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Messrs. M'Intosh nnd Jansen finished cleaning up yesterday, 100 loads of washdirt yielding l05oz. 12dwts. of gold. Prorpecting for reefs is being vigorously carried on in this neighbourhood. Two lots of stone are now being…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Minister of Mines (Hon. J. P. Abbott) has, we learn, so far recovered from his recent indisposition, that to-day it is expected he will resume the duty of administration in the department under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Ethel Tin-mining Company, Bora Creek.--This mine was successfully floated about eight weeks ago ; Mr Pomeroy, manager of the Wesley Tin Mine, reported very favorably on the Prospects of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mrs. Broughton was in trouble; her youngest son, Hector, a fine lad of twelve years of age, had been ailing for some weeks, pining away in a most unaccountable manner. Usually diligent at school he had become listless and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TUESDAY.—The old Glenrock coal mines near Redhead are about to be reopened, under the name of the Burwood Coal Co.'s colliery. Messrs. Hyde and Cowlishaw have leased 60,000 acres from Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Archibald Forbes contributes an article to the August issue of the ENGLISH ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE on Colonial gold mines. Dr. Forbes has had very unpleasant personal experiences of two or three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lumpy Lead Gold mining Company.--The mining manager, under date 23rd instant, reported that during the past week tho shaft had been sunk a further depth of 4 feet 10 inches and centred 30 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ADELONG, Tuesday.--A fatal accident occurred late last night at Shephard's upper claim, Adelong Crtek, to a man named George Madea. He was in a drive 20ft. from the bottom removing bark…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fatal accident occurred in Mr. A. D. Shepherd's alluvial claim in Grahamstown last night. Some men were engaged throwing timber down the shaft. The deceased, who was working…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The yield of the Great Extended Gold-mining Company for the fortnight ended August 23 has been l46oz., from 264 tons. CARCOAR, TUESDAY…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Chiltern Valley G.M. Co.'s yield for the month was 475oz 7dwt of gold.—The Queen's Birthday, Malmsbury, produced 620oz of amalgam last week.—Manning and Sinnet,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ADELONG, Tuesday.--The Floraston Gold-mine, Gundagai, is turning out a splendid show of gold, As the lode is being opened up in the new shaft the prospects are most encouraging…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CARCOAR, Wednesday.—It is rumoured that a rich copper lode has been discovered on Mr. Jordan's forfeited lease, adjoining Patterson and party's claim, between M[?]lburn Creek and Mount Macdonald,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vautin's process for beating yellow copper ores was tried here and worked splendid by to-day. Everything was continuous. The metal was tapped from the blast furnace into a converter, and the air was blown through the same…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →ALBURY Friday.—The latest news from Bethanga is more encouraging than, it has been for some time. A number of extra hands have been pat on in the claim of Mr. John A. Wallace, and there is every…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The first attempt at silver-smelting on a large scale has been sucessfully started this morning at the Sunny Corner mine, near Bathurst. The furnaces has been erected by Messrs. Lamont, Stearne, Huxley, and Smith, and were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The correspondent of the South Australian Chronicle writes from Silverton to that journal on the 7th instant:— A welcome fall of rain occurred here this morning, and right glad were all to see such a bountiful aqueous gift…
Continued on Trove, page 441 →The manager of the Wesley Tin-mining Company, Limited, reports the yield of ore for the week ended 23rd instant to be 6 tons. Messrs. Melhado and Curtis report they yield from the Band…
Continued on Trove, page 441 →The following crushings for the week are reported from the reefs:—The Battery Challenger Gold-mining Co., 76 tons, yielding 82oz. 2dwt.; Hodge Brothers, from Donkey Hill, from 14 tons stone 11oz. 10dwt., from 4½ tons of…
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