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From Tenterfield we learn that Mr. J. Ellis, of Boorook, when in town on Wednesday, informed us that the proprietors of the Golden Age claim have experienced another turn of good luck on this…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →The action brought by Elliston, at one time mate of the P. and O. Company's steamer Avoca, and who was arrested on suspicion in connection with the robbery of five thousand…
Continued on Trove, page 222 →The weather we have had during the past week has been intensely hot, the thermometer ranging from 100deg to 110deg. Weongh[?] to possess a Salamander nature to stand this. There are bush fires around, which makes it still…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →I had seen and encountered so much in my own person of this tantalising see-saw of apparent prosperity and real poverty, that I had insensibly commenced to be drawn into the fatal vortex of…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →BUNGENDORE, Monday.—A destructive fire occurred yesterday at the farm of Mr. Boas, Bungendore. Seven slacks consisting of hay, wheat, and oats were destroyed, also a thrashing machine COPELAND NORTH, Monday.—At the Bowman Falls, the prospects of the two principal claims, viz., "The Mint," Chalmers and Buching, and "The Bank," Johnson, Scott, and party,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—A minor named Bales, working in the A. A. Co.'s pit, Hamilton, yesterday evening, was severely injured by a fall of coal. One of his less was crushed and his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ONE MILE, GYMPLE, Wednesday.—The second trial [?]ushing of 52 tons, from the Prospeet claim, Veteran Reef, has given the satisfactory yield of 82 ounces of retorted gold. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LUCKNOW, Thursday.—The manager of the Reform Gold Mining Co. at Lucknow has sent 14 bags of pyrites to Sydney for shipment England for treatment. It is estimated to yield at the rate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LADY BELMORE G. M. Co., COPELAND.—The new mining manager reports: "The deep tunnel has been driven 21 feet during the past three weeks, and, from the increase of water and change of ground, we are now in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ONE MILE CREEK, GEMPIE.—330 tons of Etone from the Ph[?]nix Company's ming bas yielded 341oz 1dwt 6gt smelted gold. This gave the company a divi[?]d of 10½d per serip…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A deputation consisting of Messrs. Cameron Merriman, Lynch, Barbour, Harris, M.sL.A., G. Wallace, (Mayor of Newcastle), Cobb, Roylance and Cole; M'Neill, Hartness, Edmonds, and Brown…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONG TUNNEL G. M. Co., URALLA.—Mining manager's report for fortnight ended February 1:—"During the past fortnight we have been constructing the plat at the top of the rise, and are making good progress. The ground in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WE have had no rain yet, but continuous violent dust winds, which, though unpleasantly covering everything with thick layers of the snuffy stuff, and spoiling many a savoury dish, have one good effect, that is…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →PARKES, Saturday.—A new discovery the made quite a stir during the last few days. Miller and party, working on Bartly's Creek run, about a mile and a half from the homestead, and near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Under Secretary for Mines has received the following telegram from the mining registrar at Woodetone: "Tenora slluvial greatly valued and extending. Two ton of quartz were crashed at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Mr. Warden Hodgkinson wires to the Government from Georgetown, yesterday, that he left the Woolgar at 8.30 a.m. on Friday morning, and reached Georgetown at…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Whose hill border crowne The adjacent underlying downs. A land renowned For rich and finely watered ground…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The party which is working the slate quarries at South Gundagai intend putting in a tunnel to test the internal depth of the slate. A correspondent from Snowball writes:—Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Several local prospectors have discovered a tin lode, which, on being assayed, gave nearly 60 per cent, The whereabouts of the mine is kept a secret, but it is supposed to be near Burke's Creek, Pullitop. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 280 →The weather for the last fortnight has been warm, with strong north-[?] winds, which have caused the ground to become parched and dry. Water for domestic purposes is becoming very scarce and the strong winds have dislodged…
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