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Yesterday the fortnightly escort brought down l752oz of gold. This is the largest quantity which has been brought down at one time since the escort was established, and it includes a parcel of [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ADELAIDE, Friday.--I think I stated in a previous communication that the Umberumberks Creek, which flows past the town of Silverton, appears to divide the rich silver are country from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It has been decided to resume work in the Blarney Copper Mine. A shaft 300ft in depth is to be sunk at once. The Confidence Goldmining Co., at King's Plains, intends to work its mine to a greater extent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A meeting of the shareholders in the Barrier Ranges Silver Mining Association was held yesterday, when Mr. T. F. Cummings occupied the chair. The meeting was held for the purpose of confirming the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON March 11 last a warrant was granted by the Donnolly bench of magistrates, at the instance of the Burnt Creek Gold-mining Company, for the apprehension of James Edward Murray,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →An immense water reserve has been gazetted in the district. It embraces the whole of Cope's Creek ran and Auburn Vale, and the greater portion of Elsmore and Newstead. It was first declared a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →There was a numerous attendance at the Warden's Court held on Friday last owing to applications for valuable shares in No. 1 South Fiery Cross, tetter known aa the Hunted to Death, and an application to be put in possession of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1241 →A meeting of the shareholders in the Barrier Ranges Silver-mining Association was held this afternoon, when Mr. T. F. Cummings occupied the chair. The meeting was held for the purpose of confirming the resolutious which had…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →THE SILVER EXCITEMENT.—Under a separate heading, and also in the latest telegraphic items, we publish all the news to hand from the western silver country. There is great excitement afoot, and there…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Sir,—I am glad to find that the Treasurer and Acting Minister for Works has at last discovered that the public money is being used in [?] the mine-[?] on the Western line. On Friday last Mr. Dibts informed a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£325 worth of gold was sold here. It came from a creek faliing into the Hastings River, five miles from Nowendoc. The gold is shotty and water-worn. It came a long distance, and was found in gravelly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The mining manager of the Ba[?]ltie Gold-mining Company reports that during the week ending the 28th June:— The [?]unnal had been driven a further distance of 10 feet, making a total of 328 feet driven up to date. The air shaft…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In the shaft of the Dubbo coal mine another good seam of coal has been struck at 161ft. When the men left off work on Saturday they were 15in into the seam, and there was no sign of it giving out…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE ROADS in the district are in a very bad state, not a blade of grass being visible, though water is in most cases sufficient to meet requirements. Carriers are very unwilling to travel to places west of Blackall, at any price…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Thomas Morgan has sold a ninth shape in the Mount Morgan gold mine to Mr. William Knox D'Ar[?]y for £31,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The wealth of gold in Venezuela seems likely to rival that of the Transvaal. The success of the E[?] Callao mines—whose shares, of the nominal value of £4200, are now wanted at £44,000 each, and whose…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →According to the BERLINA BORSEN HALLE, the total amount of gold produced throughout Russia in 1883 amounted to [?]3,676,000, of which East Siberia produced [?]1,840,000. West Siberia contributed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The mining manager of the Basaltic Goldmining Company reports that, "during the week ending the 28th June, the tunnel had been driven a farther distance of 10 feet, making a total of 328 feet driven…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →All of the old California mining towns are in a decayed or decaying condition. Some of them, most flourishing from 1849 to 1854 or 1856, are blotted from existence and lost to memory, save in the immediate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DURBO, Monday.--A few days ago a fine seam Of coal, 3 feet 0 inches, was struck at a coal mine at Bailinore at a depth of 150 feet. They continued sinking, and on. Saturday they struck a splendid…
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