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No. 2 lode has been cut in the Gem mine 40ft in the [?]nt from the chamber. Nine inches of clean carbonate and crystals of lead with galena are showing a the hanging-wall. The footwall has not yet been…
Continued on Trove, page 46 →A VERY interesting table has been compiled by our Sandhurst correspondent (says the ARGUS) from the official records of the amount of gold purchased by the banks in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the Langie Logan Company Aiarat, last week, Alexander M'Millan, the manager, was engaged this afternoon with three men in putting a syphon in the "bob" pit to draw off the water. He went…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →The half-yearly meeting of the Jackson's Reef Gold-mining Company was held to-night. The report was adopted. The retiring directors were re-elected, and Mr. M'Master was appointed a new member in…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →F. N. S. (Wilcannia).—The sample forwarded is an iron ore, not worth assaying for gold or silver, and certainly not for tin. Q.—The sample forwarded is titanic iron. It is of no…
Continued on Trove, page 49 →THE festive season has affected mining operations to an extent at least equal to that in any other direction; so that anything like news form the various fields is considerably hampered by limits…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →John Downie, a miner, employed at Block 14 mine, met with a serious accident on Monday, He was working at the 200ft. level, and, according to instructions, was preparing the ground to put in timber. He noticed…
Continued on Trove, page 48 →UNDER the 19th section of the Crown Lands Act Alienation Act of 1861 the power to conditionally select Crown lands was granted for mining purposes other than gold-mining,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The newly-found kaolin lode in Block 10 shows, more and more magnificently as the sinking proceeds…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LITHGOW.—The manager of Luck's All Gold Mine, near Oberon, reported on December 21. Tunnel farther extended a distance of 11ft for the week; total to date, 180ft. Ground a little contrary in…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →At an extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of the Broken Hill Proprietary Mine held yesterday, it was decided that the number of shares be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The greatest difficulty which at present menaces the expansion of increased activity in the metallurgical and engineering trades is the marked increase in the cost of raw materials (said a London paper). The…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Cartain Benjamin Bryant, mining representative for Miss Cornwell in New South Wales, was born in 1851, in Altarnum, Cornwall, in which county he received his education. At the age of 10 years he…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →TIN AHD COPPER.—SYDNEY PRICES.—The market value of tin is 16s 9d per unit, and of copper £51 to £52 per ton. Business generally is quiet. ARMIDALE.—Thus our local correspondent on…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Some months ago Dr. Mearns and Mr. Thomas O'Connor made arrangements with Mr. Brake, a thoroughly experienced, and party to prospect the country around…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Captain William Thomas, the only son of Captain William Thomas of the Peruvian silver mines, South America, was born in Truro, Cornwall, England, 14th March, 1646. He received his early education at a…
Continued on Trove, page 46 →This mine probably contains one of the most extensive argentiferous deposits yet discovered in New South Wales, and second only to the Broken Hill Proprietary's property in extent and richness. The…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →MELBOURNE, Friday.--An extraordinary meeting of the Broken-hill Proprietary Company was held to-day, for the purpose of considering certain proposals to increase the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Then the spell seems broken and others press forward, crowding the stage and talking eagerly. Among them is Podunk, reeling, swaggering, wagging his head…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MELBOURNE, Saturday.—A desperate fight occurred between Mr. A. R. Cans, legal manager of the Jenson Gold-mining Co., and Mr. W. F. Dixson, also a well-known legal manager and…
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