Mining Intelligence
Mr J. Morcombe reports having received the following telegram from Charters Towers:--"Splendid stone being got in Dan O'Connell mine. Expect 2000oz of gold next crushing. Shaft in Day Dawn…
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Insolvency Court.—thursday. (Before the Chief Commissioner.) in the Anvil Creek Coal Mining Company
This was adiourned motion for payment of a dividend and assessment of further remuneration to the official liquidator Mr Heydon appeared on behalf of the official liquidator, and his Honor, after hearing argument, reserved…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victorian Mining Market. Melbourne, Thursday Night
The stock and share market in the morning was fairly animated. Fair business was transacted in stocks. The Now St. Mungo line was in demand at improving rates, notably Pearls, New Victoria |…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Albury
Good news is to hard from the Yarara wines in the Germanton disrict. A large parcel of first-calss stone is ready for curshing, and several new claims have been taken up. Latest advices report the general prospects as most…
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The manager of the Wesley Tin-mining Company, Limited, reports the yield of ore for week ended 2nd instant, to be tons. The mining manage of the Jackson's Reef G. M. Company…
Continued on Trove, page 1098 →Mining Intelligence
A report has been recently received at the Mining Department, from Mr C. M. A. Slug, mining surveyor at Milparinka, which has been placed at our disposal through the courtesy of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining Telegrams. Carcoar, June 1
M'Intyre and party have just crushed 20 tons of quartz, realising 35oz, retorted gold. Their claim is situated at Summer Hill. They are now raising stone from their Not 5 shaft. The reef averaged 6 inches wide, running in a…
Continued on Trove, page 1097 →Barbaric Pearl and Gold
The jewellers of St. Petersburg (says an English journal) have a busy time of it, setting in order the precious stones which are to adorn the crown at the approaching ceremony in Moscow. Their value is…
Continued on Trove, page 1066 →A Gold-digger's Will
A LONDON paper reports that a curious will case has been decided in the probate division of the High Court of Justice. An Australian gold-digger named James Shelton, having made his "pile," amounting…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →New Gold-saving Apparatus
An improved method for saving very fine or "float" gold from tailings (says the Otago Witness of the 19th May) has just been perfected by Messrs. Birchall and Twining. These gentlemen have been at work upon…
Continued on Trove, page 1097 →Latest Mining Telegrams
Denning and party, at Nana Creek, have just finished a crushing at Dargue's battery for a return of 19dwt to the ton. Some good stone is being again obtained at the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Delusion in Mining Matters
The queer effects of "Gold upon the Brain" are numerously illustrated on a gold field. Even the strange pictures drawn by Mark Twain in his Californian experiences are by no means startling to observers who may…
Continued on Trove, page 1097 →Science. The Coal Plants of Australia. X.
In this chapter we shall consider the Lycopodiaceae, or Club-mosses. All of my readers who have crossed the Blue Mountains will not fail to remember the bundles of so-called moss which were offered for sale…
Continued on Trove, page 1062 →The Ascot Gold Cup. London, June 7
At the Ascot meeting to-day was run--the gold cup, Value 1000 sovs, with 200 sovs for the second, and 100 sovs for the third, added to a subscription of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LITERATURE The Pre-gold Days in Victoria
This is a valuable contribution to the gathering literature of Australian colonisation. It should be read with unaffected interest now, and supply material for many a vivid picture to the Macaulay or…
Continued on Trove, page 1061 →News from the Colonial Goldfields. (The latest information concerning mining shares will be found in our Telegraphic and Commercial Reports.) New South Wales
MOUNT ADRAH.—A correspondent reports, May 2: The following are the latest crushings: Ballard Lewin and party, 5 tons for a return of 1oz 14dwt to the ton; Cole finished crushing from a trial surface…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Mining Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Temora
The Fiery Crose quartz claim at Barmedman has struck some very rich stone on the southern boundary of the B. U. Gold-mining Company's ground Marshall's quartzcrusher at Sebastopol is engaged crushing stone from the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Country and Mining News. (From Our Correspondents.) Albury. June 5
SERIOUS CHARGE.—The man Sweeny, who passed throu[?] Albany last Friday under remand on a charge of being concerned in the late bank robbery at Brunswick, was fully identified as the person who some few weeks ago passed off…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Victorian Mining Market. (By Telegraph. From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne, Thursday Night
The stock and share market in the morning was fairly animated. Fair business was transacted in stocks. The New St. Mungo line was in demand at improving rates, notably Pearls, New Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →South Australian Mining Market. (By Telegraph. From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide, Thursday Night
Appended are the latest quotations:—Corporation Copper Mines, 10s; Bird-in-Hand, 13s Cd, 14s on terms; Moonta, £6 12s 6d…
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