The Ruby Mines in Burmah. London, Jan 12
It is reported that Mr. Streeter has leased the ruby mines in Burmah for£30,000…
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The Illawarra Miners' Strike. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Wollongong
The Mount Keira mine has commenced work with a few m[?]n, and the l[?]tive ran yesterday for the first time for some months. Unprejudiced persons consider that the Strike is now virtually over at all the mines now working…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Teetulpa Goldfield. (By Telegraph.)
ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Warden Hacke sent the following message to-day :-- "Warden Clindenning is out on the field, He reports that things are very quiet still. Several…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Illawarra Collieries Dispute
Eight men for the Bulli pit arrived from Sydney on Friday, and were escorted to work by two policemen, headed by the local manager. A large crowd of strikers met the new arrivals in the main street, and one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 147 →English Capital in Australian Mines
Our London correspondent writes on December 3:—The mining market is still very dull, and prices of nearly all the Queensland mines are drooping. A company has just been advertised in London with the object of purchasing the…
Continued on Trove, page 147 →The Illawarra Miners' Strike. Wollongong
The Mount Kiera mine has commenced work with a few men, and the locomotive ran yesterday for the first time for some months. Unprejudiced persons consider that the strike is now virtually over at all the mines now working…
Continued on Trove, page 145 →Mining on Church Lands
A miner has written to us from Carcoar with a very solid and substantial grievance. His complaint is that all prospecting for gold is prohibited on church and school lands, while these lands are leased…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →MINING Tin and its Uses
In connection with the Board of Technical education, Mr. P. J. Edmunds gave a free popular lecture on "Tin and its Uses," in the Technical Hall, on the 30th ultimo. The lecturer stated that tin had been known in very…
Continued on Trove, page 147 →Professor Gold Win Smith on the Union
In a letter to the Toronto Week, Mr. Goodwin Smith writes :-- It is not the stain on the parchment of the Union that has raised this sudden…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Teetulpa Goldfield. Adelaide, Jan. 7
The Register's special correspondent at Teetulpa telegraphs that several coach loads of men arrived at Teetulpa this morning. The results of the washings generally are very poor. The best of them were from Brady's gully…
Continued on Trove, page 147 →The Teetulpa Goldfield. (By Telegraph.)
TEETULPA, Friday.--Two diggers on Windlass-hill washed a couple of dishes of dirt, one obtaining the splendid result of 2oz. and the other 1oz. A great many men are working…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Bushman's Yarn. a Terrible Goldfields Tragedy
Well, mates (said Jim Mackay), the yarn this time dates back some years. What I am going to tell you happened when I was packing to the Ballarat diggings. I daresay some of you here remember…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →South African Goldfields
Some two years ago alluvial gold was found at Knysna, South Africa. But very little stir was made about it; and it is only about six months since miners were attracted to the spot. In November…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Mining
Concerning mining at Temora, the Coolamundra Herald writes:--"In reviewing the past year's mining returns it cannot be said that it was a very prosperous one, but still taking into…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Illawarra Miners' Strike. a Settlement Probable. Miners Inclined to Give In. (By Telegraph.)
WOLLONGONG, Saturday.--The Illawarra miners' strike is becoming more serious day by day. More especially is this the case at Mount Keira, at which colliery blacklegs are arriving…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Depletion Op Gold Reserves for Australia. London, Jan. 15
The Financial News comments upon the recent shipments of gold for Australia, and considers that it is inopportune to allow the colonies to deplete the gold reserves. It…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining
Our Broken-hil correspondent telegraphed yesterday:--"At Proprietary Company four smelters started at 8 o'clock to-day and are running well. The new machinery is working…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Illawarra Miners' Strike
The report which appeared in our columns yesterday from our Wollongong correspondent is disputed by the miners. Mr. J. Hilton, delegate and agent of the Illawarra Miners' Mutual…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Intelligence
In the Mining market yesterday the following quotations were received up to 1 o'clock:—Nevada Silvers, 2s. 6d.; Victory Gold, 12s. Nevadas changed hands during the afternoon at 2s. 4d…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Colliery Strike at Bulli. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bulli
There was an exceedingly stirring scene here this morning; about 40 men arrived in the Bulli company's steamer from Sydney, and were proceeding from the jetty to the pit in the company's trucks, escorted by nine policemen. When…
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