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Among the despatches received by this mail by Sir Patrick Jennings, K.C.M.G., M.P., Executive Commissioner for the Sydney International Exhibition, was the following latter, written on behalf of Her…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Stawell correspondent of the Melbourne " Argus" telegraphs the following particulars of a fatal accident that occurred there on Friday last:—" A terrible and fatal accident occurred this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →M'Kellar and party brought to town yesterday from their claim, known as the True Blue, Milburn Creek, 161oz 13dwts of gold, the result of a crushing from 66 tons of quartz. Their reef…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT is a subject for very great surprise, and we may truly say, for deep regret, that more attention, is not paid to mining in New South Wales than can be said to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Brown, the Government geological surveyor, and Mr. Thompson, the Jatte warden, have arrived in Wilcannia from the diggings. Mr. Brown's report on the field hat been forwarded to Sydney. It is generally anticipated that it…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the present time the mining operations in this colony present no parallel to the enterprise exhibited by our Southern sister colony. The diamond drill, whose results have been so…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →QUEEN OF THE NORTH Co., BLACK HILL, BALLARAT.—The mining manager reports that No. 2 shaft is now sunk 113 feet, alabbed, and ladder-way down; and he is now opening out at 110 feet, and will sink the well deeper…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sandhurst correspondent of the Melbourne Age writes, under Saturday's date:--The number of sudden deaths by mining accidents that have occurred during the past month is unprecedented…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →KROHMANN'S AMALGAMATED GOLD-MINING Co.—The mining manager reports:—"Hill End, July 26, 1881. The main shaft has been sunk another 4 feet, making present depth 776 feet: sinking through hard ground; showing no…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—As the coal industry of every country is looked upon as one of its greatest mainstays, I shall feel obliged if you will give me space to offer a few remarks upon the coal trade of this our adopted land…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In most of the gold-bearing districts of the colony want of water is still the cry, and alluvial mining remains almost inactive. The latest information from Temora states that the long-protracted drought is driving a large number of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No. 2 North Lady Mary got from a patch 200oz. No. 1 North Phoenix patch yielded 400oz. From southern workings on Tuesday, Nos. 2 and 3 North Hilton banked a lot of very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →RECENTLY reference was made to the use of this instrument as a means of communication with the miners ia a Scotch colliery; We new learn from "Iron" that the ironstone mines at Boosbeck,…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →AMONG all the bushrangers who have earned a name for themselves as well as a place for their deeds in the history of this Australian continent and Heaton's Dictionary of Dates, coolness has…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The most famous gold-field of the western district, and, in fact, of the colony, is Hill End; and enormous as the yield of gold has been from the well-known Hawkins' Hill, the future of this hill, when deeper…
Continued on Trove, page 197 →"UNION JACK CO., PERCYDALE, VICTORIA.—The mining manager reports that intermediate shaft is now down 28 feet. Contractors have finished dam, and battery contractor is making good progress with the machinery…
Continued on Trove, page 217 →Since the last report the quietness of our gold field has occasionally been startled by the news of afresh rush. The other day a Chinaman here went into the Bank of New South Wales to sell…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →We were shown on Wednesday gold specimens obtained at the quartz reef, near Ten-mile Hole, which is being worked by William Reakes and party. A retorted piece of gold about 1½ ozs. was exhibited. It was obtained from…
Continued on Trove, page 217 →REFERRING to recent efforts to float mining properties in India, " Egles " in the AUSTRALASIAN says: Indian gold mines are causing a kind of resurrection amongst some of our lost Viotorian experts. Mr…
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