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A new mining machine, known as Scott's Patent Combined Engine and Stamper Battery (says the Australasian of the 16th instant) was tested Tuesday afternoon at Lang-land's foundry, on the south bank of the Yarra, a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 377 →Mr. Philip Davis and Captain Waters visited the Hill-grove mines last week, in the interests of some Sydney and Melbourne capitalists. Their opinions are stated as highly favourable. They consider that the auriferous antimony and…
Continued on Trove, page 377 →Cole and party have taken up a prospecting claim near Bangadang. The quartz is yielding three ounces to the ton. The Federation Company at Mount Adray has…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →THE GREAT EXTENDED.—Telegrams from Orange report that the local directors and Mr. Buckland, the secretary, were present at the washing at the Great Extended mine. 137 tons gave 142oz of gold. The…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →CORINNA,—For the last three years or so the alluvial gold deposits on the numerous tributaries on the north Bide of the Pieman or Corinna River, and extending over an area of many miles, have been…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →In previous articles the general character, advantages, and results of diamond drills have been dealt frith. We now propose to refer to those improvements which science and experience combined have produced…
Continued on Trove, page 377 →The monthly escort took yesterday 807oz. 3dwt. 7gr. gold, which was mostly from the neighbourhood of Brown's Creek and the Mount M'Douald Held. NYMMAGEE, FRIDAY…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →EVERYBODY has heard of the far-famed Wallar and Moonta copper mines, South Australia, which are situated at the north of Yorke's Peninsula. Many descriptions of them have been written by…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →THIS TOWNSHIP is distant about three miles from Hendon on the Warwick railway line, but a conveyance meets each train and conveys you there for the sum of ls 6d, which, in my opinion, is a most exherbitant charge. Allora…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →The following report from Mr. King, mining warden at Milparinka, has been received by the Department of Mines:—"Milparinka, February 1,1884. Sir,—I have the honour to hand you herewith monthly return for January, 1884…
Continued on Trove, page 377 →The Output for the week ending the 23rd instant is 293 tons of ore, which, on smelting, produced equal to 40 tons of fine copper. Thirty-seven tons were refused, and 77 tons despatched…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The hon. secretary of the Stock Exchange reports the yield of the Band and Albion Gold mine for the past fortnight to have been 23[?]oz. from 23S tons crushed. The mining manager of the Long Tunnel Gold-mining…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The mining manager reports that in the deep lead he has extended the western drive 26, making the total distance from No, 2 shaft 153ft. The lead is still narrow, but appears to be widening, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the adjourned inquiry to-day into the great mining dispute at Upper Bingera between Miller and others v. Porter and Zulas, the Warden asked Porter if he agreed to his (the Warden's) proposals. Potter then asked the Warden if he…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The New York TRIBUNE of January 9 says:—In a dimly-lighted room on the third floor of a sailors' boarding-house in James slip, Leroy Strickland last night told a story of his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The mining manager of the Great Exceeded Gold-mining Company, Limited, under date 23rd instant, reports:--"Since I surveyed the west drive I have driven it 54 feet. The wash has changed to a yellow…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →William Outred, a miner, was working in the Lucknow Extended claim, Gympie, yesterday, when a bucket, which contained drills, fell 70ft down the shaft, and struck Outred, who was so…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ah Lina, Chinese storekeeper of Hanschildt's Rush, 40 miles east of the Union, reports that there are 100 Chinese on Nelly's Creek, and 60 near the prospector's claim. 20 Europeans are working 2 miles east of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fresh discovery of rich tin has been made on the [?]ora Creek, Bundarra, with a good wash at about 30 feet. Lannen and party are the lucky discoverere. They have applied for 120 acres of the main lead of the wash. This…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bond and party took from their claim at Hargraves to-day lOOOoz of gold from the bottom of their deep shaft. The like has never, been seen here before since the discovery of the famous Blackfellow's Nugget…
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