Mining Opinions and Assays
Y. N. D. (Wilcannia).—The simple forwarded is good copper ore, 30 to 40 per cent…
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The Barrier Mines. Broken Hill. Feb. 6
At Block 10 work is again temporarily suspended in No. 1 shaft, as the water is 30in. deep in the bottom. The probable cause of this retention of water is owing to the extreme fineness of ore, which forms a puddle,…
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The sports in connection with the Miners' Annual Demonstration came off to-day. The weather was fine, but somewhat close and sultry. The attendance was fairly good. A procession, headed by the Bathurst…
Continued on Trove, page 375 →Terrible Colliery Explosion. Three Hundred Men Entombed. One Hundred and Sixty Fatalities
London, Feb. 3.—A. terrible explosion occurred yesterday at the Abesychan Colliery at Newport, a town about 20 miles from Monmouth. A large number of men were employed in the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Chiltern Valley Miners. 300 Men Locked Out. MELBOURNE
There hundred miners are locked out from the Chiltern Valley Great Northern Extended mines, in consequence of the managers declining to discharge…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Cliff Colliers. a Strike Feared. WOLLONGONG
Some difficulty is feared at Coal Cliff Colliery. The manager has made several alterations in working certain districts, but the miners object to changes as an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Deputation to the Minister for Mines. Compensation to Vignerons
ON Thursday morning a deputation, consisting of Messrs. Stimson, Stieme, Howard, Hollywood, Lovell, and Cusack, with Mr. E. Whitaker, Secretary Fruitgrowers Union, waited upon the…
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TIN AND COPPER—SYDNEY PRICES.—The market is very quiet, and but little is doing at the mines owing to want of water. Tin is quoted at 16d 3d per unit, and copper at £53 per ton…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The Ellenborough Mine Murder. Two Men in Charge. MELBOURNE
The men, Couch and Davis, charged with the murder of William Trevelhick, night watchman at the Ellenborough mine, Sandhurst, have been formally remanded for a…
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COPPER, TIN, AND IRON.—LONDON PRICES.— Following is a statement of the quotations per ton for copper, tin, and pig iron cabled weekly for the last five weeks:…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →Block 10 Mine. the Alleged Suppression Op Information.--reply of Directors
MELBOURNE, Friday.--The directors of the Block 10 Silver-mining Company have replied to the strictures passed by the Exchange regarding the suppression of valuable information…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late Mining. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Broken Hill, Friday Night
Owing to the want of rain the supply dams of most of the chief mines on the main lode bave run dry, and some difficulty is being experienced similar in part to that which [?]urred last year. At Block 14 the supply…
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MR. WILLIAM HUMBLE, who during the recent examination secured 324 marks out of a possible 337, has received the appointment of inspector of collieries. The new…
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A Chinese mission has contracted with a firm in Chicago for the manufacture of a 300-stamp battery to be used at the gold mines in the Taishan Mountains, in China,…
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As a result of the recent examination of candidates for the position of inspector of collieries the Minister for Mines has appointed Mr. Wm. Humble to this office. Out of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lambton Miners
NEWCASTLE, Saturday.--At a meeting of the Lambton miners, held last night, a member of the lodge asked Mr. Dix, the miners' general secretary, why he and Mr…
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THE above miners held their adjourned monthly meeting on Saturday evening in Ralph's Druids' Hall, Mr. R. Mooney in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting…
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The ordinary half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Delaney's Dyke Gold-mining Company, Limited, was held on the 14th inst. Mr. M. Aron presided. The directors'…
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ADELAIDE, Saturday.—A party of mining prospectors claim to have discovered a valuable goldfield at Teetulpa, not many miles from the rash, of four years ago, which is now quite…
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LONDON, February 15.—The Chinese Mission at Washington has contracted with a firm in Chicago for the manufacture of a 300-stamp battery to be used at the gold…
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