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BUT little can be ascertained respecting the early history of coal mining at Newcastle. An old journal says:— (1.) "In September, 1797, a party of convicts…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →The borings for coal in the vicinity of Sydney have been actively but quietly proceeded with, and so far the coveted object—the black diamond—in payable quantities has not been attained, although enormous depths have been reached…
Continued on Trove, page 591 →Another lamentable story has to be added to the ghastly annals of our great coal-mining industries. Last week, as we briefly noted, a dreadful explosion occurred in North Staffordshire at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →NEWCASTLE.—The total export of coal from Newcastle during the week ending March 19 was 17,616 tons. LONG TUNNEL G. M. Co.—Mining manager reports for fortnight ending March 16 as follows:—The drive from the…
Continued on Trove, page 591 →THE condition of the copper mining industry of New South Wales is at the present time not only satisfactory but prosperous, so great that it behoves me to place before the public a brief account of the copper…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →ADELONG, Tuesday. — There is a small rush to Hillas's Creek, near Tarcutta, where alluvial washdirt at 10ft sinking is yielding payable gold. £5 per man per week is obtained. The prospectors'…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →THE month's notice given by the colliery proprietors to the coalminers of the Newcastle district will soon expire, and whether the price of coal in Port Hunter will be reduced from 14s to 10s 6d per ton is…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—The export of coal from Newcastle for the past week amounted to 17,615 tons. The announcement that the price of coal is to be lowered after April 12 next, was what…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The state of the coal trade,and the probabilities as to whether the miners will accept the reduction of 1s 6d per ton in the hewing price is the almost absorbing Question of the day. There is no…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The prospectors at the Queen's Lead have, during the past few days, bottomed a second shaft, close to their boundary with No. 1, on wash some 7ft thick, giving prospects from 1gr to 2gr to the dish. Also,…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →Since our last report, work at the Long Tunnel mine has progressed favourably. By present indications, washdirt will be reached in a fortnight. At a meeting of directors of the Mountain Maid…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →The returns of gold show no falling off, and I think we may look forward for increased trade. The town had grown very much during the past seven years. We have seven stores which will vic with establishments in large[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →I had hardly completed my mutton chop, and commenced to extract the impartial local news from yesterday's BEACON when, suddenly, a low, rumbling sound attracted my attention…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →The weather keeps dry, and of course makes matters rather dull. Puddling machines have no chance here since the rain keeps away. Only Messrs. Nelson and Smith's machine is…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →ONE MILE CREEK, GYMPIE, Tuesday.—The fortnightly crushing of 165 tons of stone from the North Glanmire Company's Mine, yielded 441oz of retorted gold…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TENTERFIELD, Monday.—The Golden Age silver yield is 1700oz, which is a splendid result for one week's work with only a three-head stamper battery. The reef is wide and easily…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →So unsettled have mattera relating to the Newcastle coal trade been for some time past that people in this district have learned to regard a disturbance in one quarter or another as the natural condition of affairs,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Nine tons of Gurriki stone have been crushed at M'Rac, James and Co.'s machine, at Coolongolook, and yielded 5oz. 5dwt. of gold per ton. The correspondent of the Tumut and Adelong Times,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From Tenterfield we learn that the Golden Age silver yield is 1700oz. The reef is wide and easily worked. The Grand Junction is now crushing, and is expected to yield well. Good ore is also being…
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