Mining Conference. All Talk—No Do. A Pandemonium
PUNCTUALLY at 11 o'clock on Wednesday morning, a large number of miners and miners' representatives, acting as delegates from the different mining centres of this…
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The Southern Collieries
CLIFTON, Saturday.--The district coal trade has shown a decided falling off for the past week, the average time worked being about two days: For the fortnight…
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The prospectus of the Big Hill Gold-mining Company, Bateman's Bay, No Liability, is published in our advertising columns to-day. The capital of the company is £20,000 divided into 100,000 shares…
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The colliery for the pay ended to-day worked 10 days, which is full pay, owing to Anniversary Day coming in the fortnight. This is the largest pay for a period of nearly 12 months. Work is expected for…
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LAUNCESTON (TAS.), Monday.—By order of the English board of directors, all work on the Anchor Tin Mine has been suspended. This course is quite opposed to the advice of the local…
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GILGUNNIA, Friday.—The weather during the past week has been of a much milder nature, some of the evenings being almost cold. Maschwitz Battery tank is making fair progress; about…
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Only a small amount of business was transacted in the Mining market on Saturday. Great Cobar copper had a sale at an advance of 1s 9d on Friday's exchange. In silver stocks Broken Hill…
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The Thames G.M. Co., New Zealand, has been formed with a capital of £300,000, and is issuing shares of the value of £180,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident in a Mine. Orange
Last night a miner named William Johnson, employed in the Wentworth goldmine, Lucknow, was being lowered with his mates in a bucket down the main shaft, which is now 700ft. deep and when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Southern Coal Trade. Clifton
The activity displayed at most of the Southern collieries recantly showed a considerable fallingoff last week, most of the mines having only worked from one to three days each…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Australian Mining. Coolgardie Crushings
COOLGARDIE, Saturday.--The mining market is quiet. A number of exemption extensions have been granted by Warden Finnessy for a. fortnight, from 3rd instant…
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LONDON, Saturday. -- The Thames Gold-mining Company, Hauraki, New Zealand, has been formed with a capital of £300,000, and is issuing shares of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Trade. the Burwood and Waratah Wheelers
NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--No further development has taken place in the disputes between the wheelers and managers at Burwood and Waratah collieries. In a…
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The Thames Gold-mining Company, Hauraki, New Zealand, has been formed with a capital of £300,000, of which £180,000 is to be issued in shares for…
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Mr. Rowe (Rye Park) moved a further amendment—"That no lands be sold on any new gold field except for residential purposes' until the leads ore proved."…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Goldfields of Western Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Coolgardie, Feb. 4
The Registrar-General has granted protection for 14 days in the Bulla Bulla district owing to the searcity of water. A slight shower of rain fell during thenight, but not sufficient to be of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The West Australian Goldfields. the Water Problem at Kanowna
KANOWNA, Saturday.--A heavy thunderstorm passed over Konowna eary this morning, when 17 points of rain fell. A large and representative meeting was…
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Work at the various collieries is not brisk. The Mount Keira miners were paid on Saturday for 6[?] days, and Mount Pleasant colliery has worked 6[?] days for the pay due next Saturday. At Mount…
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HOBART, Monday.--The English directors have ordered that work on the Anchor tin mine shall be suspended. This is in direct opposition to the advice of the…
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Delegates attending the Mining Conference, now sitting in St. James's-hall, settled down to solid work yesterday. They passed quite a number of really useful…
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