Mining Items
A private telegram states that the trial crushing from the Aruheim Gold-wining Company, Northern Territory, yielded 120oz. to 31 tons. Messrs. J. B. North and Son report the yield of the…
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Recovery of Fine Gold
MR. Geo, Le Lievre, of Stuart-street, Otago, the "Witness" of December 24 reports, has in course of electro-plating for gold-mining purposes four copper plates, of a length of 4ft 6in by 2ft in width, which…
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Several new mining companies with foreign capital are spoken of at Temora. It is reported that numerous seams of coal have been discovered 90 miles from Brisbane…
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THE great excitement of the week at Ballarat (says a correspondent of the Australasian) has hinged on a fraudulent telegram sent in from Creswick, evidently with the view of influencing the price of shares in the…
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Good gold was struck this afternoon in the drillings of the Flag of All Nations, near Lucas and Penman's party. It is proposed to amalgamate the Prince of Wales claim and the Flag of All Nations, and to put the venture in the…
Continued on Trove, page 68 →The Newcastle Coal Trade. JANUARY 10
The course of mining pursuits may properly be likened unto the substance of a well-known proverb, inasmuch as it never does seem to run smoothly, and probably never will in this district until the days of the great millennium. There…
Continued on Trove, page 81 →Mining in New Caledonia. NOUMEA. December 22
THE India has arrived at the wharf, and is fast discharging. On next Tuesday she goes to Plum Mine, about 16 miles from; here, and takes in about 650 tons of chrome and l00 tons of cobalt. This looks like…
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THE India has arrived at the wharf, and is fast discharging. On next Tuesday she goes to Plum Mine, about 16 miles from here, and takes in about 650 tons of chrome and 100 tons of cobalt. This looks like…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Country and Mining News. ADELONG. January 9
BUSH FIRES.—The smoke haze enveloping the hills around here during the past week proclaims the serious fact that bosh fires are raging somewhere in the vicinity. A large fire has been burning for some weeks in the broken country…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Feel River Diggings. Extraordinary Gold Find at Hanging Rock
After a lapse of nearly a quarter of a century, another large find has been obtained in the neighbourhood of the Hanging Rock, and has been the means of again bringing the Peel .River diggings into notoriety. They will be…
Continued on Trove, page 81 →Mining Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Carcoar
There are loud complaints at Mount Macdonald in consequence of the scarcity of water, and a water famine is expected there if rain does not come soon. At Trunkey, Langland and party, No. 7 claim, Wilson's reef, are down…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Country and Mining News. (From Our Own Correspondents.) Adelong. January 9
BOSH FIRES.—The smoky haze enveloping the hills around here during the post week proclaims the serious fact that bush fires are raging somewhere in the vicinity. A large fire has been burning for some weeks in the broken country…
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Writing in reference to the somewhat unsettled state of affairs in the Newcastle coal trade, a correspondent thus comments upon the differences existing between masters and men:—"There really seemed no reason to anticipate…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mining Intelligence. the Recent Gold Discovery at Corowa. [By Telegraph.] (From a Correspondent.) Corowa
Some time ago the discovery of gold at Corowa in payable quantities was reported, and a private company took up the working of the alleged auriferous ground. Since that time their operations have been conducted in a quiet practical…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Mount M'donald Gold Field
We append an abridged account of this gold–field from the narrative of the special reporter of the Argus.—" Mount M' Donald is on one of the spurs of the Abercrombie Ranges. Some…
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LONDON, January 16.—The Appeal Court has ordered the winding up of the Haven Gold Mining Company of New Zealand…
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LONDON, January 16.—A serious explosion has occurred at one of the collieries at Newport in Shropshire. Four persons were killed, and several others were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Explosion at Newport. London, Jan. 16
An explosion has occured in one of the collieries at Newport, South Wales. Four miners were killed, while several other[?] received injuries of a more or less seriou[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Adelong
The Curragong Company have struck at 300 feet what is supposed to be the commencement of the reef. They worked through 70 feet of hard country, and also put in three drives of 20, 30, and 15 feet, all dead work. The…
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