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PERTH, Monday. --Upwards of 100 passengers left Fremantle for northern ports on Saturday by the steamer Otway, many being en route to the Ashbarton goldfields. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LITHGOW, Monday.--The ballot to decide whether 14 days' notice of the intention to lay them idle should be given those pits that refused to subscribe to the Vale agreement has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Borehole miners have upheld the action of the Chairman of the Committee of Management in respect of the non-reading of the minutes and the Wallarah Colliery settlement, but they rejected the minute for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The inquest on the body of the youth David Darrich, who met his death in the Zig-Zag Colliery, was resumed this morning before the District Coroner, Mr. T. H. Neale, P.M. Mr. J. Rowan, the district…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,--I have read with great interest the letters re Tom's Lewis Ponds and would now suggest to the holders of scrip the desirability of having their shares registered and calling an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE opening of the third session of the 14th Parliament of New South Wales has just been intimated to the public by the customary tribute of honor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BROKEN-HILL, Tuesday.--Considerable excitement prevailed here to-day when it became known that the 400ft. level at the Central Mine, which has attracted so much attention…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The mine manager of the Castle Bag Extended Silver Mine reports under date April 25: I am cutting through what I consider to be very good lode matter, composed of gossan, kaolin, and veins of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Some eighteen months ago the late Mr. William Westgarth paid a visit to Sydney, and while here he had several serious conversations with Captain J. C. Rounding, of this city, who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The annual report of the Department of Mines for 1889 was presented to Parliament last night. The work, which is a bulky one, contains a large amount of valuable information with regard to the mines of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--Two men working at the Redhead Colliery were blasting to-day, when the fuse not acting they went back to look at it. It then went off right in their faces…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The committee of the forthcoming International Mining Exhibition at Sydenham is anxious that Victoria, which has decided not to be represented, should consent…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →An accident happened this afternoon to two men named Sullivan and Chamberlain, while blasting at Redhead Colliery. A hole had been driven, powder placed, and the fuze lighted, but it did not go off…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Referring to the specimen of the 20in. reef on the 170ft. level mentioned in yesterday's report of the Golden Gully Gold-mining Company, and the quartz being highly mineralised, a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SUNNY CORNER, Thursday.--A serious accident occurred on Tuesday at the Paddy Lackey goldmine to two miners, Edward Grabham and John Grabham. They were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BROKEN-HILL, Wednesday.--The water at the 400ft. level Central Mine is slowly decreasing, though it is impossible to say when the crosscut will be sufficiently dry to allow…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flora Bell Proprietary S.M., Co., No Liability.--The mine manager reports (by wire) April 28 :--"Found .streak gold ore. Getting trial crushing. Think worth 5oz…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MR. C. S. WILKINSON, the Government Geologist, who has been appointed to represent the colony as geological director of "the New South Wales. Court at the Mining…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Minister for Mines, Mr. Sydney Smith, presented to Parliament on Tuesday night the annual report of the Department of Mines for 1889. The report contains a vast amount of…
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