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Our Bombala correspondent writes of the 14th instant: Three more mineral leases have been applied for by Mr. H. T. Edwards for the purpose of winning silver, tin, lead, and other minerals. They are situated on the south side of…
Continued on Trove, page 192 →THE Sunny Corner Co. are now operating upon the old tailings thrown aside by Messrs. Winter and Morgan eleven years ago. A payable return is expected from the furnaces…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The following quotations were received in the mining market up to 1 o'clock yesterday:—Waratah Coal. 11s. Broken Hill Junction Silver, 17s. 6d.; Central Broken Hill Silver, 12s. 9d.; Pinnacle Tribute Silver, 14s. 6d., 14s…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Umberumberka, the first mine discovered in the locality of Silverton, has yielded payable returns up to the present day. Some time after its discovery Stokie sold the claim to a company for £280 cash and…
Continued on Trove, page 206 →During these days David led the life of a solitary. He sometimes went to the inn, but only to get his bottle of whisky filled; he went to the village shop on the green to buy what he wanted, and he kept wholly to himself…
Continued on Trove, page 184 →Our Inverell correspondent writes:âMr. Plackmore has brought into town a stone weighing 11 carats, having all the appearances of a diamond. It was unearthed at Collis' Hill, about 17 miles from here. It has been forwarded to…
Continued on Trove, page 206 →Sir,—Now that we are suffering from the ill effects of past bad seasons, and the more prosperous are continuously importuned to aid the unfortunate, any suggestions that will tend to remove this terrible depression will, I am sure,…
Continued on Trove, page 207 →The forward end of the main har or stock of the drill is provided with teeth adapted to he forced into the side of a hole made in the rook hy a wedge driven into the hole. To the wedge is pivoted the end of a…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Donald M'Neil left Derby for Melbourne, taking with him 14cwt. of stone from a rich reef at Mount Dockrell. Gold lies in large lumps in the stone, which is of a crumbly nature, and of a dark slate colour…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →In a private letter dated Croydon, June 9th, which has been placed at our disposal, says the Queenslander, Mr. C. Reese, of this city, states that since his previous note he has had a good look over the various reefs within a radius…
Continued on Trove, page 206 →A correspondent furnishes us with the the following account of the claims at the Barmedman goldfields, some of which are about to be placed on the London market:— The crushing of the Fiery Cross is not yet complete, but…
Continued on Trove, page 206 →Upon a goldfield in the central parts Of sunny New South Wales, some years ago, I chanced to happen on a plaintive tale, Replete as well with strange coincidence…
Continued on Trove, page 175 →CROYDON. Friday.--Mr. J. B. Watson, the well-known mining millionaire of Victoria, left here this morning for Normanton en route to Sydney and Melbourne. During the past 10…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Under-Secretary of Mines has received a report from Mr. Geor e Mao[?]sell, warden at Mornya, giving the results of his inspection of the new reefing industry ia the vicinity of the old Guelph alluvial…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PERTH (W.A.), Friday.—Donald M' Neil haft arrived at Cossack from Mount Dockrell, Kimberley, with 14cwt of stone, estimated to contain £3000 worth of gold. M'Neil in on his way to Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A great gathering of the shareholders in the above company and gentlemen interested in the development of the mining industry in the district met at Newcastle on Saturday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Considerable surprise was manifested in Silverton at the recent action of the Minister for Mines with regard to the non-forfeiture of a mineral lease. The publication of Mr. Abigail's minute about a week since that he would not…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The inauguration of the Great Northern Coal Company's Colliery near Cockle Creek, Lake Macquarie, took place yesterday. A great many visitors came from Sydney and Maitland. About 130 left Newcastle by the half-past…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LATEST SYDNEY Quotations.—Thursday night, July 21.—Coal: Burwood, buyers 17s. sellere 17s 3d, business done 17s; Sto[?]ton, buyers 30s 3d, seliers 31s 6d. Silver; B[?]ken Hill, buyers £118, Broken…
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