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SPECIAL TO CORRESPONDENT.—The immense increaso of country correspondence in our columns is matter of great pleasure to as. But we have to ask correspondents to condense as much as possible, otherwise then…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A gentleman who has just some in from the place states that at Pennington and wheslen's, a five-acre lease, about 14 miles from Forbes, splendid gold has been struck in the reef, which is 15 inches wide at a depth of 25 feet. Gold can be…
Continued on Trove, page 188 →A gentleman who has come in from the place says that at Pennington and whalen's, a five-acre lease, about 14 miles from Forbes, splendid gold has been struck in the reef, which is 15 inches wide at a depth…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →THIS measure has passed through committee of the Assembly, and, so far as it has gone, provideb as follows:— The immediate object is to give the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The Minister of Mines has refused a deputation, which comprised members of both Houses of Parliament and representatives of the various mining assodations and local bodies of the colony, to increase the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Great hopes are entertained of a revival of the gold mining industry in Gulgong…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Secretary of Mines reports that the mining industry is in a good condition, although many failures of speculative companies have occurred during the past year. The exports of gold are not…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →In Charters Towers, the Day Dawn for the fortnight obtained from 230 tons 839oz of gold. A dividend of 1s 6d per share was declared. The Mosman Gold-mining Co. got 248 tons for 559oz. During the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →At Mount M'Donald the Balmoral tributors finished crushing this week. They put 128 long through for a yield of 268oz. 15dwt, of gold, from quarts taken from the present stopes, crushed at the company's battery. The…
Continued on Trove, page 189 →A meeting of the recently floated Orphan Silver Mixing Company, which has been started to work a claim in Silverton, was held to-day, when regulations were adopted and directors and other officers…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Under-Secretary for Mines has received another report from Mr Wilkinson, the Government geological surveyor, concerning the silver mines in the Barrier Ranges. Written at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SILVERTON.—By wire we have reports that valuable finds of both gold and tin have been made in the Barrier Ranges country. BARMEDMAN.—Telegrams report that alluvial…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →News from Granya says that Messrs. Grant and Son have bought new crushing plant, which will be ready for work in a few weeks. The erection of this plant will give a great impetus to prospecting in…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Eighfy tons of stone from the Homeward Bound, Yalwal, mine has yielded 97½oz. of gold, which have been lodged in the E. S. and A. C. Bank. Last night 400 tons more were crushed at grass—estimated yield, 15dwt. per ton…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The mining registrar at Milparinka, Mount Browne Gold-field, has forwarded to the Mines Department the following report:—"Milparinka, July 1st, 1884. Daring the past month occasional showers have fallen over the field. On…
Continued on Trove, page 190 →The estimated number of Chinamen working on the goldfields in the Northern Territory is 1800. The estimated number of actual diggers liable for miners' rights is 1200. The amount received as…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →SANDHURST, SATURDAY.--Messrs Clarke and Co., of Sydney and Melbourne, report:--Gold returns; Belmont, 895oz; Carlisle, 105oz ; Eareka, 170oz ; Garden, 33oz; Chum United, 399oz ; Railway, 138oz; Chum…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE, Saturday.-- Fred Young, a miner, while descending a mine yesterday at Sheopshead, Sandhurst, fell to the bottom a distance of 200 feet owing to the ladder giving way, He was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In last Friday's NEWS we did not give the who is the facts of the " jumping" of the coal lands held in the name of the Premier on the Illawarra Railway, in the vicinity of Coal Cliff. Six mineral conditional…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The miners employed in the Irondale Colliery turned out on strike this morning, the grievance being an alteration in the system of payment. Hitherto they have been paid for the coal per…
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