERS AND HOLTERMAN'S G. M. Co.—Since my last report of the 29th ultimo, I have discontinued the underhand stope southward upon Stephens' vein at the 90-feet level, and have put the men to put up a rise upon Paxton's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →FROM the fact that Mr. J. H. Paine. on behalf of the Perseverance Gold-mining Company, Yarrara, has applied for £2000 of the vote of £5000 for prese[?] purposes. we are led to inquire into…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FROM the fact that Mr. J. H. Paine, on behalf of the Perseverance Gold-mining Company, Yarrara, has applied for £2000 of the vote of —5000 for prospecting purposes, we are led to inquire into…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →A terrible colliery explodion occurred on Friday week at one of Messrs. Evans and Co.'s collieries known as the Wood Pit, at Haydock, near Wigan, by which it is feared over 200 lives have been lost…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →The annual report of the Department of Mines for the year 1877 has just been issued from the Government Printing Office. It forms a book of 212 pages, and contains much that is valuable to those who are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →NUGGETS FOUND IN THE BRAIDWOOD DISTRICT.—We reported in our last issue (says the Dispatch of the 3rd instant) that a nugget of pure gold weighing 3 oz. 7 dwts. had been found at Little River by a miner in that locality,…
Continued on Trove, page 231 →A CORRESPONDENT who has visited the Magdala Mine, Stawell, Victoria, furnishes us with the following:— The man who would have predicted ten years ago that gold would be found at 2000 feet below the…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →THE mining manager of the Jingellic Tin Mining Company furnished the subjoined report to Captain Brownrigg, P.M., the warden of the division. The statement refers to the operations of the company for…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →The Emily, from New Guinea, has arrived at Cooktown. A correspondent writes from Port Moresby:—"I am very reluctant to send any news from here. Matters are certainly critical, and the diggers look with great suspicion on…
Continued on Trove, page 231 →I am glad to say that at present the weather is somewhat improved. On last Thursday night, and a great portion of Friday, we had a regular downpour, flooding all the creeks and saturating all the low-lying lands to a great extent. Notwithstanding…
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