Coal Miners' Union
NEWCASTLE, Monday.—The new secretary of the Miners' Union has written to Mr. Binney, the secretary to the Associated Masters, to know whether the basis on which the arbitration is to…
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Gympie Mining
ONE MILE, Saturday.—The first trial of 164 tons of [?] from the Eastern reef. Nos. 2 and 3, South Smithfield, gave 88oz 10dwt 6gt of smelted gold, and 205 tons from Nos. 2 and 3, South…
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The following telegram has been received at the office of the Minister for Mines respecting the Temora goldfield and its prospects:-- "COOTMUNDRA, August 6…
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The manager reports that the the contractors for the New Bund of Hope and Albion Consols Company (Ballarat) have been driving through a very hard sandstone bar but got through it last night, and are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Temora Gold-field. (From Our Oavn Correspondent.) Temora, August 6
Official information has been received that, the Government proposes to send up an engineer immediately to report on the water supply of the district, whether to be secured by the construction of dams or by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Proposed Reduction of WAGES at the Bulli Coal Mines. [By Electric Telegraph.] Wollongong
It is reported that the managers of the Mount Pleasant, Bulli, and Coal Cliff Collieries have notified to their employes, that reductions will be made in the wages of miners and day labourers. The…
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The position of affairs at Temora remains very much the same as at the publication of our lost summary. The great need at the present time being the want of water. The special correspondent of the Wagga Advertiser writes:—…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Sydney Exhibition Gold Medal
The gold medals to be distributed in connection with the Sydney International Exhibition have been struck off. The original design of the Exhibition medals, which has been already described by us, was the joint work of Messrs. S…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gold Mining at Carcoar
CARCOAR, Friday.—327oz of gold left by the escort yesterday for Sydney. Donald M'Donald's Melburn Creek gold mine, took yesterday two tons of very rich specimens of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The CUNGLEBUNG and Dalmorton Mining Districts
In accordance with instructions Mr. K. F. Pittman, geological surveyor, has inspected and reported upon the reefs in the Dalmorton and Canglebung districts. In his progress report he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Extraordinary Decision by the Minister for Mines. To the Editor
SIR,—In 1875 two men, Messrs. Keyes and M'Donald, applied for a lease of three blocks of 20 acres, 35 acres and 20 acres of land supposed to be staniferous, near Glen Blain, New England. In a…
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The TEMORA LEADER has the following report regarding the new rush at Tamora:—"I visited the new rush (Fosarty's Gully) to-day, owing to the rumour of a 17dwt nugget having been found. This…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mines and Mining. Answers to Correspondents
A Rap—Your specimen has been carefully assay d and contains—Gold, nil; silver, 13dwt per ton. J. A. S. (Kyeamba Creek, Wagga Wagga)—Assay posted…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Hunter Coal-mining District. AUGUST 10
The drought still continues, and scores of people are in want of water for domestic purposes. This want is felt most keenly throughout the mining districts, as numbers of people, and notably those residing upon the commonage,…
Continued on Trove, page 302 →Greta Colliery
is about the same distance from Newcastle as Anvil Creek Colliery, but on the opposite side of the Great Northern Railway. On April 30, 1868, the late Mr. Keene, examiner of coalfields, reported the discovery…
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is situate about half-a-mile from the south side of the Great Northern Railway, 32 miles from Newcastle. The estate is 1054 acres in extent, 605 acres of which was purchased in 1868, and worked by Mr. Wm…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →The Temora Gold-field
The special correspondent of the Wagga Advertiser wites:—Notwithstanding the many warnings against a too hasty stampede to the Temora gold-fields, hundreds of people are still found wending their way there from…
Continued on Trove, page 329 →Late Mining. Weekly Return of Gold, Copper, and Tin
The gold received for coinage at the Sydney branch of the Royal Mint during the week ending 12th of August was 694-25 oz. The coin issued during the same period amounted to 25,000 sovereigns…
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[Correspondence from several mining centres appears in the columns devoted to "Country News." The latest information is placed under the head "Late Mining.]…
Continued on Trove, page 329 →Practical Mining. Lode Mining
In accordance with previous remarks, it is now necessary to give some of the most important features of lodes; not only in relation to their form, but also their constituent parts. According to form, for the facility of working…
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