Mining in America
Mr. E. W. Hawker, of South Australia, who has been commissioned by the South Australian Government to make inquiries in Europe and America into the merits of the different systems employed for the…
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Queensland Opal Mines. London, January 1
The company recently formed to work the Queensland opal mines will shortly ba placed in liquidation. The stones have turned out to be of inferior quality…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Intelligence. Friday Evening
To-day being a general holiday the Exchanges were closed. Business will be resumed on Monday next. Rain is the one thing needed at the present moment…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Barrier Mines. Broken Hill, Dec. 23
The main shaft of the south mine is down 593ft., with sulphide ore all over the bottom of the shaft. Assays show 40 to 50 per cent, of lead, and 10 to 12 oz. silver, and much less zinc than sulphide. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 46 →Gold in Mashonaland. London, January 1
Lord Randolph Churchill has given a denial to the statements made to the effect that payable gold hae been found in Mashonaland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining in Victoria. the New Bill
The new Victorian Mines Bill, now before Parliament, declares that all coal minerals on lands not yet alienated shall remain the property of the Crown, thus forming the basis of future…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Newcastle Miners. Reduction of the Hewing Rates. LAMBTON
The reduction in the hewing rates is the topic of the day. Several miners' lodges are to hold meetings to finally decide whether the reduced rates will be accepted, or…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Rising of Miners in the Malay Peninsula. London, Dec. 29
Further accounts of the serious rising which has taken place among the Malay miners employed at the Raub goldmine at Pahang, in the Malay Peninsula, state that…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Offences. Malay Miners' Outbreak. Atrocious Murder in Paris Bombs" in a Church
LONDON, December 23— Two Italian noblemen, the Dukes of Vilarosa, have been tried at Naples on a charge of having treacherously murdered a young…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Gold Coin in Circulation in Great Britain. London, Dec. 24
It is estimated that the gold coin in circulation in Great Britain, including the stock in the Bank of England and other banks, shows a minimum of £69,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Barrier Mining. Treatment of Sulphide Ores. Dr. Schnabel's Process
The news of the successful treatment of sulphide ores by Dr. Schnabel, the expert who was brought expressly from Germany to carryout the tests, is received with much satisfaction. The…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Influenza in England. a Thousand Colliers Idle. the Mine Horses Affected. London, Dec. 31
One thousand colliers at Normanton, in England, are idle, owing to the mine horses suffering from influenza. JAN. 1…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miscellaneous. Gold Coins in Great Britain, Lord Randolph Churchill, His Latest Move
LONDON, December 22— The Honorable Herbert," Mr. C. Haddon Chambers' new play, has been produced with great success at the Vaudeville Theatre, London…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mining at Galley Swamp. Successful Working of Forfeited Leases. Developing the Field
Our correspondent, writing on December 15, says: That Galley Swamp is destined to become a mining centre of importance is conceded by all who have a knowledge of its auriferous nature…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Special Mining Letter. Great Sluicing Works. the Golden Terrace. the Beulah and the Primrose on the Shoalhaven River
The greatest sluicing works in the colony are probably those known as the Golden Terrace situated near the Shoalhaven River, distant from Nerriga to where the ground will first be washed…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The Charters Towers Goldfield
Considering the position the Charters Towers goldfield has occupied for many years past as one of the most important gold-bearing centres in Queensland, and the fact that it has during the last two years taken…
Continued on Trove, page 46 →South African Goldfields. Renewed Depressing Reports. "Not a Poor Man's Diggings." Another Victim's Wail. Ancient Ruins and Relics
Depressing reports still come to hand from South Africa, showing that mining matters there are in anything but a prosperous condition. An old resident, of the Cape Colony, who recently…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Science Applied To Mining. Theory and Practice. the Story of a Lot of Lead Bullion. Vi. Cupelling to Dore Bullion, and Treatment of Product
Dore bullion is simply a combination of silver and gold, as distinguished from pure silver or gold bullion. It will be remembered that in the extraction of the gold from the lead a certain…
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