Newcastle Coal Export
NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- The export of coal to foreign and intercolonial ports for the week ending to-day was: -- Victoria, 24,400 tons; Honolulu, 2259; San Francisco, 762[?];…
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Mining Gossip. Mining in 1890
THE past year has, notwithstanding, perhaps in consequence of, the immense rainfall, been a most prosperous one for silver and gold mining. At…
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THE English shareholders of the Mount Morgan mine complaint that the delay in forming a London register of the company's shares ia tending to seriously depress the value of their…
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Considerable attention was paid yesterday by speculators to leading Broken Hill scrip. The value of Centrals [?] during the day, and a number of sales were recorded at prices ranging between £6 13s to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Colliery Disaster in Silesia. London, Jan. 4
A disastrous explosion has taken place at the Wilezeck Colliery in Silesia. Fifteen miners have been taken out dead, and 30 others are still entombed in…
Continued on Trove, page 72 →Precautions against Explosions in Mines
At the British Association's meeting lately held at Leeds, Sir Frederick Abel, the distinguished authority on explosives, delivered the inaugural address. That part of his paper which especially…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Mining. the Barrier Mikes
BROKEN-HILL, Friday. -- There has been very little change at Block 10 during last few days, but the mine throughout is looking well. The stope at the 465ft. level has been extended up to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Opinions and Assays
W. P. W. (Nambucca).—The sample forwarded is hydra[?]ed oxide of iron. It is of no value except as flax…
Continued on Trove, page 82 →The Miners and the Eight hour System
LONDON, January 9.The Miners' Federation Conference now sitting at Birmingham is strongly in favor of the eight hour system being placed on the statute book…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Barrier Mines. Broken Hill. Dec. 31
The main shaft at the South mine is down 471ft. The north drive from the eastern crosscut at the 400ft level is in 54ft still in sulphide ore. No. 3 winze sunk from 300ft. level has connected with 350ft. level,…
Continued on Trove, page 102 →Our Mining letter. (Written for the "Town and Country Journai.") 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 from personal inspection contribute to our columns a series of letters on the gold, cilver, copper, tin, antimony, and other kinds of mining as carried on in the various mining districts. Our special mining correspondent is a gentleman of over 30 years' experience in mining in its various branches and forms, and in the smelting of ores and minerals; and, in addition, he has held important official positions in the colony in respect to mining for many years. Peak Hill Goldfield. Its Reefs and Alluvial
In most of our goldfields there are two quite distinct kinds of mining, viz., alluvial and reefing. In some the one predominates and in some the other. At Peak Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The Miners and the Eighthour System. London, Jan. 9
The miners federation at Birmingham is strongly in favour of the eignt-hour system being placed on the Statute Book. MELBOURNE TRAMWAY TRUST…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Coal Output. a Heavy Decrease. NEWCASTLE
The outputs of the Associated Collieries for 1890 show a heavy decrease, the 11 collieries having raised 1,547,090 tons, as against 2,020,234 tons in 1889,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Intercolonial Mining News. New South Wales
Wellington.—The Hargrave Gold-mining Co. have started pumping after being idle for some time. They intend going west to look for the lost vein. The shaft is down about 230ft, and the drive is about 150ft…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Mining in New South Wales. ALECTOWN
It is extremely probable that the country lying between Parkes and Alectown, and between that place and Peak Hill, is all more or less auriferous. Further on towards Narramine, and…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →General Cable News. the Miners and the Eight-hours' System
LONDON, Friday. -- The British Miners iteration have adopted a resolution in favor of a bill being passed by the Imperial Parliament legalising eight hours as a day's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scientific and Useful. the Coal Teade in British India
The production of coal in British India last year (1889) amounted to 1,750,000 tons, as compared with 1,709,000 in 1888, 1,564,000 in 1887, and 1,389,000 tons in 1886. The number of…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →The First Discovery of Gold in Australia. Hargraves' Claim Disputed
THE letter from Mr. A. W. Bucknell, which we gave in the FREEMAN last week, has drawn the following from Mr. James Torpy, M.P.:— The testimony given before the Parliamentary…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Latest Mining News. (Continued From Page 25.) Managers' Reports
Rising Sun Extended.—December 31 Contractors have attended well to their work during the week. The drive west at 350ft level is in country rock; total from shaft, 60ft…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →The First Discovery of Gold in New South Wales. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Being a constant subscriber and a close reader of the Herald for the past 54 years, 1 venture to trust to your usual courtesy to allot me a small apace in your paper to add what I know re the much-disputed subject…
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