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In connection with the Board of Technical Education, Mr. P. J. Edmonds recently delivered a lecture on "Gold and Platinum." In commencing, he briefly reminded his hearers of the very active properties of potassium and…
Continued on Trove, page 615 →A table, being the eleventh annual table of a similar nature compiled by Mr. Edward Aehmead, F.C. A., has been issued by that gentleman, in which particulars are given of the mining companies which…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Since writing my last I have been able to get about, the weather having to a great extent taken up. Still it does not look very promising. The first place I visited was Yellow Creek. M'Phee and party's p.c. of three acres are down…
Continued on Trove, page 615 →It is well known that in this country a vast amount of the gold is contained in pyrites; and this makes it not only costly to extract, but dangerous to health on account of the quantity of arsenic contained;…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →An EXAMINATION of intending applicants for the appointment of INSPECTOR OF STOCK will be held at this Office, on MONDAY, 28th instant, in accordance with the Rules published in the Government Gazette of 30th July, 1886…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The directors of the West Wallsend Coal Company took a new departure this year by holding their third half-yearly meeting at the Company's workings, some 13 miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Several samples of smelted gold are being exhibited in the window of Messrs. T. T. Jones and Son, 830 George-street. The gold, we understand, has been extracted from iron pyrites…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →NEWCASTLE, Monday.--At the Borehole miners' lodge meeting on Saturday night the secretary read a copy of the proposed agreement between the masters and miners, after…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,--Mr. A. Forsyth's letter in your issue of Monday is a most valuable expression of protectionist candour. In it he admits that the phrase used by protectionists about "sending…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ADELAIDE, Monday.--A small rush has occurred to the high ground on the north side of Darn Gully, Teetulpa, and it is currently reported that a digger obtained a rich find. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- The basis upon which the Ballarat School of Mines is to be affiliated to the Melbourne University was adopted by the University Senate to-day. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An EXAMINATION of intending applicants for the appointment of INSPECTOR OF STOCK will be held at this Office, on MONDAY, 28th instant, in accordance with the Rules published in the Government Gazette of 30th July, 1886…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PERTH, Tuesday.--The Government resident at Wyndham telegraphs:--"Messrs. Millar, Oswald, Carr and Boyd have arrived to inspect Jackson's reef and others leave for the fields…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the course of a series of articles recently published in this journal dealing with the inquiries of the Royal Commission on Collieries, the following passage appeared…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A correspondent writing from Sunny Corner, under the [?]om de plume" Scrip," suggests that the interests of Nevada shareholders might be furthered by a reduction in the number of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →London, Wednesday.--News from British Columbia reports the discovery of an extraordinarily rich goldfield…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →We have the assurance of Mr. Hamilton, the general manager of the company, that no care or precaution was spared to ensure the safety of the mine. Only last week Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →What may prove the most appalling mining disaster that has ever occurred in New South Wales is reported to have taken plece in the coal-mine of the Bulli Company yesterday afternoon. This mine, it will be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A relative of some of the minors engaged at the Bulli mines informed us last evening that only a few days ago he received a letter from his brother-in-law stating that he was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Wednesday.--A curious trial was concluded at the Supreme Court Civil Sittings to-day, wherein a spiritualistic medium was implicated. John Henry Pepper, known…
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