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THE letter of the explorer, O'Donnell, published during the week goes to support the statement made by Mr. Hogan, that the most advantageous route to the Kimberley diggings will ultimately be found to be via Cambridge Gulf…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Mining at Pye's Creek, near Tenterfield, is reported to be brisk. Several fresh reefs, carrying good stone, have been come across. Smelting works for silver upon on extensive scale are to…
Continued on Trove, page 1131 →OFF TO KIMBERLEY.—A party of sixteen miners,' [?]ach having a capital of £100 in cash, has left Gren[?]ell for Kimberloy. They propose to purchase an outfit in Sydney during the present Week. The…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →In a very excellent article on Queensland gold deposits, Mr. John Falconer, C.E., says in the COLONIST (Maryborough): "A great deal of the gold obtained on the Palmer and Hodgkinson goldfields comes out…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →SYDNEY, Tuesday Evening.—During last week share business was moderately active. Great Cobar improved. Nymagees tended downward. Nevadas were brisk at improved rates. Silver Kings dropped…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →If they are thus unkind and cruel to the nuns who are from the best Roman Catholic families in the land, how much more cruel are they to the helpless orphans under their care?…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A serious accident occurred in the underground workings of a mine last night. Two men, named Thomas M'Millan and Thomas Walker, were engaged in drilling in a charge hole for blusting, when they bored into a hole…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Captain J. B. Darke, of the steamer Catterthun, which arrived at Townsville yesterday, states that the steamer Gambier might get within five miles of the landing at Port Derby if piloted up the channel by a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →NEWCASTLE, Friday.--The well-known medico, Dr. Hedley, of Hamilton, has just received information from the Kimberley goldfields that his brother, Mr. Medley, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DECEASED;—Another well known old resident of Adelong has joined the big majority in the person of Mr. H. Ritzaw, of the Post-office Hotel, who expired at his residence on Tuesday last after several…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →BALLARAT.—The market generally weakened on Thursday and less business was transacted. Band and Albion Consols changed hands at even rates, and closed with buyers at 80s. There was considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Ferndale Commission continued its sittings yesterday, Dr. Robertson presiding. There were also present: Messrs. J. Usher, J. Curley, J. Y. Neilson, J. Jones, Jas. Swinburn, Archibald Duvie, Wm. Turnbull, and J…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,--So much has appeared in the press lately about Kimberley that I fancy many would be glad, considering Kimberley's distance from here, if they could find something equally…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The shareholders of the Sunny Corner Silvermining Company held their fourth half-yearly meeting yesterday, Mr. E. Prosser (chairman) presiding. Mr. J. Higgins, one of the retiring…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In our Saturday's issue we gave, from a correspondent, an account of the dispute at the Greta Colliery from the men's point of view. We have since been favored with some…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining transactions were brisk yesterday, and a spirited tone pervaded the market. In coals, Burwoods hardened to 14s. 6d. for sellers; Vale of Clwydd receded to 12s. 3d. and 13s. 3d. Wesley tins lowered to 1s. 6d. In silvers,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WOLLONGONG, Monday.--A man named Samuel Waterfield, aged 32, was killed in the Bald mine on Friday last. It appears that he was working in a heading, had [?] to a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--A young man named Wm. Brookman has just returned to Sandhurst from Derby, and has supplied the following information concerning the…
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