Gold at Dairy Creek
Mr. Warden Maitland reports to the Mines Department that he recently visited the locality of the gold discovery at Dairy Creek, about six miles south-east from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining & the mines, 1895
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The Welsh Collieries. a Ballot of the Men. a Strike Averted
LONDON, March 21.—The Welsh miners lately demanded an increase in wages of 10 per cent. This the masters refused, and offered instead…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Londonderry Mine. London, March 20
Shares in the Londonderry mine, Coolgardie, are quoted on the Stock Exchange at 9s premium…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Welsh Collieries. a Ballot of the Men. a Threatened Strike Averted
LONDON. .Thursday.--In renewing the sliding scale of wages in the Welsh collieries the owners recently offered the miners an advance of 7[?] per rent…
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GRETA, Thursday.--A sad accident occurred here yesterday morning, by which Robert Maxwell, a miner, at the Greta colliery, lost his life. Maxwell was at work…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Southern Coal Trade. (From Our Correspondent.) Clifton
The coal trade for this district, although fairly active at the southern end, is very dull at the Clifton mines. So far as the two local collieries are concerned, the whole working time this year…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Newcastle Coal Trade. (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle
The Wickham and Bullock Island Company have given notice of their intention of taking 5d per ton off top coal and putting 3d per ton on bottom coal in a couple of sections. The miners…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Weighed in the Balance. And Found Wanting. Short-weight Gold. The Scales Used by Jewellers-Interesting Disclosures
Quite a small storm has been aroused, judging train recent correspondence appearing in the open columns of the STAR, by the action of the Inspector of Weights and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Goldfields of Western Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Coolgardie
The machinery at the Golden Bar was started yesterday. It is the first cyanide plant in the colony, and promises to be very successful with fine gold and ironstone. The Moorefield mine,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →[By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Mount Drysdale Goldfield. Cobar
A satisfactory change has been met with in the Drysdale Proprietary Mine at the l06ft. level. The ore is now similar to that obtained in the Drysdale mine, and carries gold. The manager is pushing on work…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Telegrams. the Wyalong Goldfield
WYALONG, Thursday.--Gough's No. 2 battery has been hung up, as there is no water, leaving only No. 1, in operation. West Wyalong is to be surveyed for a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The West Australian Goldfields. the Water Trouble. New Find Near Mount Gathering
COOLGARDIE, Thursday,--The Lake View mine is having some trouble with the water. What is being used for crushing is being carted from the lakes, distant about three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Trade. the Northern Collieries. the Year's Output of Coal
NEWCASTLE, Friday. --The returns of the output of coal in this district for last year are as follow: --Total quantity of coal, round and small, produced 2,605,143 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Western Collieries. Reduction at the Zig Zag Mine
LITHGOW, Friday. --The fortnight's notice given by the manager of the Zig Zag coal mine of a reduction of 2d per ton in the hewing rate will expire next…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Southern Collieries
CLIFTON, Friday. --A cavil was taken at the South it Clifton colliery to-day, with the result that 21 men were cavilled out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Explosion in Wyoming. Seventy Miners Killed. London, March 22
A disastrous colliery explosion has taken place at Red[?]anyon, Wyoming territory, U.S.A. Seventy miners were killed, and many…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gold-mining in Western Australia. London, March 22
The shares of the Central Exploration Company, Western Australia, have been allotted…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Colliery Company's Reclamation
With reference to the application to the Minister for Lands referred to in our issue yesterday, from the Sydney Harbor Collieries Company, Limited, to reclaim certain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Kurrajong Mine
The famous Kurrajong claim comprises eight men's ground. It has three shafts sunk to a depth of 110ft each, and the size of the reef is from 2ft to 18in. The crushings have…
Continued on Trove, page 46 →Other Silver Mines
The ore of the well-known Nevana Mine is sulphide, and the gossan required to make a smelting mixture is procured with difficulty. Between the…
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