The Wyalong Gold Fields
Evening News · Saturday 17 March 1894 · page 6
BARMEDMAN, Saturday.—Crowds of people continue to arrive. Building operations are lively in the vicinity of the miners' camp, and also in the surveyed township. A post office is in course of erection iu the latter. Several fresh claims report cutting the reef since Thursday. The warden's report will be made shortly. Provisions are ample, and water abundant A start m to be made sinking dams for crushing plant. The rush of business at the mining registrar's office continues. A battery is now en route…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gold Retained in Australia
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1894 · page 564
The question of the quantity of gold retained in Australia last year is one of some interest. According to a telegram from Victoria, a total of £1,155,200 was imported, and £2,755,187 was…
Continued on Trove, page 564 →The Barrier Mines. Broken Hill
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1894 · page 564
Some attention is being attracted by the reported find of gold on Mullculca station, 20 miles east from here. The prospectors have sunk a shaft alongside the reef, and at a depth of 75ft. came on a big body…
Continued on Trove, page 564 →Mining Opinions and Assays
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1894 · page 567
C. H. (Inverell).—The sample forwarded by you contains no mineral of any value. Dealer: "This is the best parrot we have, but I wouldn't sell him without letting you know his…
Continued on Trove, page 567 →Late Mining. Carcoar
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1894 · page 537
At the Forest Reefs goldfield mining is progressing briskly at present. Berryman and party at the British Standard claim are still raising wash, and have a puddling machine continually working, Their…
Continued on Trove, page 537 →The Coal Trade. Wollongong, March 6
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1894 · page 564
The coal shipped at the official port of Wollongong for the month of February, 1894:— Jetties, 13,490 tons; Belmore Basin, 21,684 tons; total, 35,174 tons. In addition, the Southern Coal Company shipped…
Continued on Trove, page 564 →West Australian Gold Fields. Water Five Shillings Per Gallon. a Heavy Gold Escort
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 March 1894 · page 24
The following items from Coolgardie and the Murchison Gold Fields reached us during the week: PERTH—March 9: Exceedingly hot weather…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Alleged Misappropriation. A Mining Case
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1894 · page 565
At the Water Police Court on the 8th, before Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., a case of alleged misappropriation against T. F. De Courcy Browne was concluded. Mr. G. C. Murdoch appeared for the…
Continued on Trove, page 565 →Jerger Gold-saving Machine. a Great Success
Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 March 1894 · page 10
IN our issue of March 3 we gave some inter sting particulars of the gold-saving machine invented by Mr. J. Jerger, and the results of the first of the highly satisfactory tests. This week fresh…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mining on the Barrier. Smelting Returns
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 March 1894 · page 24
The following smelting returns are for the week ended March 8: Proprietary Company—Ore treated, 9996 tons; bullion obtained, 886 tons; total silver content?,…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Intercolonial Mining News. New South Wales
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 March 1894 · page 25
Carcoar—Mardi 9: The tributers working Crewe and party's claim crushed at Bright and M'Kenzie's battery 20 tons of stone, obtained by four men in a fortnight, for 16oz gold. At Jarvis's…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Fatal Accident in the Stockton Colliery. A Non-Unionist Killed. Newcastle, March 11
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1894 · page 566
Yesterday afternoon the district coroner (Mr. G. C. Martin, J.P.) held an inquest at the Federal Hotel, Stockton, on the body of Robert Donaldson, a miner, who was killed in the Stockton Colliery in the…
Continued on Trove, page 566 →Latest Mining News. (Continued From Page 25.) Wyalong Gold Field. Warden's Report. Beefing Rather Than Alluvial. the Field a Scene of Activity
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 March 1894 · page 16
The Wyalong Gold Field, in which just at pre sent so much interest (particularly from a min ing point of view) is centred, is situated on the Upper Wyalong Run No, 1, 20 miles from Bar…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →West Australian Gold Fields. Several Rich Finds. Water Still Scarce
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 March 1894 · page 17
PERTH, March 13—The manager of Horn's Mystery Mine, Captain Matthews, lodged 160oz of gold in the bank at Coolgardie on March 7. This gold was obtained from three dishes of stone from…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Country News. (From Our Correspondents.) Fatal Mining Accident. Orange
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 March 1894 · page 10
A fatal mining accident happened at Lucknow lost night about 8 o'clock. A miner named Denis Callanan, working at the 300ft. lovel, in the Phœnix shaft of the Wentworth Proprietary mine, got into…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →PARLIAMENT. Legislative Council. Wednesday, March 7. Mining on Private Lands Bill
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1894 · page 538
This bill was further considered in committee, commencing with clause 3, which opened to mining under the bill of lands alienated prior to the Lands Act of 1861…
Continued on Trove, page 538 →News by Cable. a Terrible Explosion. a Boiler in a Russian Mine. Fifteen Men Boiled to Death
Evening News · Saturday 17 March 1894 · page 4
LONDON, March 16.—A terrible disaster occurred to-day in a mine near Ekaterinoslav, Russia. The boiler burst and a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Novelist. The Lass That Loved a Miner. Part II— The Isle of Gold. Chapter Ii. The Duel in the Gully
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 March 1894 · page 32
Maori Dick had too many friends among the crowd to permit him to be mauled by a total stranger with impunity, and before many moments had elapsed Seph Dennett…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →The New Goldfield. a Poor Man's Field— Excellent Crushings
Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 March 1894 · page 20
THE crushing of stone from the Wyalong rush is being busty curried on, and, so far. with splendid results. In addition to the yield already reported, Keith and party get 3 oz gold per ton…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →The Wyalong Goldfield. Reports from the Wardens
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1894 · page 564
The recently-discovered field of Wyalong, writes our Young correspondent on the 8th inst, is distant from Young about 81 miles, nearly due west. The distance from Temora is about 40, And from…
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