Mining
There has been an active market during the past fortnight for both loading silver and gold stocks. Shares in the Contral Silver-mining Company have occupied a considerable amount of attention by…
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A Warning to Miners
NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—At the local police court on Friday, a miner named Charles Reid, employed at the Hetton colliery, was fined 40s and costs for violating the 26th rule of the colliery…
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WE are indebted to Messrs. James Paxton and Co. for the following return, showing the annual output of coal from British Columbia mines during the past 17 years:…
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Black Mountain Proprietary S.M. Co., No Liability.--The mine manager reports for week ending May 9 :--"Main engine shaft is sunk 149ft. deep, and the contractor…
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Sales:--Block 10, £14 9s. 6d.; British, 5s. paid, £2 18s. 6d. ; Broken Hill, colonial, £11 11s.; Extended, new, £1 9s. 6d. ; Junction North, 12s. 9d.; Central, £6 3s…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Central Mine. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")
Sir,--Now that the recent discoveries of rich silver deposits in the 300 and 400 feet levels have proved the Central to be one of the best and most permanent mines on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late Mining. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Hillgrove
In Baker's Creek mine there is no special change. Very rich stone is coming from Smith's reef, and a fair average from the Big reef; 30 head of stampers are steadily crushing, and there is every…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Accidents at Bulli. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Bulli
At the South Bulli Colliery, which has hitherto been considered particularly free from gas, a miner named John Tressider has been very seriously burned by an unexpected explosion. It seems he went into a…
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LONDON, May 15 —Mr. Fowler, of Adelaide, is about to start for South Africa for the purpose of visiting Johannesburg and Kimberley. He proposes to inspect the…
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PEAK HILL, Monday.—A grand discovery was made on Williams and Robinson's lease on Friday, a few feet from the Great Eastern boundary. It is the same kind of stone as that now…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Australia. the Goldfields
PERTH, Saturday.--The result of a crushing at Macintosh's mine, Parker's Range, near Yilgarn, arrived at Perth to-day. It gives 278oz. 9dwt. of gold from 133 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Ocean Secret; Being a Strange Story of a Dead Man's Gold. in Sixty Chapters. [All Rights Reserved.] (Published by permission of Cassell and Co., Limited, London.) Contents of Chapters Nos. VII. To Xiv. Chapter
VII—Running the gauntlet.—On beard the You Yangs. VIII.—Shows that Loftus Fitzgerald was not so safe as he thought…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Charters
Fixtures for coal loading at Newcastle are advised as under:—Foreign: The American barquentine Robert Scarles, 478 tons register, and American ship Margaret, 1161 tons register, for San Francisco, at 15s 6d and 15s…
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BROKEN-HILL, Monday. --The Central mine continues to look well on the 400ft. level, where the rich ore his now been proved to a width of 90ft. The face of the…
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NEWCASTLE, Monday.—The export of coal from Newcastle to foreign and intercolonial ports during the past week was Victoria, 23,450 tons; Singapore, 3400; United States, 4125; Mauritius,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Conference. Strike Fund
LONDON, May 18.—At a conference of delegates representing Scottish miners at present sitting in Glasgow, it was resolved to recommend the demand for an advance…
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The market for mining scrip yesterday was an active one, and values of all leading stocks improved. Control were disposed of in several parcles at £13 6s to £6 4s, and South had a…
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The Minister for Mines is taking steps to secure a suitable site in the centra of the city for the exhibition of the mineral specimens of the colony. The Cabinet, it has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Scotch Miners. Increased Wages Demanded. London, May 18
The miners in Scotland threaten a universal strike unless they are granted an increase of wages amounting to 6d. per day…
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