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Some more very rich stone has been raised from Bond's quartz claim, at Hargraves, and the rich stone continues at each end of the shaft. Fully a third of a piece of quartz brought into Mudgee is gold. The reef was cut at the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The mining manager reports:—In the drive from No. 2 shaft the work has been very good this week, averaging from 6in to a foot in depth. Some of it is better than I have Been here yet. It keeps about the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold has been discovered on Campbell's River, near Rockley, and a rush has set in to the locality. The land forms part of the Lawson estate, and is in the occupation of Mr. Alfred Crowhurst, who has opened the land to miners…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →News reached Mudgee on February 28 that Bond and Party had struck rich gold in the old [?]ureks claim at Hargraves. They bottomed the shaft last week at a depth of about 95 feet, and struck the vein 11 inches wede. They…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →An exhaustive report on the principal deep leads of the Vegetable Creek district, accompanied, by illustrative plans, has been supplied to the Department of Mines by Mr T. W. Edgeworth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Intelligence to hand from the Black Range states that crushing operations are entirely suspended for want of water. Some good stone is being obtained in several claims in the China Reef. Messrs. Deveno and Co. report…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MUDGEE, Wednesday. -- The scene of the present extraordinary gold find at Hargraves is situated in a south-westerly direction from Mudgee, on the road from the latter town to Hill End, The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following report upon the principal deep leads of the district of Vegetable Creek has been received at the Department of Mines from Mr. T. W. Edgeworth David, geological surveyor. It is addressed to the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The mining manager of the Mystery Gold-mining Company, Limited, under date 3rd March, telegraphed: - " Cut reef in drive from main straight shaft at 70 feet from surface. Reef 18 inches,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Payable gold has been discovered by a party of miners working near Two-mile Flat, Gulgong; prospects, 8dwt. to the load. The manager of the Wesley Tin Mining Company,…
Continued on Trove, page 473 →Mr. Steele, warden at HIll Ene, telegraphs to the Minister of Mines as follows.—"I have examined 20wt of specimens obtained by Bond and party in the old [?] claim. The quantity of gold is estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BETTER than grandeur, better than gold. Than rank and title a thousand fold Is a healthy body and a mind at ease, And simple pleasures that always please;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Perkins Brothers, at Gibraltar, crushed at Wilson and Richie's machine 55 tons quartz, yielding 88oz. 3dwt. This claim has turned out during the last two years 650 tons, yielding 921oz., being proceeds of five men's work for…
Continued on Trove, page 473 →The mining manager reports:—In the drive from No. 2 shaft the work has been very good this week, averaging from 6in to a foot in depth. Some of it is better than I have seen here yet. It keeps about the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Intelligence to band from the Black Range states that crushing operations are entirely suspended for want of water. Some good stone is being obtained in several claims in the China Reef. Messrs. Devene and Co. report…
Continued on Trove, page 472 →A trial crashing of a sample of stone from one of the reefs at Clarendons, sent by Mr. F. G. Plunkett, and crashed at Adelong, yielded nearly 2oz per ton. A party is being organised to work the reef…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Perkins Brothers, of Gibraltar, crashed at Wilson and Ritchie's machine 55 tons of quartz, yielding 88oz 3d wt. This claim has turned out during the last two years 65 tons, yielding 921oz, being the proceeds…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The clinograph was perhaps never more tersely described than by his Excellency Lord Augustus Loftus when he styled it "a valuable adjunct to the diamond drill in the shape of an instrument for…
Continued on Trove, page 473 →THE WEATHER.—On Monday we hada little rain, but not sufficient to do any material good. MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.—The first meeting of the recently elected council took place on Tuesday last Alderman…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Balmoral tribute claim was cleared up yesterday. From 90 tons of quartz the total yield was 133oz. 3dwt. The Queen of the Mount, also on tribute, finished a crushing of 82 tons for a total of 26oz. 18dwt. 5gr. The King of the…
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