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A fairly brisk business was transacted in the mining market yesterday. Burwood Coal shares ruled slightly lower; Stockton showing an improved tone, as also did Wickham and Bullock Islands. Lubra Silver slightly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--Last night a fatal accident occurred in the Maryvale Colliery, Wickham. Michael Gibson, a groom and steam-pump attendant, employed in the colliery, fell…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Last night, at about half-past 10, Mr. Henry Harper, manager of the Maryville Colliery, reported at the Newcastle Police Station that a man named Michael Gibson, a groom and steam pump attendant, employed in the colliery,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Three hundred diggers are proceeding to Kimberley on Saturday, via Camhridge Gulf, as the route that way is the shortest to the goldfields, and probably the best. The Government Resident is located at the foot…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir.--The very great interest now taken in the Kimberley goldfield and evident rush that has set in which may probably attract thousands to this latest gold discovery, induces me to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The intelligence given to-day from our Sunny Corner correspondent respecting the sunny of the Nevada smelter, points to the achievement not only of a scientific, but in all…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A fair amount of transactions, were booked in mining circles yesterday, more particularly in connection with silver stocks. Great Western changed hands at 2d. increase. Lubras were slightly down. Nevadas manifested…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →From the Croydon (Northern Queensland) goldfield, we learn that a large meeting was recently held there with the object of petitioning for a warden. Reports…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An inquest was held by Mr. S. Chapman at Wickham yesterday upon the body of Michael Gibson, a groom and pump tender at Maryville Colliery, who fell…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The usual meeting of the Lambton miners was held yesterday, on the Reserve Ground, Lambton. There were very nearly 400 miners present, and Mr. Hagnow…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The P. and O. Company's R.M.S. Valetta, Captain James, arrived from Colombo at 8 p.m. last night. Passengers.—For Albany: Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The goldfields recently discovered in the north-western part of Western Australia, and known as the Kimberley goldfields, have caused an unusual stir in shipping circles at this port, no fewer than five steamers having been placed on the line for the ports…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The apparatus invented by Henry Guy Carleton, of New York, for indicating fire damp, is herewith shown, as illustrated and desoribed by the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. It consists, essentially, of one or…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →A REGULAR exodus of miners has set in from the colonies, their faces turned towards the new El Dorado. The following communication from the Perth correspondent of the Ballarat COURIER contains information as to the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →KIMBERLEY.—News from Derby says that Hall and Slattery's party have found a 28oz nugget. The steamer Menmuir has arrived, having a number of well-equipped diggers on board…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRAVERY OF A MINER REWARDED.—The inspector of mines for the Ballarat district (Mr. Charles Stewart) has reported to the secretary for mines in Melbourne that he has presented, in accordance with…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In the mining market yesterday business was brisk, and, particularly during the morning, shares changed hands somewhat freely. In coals, Stockton's had receded slightly from the previous day's quotations, and Waratahs were…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The John o'Groat JOURNAL said that the people in the Helmsdale and Kildonan district Scotland had determined to begin work on the Kildonan goldfields. The gold diggings there have for some years…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Three hundred diggers are proceeding to Kimberley on Saturday, via Cambridge Gulf, as the route that way is the shortest, to the goldfields, and probably the best. The Government Resident is located at the foot…
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