Thewest Australian Gold Fields. Developments at the White Feather
KANOWNA, March 17.--The White Feather Main Reef Company's crosscut has been extended 160ft. from the main shaft. They have cut the reef at that…
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Mr. Harrie Wood. Late Under—secretary for Mines and Agriculture. (Photo, by Charlemont.)
Mr. Harrie Wood, who has retired from, the position of Under-secretary of Mines and".Agriculture, is in his 65th year. He came to New South Wales in 1873, just before the Mining Act…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Mr. D. C. M'Lachlan. Under-secretary for Mines and Agriculture. (See portrait on this page.)
Mr. D. C. M'Lachlan was born in the year 1854. He received his early education at the school attached to St. Paul's Church of England, Redfern, and subsequently at the classical and…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →The Newcastle Coal Crisis. Feeling in Favour of a Strike. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle
In spite of the endeavours of the miners' executive to maintain reticence as to the result of the ballot as to a strike it is becoming pretty generally known that the [?]colsion will be in favour of a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Litter From Coolgardie. The Prospects of Employment Only Experienced Miners Required. Good Wagon for Female Servants -- Prices of Foot Supplies
The following portion pf a letter received by a Wooll[?]hra gentleman from his son in West Australia should prove of interest to our readers. It is dated from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining Matters. Latest Westralian News. Proposed line Owners' Association Great Boulder and White Feather Reward Crushings -- A Heavy Rainfall -- General Notes and Reports
For some time past there has been a good deal of discussion in Perth and on the West Australian goldfields concerning the proposal for the formation of a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Goldfields of Western Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Kalgoorlie, March l8
The Brown Hill machinery will be started next Monday withous cremony, as it will take some time to get all the parts of the mill working smoothly. Trial runs have been satisfactory. A good supply of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mining and Finance. the Mines and the Mining Market
"On the whole there is more cheerfulness of tone about the markets…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday's Wires the Coal Crisis. the Ballot to Close on Monday. Newcastle, Saturday Night
GREAT fears are entertained that there will be a general strike of miners. The balloting is still going on, and from what can be gleaned a majority seem to be in favor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Westward Ho ! Politics in Westralia, and how craftily Sir John Forrest rules the roast—Famine at Meazies—The Governor and the Black Maria—Some Evidences of the Value of Luck in Gold-mining. COOLGARDIE, March 4
FOR some time after my arrival here—In fact, until within the last week—I regarded the Legislature of this province with feelings of hatred and contempt, as persons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gold Fields. Mine Reports
The following reports are to hand:—Woodstock Gold Mining Company: The mining manager reports that since his last he has put in a drive west of the main shaft 15ft at the 88ft level, and the…
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Herr Schmeisser and Dr. Vogelsang, two eminent German mining experts, arrived by the Walhora from New Zealand last night. Herr Schmeisser is the head of the State…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Heated Coal Cargo
The four-masted ship Knight of St. Michael, from Newcastle bound to Valparaiso, which put in here with her cargo heated, will probably resume her voyage…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The West Australian Goldfields. Gold on Lord Brassey's Estate
PERTH, Wednesday.--A prospector at Perth wrote to Lord Brassey, stating that when going through one of his fenced paddocks at Eticup he found some colors of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bucca Creek Mines. Woolgoolga
Up to the present this field may be described as a series of detached prospecting claims, extending from the original prospector's (Taylor's Reward) northward to D. Pont's, about nine miles direct, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Colliery Trouble. The Strike Ballot. NEWCASTLE
The ballot on the question of a general strike closes to-day. The final result will not be known till late, but, as already predicted in these columns, it is certain to…
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LONDON, March 22.—The Waitekawi Central Gold Mining Company, New Zealand, has been formed, with, a capital of £65,000, of which £23,500 will be issued to…
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ALBURY. Saturday.--A report from Eskdale (on the Mitta Mitta) states that two new finds have been made at Diggers' Creek. The first was made by O'Brien and Reilly, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Northern Collieries. the Strike Ballot. Great Majority for a Strike. Details of the Voting
NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--The ballot of the members of the Northern Miners' Association on the question of entering upon a general strike has now been practically…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blasting Accident at a Cobar Mine. Two Men Killed
COBAR, Saturday.--A fatal accident happened at the accidental Mine to-day. Three men named Robert Mitchell, Alfred Dunford. and Morton were engaged in…
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