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A plateman named Brown was killed in the North Band and Barton mine, Ballarat, to-day; through a cage in which be was ascending being precipitated to the bottom of the 200 feet level, owing to a shoe…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The last crushing of the Barmedan United Gold-mining Company recently completed was 400 tons of stone, which yielded 102oz. 9dwt. of gold. Messrs. Gresley Lukin and Co. have the following…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A shocking fatal accident happened at the North Band and Barton mine, Ballarat, this afternoon, by which a man named Henry Brown, 24 years of age, lost his life. Brown was in the cage at the 400-feet…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →BEFORE reaching the end of our visit, we crossed a rocky creek, where waters flow towards the Abercrombie River. I saw there outcropping, on the surface, and crossing the creek, a remarkable quartz reef of large…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Messrs Clarke and Co. report as follows for the week:-- Gold returns: South Devon, 1110oz; United Devon, 884oz; Garden United, 698oz; Catherine,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →91 tons of stone from the South Australian Company's claims finished crushing yesterday, and yielded 72. 14dwt. of gold. Mr. A. P. Wood reports the yields of Victorian min[?]fa…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Extensive defalcations have been discovered in the accounts of Thomas Church, manager of the Molbourne branch of the business of J. and A. Brown, Bhipowners and coal merchants, Whose head office is at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tremendous business is being done in the share market to-day, and during the week there has been a large influx of investors. Devonshire stocks are in great demand, South…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →By telegram we learn that Mr. James Fletcher, M.P., lessee of the Co-operative Colliery, and the proprietors of the Wallsend Colliery have decided to accede to the demand of the miners for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Red Hill Amalgamated Gold-mining Co.—Tambaroorn. The Mining Manager writes, under date April 21, as follows:--"This week sinking operations have been discontinued in Gigantic shaft, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The past week's local coal export amounted to 25,100 tons, made up as follows:—A. A. Company, 3361; Wallsend, 8563; Co-operative, [?] Lambton, 4800, J. and A. Brown, 8051[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A serious accident occurred in the Ellenborough claim at Sandhurst last evening. Five men named Hall, Hoskins, Denis, Andrews and Haggis were working in the stopes at the 220ft…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEW South Wales, as was meet, was the first of the Australias to employ a mineral surveyor, afterwards a geological surveyor, and then (not including the vast temporary services of the late…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining matters are brisk. The Penberthy's Tribute claim at Elsmore turned out 56 tons during the last four weeks. The works are being pushed on at the deep lead, and at Topper's Mountain. The Red Hill also is highly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A frightful accident happened this evening at the Ellenborongh mine, which it is expected will result in the death of two men, and severe injuries to another. Five men, named Hall, Hoskins,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Some grand stone is now being raised from the South Australian G. M. Co.'s claims at Upper Temora. It is expected to give a large yield of gold. Another prospecting party of six started yesterday to search for gold in the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The disaster at the Ellenborough mine, Eaglehawk, on Monday, is the most terrible that has occurred in the colony since tho Creswick catastrophe, and it has thrown the township into a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A terrible accident occurred at Ellenborough mine, Eaglehawk, about four miles from Sandhurst, at 6 o'clock last evening. An immense mass of earth fell upon five men employed in the winze between the 640…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Albury Border Post says a new field for mining operations has lately been opened up beyond the junction of the Mitta Mitta River and Snowy Creek, and which may be termed almost new ground. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The aggregate meeting of miners of this district, which was looked forward to by some as an indication of their unity of purpose, and by others as an undoubted nuisance, came off on Thursday last at Griffith's Flat. I have been…
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