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GRAFTON, Wednesday.—The Supreme Court case of Johnston and others v. S. C. Lyons and others was called yesterday. Mr. M'Culloch, who appeared for the plaintiffs, applied for an adjournment on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Ellis Lever, who recently offered a prize of £500 for a perfect safety lamp for miners, has intimated to Mr. Thomas Burt, M.P., his willingness to offer a similar sum as a premium for the invention or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Miss Martha Williams aged 18, was killed, yesterday, by falling down a shaft of the Imperial Mine at Buninyong, Victoria. It appears that Miss Williams was visiting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A correspondent, writing on April 17, said:—Business in mining circles has, during the past week, been dull There is very little doing on the Stock Exchange, and the average number of sales made is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reports received from the mining manager of the Basaltic G.M. Co. show that for tho week ended April 18 the tunnel has been, driven a further distance of 4ft, making a total distance of 538ft driven to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The mining news from Granya, on the Uppor Murray, is encouraging. At present there is only one quariz mill available to the public—the battery of Messrs. Grant, which has just undorgone a complete overhouling, and is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE public meeting presided over by the Mayor on Wednesday last was not called a day too soon. There are other invasions to be feared than those from over the sea, and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →With reference to the bright prospects of thismine, Mr. Wm. Sinclair writes that the ore was discovered six months ago on the surface, and that the samples returned 64oz per ton of silver and 72 per…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The generally acceptedobservations, as made in different parts of the world, show that the temperature of mines increases about one degree in every 64ft. A number of reports which…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mr. W. H. Grainger, the inspector of mines for the Sandhurst district, has forwarded to the Victorian Mining Department a report in which he gives the results of some experiments recently made by him…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Pinnacle Group Silver Company, Silverton.-- Messrs Gresley Lukin and Co. have received the following report from the mining manager, under date 17th Instant:--" All the works mentioned in my last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEWCASTLE, Friday.--At the Miners' Delegate meeting, held to-day, thirteen lodges were represented, The meeting was called to consider letters received from Mr R. L. Simpson, manager…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The Under-Seoretary of Mines received a telegram yesterday stating that a miner named Herbert reports having discovered coarse gold in a terrace one mile from the north…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →In mining matters a rather sensational report was going round that a little girl had picked up a piece of gold in a watercourse on the edge of the town near Flirtation Hill, and that it weighed nearly an ounce, Specks can be got any…
Continued on Trove, page 868 →Serious evidence has been afforded of the severe depression which prevails in Cornish mining. The usual shareholders meeting at Carn Brea, one of the best known tin mines in England, revealed the fact…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →It has long been known that the Northern Territory of South Australia, better known as Port Darwin, is immensely rich in metals and minerals. Unfortunately, however, the ventures there have, in…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A correspondent says that during the last week or two a few shares have changed hands at good prices, mostly on the Broken Hill line of country. In Broken Hill shares one-fourteenth was sold for £2100. A…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →In Newcastle an interview took place on Friday between a deputation of the minors now out on strike from the Burwood mine and the mine: manager. The result is that tin amicable…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The directors of the Sunny Corner mine have issued a special report, which says:—In the halfyearly report submitted to you on December 3 last you were advised that your property would, in our…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →THE COOMA RUSH.—There is no satisfactory information regarding the rush to a location between Queenbeyan and Adaminaby. The place is described as some 30 miles from Cooma, and the only…
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