Mining Topics
Prince of Wales and Old Poverty Company, Tarnagulla, January 16.—Western drive has been extended 9ft for the week; total distance from chamber, 94ft…
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Mining Intelligence
Lubra Silver-mining Company.--The mining manager telegraphs:-- "Lubra West, contract for sinking shaft 50ft. completed." Great Western Silver-mining Company,…
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CARCOAR, Tuesday.—The escort from Mount M'Donald arrived on Monday with 130oz of gold. The prospects of the field are said to be most encouraging. The escort is the largest for the month of…
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LONDON, Tuesday.--A meeting of Agents-General is to be held to-morrow to discuss the question of mining exhibits at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition…
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Sir,—In your mining column of January 14 I notice one or two slight mistakes that I wish yon to correct. Instead of "a meeting of 96 miners," your report should hare read 396 miners, independent of boys…
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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—The secretary of the Lambton miners has received a letter from the manager which is to the effect that he withdraws from all the former concessions which he offered to…
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The mining manager (Sunny Corner) reports, for the week ended January 16, that the main level has been extended a farther distance of 6ft, making the total driven south from main tunnel 101ft. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Silver Mines of New South Wales. Iv.—great Western. (By Our Special Reporter.)
The Great Western mine lies to the north of and adjoin[?] the Silver King mine, and it may be considered one of the four principal mines of the district, three of which have been already described. There are 64,000 shares in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Bathurst
The departinental returns show that the total number of persons employed in raining in the Bathurst district during the year 1885 was 1554, and that the value of the minerals obtained amounted to nearly £200,000, of which…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mining. [Brief and concise reports from mining managers will be gladly published in this column. We regret that we have not space for long and detailed progress reports.] Grafton Items
Thus our Grafton correspondent on January 15: An impetus has been given to mining in this district by the occasional crushing of quartz from the once celebrated Solferino goldfields. Although the partial…
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It has recently been reported that gold has been discovered near Tennant's Creek, in Central Australia. Some years ago (said tho Adelaide REGISTER), before the gold finds in the Northern Territory, Mr. W. H. Martin, of Payneham, sent out a party of…
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In the doorway of Messrs. Withers and Callaghan's, 136, Pitt-street, may be seen bags of what might be mistaken at a distance for a very inferior sample of disintegrated cheese. This is silver ore of various…
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Thus a Howley (Northern Territory) correspondent on December 15:—In the Daly River Copper Mine Mr. Marker is now raising some splendid ore from the 80ft level. Over 1000 tons of ore have been…
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The Silver King Mining Company, Limited, Sunny Corner.--The mining manager reports on the 15th inst. that he is glad to be able to say that there is a great improvement in the quality…
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MALDON.—The event of the week has been the breaking out of splendid stone from the winze in the south drive in the mine of the New Beehive Company. Good stone continues to be broken out. The…
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BATHURST, Wednesday.—The departmental returns show that the total number of persons employed in mining in the Bathurst district daring the year 1885 wan 1554, and that the value of the minerals…
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A splendid lode of tin has been discovered on the Bloomfield River by a miner named George Mackay. The Little Hill Gold Mine, Mitchell's…
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Messrs. Kenrick (Thomes) and Wilkinson (native agent) have been successful in completing arrangements with the natives for prospecting the King country…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Lameton Miners' Strike. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle
A special meeting of the Lambton miners was held to-day to consider a letter which had been received from Mr. Croudace, manager of the colliery Mr. A. Green was in the chair. A resolution was moved that the letter be not…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mining Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Gundagai
Good reports continue to reach here from the Bongongolong Reefs, which are situated about nine miles from Gundagai. Several fresh leases have been applied for during the present week, and operations haye been commenced in…
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