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BRISBANE, Thursday.—At a meeting of the Cabinet, held yesterday, it was decided to grant loans for the encouragement of deep sinking on gold fields. The matter was fully discussed at the last session…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →THE PARKES DISCOVERIES.—Mr. W. H. J. Slee, inspector of mines, reports:—"Great excitement here about prospects of gold obtained twelve miles north of Parkes. By request of numbers of miners I have…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →LUCKNOW, Tuesday.—The theory of Mr. C. S. Wilkinson (the Government geologist) has been demonstrated in Lucknow. The diamond drill bored this morning 138ft, upon alluvial wash, apparently…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Adelong Company finisbed a crushing last night of 10 tons for yield of 51oz. 4dwt. There are only four [?]sreholders in this claim as one of the party sold out to two of them about a month since for £1 per share, and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The sinking for alluvial at the Hard-to-Find is the principal topic amongst amongst, miners and there appears to be a possibility of a lead being ventually discovered. Mary people held the notion that there was to Alluvial gold in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1048 →A successful meeting has recently been held at Allora to inaugurate a Darling Downs Farmers' Union on the basis of the South Australian Farmers' Mutual Association. The rules of this association…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →What the Gameracha diggers are doing is illustrated by an exhibit of specimens at Mr. Brunkhorst's premises, 106, Bundle-street, Adelaide, where there are now on view two nuggets weighing 16oz…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Monday.—A lockout has occurred in Lansell's No. 180 mine, Sandhurst, owing to the misers having refused to descend the shaft unless some alteration is made in the mode of lowering the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →HOBART, Sunday.--Thea Lalla Side and South Esk Amalgamated Company, at Tulloch Gorum, have struck a deep lead wash which proves the truth of what was predisted years ago by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The accountant of the Australian Joint Stock Bank, Sydney, exhibited in the office on Saturday, a [?]o of gold from Quayle and party's claim (Parkes) weighing 175[?]oz lidwt, value about £6200. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A lock-out has occurred in Lansell's. No. 180 mine at Sandhurst, owing to the miners refusing to descend the shaft unless some alteration is made in the mode of lowering…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ADELAIDE, Saturday.—Great excitement prevails owing to the alleged discovery of gold in the range east of Willunga, a small town thirty miles south of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A correspondent of the Adelaide REGISTER writing from Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, said on May 11:— I have been shown by Prospector Burgess an ironstone quartz specimen showing undoubted gold; also…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Messrs. Grealey Lakin and Co. have received the following report from the manager of the Silver Hill Mining Co., no liability, under date May 11:—Have driven a further distance of 11ft, making a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—The present dullness in mining is caused, there is no doubt, by the non-dividend-paying nature of the companies that have been floated in the colony during the past few years, arising from the large management expenses…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Clarence and Richmond EXAMINEE of May 2 reports that another rich patch of gold has been found. It would not be out of place to relate a brief sketch of this renowned goldfield…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The parcel of 4 tons of quartz which Mr. H. Gordon sent to Forsyth's crushing machine gave a return of 12dwt. per ton, which is considered highly satisfactory, as most of it was surface stone. The reef, which is in granite formation,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WILCANNIA, Monday.—News from Mount Browne by coach says that the mining prospects there continue to improve. Hill and party got 3dwt to the dish on Tuesday. This is the richest prospect yet…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WILCANNIA, Saturday.--News from Mount Browne by coach just arrived, states that the mining prospects there continue to improve, Hill and party got 3d wts. to the dish on Tuesday, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nymagee Copper-mining Company, Limited.--The manager reports the output far tho week ended 16th instant to be 36 tons of refined copper from 296 tons of ore smelted, Copper dispatched, 85 tons,…
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