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Mr Slee, Inspector of Mines, writing recently on these mines, says that none of the quartz veins, with the exception of Fuller's reef, has been tasted to any great depth. Very little alluvial gold is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The following report has been received by the Undersecretary for Mines (Mr. Harrie Wood) from Mr. W. H. J. Slec, Inspector for Mines, with respect to the Denison and Stewart Brook gold mines and the Waverley silver…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fresh, silver discovery has been made at Pye's Creek tableland, about,16 miles from here. Four assays which have been made show over 2000oz. to the ton. Aconsider able quantity of land has been, applied for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PORT DARWIN, Tuesday.—The Daly copper mine has been sold to a Sydney syndicate, which proposes to begin operations at the end of the wet season…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alexandra Hill Gold-mining Company (No Liability), Charters Towers.--The mining manager, under date 27th ult., said :-- The work during the fortnight has progressed satisfactorily. The bottom…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BRISBANE, Tuesday.—The total yield on the Charters Towers goldfield for the past year was 109, 65Soz lldwt 22gr. It is the largest which has been obtained in one year…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TUMUT, Tuesday.—A rich leader has been discovered in a claim at Reedy Flat. A company for procuring crushing machinery is much needed. There is one in the course of formation. This new find…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At an inquiry which was held on Saturday, in Greta, before Mr. A, Vindin, coroner, into the Cause of the recent fire in the Greta coal mine, no clue was obtained to the origin of the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal has been discovered in the Colo Vale, near Mittagong, by a private company, which is working the A diamond drill. The coal was struck at a depth of 815ft, and proved to bo 4ft 6in thick. No…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The mining captain of the Great Cobar Copper Mining Company, Limited, reports for the four weeks ending the 27th December, 1884, as follows:--Underground; The lode in the intermediate level, between…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Last month we gave an account of the trial of the Huntington and Koch process of extracting gold from quartz crushed by the ordinary batteries. The trial was held in. Sandhurst. Mr. A. T. Brown, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The gypsies of the Banat, in Austro-Hungary, in washing: the gold from tee sands of the rivers and plains, still use a very antiquated system, out of which, no doubt, the modern systems have grown. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →[?] Wednesday.—The manager of the Barmedman Co. reports an average yield of 6dwt of gold per ton from 1200 tons of quartz during 1884. The outside claims in Barmedman yielded an average…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CABOCAE, Tuesday.—It is rumoured that several discoveries of silver and tin have been made in various localities. A rich lode has been discovered on the Bollabella River, near the junction of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A BAZAAR was held here Christmas Eve in aid of the requirements of the Anglican Church. It was held in a spacious hell, contiguous to Mr. Wamsley's hotel. In the centre of the room stood a large…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Gledow, the manager of the Barmedman Company, reports an average yield of 6dwt. of gold per ton from 1200 tons of quarts during the year 1884. The outside claims here yielding an average of 19dwt. of gold from 1199 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →BLAYNEY, Wednesday.—Mining at Hill End is fairley brisk. Ellis and party, at the Emily Reef, Tambaroora, have now splendid prospects. It is a long time since they had luck; but they persevered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unattended with very much ceremony, a very important addition to the coal-mining industry of Newcastle was formally re[?]egnised to-day by a number of Sydney and local gentlemen interested in the undertaking. The addition was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The new smelting furnaces, which were erected under the supervision of Mr. Clauds Vautin, are working splendidly, each of the three furnaces putting through about 30 on[?] The converter is also acting satisfactorily…
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