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TUMUT SHOW.—The pastoral and agricultural show which took place at Tumut was the best they have had; every year it improves. The weather was delightful, and there were over a thousand persons on the ground; over £100 being…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →IN pursuance of the provisions of the Mining Act of 1874, I, Sir Alfred Stephen, Lieutenant-Governor of the colony of New South Wales aforesaid, with the advice of the Executive Council, do hereby proclaim…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →The following sequel to a mining swindle is from the BFNDIGO INDEPENDENT:—"A few weeks ago the shareholders in Tuck's Tribute, Pringle's Heef, were, it will be remembered, almost prevailed upon by a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An important meeting of Lambton miners was held last night, for the purpose of considering the minutes of the last delegate meeting. The legality of the notice tendered by the men was the principal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The stone crushed from the Currakin reef, Coolongalook, has yielded at the rate of 16oz 3dwt to the ton. Better stone is being raised in the Curraki Mountain Maid and Just in Time reefs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A reef was yesterday struck in the Crooked Sapling Gold-mining Co., Messrs. Parker and Smith's claim. The specimens are the richest ever seen on this goldfield, and with a long experience…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At a meeting of the Waratah miners, held last, evening, it was decided that, although favourable to the Vend scheme, they would only accept it on condition that a larger share of the trade was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—In reference to the resolutions moved in the Legislative Assembly on the 4th instant, by the member for the Northern Gold-fields—No. 1, "To reduce the time allowed for making application for a lease from ten days to five…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A special meeting of the Lambton miners was held last night at Lambton in regard to the present vend arrangements. The resolution of the delegates, that the 14 days' notice given by the men to the manager…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No. 72-593, Robert Steedman and others; portion No., [?]L 171; [?]lity, Emu Creek and Tyagong Gold-fields, county of Mout[?]gle, parish of Brundah; area[?] 3 a. 73-344, James Flynn and another; [?]L 172: ditto, ditto; 1 a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The following particulars or a mining accident, which occurred at Charters Towers, on the 39th March, in commented on in the COURIER, showing the danger in using straight ladders in deep shafts:—A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Splendid gold was struck in the Mountain Maid claim last sight. Several tons were broken down that will go 20oz to the ton or over. The stone was obtained in the drive at the 130lt level. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →KROHMANN'S Amalgamated G.M.Co.—The mining manager reports:—"Hill End. April 7. Since my last reprot all the water has been bailed out of the shaft, cleanded out 10 feet of mulloak, and repaired 140 feet of centres…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →After all that has been done and said in the district with respect to effecting a reconciliation between the Lambton coal miners and the Associated Collieries on the question of the vend scheme th matter seems as far off a settlement…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE formldable movement of New York bankers in the interest of the demonetization of silver leads to a new discussion of the necessity or uselessness of a double standard, or, in other words, the…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →The following is a return of the gold, copper, tin, &c, which arrived in this port coastwise during the week up to April 9:—April 3: Collaroy, from Newcastle, 80 bags tin ore; Elamang, from Brisbane, 516 bags tin ore, 125 cakes…
Continued on Trove, page 591 →REGARDING the Boorook Silver Mines, the correspondent of the Border Post on the 1st instant writes that some new finds have lately been made. The first is a reef in the neighbourhood of the…
Continued on Trove, page 591 →THE well-known stanniferous gravels of Cornwall one now, almost exhausted, but they appear to have been, worked continuously for nearly four thousand years. Those gravels lie almost…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →At the Barrington gold-fields considerable activity in in ming affairs prevails New machinery has been completed, and all the operations of a promising gold-field are in active operation. The following up of the lodes in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A reef was yesterday struck in the Crooked Sapling Gold-mining Co., Messrs. Parker and Smith's claim. The specimens are the richest ever seen on this goldfield, and with a long experience…
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