Mining
KROHMANN'S AMALGAMATED G. M. CO.—Hill End, May 3.—"Perpendicular s, hait has been sunk, another four feet, making the present depth 664 feet, sinking through slate. Quartz leaders at bottom of shaft continue…
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KROHMANN'S AMALGAMATED G. M. CO.—Hill End, May 3.—"Perpendicular s, hait has been sunk, another four feet, making the present depth 664 feet, sinking through slate. Quartz leaders at bottom of shaft continue…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—Considerable agitation still exists in coal circles. The following collieries are now charging 14s per ton, viz.—Old Lambton, New Lambton, Waratah, Greta…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →COPELAND NORTH, Thursday.—Another good yield of gold has been obtained from No. 1 Centennial reef, Messrs. Reynolds, Driscoll, and party. Two tons of stone was crushed from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Up to the present moment there appears to be no signs of an immediate settlement taking place between the associated masters and their workmen. From what can be gathered the masters at their [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The priceof coal at all the collieries now working— viz., Lambton, New Lambton, Waratah, and Newcastle companies—has again been raised to 14s. per ton, and these collieries have as many orders on hand at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Centennial Number One South crushed two tons of quartz to-day, yielding one hundred and ninety ounces of gold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEWCASTLE, Friday.—A telegram just to hand states that the whistle was blown this morning at the Ferndale Colliery for the miners to go to work, the contractor being willing to give 4s a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A correspondent informs us that payable gold has just been discovered in a creek about 10 miles from Now[?] head station. Splendid sample have been exhibited as the proceeds of the new field, many of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The price of coal has again been raised to its former selling price of 14s. per ton, instead of the reduced rate of 10s. fixed upon immediately before the commencement of the strike. How this change has come about now, instead…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ON the 31st Deoembor, 1848, the total number of persons employed on the colliery was 98; of that number 47 wore free, 51 ticket of leave. Of the business done by the colliery in yeara immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Much as the Legal Manager may do to enhance the interest of mining, he is not be much necessary as is the Mining Manager; who, in reality, is the factotum—his ability and integrity being the main springs of the whole machinery…
Continued on Trove, page 889 →ONE of the coal minera in the Newcastle district, with an indignation tliat may be excused by the most re fined moralist, writes to the local press:—" If ever there was a body of men who have been made fools…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →COPELAND NORTH, Saturday.—The following are the latest crushings:—Luke and party crushed 12 tons for a yield of 26oz. May and party, 12½tons for a yield of 20oz 18dwt; and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →BRISBANE, Saturday.—The North Monkland Gold Co. has been formed at Gympie. The capital was fixed at 8000 shares of £100 each, and 9600 shares have been applied for. The new reef…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEWCASTLE, Friday.—It appears that a Mr. Bevan has a contract with the Ferndale Coal Company to get the coal cut, supply it, pay expenses, and work the mine property, at a given…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It was fully expected that the Ferndale Colliery would have resumed work to-day, at the rate prevailing before the strike, but it will probably start to-morrow. Nothing definite is known regarding the affairs of the other…
Continued on Trove, page 888 →The third general meeting of miners in connection with the presont dispute between the associated coal proprietors and their men took placo on Saturday morning' last, on Griffiths'a Flat, Lambton…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pursuant to notice, the miners of the Hunter River district met at an aggregate meeting at Griffiths's Flat this day, at 10 o'clock, for the purpose of further considering their position and deciding upon the course to be pursued…
Continued on Trove, page 879 →Henry Saxby, one of the two prospectors who made the alluvial discovery at Barrington River, applied to-day for a prospecting claim. No rich find has been made yet, but 12 dwts. of coarse gold were obtained…
Continued on Trove, page 889 →381 tons of copper were despatched from the Great Cobar mine during the past month. There is on view at the Royal Hotel, Tumut, some splendid samples of auriferous quartz obtained from…
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