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IN the year 1830, Sir Edward Parry accepted the offer of the office of commissioner for the A.A. Co. in which capacity he had the entire management of the company's affairs in this colony. On the 7th…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →CENTRAL KEMPSEY, Friday.—Mr. W. H. Buckley and party visited the antimony mines, and speaks favourably of the field. Being a practical miner, he intends working the ground…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It is with difficulty that some persons can be persuaded that science is more powerful than brute force. There are those who make out a case of the utter uselessness of learning by something which they consider pre-eminent, while…
Continued on Trove, page 690 →ONE-MILE, Saturday—A trial crushing of 25 tons of stone from Allen Larkin'n claim returned 13oz 14dwt retorted gold. Thirty tons of ore from the Prospect claim, New Zealand tribute,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PARKES.—The correspondent of the Parkes Gazette, under date April 1,writes to that journal as follows:— "The rains last week furnished water in abundance to all the dams for mining purposes, and there will be no danger of…
Continued on Trove, page 691 →Mr. C. F. Bensusan writer as follows:--"Under this heading I note in your issue of Thursday a statement relative to some assays made by me on some stone from a claim of O'Rourke and party, Warrel Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A public meeting was held at Uralla on the 27th March, for the purpose of considering certain matters connected with the gold-fields regulations. At this meeting Messrs. Copeland and Barbour, Ms.L. A., were…
Continued on Trove, page 701 →THE misunderstanding between the Bullion Gold Mining Company and the Long Tunnel Company has been the subject of much comment in mining circles of late, and we understand the matter will engage the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →COOTAMUNDRA, Friday.—At Woodstown, the prospectors (Andrew and party), are still washing. Thirty loads yielded 1loz. 17dwt, and 20 loads, 5oz 16dwt, besides the yields already…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRISBANE, Tuesday.—The Under-secretary for Mines has been advised that a crushing of 3 tons of stone from the Bobbie Burns, Etheridge Reef, yielded 192oz of gold. He is also informed…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →NEWCASLE, Saturday.—The associated masters and officers and delegates of the miner's union met in conference at half-past 10 this morning, at the A. A. Company's offices, Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New South Wales: T. Deitz, Gulgong models of mining appliances used in alluvial gold mining—2nd ; Mines Department of Sydney, collection of plans, maps, and sections—2nd; Ramsay and Fisher, model of a safety cage—3rd…
Continued on Trove, page 695 →WE give herewith the new bill introduced on April 1, in the Legislative Assembly, by Mr. Baker, the Minister for Mines, to settle the vexed question of temporary commons…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →The following is the text of the bill introduced into the Legislative Assembly last week, by Mr. Baker, Minister for Mines, in reference to Mining on Temporary Commons :— "I. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained…
Continued on Trove, page 691 →Thirty-seven tons of seconds from No. 1 South Centennial reef (Scott, Reynolds, and Driscoll) yielded 16 oz.; and 1 ton 4 cwt. yielded 110 oz. This last stone has only been discovered and raised during…
Continued on Trove, page 701 →Mining at Hill End is very dull. Several small lots of quartz have been crushed at Revers's battery, each lot paying small wages. Krohmann's new vein is still looking well…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →COOKTOWN, Saturday.—Donald Lang, leader of a private prospecting party, arrived here on Wednesday. He reports reaching the Coen River on December 4, and prospected thence north to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →That which gives rise to most apprehension as to the probable outcome of the present state of affairs is the curious relation that now exists between the miners working at the associated collieries and the…
Continued on Trove, page 713 →We have had some splendid rains within the last fortnight, and the country looks like spring. But we still want more rain, although the land is in fine condition for the plough. What we have had has given a slight impetus…
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