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TOWNSVILLE, Friday.—Farther advices have been received in Herberton, by Mr. Farrell from M'Cague and party, who are waiting for rain at Yielda station. Kimberley. It was very dry where the gold discovered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—A man named John Davis sustained severe injuiries while working in the Glebe Pit on Wednesday afternoon. He and a mate were treading. Davis was holing coal, and another man…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The starting of the machinery of the Barfold Ranges mine, Castlemaine district, took place on Boxing Day, in the presence of a large number of Melbourne and Castlemaine shareholders. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ravenswood Silver-mining Company, Limited. --The mining manager reports the lode at the 160ft, level is getting richer, and assays give from 200 to 600oz…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mess[?]. Gresley Lukin and Co. report having received the following advice from the mining manager of the Daly River Copper Mining Company Limited, under…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Messrs. Gresley Lukin and Co. report having received the following advice from the mine manager, under date 29th instant: I have finished timbering and fixing windlass and stands on shaft. The shaft…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →TOWNSVILLE, Thursday.--Further advices have been received in Herberton by Mr. Farrell from M'Cague and party who are waiting for rain at Yiesla station, Kimberley. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The escort left here with over ll00oz. of gold, of which the Commercial Bank forwarded [?]z. 7dwt. 22gr. [?] the Bank of New South Wales, 70oz. [?]dwt. [?]gr. The remainder of the escort was made up of par[?] from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A correspondent, "Practical Miner," recently expressed doubts whether any satisfactory practical results had followed the prospecting for coal in Gippsland, Victoria, and said:—"The Government…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, December 23.—A terrible colliery, explosion bas occurred in the Mardy Colliery, Poniypridd, Glamorganshire. About two hundred persons are entombed, and grave fears are…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →GRAFTON, Tuesday.—Rudder and party, who have been prospecting in the vicinity of Nana Creek, are reported to have mado a disoovery which, if true, is likely to have a beneficial effect, and give an impetus…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Practical Miner " wrote from Sandhurst on December 24 to the Melbourne ARGUS— In a late issue of your excellent paper I noticed a letter from a Mr. Noble, giving a most brilliant account of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Daly River Copper-Mining Company, Limited. --Messrs. Gresley Lukin and Co. report having A received the following advice from the mining manager of the Daly River Copper-Mining…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The following notifications appeared in the GOVERNMENT GAZETTE on Friday, the 29th instant:— MINERAL LEASE APPROVED.—Newcastle:W. A. Steel and others, Onebygamba, near Newcastle, 6a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The following is the official reply, received by Mr. W. S. Targett, M.L.A., who introduced a recent deputation:—"Department of Railways, Sydney, December 22,1885. Sir—Referring to the deputation introduced…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Thus a Palmorston (N.T.) correspondent on December 7:—Of the gold yield there is not much to be said. The battorios have not been at work, through want of water in some cases and want of stone in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Thus the Townsville BULLETIN:—"We have farther news with reference to the recent discoveries of gold at Mourilyan Harbor, which considerably qualifies the exceedingly glowing reports lately published. It…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The conclusion has been arrived at by M.Fayol that the absorption of atmospheric oxygen by coal dust usually produces the rise in temperature to which spontaneous combustion is due. He finds…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A dozen or so experienced miners (Said a Palmerston (N.T.) correspondent) have left for Cambridge Gulf in search of the goldfield said to have been found upon the Ord River; but beyond the fact that…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →LONDON, Thursday.--There has been a large withdrawal of gold for South Africa to the extent of half a million…
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