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Eleven tons from Lord of the Hills claim (Richards) and party) yielded nearly 20 oz. The quartz from Fallon's five-acre lease (Morning Star) is going through the Rainbow machine. Burley's machine is…
Continued on Trove, page 431 →MINING.—Mining matters on this goldfield are i almost the same state they have been, for some months past, and likely to continue so until capitalists come forward and the immense tract of country is prospected efficiently. I do…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →COPELAND, Monday.-The No. 1 East Mountain Maid Co. (Bayley and party) have struck splendid gold in the tunnel which has been driven to a length of 190 feet. The new reef is over one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A correspondent, writing under date Septembers, says:-We are still moving alone slowly but surely. The Hidden Treasure is still looking splendid; I saw a beautiful block of quartz at this claim, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.-A meeting of miners was held on Monday morning, and it was largely attended. The meeting was called to hear the result of the district ballot on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The ballot of the district on the question of allowing the Lambton men to return to work, upon condition that they hand over all their earnings beyond eight days per fortnight to the Union, has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ADELAIDE, Thursday.—About 70 miners left Adelaide to-day for Sydney. A large number are unwilling to leave, probably to some extent being influences by the rite in the price of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The manager of the Caledonian Gold-mining Company (Ld.), Copeland North, reports: "In consequence of water in the main shaft the directors decided starting a tunnel for the purpose of drainage. The tunnel is progressing most…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The ballot on the question of allowing the Lambton men to return to work has resulted in a majority of 693 aganist the motion. The associated masters decline to meet the Miners' Union in a conference…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A somewhat serious accident has occurred at the Co-operative Colliery in consequence of the late heavy rain. A portion of the working has fallen in, and the pit is flooded to such an extent that a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GREAT COBAR COPPER MINING COMPANY (Limited). —Mining manager's report for four weeks ended 23rd ultimo:—"In the underground workings, the end going north from Barton's shaft at the 39-fathom level has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEWCASTLE, Friday.-The Wallsend Cooperative miners have agreed upon a levy of 10s per man for the next pay. The Co-operative miners have held a meeting, at which it was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In a colony so metalliferous as New South Wales[?] it may be considered a certainty that a large section of the population will for many generations depend upon mining as the source of their income, and the universal auri sacra[?]fames,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A CORRESPONDENT, writing under date September 8, says:—We are still moving along slowly but surely. The Hidden Treasure is still looking splendid; I saw a beautiful block of quartz at this claim, yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Several private telegrams have been received in Sydney giving accounts of another reported disturbance at South Waratah colliery. From the particulars telegraphed it appears that the company have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In a colony so metalliferous as New South Wales, it may be considered a certainty that a large section of the population will for many generations depend upon mining as the source of their income, and the universal auri sacra fames,…
Continued on Trove, page 468 →COOKTOWN, Saturday.—The trial shaft sunk by the Railway League for coal at Oakey Creek, shows the seam to be much improving in thickness and quality. At present there are three…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE last number of the "Records of the Geological Survey of India" contains a useful paper by Mr. T. W. H. Hughes on the statistics of coal importation into India, from which we learn that the annual…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →William Brown, prospector of Upper Tarcutta, has applied to the Mining Registrar for the Adelong district, for a prospecting area. He has given notice that he struck the reef on the 10th instant. It is from 2…
Continued on Trove, page 477 →A PRIVATE telegram was received on Monday, from Copeland North, as follows:—"No. 1 Mountain Maid flooded out of shaft; started tunnel again; struck reef upwards of a foot in width, showing gold equal to any…
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