Mining Items
Mr. Joseph Palmer reports the yield for the week of the Black Horse Gold Mine, Egerton, to be 101 oz. The half-yearly meeting of the Bowenfels Coal Mining and Copper Smelting Company was held on…
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The Sydney Gold Cup
THE great autumn. event of Now South Wales Is Undoubtedly the Gold Cup, which, in point of in terest, ranks next to the great spring event of Molbourne—the Cup. Year after year the interest…
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Mount Herbert, near Gladstone, is attracting attention, as it is thought probable it will be discovered to be a goldfield. Several quartz reefs have been discovered, and specs of gold found…
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THERE are now about 300 people no the field, most of whom are encamped at Milperinka waterhole, ten miles from Mount Browne, old township, and seven miles from the nearest diggings…
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The gold received for coinage at the Sydney branch of the Royal Mint from the 8th to the 13th April was 8163 70 oz. The coin issued during the same period amounted to over 75,000 sovereigns…
Continued on Trove, page 634 →MINING Our Tasmanian Letter. Hobart, April 9
The mining mania to which I referred at length in my last is on the increase. Launceston in particular and the whole North in general are wild with excitement. Mining takes precedence of all things. The state of…
Continued on Trove, page 634 →Country and Mining News. (From Our Own Correspondents.) Albury. April 11
SELECTIONS. —The following selections were taken up at the lands office on Thursday last.—J. flare,.320 aeras, parish of Corner; E. Keane, 178½ acras, parish of Forest Creek; J. H Grant, 40 acres, parish of Germanton; J…
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Yesterday afternoon a miner, named John Wilkinson, had both his legs broken by un unexpected fall of coal in the Wailsend pit. He was speedily extricated and placed under medical…
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M'Donald and Party's gold quartz crushing machine was started yesterday at the mine at the Milburn Creek, which is distant 14 miles from Cowra. Mr. Lynch, member for Carcoar, Mr…
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Despite the difficulties which deficiency of water has created, the Temora gold-field may be regarded as having fairly emerged from the first, or " rush," stage of development, and as having proved itself worthy to be ranked…
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KROHMANN'S AMALGAMATED GOLD-MINING CO.— The mining manager reports, under date April 19:—"The main shaft has been sunk 4 feet, making present dep[?] 746 feet; sinking through hard d[?]rite country. Und[?]hand,…
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James Ratcliffe and August Krahl were admitted as patients in the Infirmary this morning. Both men are gold miners, and were sent own here for treatment by the Government medical officer…
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BIDDING good-bye to the gold-fields of Victoria in 1857, I proceed to "change the venue" into New South Wales and land myself at Lambing Flat shortly after, but still during the excitement…
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A VARIETY of homatito known as clay iron ore, from Wallerawang, taken fromthe uppermost bands. This specimen was taken from the outcrop of the…
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We have been shown a letter containing some very encouraging intelligence respecting the Golden Age claim at Boorook." It will be remembered that some time ago Messrs.' Horton and Co. sent, some parcels of ore from the…
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THE coal export from Newcastle last week was 26,612 tons. AT Major's Creek the newly-discovered reef promises to be easily worked…
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SILVER.—There is renowed excitement at Tenterfield respecting the Boorook silver roofs. Information has been received by the last English mail stating that parcels of ore sent home for assay from…
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A gentleman who recently had occasion to explore the chambers, drifts, and caverns of the old deserted Mexican and Ophir mines, says that fungi of every imaginable kind have taken possession of the old levels. In these old mines…
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