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On Wednesday night the President of the Marine Board received the following telegram from Cape Borda:—"Chief mate arrived from s.s. Bucephalus this evening, and reports the steamer 30 miles to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Specimens of quartz are being shown in the town containing good gold and copper obtained 21 miles from town. The prospectors, however, are reticent as to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It will be remembered that early in the present month Mr. H. Wood, Under-Secretary for Mines; Mr. Dixon, inspector of collieries ; Mr. Mackenzie, examiner of coalfields, Northern district; and Mr. Rowan, examiner…
Continued on Trove, page 435 →NEWCASTLE, Friday.—In the Wallsend Police Court this morning two miners named Geo. Wigmore and Thos. Wylie were fined £1 each, or seven days' imprisonment, for committing a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- At a meeting of the Stockton miners held last night a number of deficient places were referred to, and it was assorted that several of them were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Government has made a move in the right direction by taking steps for the appointment of competent mine inspectors in New South Wales. To a great extent, the importance of such…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →ARMIDALE, Friday.—Very rich stone has been found Herbert Parkreef at the 110ft level. Baker's Creek Company crashed 156 tons of stone for 247½oz of gold during the past fortnight. Enmore…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →COOTAMUNDRA, Saturday.—Another shaft at Hurley's Springs has been sunk 16ft, when it had to be abandoned on account of the water coming in too fast for the men working. This is the third shaft…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This mine was formerly known as the Peelwood Copper Mine, and was one of the first worked in the colony, and also one of the richest. The rich copper lodes having, as far as that company had explored,…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →On his retirement from die management of the Bonang mine recently, Mr. C. D. Sullivan received from his fellow-employees mementos of their esteem in the form of present and address, to which he gave the…
Continued on Trove, page 435 →There was very little activity in the mining marke yesterday. For the most part silver scrip remained at recent values. British shares, which eased in the afternoon of the previous day on account of certain…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Minister for Mines lira received the following reports with references to recent gold discoveries:— From E. Quince, mining registrar, Mount Hope:— "I visited Mount Dromedary on 3rd instant, and…
Continued on Trove, page 435 →Dr. Aird, the moderator of the Free Church of Scotland, tells a good story about a minister who, in the old days of patronage, was forced upon a congregation at Alness, in the north of Scotland…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →NEWCASTLE, Friday.--A case of importance to miners was heard at the Wallsend Police Court yesterday where two pitmen, Geo. Wigmore and F. Wylde, were charged by Mr. [?]no…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- At the Wallsend Police Court yesterday George Wigmore and Thomas Wylie, two miners recently employed at the Monk Wearmouth…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Owing to the want of rain the supply dams of most of the chief mines on the main lode have run dry, and some difficulty is being experienced similar in part to that which occurred last year. At Block 14 the supply…
Continued on Trove, page 435 →MAJOR'S CREEK.—The manager of the Major's Creek Proprietary Gold Mine reported on February 14, United Miners' Beef, main shaft: Fixed one frame set, and commenced cutting chamber on north side…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →In the miners' difficulty at Chiltern there are no signs of a settlement. The managers complain that sufficient notice of the unionists' intention had not been given, and…
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