A Cake of Gold
ADELONG, Saturday.—Yesterday Mr. M. Eissler, escorted by two mounted troopers, brought into town the first cake at gold from the Gibraltar Consolidated mines, and lodged the same at the Bank…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining & the mines, 1897
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Gold at 3310 Feet
Ever since quartz was struck in the two deep crosscuts in Mr. Lansell's No. 180 Mine, Bendigo (Vic.), there has been a great deal of speculation as to the probabilities of the stone proving…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Wattle Flat Gold Field
All the claims on this field are busy with development work at present. The Great Victoria is vigorously sinking the old shaft and driving levels. The big blow of stone that is so heavily charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A Big Robbery of Gold
MELBOURNE, Monday.—Considerable, sensation was caused on Saturday when it was reported at the detective office that a box of 5000 sovereigns, shipped to London by the Oceana, was missing…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Rich Gold Find in Victoria
MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Additional particulars of the rich find of gold reported on Tuesday last were received to-day by the Minister for Mines from the registrar at Corindhap. It was stated that O'Keefe Brothers'…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mining Opinions and Assays
Twilight (Tenterfield).—The sample forwarded is porphyry. It assays—gold and silver, slight traces, under ldwt. per ton…
Continued on Trove, page 263 →The Southern Coal Trade. Wollongong
Coal-loading operations were again carried on to-day at the Wollongong and district jetties. At Belmore Basia the Hally Bayley loaded 160 tons and the Herga 250 tons, and left for Sydney; and the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mining Accidents. Broken Hill
John Gainey, a quarryman working at Smith's open cut, Block 11 Proprietary, met with a naty accident on Thursday morning. A swinging truck on the way upwards struck him on the back,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Late Mining News. BRISBANE
The only sale on the Brisbane Exchange to-day was M'Clay's Welcome, contributing, Is 8d. Queensland Exchange sales were:—No. 1 South Great Eastern, Is 4½d; No. 7 South Lady Mary,…
Continued on Trove, page 225 →Lyndhurst Gold Field Company. Mr. Slee's Report
The Chief Inspector of Mines, Mr. W. H. J. Slee, F.G.S., has forwarded to the Minister for Mines a report on his recent visit to the Mandurama district. He inspected the Junction Point…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Intercolonial Mining News. New South Wales
A report from Tia states that at the Homeward Bound the machinery is all in position, and pumping operations will begin shortly. Buckland and party are still driving south, with good prospects,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Intercolonial Mining News. New South Wales
Block 10 mill, Broken Hill, reported on January 20: The mill made its record run last week, treating 2019 tons of crudes, producing 493 tons concentrates of high silver and lead contents…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →The Gold Robbery. a New Development. Melbourne
No trace of the gold stolen from the strong-room of the Oceana has yet been discovered, although the detectives in charge of the case have been making diligent inquiries. A development…
Continued on Trove, page 220 →A Warning From Victoria. Work at the Outtrim (Vic.) Mines
A telegram has been received by Mr. James Curley, the miners' general secretary, from Outtrim (Victoria) requesting him to warn the miners of this district against proceeding to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Mining Act. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I have no doubt that many of your readers have noticed on nearly all the goldfields of this colony the loose way that a great number of gold leases and claims are held from one year's end…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gold at New Guinea. Prospects of a "Rush." the Opinions of a Returned Miner
Yesterday saw what may be regarded in some quarters as the first perceptible sign of a probable speedy rush of humanity to British New Guinea, in search of gold. In other words, some 15 or 20…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Southern Gold Fields. a Region of Varied Resources. Fertile Agricultural Lands. Abundance of Minerals, Wood, and Water. I
Perhaps no area of equal extent in the world is so rich In minerals as the colony of New South Wales; for north, south, or west, go where we may, in whatever disticts of the colony we like, minerals of…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Yields From Rockhampton Goldfields
ROCKHAMPTON, Tuesday. -- The mining returns for 1896 show that the quantity of stone treated at the fields in the vicinity of Rockhampton amounts to 110,735 tons, for a yield, of 155,078oz. of gold, being an…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The West Australian Goldfields. Crushing From the Great Boulder
KALGOORLIE, Friday. -- The new find made is in the vicinity of the Limekilns, to the south-west of Kalgoorlie, within a mile from the recently discovered galena show, is a quartz reef about…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Gold Yield Foe the Year. In Western Australia
With the issue of the December gold returns we (W.A. GOLDFIELD COURIER) are enabled to accurately arrive at the total production for the year, and contrast…
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