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A discovery of a small p[?] of alluvial gold was made on Saturday in the [?]larat East watchhouse yard in rather strange cir0cumstances. It seems that a miner from a neigh[?]ing district was arrested…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEWCASTLE, Friday.—John Morrow, miner, employed in the Wa[?]end Colliery, net with a fatal accident on Wednesday afternoon. He was the victim of another fail of coa[?] He died yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle, Thursday,--At a meeting of the representatives of the Hunter River Coil Miners' Mutual Protective Association held last evening, the returns on the great ballot were taken with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WILCANNIA, Thursday.--A banquet in honour of the Hon, J. P. Abbott, Minister for Mines, was held at O'Leary's Wilcannia Hotel on Wednesday evening, at which there tree au attendance of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At the instance of a local syndicate, Mr. R. A. Cotton, a mining expert, waited Lower Tarcutta to report upon the prospects of the place as a gold-producing country; and he has returned with a very favourable report. The particularly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GUNDAGAI, Wednesday.—Mr. Edmunds, of Ballarat, contractor for the erection of the machinery at the Victoria mine, South Gundagai, has completed his work satisfactorily. The machinery consists of a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →I am a king when I rule myself.—Stoic Proverb. Next to faith in God is faith in labour.—Bovee. A word sometimes lasts longer than a marble slab. It is well to think well; it is divine to act well—Horace…
Continued on Trove, page 1113 →The secretary of the Lumpy Lead Gold-mining Company, Limited. Forest Ro[?], New South Wales, reports that the local director (Mr. E. O'[?]) telegraphed on 29th instant as follows:—"Struck wash at Lumpy this morning; not…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →It is very evident that the remarks of "Gulielmus" in your issue of 25th ultimo, afford illustration of the truth of my statement, that "miners have some crude notion that gold runs in shoots,"…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →From New Zealand we learn that Major Kemp (a native in the Wanganui district), has received a letter from a native chief in Tokano, announcing the discovery of cold on the Kaimalawa ranges. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Minister for Mines has been devoting the whole of the time spent in Silverton to the inspection of the silver mines, of which he has been shown the largest and meet important. The Umberumberka mine—so called from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1128 →ADELAIDE, Friday.--A large deputation waited on the Commissioner of Crown Lands this morning and urged the Government to grant bonuses for the discovery of gold, and for mining. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The alluvial tush to the Batchelors has so far proved no good, though there are a number of mm out there yet. Several parties ere prospecting about there. The Batchelors reef near this rush has been taken up again, and gives…
Continued on Trove, page 1128 →The announcement was made a few days ago that the lock-out of miners employed at the Wallace Bethanga Co.'s mine had been settled in an amicable and satisfactory way. Mr. J. A. Wallace, M.L.C., the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The manager of the Sunny Corner Silver-mining Co. report the shipment per R.M.S Clyde for London of 23,907oz refined silver with a small percentage of gold, valued at £6050…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Milparinka progress committee waited on the Minister of Mines on Friday, to ask his influence to secure a proper water supply for the township. A petition was also presented from the residents at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SILVERTON, Wednesday.—The Minister of Mines and party having arranged for their departure to Purnamoota, and Mt. Gipps, as early as possible a final meeting to "speed the parting guests" was…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →WILCANNIA, Friday.--Yesterday was generally observed as a half-holiday is the town on the occasion of the laying of the foundation-stone, in Masonic form, of a new Public school by the Hon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Minister for Minos (the Hon. J. P. Abbott) availed himself of the opportunity afforded by the public presentation to him of an address of welcome by the Mayor of Wilcannia (Mr. Walter Brown) at the Crown…
Continued on Trove, page 1153 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Viscount Lymington arrived in Sandhurst from Deniliquin last week. He visited some of the principal mines in Sandhurst, and thereafter proceeded to Melbourne…
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