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5,138 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 250
Sir,—Doubtless the law has been in England from times immemorial that the Soverign does not part with the right to royal metals underneath the surface of lands alienated from the Crown, but from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →When the sun was once risen I took my bearings, as the sailortnen say, from it, an steered as best I could for the east; for I knew that land must be in that direction,…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →A private advice dated London, Friday, gives the quotation for silver at 3s 1 34 d per oz. ; lead, £9 15s per ton…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BROKEN-HILL, Saturday.--Only two men have been working for a week on the carbonite find, 60ft. from the shaft at the 100ft. level of the North mine, so no idea of its…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ALBURY, Saturday.—A rich discovery of gold is reported to have taken place on Wodonga Park, which is of a sandy formation. Some prospectors made the discovery in a portion which borders on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →PERTH, Saturday. -- Captain Charles Thomas, of the Central mine, Southern Cross, has been found dead at the bottom of the 130ft. shaft of that mine. Death had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PERTH, Saturday.--Sylvester Browne and party, who have acquired Bailey and Ford's famous claim at Coolgardie have already obtained 1500oz. of gold from the reef by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Greta and Anvil Creek collieries each worked six days during the fortnight ending Saturday, having been stopped the remainder of the fortnight by the floods. Large orders are in hand for both…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The week's yield from the Burnt Greek mine is stated to be 58oz. 4dwt. gold…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the police court this morning, Daniel M'Auliffe, manager of the Stockton Coal Mine, appeared on summons by the Examiner of Coal Fields, charged with having neglected to observe the general rule 5…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To Victoria ... 791,960 Tons New Zealand ... 154,276 South Australia ... 138,186 Tasmania ... 69,042…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Tumberumba Flat Sluicing Company's claim is now progressing towards the dividend-paying stage. The two stripping nozzles are now kept working day and night as well as a day shift, box-washing the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A thorough trial was made to-day of the merits of a mixture of Gippsland brown coal and Newcastle for railway purposes. The results, so far as they have been determined, were pronounced…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There is little new to report at the Junction. The carbonate stopes at the back of the 150ft. level at Browne's shaft show some very good faces, and about 100 tons weekly are still being broken out…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →D. M'Auliffe, manager of the Stockton Colliery, was fined £20 and costs at the police court yesterday for permitting the minors to return to work in the mine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Calls are made payable on the 12th prox. of 1d per share on the shares of the New Royal Standard Goldmining Company, and of 2s 6d per 100 shares on the Reform North…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.—The Mount Pleasant Company, it is understood, has decided reply to its colliery men that it will not agree to arbitration or conciliation, and that a notice will be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A meeting of shareholders of the Westport Wallsend Coal-mining Co. (N.Z.) was held to-day. Sir William Jervois presided. Resolutions authorising voluntary…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Thomas O'Leary, a boy about 15, was charged before the Water Police Bench this morning with the theft of 6½oz, of gold, the property of the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The values of mining shares, with the exception of Block 10, showed a declining tendency to-day. Sales:—Princess Dagmar, 29s 6d; Baker's, 27s 6d; Midas Consols 10s 6d; Broken, 6ls 3d, 60s, 62s;…
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