Mining
The copper of the celebrated Rio Tinto Mine is obtained from the reduction of low sulphide ores. In the reduction of the latter it is stated that an equivalent of some 240,000 tons of solid…
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Discovery of Coal
NEWCASTLE, This Day.--In the new air-shaft of Maryville Colliery, which is now completed, a seam of clean coal left thick was passed through…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Intelligence. Notes
We notice that shares in the Caledonia G.M. Co. are to be alloted prorate. This is the only fair way were there is likely to be an over application, and it gives…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Official Annual Reports. the Mines Department
The Minister for Mines, Mr. Abigail, yesterday laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly the report upon the working of the department under his charge, and also upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Fall in a Mine. A Miner Burled
NEWCASTLE, This Day. -- A miner, named John Grey, was completely buried yesterday by a fall of debris at the Globe mine. It took two of his mates over an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Annual Report of the Mines Department. the Mineral Resources of the Colony
The annual report of the Department of Mines for the year 1887 was laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly last evening. The report commences by a reference to the amount of work done in the department, and sets forth…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Activity in the Newcastle Coal Trade. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle
For the last fortnight the Newcastle coal trade has been very brisk, and the shipping correspondingly so. A dearth of coal on the North Pacific seaboard has had the effect of causing a large amount of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Principal Contents of This Day's Paper. Our London Letter. Meeting of the Agricultural Society. the Free Public Library. Fire Brigades Board. Report of the Mining Department. the Land Bill Debate. in the House. Church of England Synod. the Primate's Charge
LEADERS: SUPPRESSION OF DISORDER IN THE ASSEMBLY. THE LOCOMOTIVE TENDERS…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Rights
A correspondent has sent the following rather new inquiry: " Is there any penalty consequent on miners working on a gold lease in a goldfield without miners' rights?" Strictly speaking, no…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Mining. a Lady Mining Speculator
MISS Cornwell, the Australian heroine of the London Stock Exchange-"Princess Midas," as she is called-is on her way to Melbourne from London. Her Midas Mine Company is one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Mining Intelligence
BROKEN HILL. Thursday.--The report in re the South Melbourne Rockwell having struck grey ore kaolin and chlorides, is correct they have a good show. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MINING Assays
To meet the growing demand for reliable information in [?]tion with mineral discoveries, the proprietors of the Mail have arranged for the services of a competent as[?] and mineral expert, who will examine or assay…
Continued on Trove, page 818 →Mining Prospects
From information recently supplied by the Mines Department, we learn that the leasing business, so long regarded as the bane of many, is being more a[?]iduously practised this year than has ever been…
Continued on Trove, page 818 →Mining Department Delays
Our attention has again been called to the great delays which have occurred in the Mines Department in dealing with applications for leases. It is asserted, for instance, that in the Cobar and Fort Bourke…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →No title The Coal Trade
NEWCASTLE, This Day.--In the year 1687 the total export of coal exceeded that of 1886 by 54,577 tons, the increase value being £13,535…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Galley Swamp Mines. (From Our Reporter.)
The Galley Swamp mines are situated about ten miles from Carcoar, and have been opened and worked, with more or less activity, for a number of years. It is a reefing country; the gold occurring…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Late Mining. Hobart
[?] out business is not brisk. Report from the West Coast speak favourably of the prospects of mining, through not much work is being done…
Continued on Trove, page 794 →The Late Murder at the Hillgrove Mines
At the Armidale Assizes on Tuesday, before Mr. Justice the court was occupied with the trial of John Grace for the murder of John Stapleton at Hill Grove mines. The jury brought in a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner…
Continued on Trove, page 821 →The Barrier Mines. Broken Hill, April 6
The week's run at the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's nine for three furnaces, less three hours, is as follows:—Ore treated, 1757 tons; bullion, 237 tons; silver, 67,947oz. M'Culloch's shaft is now down 856ft…
Continued on Trove, page 818 →Serious Accident at the Glebe Colliery. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle
Yesterday a serious accident happened at the Glebe Colliery to a minor named John Grey. He and a mate were knocking out sets of cross timber at a bord end, and a large mass of stone and part of the timbering…
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