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ADELAIDE, Thursday—The Government Geologist's notes on the Echunga goldfields recommend the sinking of a series of shafts across the valley between Hahndorf and The Meadows, as he believes that a…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →WAR NEWS—Captain Battye, superintendent of police, has received orders from headquarters to hold himself and men in readiness to proceed to Sydney or Newcastle in event of their services being…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →ALTHOUGH the spring fashions are not yet seen in the shop windows, nor are they displayed with confidence in the milliners' show-rooms, there are rumours from Paris of some' changes which I intend to chronicle as…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →In the Equity Court, Melbourne, on Thursday, Mr. Justice Molesworth gave his decision in a suit of Mitchell v. M'Dougall. The plaintiff, Wm. Mitchell, who was formerly manager of the Old Welshman's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MUDGEE, Saturday.—Work has been resumed at the Engine Claim, Canadian, under a new managership…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Governments of all the Australian colonies have now given in their assent to the suggestions made by Admiral Tryon as to the withholding of supplies or coal from an enemy, regarding…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Eureka Company have finished a crushing of 98 tons of first and 12 tons of inferior quality of stone for the month, which yielded 175 ounces 16 dwts. of gold. The mine is greatly improving, the shoot of gold is still going…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →An application for the abandoned claim of the Perseverance G.M. Company, Enoggera (Q.), has been lodged in tile Brisbane Mines Office by Mr. Felix Savage, who asks that it may be granted to him as a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Parkes, Tuesday.—The escont left parkes to-day with about 2790oz of gold, the greater part being from the Joint Stock Bank…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alexandra Hill Gold-mining Company, no liability, Charters Towers.--The mining manager for fortnight ending 2nd instant, reports:--The underlie shaft was sunk 10ft, making now 70ft from platt. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Said a Dunedin N.Z. correspondent on. May 2: — The Minister of Mines, Mr. Larnach, has addressed his constituents, but he informed them that he spoke as their member, and gave his own views, as he had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Perth INQUIRER said :—Several fine Specimens of gold have been found by some children in one of the gullies of the Darling Range. One child brought home a piece of quartz containing a lump of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →By the direction of the Victorian Minister of Mines, the acting-secretary of his department has issued a circular to the Government inspectors on the various gold fields, instructing them to see that all the cages…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An accident occurred, in Madame Berry, No. 2 mine, on Friday night, when Hugh. M'Geohegan had his collar-bone broken, and Joseph Atkinson was internally injured by an iron girder, which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →GEORGETOWN, Monday.—The latest crushings are:—Monkland lease, 16 tons, yield 82oz 6dwt of gold; at Delaney's, Aurora, 270 tons, 570oz lOdwt of gold; Cardonia, Swan and Party, 173 tons, 602oz…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →From King's Sound, Western Australia, western that forty inches of rain had fallen there between the 1st January and 11th April. Forty diggers had arrived with, the intention of prospecting for gold on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Silverton correspondent of the ARGUS wrote on May 4.—As previously intimated, one of the most valuable discoveries made during the last week is undoubtedly that of the extensive existence of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In mining matters there is very little fresh to report. At Bachelors' Rush three hols have shown a little gold, but the indications are not definite. Several holes are down over 40 feet, and a great deal depends…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Under-Secretary for Mines has received the following report from Mr. King, warden at Milparinka, with respect to the Mount Brown gold mines:— "Milparinka, May 1, 1885…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The value of the gold produce of the world, from 1830 to 1880, has been from the undermentioned countries:—Spanish America, 310 millions; Australia, 258 millions; Russia…
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