Goldfields and Water
The constant allusions to "soaks," "rockholes," &c., contained in the reports from the Western Australian goldfields must be a kind of puzzle to people not acquainted…
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The Wyalong Goldfield. Reported Discovery of Alluvial. a Poor Man's Field
BARMEDMAN, Friday. -- The latest crushings of Wyalong stone are: -- Kavanagh and party, 10oz. of gold from 3 tons of stone; Emery and party, 43oz. 10dwt. of amalgam…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Getting to Coolgardie Does Gaol in the Effort. All for Gold
THE extremes to which some men go to in their efforts to reach a goldfield is remarkable. The following is an instance of what one man went through to reach the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coolgardie. a Fow Notes about the Eldorado. Interview with Two Returned Sydney Men. Magnificent Possibilities for the Field. The Drawbacks—Want of Water and a Railway. No Money in Use—All Goods Paid for in Gold
YESTERDAY a representative from TRUTH had and interview with Mr. James Dillon (solicitor), and Mr. Paul a miner, who have just returned to Sydney from Goolgardie and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Miners' Troubles. Strike at Lithgow. Back Creek Colliery. Work to Be Resumed
LITHGOW, Monday.—Fresh trouble haB arisen at the Vale Colliery, the bulk of the men employed having struck work on Saturday. The dispute appears to have originated in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Strike at the Vale Colliery
LITHGOW, Saturday.--Yesterday morning the bulk of the men employed at the Vale colliery refused to resume work. The dispute appears to have originated in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Barrier Mines
BROKEN-HILL, Saturday.--Water has been struck in Campbell's shaft, at Block 10, at a depth of about 50ft. below the 1015ft. level. The water rushed in in such a flood that…
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A novel point in mining law was decided by his Honor Mr. District Court Judge Docker at the Wellington Mining Appeal Court in the appeal by the plaintiff in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Coal Trade. Newcastle
Fairly good work has been done by most of the pits in the district for the fortnight ending Saturday last, for which the miners receive their pay to-day. The following are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victorian Gold Yields. Melbourne
A splendid return has been obtained from Barfold, near Metcalf, where 4 tons of quartz averaged 312oz. of gold per ton. At Sandy Creek, Tankard, M'Lay and M'Kay…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wyalong Goldfield. the Latest Reports From the Field. Gold Found in the Main Street
BARMEDMAN, Saturday.--I have just returned from Wyalong, where the influx is increasing, there being now 3000 men on the field, and they are arriving at the rate of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining. the Price of Silver
A private advice, dated London, Friday, quotes silver 2s 3 1-16d per oz. Lead, £9 3s 9d per ton…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Rocky Creek Mining Field. Brisbane
A Cooktown telegram states that a schooner sailed on Saturday with 21 miners, mostly from the south, for Rocky Creek. The latest news from Rocky Creek states that men cannot work on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →[By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Great Influx of Miners. Barmedman
The population now on the Wyalong goldfield numbers nearly 3000, and is increasing at the rate of hundreds daily. The prospects of the field continue highly encouraging. Conway and party have found…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A New Gold Field. Not Far From Sydney. Splendid Prospects
It was reported to-day on good authority that a payable gold field had been discovered to the southward, and only about a day's journey from Sydney. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Trade. (From Our Correspondents.) Trouble at Lithgow. Lithgow
Yesterday fresh trouble was developed at the Vale Colliery. It appears that one or two of the men had some dirt or inferior coal mixed with marketable coal whee the skips were sent up, and were in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Co-operative Coal Company's Tramline. the Equity Suit. (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle
The Plattsburg Municipal Council have resolved to defend the Equity suit Laidley versus the Borough of Plattsburg. The Mayor has been authorised to sign the statement or defence and to affix the seal of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wyalong Gold Rush. Latest Information. No Fresh Developments. 5000 People on the Field
BARMEDMAN, Monday.—Steady rain set in yesterday afternoon and continued for an hour. This morning there is every appearance of a spell of wet weather, and it has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Gold Discovery at Murrumburrah. Hallow Sinking and Good Prospects. Murrumburrah
Mr. H. Knopp, who has been prospecting this district for many years, has found payable alluvial gold on the Wallendbeen run, at a distance of about one and a half mile from the township. He has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining Law. [Some of the Following Items Appeared in Our Later Editions Or Saturday.] a Novel Point
A novel point in mining law has been decided by his Honor Mr. District Court Judge Docker, at the Wellington Mining Appeal Court in the appeal by the plaintiff in the case of Ringstad v…
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