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The great mistake of building railway viaducts in Cornwall of wood, seeing that it is a land of stone, is now being rectified at enormous expense by the Great Western Railway Company. Several wooden viaducts have already been…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Kieran Siattery, who recently took up a 10-acre lease on Mount Parnassus, situated behind the town of North Gundagai, where some nice specimens of auriferous quartz were found last week, intends to float a private company with the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Having gained a tolerably clear idea of the nature of the [?]rmations in which the silver deposits all over the world principally occur, the next point is to obtain an equally [?]lear idea of the manner of the occurrence of the deposits…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →(The latest information concerning mining shares will be found in our Telegraphic and Commercial Reports.)…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Following is the latest report:—Just when the returns from the Bute and Downes mine were becoming very discouraging highly improved prospects are presented. The yield for the last week was only…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The latest sensation in Dubbo (says the DISPATCH) is coal. In the early days it was copper; quite recently—as some of us still remember to our cost—it was gold. Now it is the black diamond…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →There arrived in New York the other day twenty-five young women from Hungary, who came to be wives for that number of young miners in Mauch Chunk. They had never seen their prospective…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The large crowd which attended on Saturday night to listen to Dr. J. E. Taylor's lecture on "The Coal Cellars of the World" proves that science is not without its attractions for the people of Sydney. To those…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The manager of the New Reform Goldmining Company. Lucknow, under date July, 17, reports:--"Since have raised 60 tons, and thrown out. The various working are all on good stone for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In the Inglewood County Court, before Judge Quinlan, the jury were unable to agree in the case of the United Buchanan Quartz Mining Company against John Johns, being a claim for £250 damages…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--A well-attended meeting of the Australian Agricultural Company's miners was held last night for the purpose of discussing the dispute re the colliery doctor. A letter was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A ruth has sot in at Mia Mia Flat, Stawell, owing to Messrs Doughty and Co, having struck payable gold, at a depth of 53 f[?], in alluvial workings in old ground…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Christchurch Gold mining Co., which has been formed for the purpose of mining the quartz reefs at Browning's Pass, near the head of the Wilberforce, a branch of the Rakaia River, has been successfully…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It was a subject of practical interest that Dr Taylor selected for his lectors in the Masonic Hall Saturday evening, but this has almost to be a consideration with people who are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The mining reports from the district are as follows:— Now North Clunes Company, Clunes: There is no change to report in the underground workings. The yield of gold for the fortnight has been 303oz. 10dwt 12gr. from 426…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →An examination of intending applicants for the appointment of Inspectors of Stock will be held at this office on TUESDAY, 25th August next, in accordance with the rules published in the Government Gazette of 30th September, 1884…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The neighbourhood in which the gold diggings of Mitchell's Creek are situated has already been: described in the EVENING NEWS, and a short sketch of their palmy days some twenty years ago has also…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No. 314 North Glanmire Gold-mining and Quartz-crushing Company, Limited. -- Messrs Gresley Lukin and Co. report, under date of the 17th instant: -- "Have crushed 886 tons for a yield of 11180s gold,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Borngs are being made in the vicinity of Deception Bay, in Moreton Bay, to test the capabilities of the extensive coal deposit known to exist between Haumpybong and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The new exploring company, floated on the strength of the nugget said to have been found in the Fly River, New Guinea, has resolved to wind up. Major-General Sir P. Scratchley…
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