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VISIT OF BISHOP THOMAS.—Saturday last Dr. Thomas, Bishop of Goulburn, arrived in Braidwood, by Pooley's coach, and on the afternoon of the following day administered the right of confirmation to…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The coal and iron masters of Scotland having promptly subscribed the guarantee found of £500 desired for the object, the council of the Mining Institute of Scotland has decided to open an exhibition of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →There was a brisk market on Thursday in Golden Gully and Raywood stocks. Business opened with a strong demand for Bath's No. 2, in consequence of gold having been seen in driving east at 300ft. This…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Gudgeon, the finder of the Stanton-Harcourt Reef, Maryborough (Q.), which gave a prospect of 7oz of gold to the ton, has gone to Brisbane to float a company…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New North Clunes Company, Clunes.—There is very little change in the underground workings. The north drive, No. 11, is slightly improved in appearance. The yield for the fortnight ws 254oz. 9dwt. 12gr., from 427…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WOLLONGONG, Monday.—The miners at Kembla gave fourteen days' notice to the masters on Saturday last, that if matters were not settled a strike will ensue. On Friday night the men had an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No leas than twenty-three thousand miners hare gone out on strike in Canton, Ohio, U.S.A., because it was proposed by their employers to reduce their wages so low as not to afford them the means of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining operations hare from time to time brought to light interesting specimens of animal and vegetable life, and in these colonies, more especially, are they of value from a scientific point of view…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cravens Caledonian Gold-mining Company, Messrs. Gresley Lukin and Co., report under date of July 20 :--"Since last report. I have continued the main drive, which is now in a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A "Miner" writes to say that the mining industry of the colony baa suffered considerably from the want of competent goldfields' wardens, and that the mining survey staff requires reforming. In his speech in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The following are the results of the crushings for the past month:—Patterson and Co., north of the Balmoral, 3 tons of stone for 5oz. 11dwt. 9grs. of gold; Evans and Peel, tributors on Balmoral, 24 tons, 95oz. 19dwt. 16grs.—this is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →EMMAVILLE, Tuesday.—Seven tons of ore obtained at the Little Plant Silver Mines were Bent to Boorook for treatment. Upward of 700oz of silver have been extracted. The silver is now on the road…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Work in connection with the Port Darwin Tin Mine, which was recently opened at Mount Wells, Northern Territory, is progressing satisfactorily, and very shortly the ore will be produced in quantity…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thus a London correspondent on June 26:—The colliery disaster near Manchester resulted in the loss of more than one hundred and eighty lives. On Saturday an explosion in a coal mine near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A serious explosion occurred on Saturday morning (June 20) in the Burnley Pit of the Apedale Collieries, belonging to Messrs. Stainer and Co., near Chesterton, North Staffordshire. At the time of the explosion about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The tenth half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of Wesley Tin-mining Co. was held on Tuesday in the office of the manager, 131, Pitt-street. Mr. A. Harcourt was in the chair. The directors' report and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →GUNDAGAI, Tuesday.--Mr. K. Slattery's Company, who are prospecting at Mount Parnassus, report that the reef shows gold freely at 10ft. level, and that shaft No. 2 is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thomas Worrall, a surviving uuderlooker, has given a graphic account of the explosion at Clifton Hall Colliery, on June 18, which was supplemented by others who were working immediately under his direction. Worrall was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The escort from Mount M'Donald has brought to town 298oz. of gold. Messrs. M'Court and party have finished a crushing of 36 tons of stone, which yielded 59oz. 15dwt. of gold, from the claim known as the Guiding Star, late Bank…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A terrible explosion occurred at the Burley Pit of the Apedale Colliery, near Stoke-upon-Trent, owned by Messrs. Stanier and Co., by which nine lives were lost and 180 men and boys had a narrow escape. About 200 men are…
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