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The Otway Ranges Proprietary, commonly known as the Platinum Company, sharp, had a fluctuating market to-day, resulting in a heavy fall. Opening at 55s, they sold down to 23s…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—I am glad to see in your issue of to-day a letter signed "Enterprise," following mine of the 17th instant on the above subject, but should like to say that the pumping difficulty, though of course considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Pambula Gold-mining Company, No Liability, publishes its prospectus in our advertising columns this morning. As the title implies, the property to be worked is situated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BROKEN-HILL, Friday. -- The stores at Block 10 continue to yield a large quantity of excellent are, and many extensive faces are exposed ready for working on. The south stope at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LAST week's returns from Broken Hill mines were:—Central, 730 tons ore, producing 21,47303. silver, 46 tons [?]. and 5[?] tons copper. Pro-prietory: Ore treated, 5006 tons, producing 1024…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →The officers' report for presentation at the annual conference of the Amalgamated Miners' Association is being issued at Creswick. The report states that the past year was the most successful…
Continued on Trove, page 409 →A man named Joseph Sherd met with a dreadful accident last week at the Kembla mine. While undermining coal a large quantity suddenly came away, breaking one wrist and one thigh, besides smashing…
Continued on Trove, page 422 →HOBART, Friday. -- A writ of habeaus corpus has been applied for on behalf of Daniel Trehy and Patrick Troy, to show cause why they should not be released from custody. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For many years past there has been an agitation among the mining community for the power to mine for gold and other minerals on alienated, or as it is termed, private land. Governments…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The conditions under which mining and metallurgical operations are carried on in this country are so constantly changing and being ameliorated that it is never quite safe to say that because such and such an…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →A nice body of are has teen mined in the underlay shaft of the White Lead Proprietary Mine, bulk assays of which show 50oz. silver and 47 per cent lead. It is likely that this ore will be sent to Frieberg for…
Continued on Trove, page 438 →PEAK HILL, February 16.—A cleaning-up took place on February 14, after a fortnight's run on stone from the Great Eastern, known as No. 56, for a yield of 320oz 4dwt retorted gold from…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →Tin and Copper—Sydney Prices.—The market for tin ore continues quiet at 15s 6d per unit. In copper there has been a sale of 100 tons during the week at £54 10s per ton, and the market value…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →LONDON, February 19.—The Marquis of Londonderry (late Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland), in consequence of a dispute with the miners, is evicting 600 families of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Dublin FREEMAN, Jan. 10, reports AS follows:— "If Mr. Parnell were not a great statesman he would probably be au eminent scientist' So wrote Mr. T.W. Stead, of "THE Review of Reviews,"…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →It will be remembered that the Hon. Sydney Smith, Minister for Mines and Agriculture, found shortly after assuming office that considerable alterations were necessary in the Department of Mines in order…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →There was animprovement in the share market owing to continuous striken of carbonate are In the Melbourne Proprietary, Fauntleroy, and Dundns mines, in which No. 2 lode assayed to 19Onz.of silver…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mining pursuits having obtained such magnitude and importance in the colony, and reliable information respecting them being so much sought by the public, we have engaged the services of a gentleman who will…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →YES, this is pay Saturday night, and the city of Newcastle may now be witnessed in its busiest and brightest aspect, and more especially so as this particular pay has been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →There was a chorus of responses in the affirmative, while one of the tourists asked anxiously: ' Do you anticipate trouble, sir?'…
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