Mining Gossip
DURING the week, we hear, a nice nugget, weighing about seven ounces, was unearthed in a railway cutting between Parkes and Forbes. Prospecting in the vicinity is now all the rage…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Mining & the mines, 1894
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Mining Intelligence
Yesterday being a public holiday, no business was done in the Mining market. At a special general meeting of the Hero Freehold Silver and Gold Mining Company, Limited,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Jerger Gold-saving and Gold-washing Machine
ALREADY a number oil experiments have been made with the object of putting this patent to the test, and in every instance the machine has come through, the ordeal pith flying colours…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Cremorne Coal Discovery
No time has been lost in making arrangements to develop the deposit of coal under Sydney Harbor. Mr. Inglis, M.L.A., has been sent to England to obtain the necessary capital, and…
Continued on Trove, page 46 →Miners' Conciliation Board. London, Jan. 26
The Speaker of the House of Commons (the Right Hon. Arthur Wellesley Peel) has appointed Lord Shand as chairman of the Miners' Conciliation Board…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Salt Mine at Wieliczka, Austria
One of the most indispensable necessities for humankind, and animals as well, is simple salt. It has been used by man as a condiment from the earliest periods of history. It is referred to in…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Mining Opinions and Assays
NOMAD.—The sample is common opal; it is found in many parts of South Australia. This sample has probably come from Thurgomindah; it looks very like it. It is formed in exactly the came way that precious opal is, and may…
Continued on Trove, page 203 →Mining Exhibition at Santiago
In September next a mining and metallurgical exhibition will be opened at Santiago, the capital of Chili, by order of the Government and under the management of a board…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Trade. Broken Hill
A public meeting was held in the Slotting Rink this evening for the purpose of expressing sympathy with the Newcastle and Illawarra miners now on strike. Only shout 40 were present, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 173 →The Coal Trade. Clifton. Jan. 18
As a result of the efforts of the union miners on strike to induce the South Clifton miners to cease work and join their ranks, a second ballot is being taken at the mine, notwithstanding 12 months'…
Continued on Trove, page 200 →Eight Hours for Miners. London, Jan. 18
The Miners' Federation has resolved that the labour members in the House of Commons shall move an amendment to the Address in Reply to the…
Continued on Trove, page 170 →The Barrier Mines. Broken Hill, Jan. 18
At the 700ft. level of the Central mine the east crosscut from the north-west drive is now in sulphide ore of medium grade. The crosscut west from the south drive, which was started last week,…
Continued on Trove, page 200 →Electric Mine Pumps. (See illustrations on this page.)
In all deep mining the item of pumping cannot be underestimated. When the sleam employed in the operation of pumping machinery must be generated…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Late Mining. Broken Hill
Some excellent copper ore is now being obtained in the North mine from the big stope at the 100ft. level south of the main shaft. It comprises blue and green carbonates, and patches of almost pure…
Continued on Trove, page 173 →A Box of Gold a Sydney Story
Everything induced to idleness. The time bells of the men-of-war lying in the harbor seemed to ring out more lazily and indistinctly than usual. And even I—dressed in…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →A Box of Gold a Sydney Story
Everything induced to idleness. The time bells of the men-of-war lying in the harbor seemed to ring out more lazily and indistinctly than usual. And even I—dressed in…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Latest Mining News. (Continued From Page 25.) Intercolonial Mining News. New South Wales
Broken Hill— January 22: An experimental plant for the concentration of sulphide ore by a system of jigging, which was recently erected at the South Mine, had a trial run during the past…
Continued on Trove, page 46 →Mining on the Barrier. Smelting Returns
The following smelting returns are for the week ended January 18: Broken Hill Proprietary Company: Ore treated, 8761 tons; bullion obtained, 913 tons; total silver…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Intercolonial Mining News. New South Wales
Carcoar— January 19: During the month of December 400oz of gold were deposited in the banks in this district from Galley Swamp. Digby Brothers and party have commenced working…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The Coal Question. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Having noticed a report of a meeting between the Greta [?]iners and Mr. Harper, of the Greta colliery, with a view of obtaining a reduction in the hewing rate from 3s 6d to 2s 6d, which was declined…
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