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The moot point in connection with the fatal mishap at the Lithgow Colliery Company's mine which is forming the subject of the Royal Commission's inquiries appears to be whether the disaster was originated by a fall of roofing in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Satisfactory progress is reported at the claim of the Soudan Mining Company, Splitter's Creek. The last crushing yielded 58oz. for the previous 16 days. The company have already paid off most of their liabilities incurred…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The following additional information has to the Kimberley goldfield in Western Australia, and the means of access to it, are supplied by an official report and by private letters which (says the Argus)have been received in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →NORTHERN TERRITORY.—A Howley correspondent wrote on March 30:—Crushing is started again at Pine Creek, but principally on surface stuff, which is yielding satisfactorily, and I hear that some good…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →KIMBERLEY.-The steamer Albany, which has arrived at Cossack, brings news that ona man has returned to Derby from the Kimberley goldfields with 80oz of gold. Up to the date of the Albany's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A numerously attended meeting of the Coal Lumpers Union was held last evening, at the Lord Nelson Hotel, Miller's Point, Mr. Malcolm, the president,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"It is winter on Grandpapa's head," The little girl, Gold Locks, said, As, perched like a bird on the round of his chair,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TONKIN SILVER MINING COMPANY, Noliability.—Messrs. Watt and Dodds have received the following report from the mining manager, under date May 3. The drive…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Messrs. Gresley Lukin and Co. have the following report from the manager of the Victoria Silver-mining Company, under date May 4:—For the week ending to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No official notification has been received of the appointment on the commission of Messrs. J. B. Turnbull and R. R. Druery, whose names were mentioned by the Minister in the Legislative Assembly as additional members. Although…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the Woods Flat rush, last night, No. 1 prospector's claim bottomed at 35 feet. The prospects, from three feet of wash gave five grains to the dish. A deal of pegging-out is going on in the neighborhood. It appears that the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The steamer Albany, which has arrived at Cossack, brings news that one man has returned to Derby from the Kimberley goldfields with 80oz. of gold. Up to the date of the Albany's departure 600oz. had been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Examiner of Coalfields has roportod to the Mines Department that,the inquest on the late Lithgow Colliery disaster, concluded at, 6 p.m. on April 30, and at 8.15 p.m. tho jury gave the following…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →LITHGOW, Thursday.--The Royal Commission for Collieries adhere to their decision in the conduct of the proceedings with closed doors, notwithstanding the suggestion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dimbled scheeks, mit eyes off plue, Mout like id vas moist mit dew, Und leedle teeth shust peekin droo—Dot's der baby…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The visit of the Government Geologist to the Carrington mine and other mining ventures in the same line of lode was (writes our Goulburn correspondent) made on Tuesday, the 26th ultimo. Mr. F. Tait, M.P., accompanied the…
Continued on Trove, page 979 →DISCOVERY OF SILVER LODES.—Ben Robinson (wires at Port Darwin correspondent) has discovered a large lode of silver ore near the Union. Several other finds are rumored. The Taiwan arrived on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →KIMBERLEY GOLD RUSH.—Diggers from Derby report that sold has been found in the gullies, in muliccky reefs. A thousand ounces were sent away. This was a splendid sample, the largest nugget being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An important mining issue is set down for hearing in, the Supreme Court, Hobart, May 12. The suit, as reported in the TASMANIAN, isthat of C. H. Grant v. Messrs. C. J. Barclay, Audley Coote, E. A. Butler,…
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