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1,516 stories in Sydney's papers · page 72 of 76
The two important recommendations of extensive, and what are believed to be rich gold deposits, and valuable farming land, are prominent features over the whole of that portion of eastern New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 1029 →One hundred and ninety-one tons of stone from the North Company's mine, Gympie, yielded 192oz 6dwt 12gr of smelted gold. Digby and party lodged in the Commercial…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Coal shares had scarcely any alteration: For Bulli ll¼ was obtainable, 12 required; Wallsend had Bales at 14 1/8 to 14¼, sellers at the latter; buyers of Waratah at 7½, sellers at 7 5/8; Vale of Clwydd…
Continued on Trove, page 1029 →SIR,—In your issue of the 24th instant you state that the arbitrators in the matter of the claim for compensation made by the Milburn Creek Copper Mining Company against the Government had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A parcel of 72oz of gold from the Garibaldi claim, Solferino, has been received at Grafton. This is the result of four weeks' work. An extended quartz claim on the Gibraltar Hill,…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →The first crushing of 54 tons at Hall's lease, Alliance reef, gave the extraordinary field of 1415oz retcrted gold. 267 tons reduced at No. 1 North Glanmire yielded 532oz retorted gold…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The weather during the past week has been fine up to Friday, when a terri[?] thunderstorm commenced, which lasted all night, accompanied by heavy rain and wind. No damage of consequence occurred, with the exception…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Weather during the past week has been fine up to Friday when a terrific thunderstorm commenced, which [?]sted all night, accompanied by heavy rain and wind. No damage of consequence occurred, with the exception…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →THE first time I met Sir Thomas Wade, the British Minister at Perking, he began the conversation by remarking that the end of Government was the preservation of the people, and that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Amongst the measures passed into law during the late session (says the Tasmanian Mail), there was probably not one of an administrative character more important than that relating to gold mining. The value of administrative…
Continued on Trove, page 1030 →It did not matter much presumably at the antipodes about the ante-dating of Her Gracious Majesty's birthday by a month or two. So Bagstock sent round a herald announcing…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →A most extraordinary crushing has taken place at the Golden Crown Company's mine at Gympie. 126 tons 17cwt of quartz has been reduced, giving an astonishing yield of 1776oz 10dwt 18gr of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →KROHMANN'S G. M. CO.—Hill End, November 30, 1880. "The shaft has been sunk a further depth of 4 feet, making the present depth 703 feet; have cut two quartz leaders 1 and 2 inches thick, showing fine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australians, as a rule, take great interest in gold discoveries, no matter in what part of the world, and they will be glad to learn that by the issue of the prospectus of the Dieu-Donne Gold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The District Coroner (C. B. Ranclaud, Esq.) held an inquest at the Lambton Court-house on Wednesday, the 24th November, on the body of James Donity, who met his death by a fall of coal in the Lambton Colliery on the previous…
Continued on Trove, page 1089 →MR. W. Keene thus deseribes a very interesting and valuable collection of rocks, fossils, and minerals exhibited by him at the Exhibition:— "These specimens show the super and…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →SINCE I jotted down the memos to form my last week's rather disjointed narrative, there has passed away from among us, to join the great majority, a gentleman, whose exertions in the cause…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →THE export of coal at Newcastle last week was 220,882 tons. At Tomora a great deal of sickness prevails, and the rate of mortality in very high…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →GREAT COBAR COPPER MINING CO.—The mining manager reports for four weeks ended 13th instant, as under: "The stopes have been turning out good ores, and there is no change in their appearance. The crosscut going west…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →COOLANCOLOOK GOLD FIELD.—The Curriki Claim have crushed 25 tons which produced 56 ozs. of retorted gold.—The trial crushing from the Widow Reef gave 1 oz. 5 dwts. to the ton. The Mountain Maid Co. is about erecting a…
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