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THOUGH we of Australia can't quite growl at having too much "partridge," there is no occasion that all "Gold-fields Recollections" should be about bushrangers and their escapades; and so…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →SIR,-On the 9th June last the prospectus of the British-Australian Gold Mining Co , with a capital of £200,000, appeared in the advertising columns of the London " Times." It was subsequently…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The late finds in Bourke's Quartz Claim, Upper Temora, proclaim it a grand gold-producing reef. The very fact of the stone containing its richness as it, deepens, and the reef enlarging as…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →TUESDAY EVENING. We are getting down splendidly, I can only just distinguish Joe's red head from the top of the shaft. Joey is very useful in washing dishes of dirt. Yesterday he washed a dish of tailings from the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →John Ryan, a prospector, has discovered two silver-bearing reefs near railway line, Beltana, South Australia. Specimens for assay are coming down…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →IN the Assembly, on Thursday evening, after the preliminary businese had been disposed of, Mr. Watson rose and said that, in the absence of the Premier, he had an unpleasant duty to perform, which…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The progress which is being made by different parties in the formation of new dams, the erection of additional puddling-machines, the extension of the' storage capacity in other instances, and the deepening of the various water…
Continued on Trove, page 305 →The latest crushing of 26 tons from the Never Mind and Russell claims gave 160oz gold; 224 tons stone from Nos. 2 and 3 South Smithfield yielded l98oz; 32 tons of stone from the Nos. 2…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A large quantity of working plant and a good supply of explosive material reached Wallabadah yesterday en route for the Temi shale mine. Several practical miners are to be put on to work…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lukin and Crisp, prospectors at Elliott's Paddock, Mount Adray, have reported the discovery of payable gold. Stone brought to Adelong was crushed at the Molineaux new battery, and 13½ tons yielded 28 oz. 16 dwts. The ground…
Continued on Trove, page 305 →A new line of reef has been discovered at Upper Adelong 10 miles from the town of Adelong by Patrick Walsh, whe wants £150 for a share. He has leased eight acres. Four quartz claims have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ADELONG, August 6.—Last week there was quite a commotion in the town on its becoming known gold had been discovered in a paddock, which is the purchased property of Mr. Kyran Egan, and a rush set…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →CORRESPONDENTS will oblige by sending Mining News on separate pages of their communications, in order to have same classed in our Mining pages. Corrospondents will further oblige by affixing their signatures to…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →The monthly escort left to-day with 140 oz. l8 dwts. 8 grs. of gold. A fourth share in Mansfield and party's claim, Milburn Creek, was sold to-day for £600. TEMORA, FRIDAY…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY.—On Monday business was fairly active. Great Cobars had buyers at 76s, sellers 78s; Nymagee weaker, sales at 23s and 23s 6d, and offered at 23s, with buyers at 22s; Wesloy Tin buyers at…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Sir,--I read with unfeigned amazement a so-called report in the Telegraph of Tuesday last, taken from the Grenfell Record, of a meeting of the Milburn Creek fell Copper Mining Company at Blayney on the 25th…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The coach has just come in from the diggings. Reports state that it is inadvisable for any one to go there till rain falls. There is no surface water for washing at the localities where gold is being got. The hole…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →UNION JACK MINING Co., No Liability, Percydale, Victoria.—The mining manager reports that during the past week the intermediate shaft has been sunk 6 fect—total, 46 feet from surface. The sinking still coutinues in nice,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—Having perused the so-called report of a meeting of shareholders of the Milburn Creek Copper Company, copied into your columns from the Grenfell Record, I as chairman of that meeting, request space in the Herald to deny…
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