Mining at Boorook
We (TENTERFIELD STAR), March 29, are informed by a gentleman, who came into town on Thursday, that operations on Boorook are daily assuming a more vigorous and busy appearance, and that the…
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Gympie Gold—The Exhibition. BRISBANE
A patch, which is estimated to contain 600oz I gold, was struck yesterday afternoon in No. 2 North Lady Mary. The tender of the A.S.N. Co. is the only one…
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Sixty-seven tons of inferior stone from the Mountain Maid Reef, washed up last evening, yielded 70oz retorted gold. Another large payable reef was discovered at the Cobar last week…
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The new fiad in the Star of Peace Co.'s tribute ground, mentioned yesterday, is a new feature in the mining history of Hill End. It consists chiefly of arsenical pyrites, and the vein is not in quartz, but in sandstone. Mr. Dixon has…
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At a meeting of the shareholders of the Moonta Copper Mine, held yesterday, Mr. Baird Smith, who presided, said that the shareholders had no need to have any cause for alarm for the future…
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WE are so much in the habit of valuing everything by the standard of gold that we are apt to forget that the precious metal is itself subject to rises and falls in value just as any other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Discovery at Redhead. NEWCASTLE
It is reported that a splendid coal seam has been discovered near Redhead by the Redhead Coal Company at a depth of 216ft. The seam is said to be 12ft 4in thick with a 2ft bank of coal,…
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From Back Creek on the 31st ultimo our correspondent writes:— On Thursday, at about five minutes at 12 (noon), the first telegraphic communication with Sydney was opened by Mr…
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The following concerning the new discovery of coal at Redhead, has been communicated to the NEWCASTLE HERALDM, of April 2:—Having business at Carlestown, to-day, I learned that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mines and Mining. The Mountain Maid Claim
THE splendid cake of gold obtained from the Mountain Maid claim on the Barrington reef has undergone a purifying process at the Mint which reduced its weight to 1796oz, there being 213oz of…
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From Back Creek on the 31 et ultimo our correspondent writes:— On Thursday, at about five minutes to 12 (noon), the first telegraphic communication with Sydney was opened by Mr…
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THESE mines are destined before long to cause somewhat of a sensation in the mining world. Outside the neighbouring districts they have as yet attracted but little attention: the silver sent from here hitherto…
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The only excitement at present in the minds of the mining population of the colony is the startling returns which are being obtained from the Barrington reefs, and the continued valuable discoveries…
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THE following concerning the now discovery of coal at Redhead, has been communicated to the NEWCASTLE HERALD, of April 2:—Having business at Charlestown, to-day, I learned that…
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WE are so much in the habit of valuing everything by the standard of gold that we are apt to forget that the precious metal is itself subject to rises and falls in value just as any other…
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The gold escort left this morning with 242oz of gold. The weather is clear and five, but rain is badly wanted…
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The name of the woman who committed suicide at a ledging-house in Edward-street, yesterday, was Kate Redman. She was a servant in the employ of the proprietor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Telegrams. ADELONG
The amount of gold remitted by the Bank of New South Wales and Commercial Bank, this month, has been about 886 cunces. ADELAIDE, Saturday…
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The newly-discovered gold district at Knyena continues to attract attention, and several parties have gone to the place to test the value of the working, but it appears that a large amount of…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →Country and Mining News. ADELONG, March 30
A CLERG[?]MAN'S STIPEND.—The Rev. Mr. White, minister of the Anglican Church here, in reminding his congregation of the difficulty in collecting his stipend said if the Australian Blondina or a c[?]cus came lois would pay as much for…
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