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Messrs. Soars and Barrett, sawyers, brought in on Saturday three ounces and a-half of coarse alluvial gold, stated by them to have been obtained in three days at Tucker's Creek, near Cobark, distant some 20…
Continued on Trove, page 316 →BRISBANE, Monday.—Mr. Warden Hodgkinson reports that a prospecting claim has been applied for in a new locality, 15 miles north of Georgetown. He states that he believes the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →In 1877 the mine-owners of Sandhurst, Victoria, appointed Mr. Thureau to visit California and report on the mines there. The gentleman undertook the task and performed it. He returned in the same year, but his report…
Continued on Trove, page 308 →The above lodge hold its annual meeting in the lodge room. The lodge was opened as usual by prayer and reading a portion of scripture. Minutes, of last meeting were read and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →We are informed that the Snowball Copper Mining Company intend commencing operations shortly at Brungle and Bombowlee. The ore will be taken to Snowball for treatment…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Since my last report we have had the weather much cooler. The mornings and evenings have been pleasant the sky has been clear, which enabled us to witness the comet four nights in succession. Each night the tail…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →The prospectors of the Woolgar rush have made a written application to the Minister for Mines for a reward for the discovery of a new goldfield. They state that they traced payable gold for [?]0…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →After sinking in every claim to the bed rock, on the imaginary course of the load, not only is no gold found, but, from the depth and character of the strata, it is evident that the load or ancient…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →IT is strange that we cannot get ram, though sometimes clouds do give the appearance, but it clears up quickly, followed by extreme beat, wind, dust, and other disngreeables of an Australian hat season in…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →A special meeting of the delegates representing the various miners' lodges in connection with the above association was held to-day (Thursday) at Waratah. All the lodges were represented. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The principal items of mining intelligence since the last mail left are of little moment. From the Copeland diggings some seventy men have gone to a place called Tucker's Creek, on a mountainous country, where coarse alluvial…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →COOTAMUNDRA, Tuesday.—Visited Temora on Thursday, the prospectors of which have nothing worth mentioning in deep ground. They washed three loads, and obtained & little over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ONE-MILE, GYMPLE. Monday.—The North Glam[?]ire Company's mine crushed 190 tons, the result of a fortnight's [?] and it resulted in the extr[?]ordinary yield of 736oz 4dwt 6gr of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GYMPIE, ONE MILE, Wednesday.—34 tons of stone from No. 2 North Lady Mary have Welded 700oz of gold; and 441 tons from No. 7 and 8 South Moukland have yielded 456oz of retorted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONG TUNNEL G. M. Co.—Mining manager reports, on February 15:—" During the past week the drive from the [?]se has been extended 33 feet, making total distance from the rise 63 feet. The ground continues very favourable,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CYMPIE, ONE MILE, Saturday.—The New Zealand tribu[?] prospect claim have reduced 20 fors, a trial lot, of stone, which gave the satisfactory yield of [?] gold…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A meeting of the directors of the Yass and Dalton Gold Mining Company (Limited) was held recently at the claim at Dalton. There was a good attendance, and after those present had carefully examined the works in progress, a…
Continued on Trove, page 364 →OF the three kingdoms of nature—vegetable, animal, and mineral—not the least important is the latter. Explorations for this vast hidden wealth, the reduction and conversion to profitable use, have for…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →GREAT COBAR COPPER MINING Co., Limited.— Mining manager's report, 10th February: "I beg to report progress made on the different parts of the mine during the past four weeks ending 7th instant. In the underground…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Several persons returned this evening from the scene of the rush at Tucker's Creek, and most of them speak unfavourably of the place. About fifty are remaining, and they are quite sufficient to test the…
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