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978 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 49
I am glad to say that at present the weather is somewhat improved. On last Thusday 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…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →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 2 →SIR,—In your paper of 7th August I noticed a piece under the above heading, commenting on the output of coal in the colony for 1877, in which the northern miner is placed at a disadvantage with his fellow miner in the western and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →PAXTON'S G. M. Co.—The mine manager reports, under date 10th instant, as follows:—"Since last report we have finished the bottom stope south, making total depth in that direction 192 f[?]t. We are now taking down another stope…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—When I ask you to favour me by permitting these lines to occupy a place in your journal, it is with regret that I have again to refer to the subject, but I wish to contradict the report that is in circulation, that the whole affair of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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 interested in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stawell, Vic, Sunday.—On Saturday evening gold was struck in the south drive of the Prince Patrick claim at the 1340 level. When the reef was tested there were present—Mr. Randall, one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GREAT COBAR COPPER M. CO.—The mining captain reports for four weeks, ending July 27, as follows:- Beeker's Shaft has been deepened 8 feet 6 inches, in the lode, which will yield 14 tons of 14 per cent. ore to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CHARTERS TOWERS, Wednesday.—A fortnight's crashing obtained from the Patrick Blocks yielded 640oz of gold. 357 tons from the Mexican (prospectors claim) yielded 324oz, and 164 tons from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TRUNERY CREEK QUARTZ MINING COMPANY. (LIMITED).—The mining manager reports as follows, viz.: —"Progress in tunnel for the fortnight ended 10th August: We broke through into Bell's shaft, being fair over our…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →COOKTOWN, Thursday.—No Chinese are leaving this port. They are all making for the new rush on the Palmer. Many who had taken their passage to china forfeited and returned to the field…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. Warden Dalton, P.M., Forbes, bas contributed the subjoined interesting and instructive addition to the history of gold mining in New South Wales. It is abridged from the annual report of the…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →THE stanniferous regions of New South Wales are extensive, valuable, and almost inexhaustible, They are known to embrace an area of 5,440,000 acres, and to have yielded last year, under adverse…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →BRISBANE, Friday.—The half-yearly meeting of the Peak Downs Copper Mining Co. was held on Wednesday. The directors' report was adopted, and vacancies in the board of directory filled…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PRECIOUS STONES AT GLEN INNES.—Mr. W. C. Rodgerson, in hisreport of the mining division of Glen Innes, states that gems have been found there in quantities—topaz, sapphires, garnets, and…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →RAVENSWOOD,—Warden Hill reported from this field on August 1 that the escort had left, taking 1497oz of gold; and that an influx of Chinese on the field is expected…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →THERE are yet amongst our readers those who remember the rush to the Lambing Flat goldfields and the great commotion which existed in the locality during the early days of mining. These…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →The claim of New South Wales to be the richest of the Australian colonies is founded, in a large measure, upon the possession of varied and almost inexhaustible stores of mineral wealth. In 1876, the exports of gold and coal…
Continued on Trove, page 270 →We are indebted to the Hon. Minister for Mines for the following:—"Gulgong, 13th August, 1878.—Sir,—I have the honour to report upon an unusually rich deposit of alluvial gold recently discovered at Old…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A new gold mine, called the Penobscot, is the sensation of Montana. It was found by Nathan Vestal, an experienced miner, who has thrown away many good chances, but who…
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