The Western Collieries. a Conference Requested
LITHGOW, Friday. -- The question of the proposed reduction in the hewing rate has not yet been settled, though it is apparent that matters cannot continue for many days…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining & the mines, 1893
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Gleanings. Gathered From Everywhere. "Glean on and gather up." A French Coal Mine
The coal mines of St. Etienne are very deep, ranging from 1200ft to 2000ft. If the men descend by ladders it takes from 40min to 50min to reach the bottom; if by cars or cages, lowered…
Continued on Trove, page 46 →Mining
The Minister for Mines has received a telegram from Warden Frappell, of Mundle: -- "Tyrrell and mate struck rich vein, 6in. wide. Stone showing gold freely. Situated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Hillgrove Mines
For the fortnight ended May 6 the battery has been kept constantly going from both reefs at the Baker's Creek Mine. The cleaning up resulted in a return of 731oz 9dwt of smelted gold…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The Department of Mines
The report upon the working of the Department of Mines for 1892 was laid on the table of the House by Mr. Slattery last week. This showed that there had been a falling off in the work of some of…
Continued on Trove, page 992 →Gold for Australia
LONDON, Thursday Night. -- The Union Bank of Australia and the Bank of Australasia are each shipping £250,000 in gold to their branches in Australasia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Gossip
MINING matters at Hill End are showing signs of considerable revival of late. Carves and O'Reilly's tunnel shows good prospects They will crush in about a fortnight hence, Fair go'd…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Mining Notes
The result of the assay of tailings and concentrates from the recent crushing at the Golden Diorite mine u as follows:—Cencentrates, 4oz. 5dwt. 4gr. gold per ton, and 9dwt. 12gr. silver…
Continued on Trove, page 992 →Gold in Ecuador
Mr. Haggard, the British Minister in Quito, in his last report says that hardly a stream issues from the lower slopes of the Andee, either to the Amazon on the east, or…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →Mining Accident
DEEPWATER, Friday.—A dreadful accident happend at Nine mile yesterday. A miner named John Ross had his back broken through a fall of earth in a drive where he was tin…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Intelligence
Dulness was again the characteristic of the Mining market yesterday, the only companies dealt in being B. H. Proprietary and Hero. Proprietary shares were weaker, selling at 71s 6d…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Wetting of Coal
The scientist asserts that there is no economy to be gained by wetting coal, because, if the water is decomposed, it will require as much heat to effect the decomposition as is yielded by the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A New Gold Discovery
A wire has been received by the Mines Department from the mining warden at Nundle to the effect that Tyrell and mate have struck vein on new ground about a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mount Billagoe Gold Field
Our correspondent writes on May 6: In the Mount Drysdale Gold Mining Company's No. 1 shaft, sinking is being continued; the reef is widening, and splendid stone being obtained,…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Mining at Bathurst
Our correspondent at Bathurst writes on May 8: At the Albert Victor mining claim, Cheshire's Creek, the prospecting board have altered the aid to sink and drive in the northern shaft, where…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Coal. Newcastle Shipments 1892. Intercolonial
To Victoria ... 791,960 Tons ...New Zealand ... 154,276 ... South Australia ... 138,186 ... Tasmania ... 69,042…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Country. the Burwood Colliery. the Strike Declared "Off."
NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- The strike at the Burwood colliery, which has lasted four weeks, was declared "off" to-day by the Miners' Association. The terms of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rich Gold Find. Gundagai
A man named M'Guiness, a shareholder in an alluvial claim at Cullinga, near Cootamundra exhibited in town yesterday some splendid samples of gold obtained from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Barrier Mines. Broken Hill, May 4
I inspected the intermediate workings between the 100ft and 200ft. levels of Block 14 mine to-day. The general faces of the stopes show but little change, all carrying fair quantities of carbonate ore of good…
Continued on Trove, page 992 →Gold for Australia. London, May 11
The Bank of Australia and the Union Bank of Australia are each shipping 250,000 sovereigns for Australia tomorrow…
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