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M'Inly and party finished cruhing 28 tons, realising 1oz. to the ton, from their claim situated in the vicinity of Summer Hill. There is a deal of prospecting going on in this neighbourhood. Several shafts are now down. The…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Monarch Tin-mining Company, Herberten, Queensland.--The mining manager, under date 22nd January, writes "-- The mine is looking better than ever it did. The lode at the jump-up in the tunnel is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Some of the gold and silver mines still being worked in Mexico have been worked uninterruptedly since the Spanish conquest. During the time that Mexico was a Spanish colony, that is, from 1537 to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following is the settlement agreed to by the company and the miners:- "Me[?]randum of agreement made this 3rd day of February, 1883, between of Newcastle Coal Mining Company,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The mining manager of Holtermann's Molonglo Mining Company, No Liability, reports under date 5th instant:- "During the last week the shait has been sunk 4 feet, making total depth from surface 51 feet 6 inchee. The shaft…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE following report, dated January 25, has been sent us by the Mines Department:— "I have the honour to inform you that I have inspected the Girilambone Copper Mine, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →An easy and certain method of signalling in mines has long been a desideratum, and though the telephone is for this purpose almost perfect, other means, where the telephone for various reasons cannot be applied, must be…
Continued on Trove, page 261 →IN your reports of the various goldfields of the colony I have not observed anything about the gold bearing reef at Hillgrove Falls, near Armidale, and with your permision I will give you a few brief and…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →We have been favoured with a copy of the following report :—"Girilambone, 26th January, 1883. "Sir,—I have the honour to inform you that I have…
Continued on Trove, page 260 →The Hon. Secretary of the Stock Exchange reports the yield of the Band and Albion Gold Mine for the past week to be 294oz. 16dwt. from 530 tons crushed. The manager of the Wesley Tin-mining Company,…
Continued on Trove, page 261 →VEGETABLE CREEK.—A correspondent writes, January 27:—Mining matters are very dull here, but Burke and party washing with good results. There is a good deal of prospecting going on in the deep…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →The Hidden Star claim, Thompson and party, adjoining Bourke'e and Fanny Parnell at Upper Temora, has just completed crashing 20 tons of stone which yielded 22oz. 9dwt. 900 loads from Murray and party's prospecting claim,…
Continued on Trove, page 260 →A most interesting ceremony was performed on 2nd instant to the hall of the Exchange, when the brave men who, on the 28th December last, in a small boat rowed through a heavy and dangerous sea to the wreck of the steamer New England…
Continued on Trove, page 256 →We learn on what appears to be very good authority that a singular discovery of gold in the shape of small nuggets has been made in the vicinity of Wollongong. Our informant, a member of the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mr. Kaufmann, manager of the Colorado Company Great Kennedy Silver Mines, has arrived at Brisbane with specimens of a new lode 4ft wide. The vein of ore is rich in galena, and will assay up…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →It was not very long after the first settlement at Pott Jackson that coal was discovered in the colony. In September, 1757, a small colonial vessel was carried off by some prisoners, and Lieutenant Shortland was…
Continued on Trove, page 245 →It cannot be disputed that company mining is a proved failure in this colony, more especially when contrasted with the success which has attended company mining in other colonies. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A DISPUTE occurred yesterday afternoon among the coal-trimmers at the Bullock Island Dyke. The contractor's foreman had occasion to put several extra men on to work a vessel. They…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →ALBURY.—At a meeting of the Peep o' Day Goldmining Co. held here, it was determined to purahase crushing machinery for the mine. KIANDRA.—Conoorning the hydraulic mines the…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →THE MATERIAL IMPROVEMENTS in Bathurst for the past few years have been very great, involving an enormous expenditure from the Colonial Treasury. The only work the City Council reserves to itself is the road-making and…
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