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As there seems to be pome excitement with regard to the recently discovered gold fields in Africa, we lay before our readers the following particulars concern-ing them, as furnished by a recent arrival from that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A dozen miners have returned from Merool Creek, and declare the reported discovery of gold a hoax. Others believe that the prospectors, wishing to keep the locality for the present secret, purposely pointed out a…
Continued on Trove, page 805 →Stab, of Peace G. M. Co.—Mining manager reports on October 29, as follows:—"780-feet level: We are now stoping south from this level, 95 feet south of the shaft, for 25 feet up. Since the last good crushing the vein pinched…
Continued on Trove, page 805 →COPELAND, Tuesday.âSplendid stone is being raised from the 195ft level of the Hidden Treasure. Four large blocks of stone about 2cwt show gold, and indicate that it will go from 15 to 20 oz to the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →GYMPIE, Saturday.—The North Glanmire Company have obtained 548oz of retorted gold from 374 tons of quartz…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No. 1 East Mountain Maid (Bailey and party). The boundary of this lease commences in a steep ravine east of the prospecting claim, and from the direction of the lode is admirably situated for the cheapest…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →FOR some time past (writes our special reporter) an individual has been mysteriously travelling up and down between Sydney and Grenfell, while from the latter place he always suddenly leaves in the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →YOUNG, Saturday.—A rich find of gold is reported from No. 2 Ada Reef Barmedman. Ten ounces of gold is said to have been washed from a dishful of quartz rubble. The owners of the claim…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The following telegram from Mr. Warden D[?] to the Under-Secretary for Mines, Sydney, has been handed to us for publication:—"Forbes, November 7, 1879. Peter Zimmerman and party, extended…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Conflicting accounts are daily reaching us, respecting the new rush at Junee, near Cootamundra, and taking thom altogether, we are driven to the conclusion that the prospects up to the present obtained do…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →The gold received for coinage at the Sydney branch of the Royal Mint during the week ending November 6 was 5756 oz. The coin issued during the same period amounted to 3200 sovereigns…
Continued on Trove, page 805 →With respect to mineral wealth Belgium is one of the most favoured countries in the world. Almost all the metals necessary for the requirements of life are to be found in its soil…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →In coal, shares was limited to Waratah at 8, closing with. buyers' at 77/8 sellers at 8¼; Wallsend stronger, none offered below 155/8; Vale of Clwyd had buyers at lls. 9d., sellers at 13s.; Great Cobar Copper had no…
Continued on Trove, page 805 →We have had a week of beautiful wether, and the late rains have caused an abundonce of feed. The cattle are in splendid condition, and food for both man and beast is at reasonable rates. The storekeepers are doing a fair trade…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →A frightful mining accident occurred at the Garden Gully Freehold mine this morning, resulting in the death of William Hoskins, the enginedriver. Arrangements were at once made to pump…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The rush to scrubyard, or, as it is now called Woodstown, continues unabated. On Friday 52 miners passed through Cootamundra en route for the now El Dorado, and every train brings fresh…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.-The Hamilton and other collieries, at a meeting held for the purpose, accepted the proposal to enter into an agreement subject to a month's notice of termination…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ADELONG, Wednesday.-The gold escort loft this morning with 533oz for tho Bank of N.S.W., and [?] the Commercial Bank…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Samuel White, of Milton, writes to us, under date 1st November, as follows:--" Will you permit me through the medium of your valuable paper to draw attention to a seam of coal which I have discovered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ADELONG, Wednesday.-The miners at Tarcutta are stacking quartz, hoping that machines for crushing will be erected. The reef on the surface averages 10ft. showing gold estimated to…
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