Baker's Creek Gold-mining Company
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 12
Mr. V. Lawrence, secretary of the Baker's Creek Gold-mining Company, telegraphing under date Adelaide, February 5, states that 519 tons of stone have been crushed for a yield of 359oz retorted gold…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Colliery Managers
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 9
The following are the results in connection with the recent examination under the Coal Mines Regulation Act for persons competent to fulfil the positions of colli[?]ry managers:—First-class…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Mount Catherine Gold-mining Company
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 9
LONDON, Friday.--The Mount Catherine Gold-mining Company, Yerilla, West Australia, recently formed with a capital of £500,000, has allotted shares to the value of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The West Australian Gold-fields. Development of Splendid Telluride Ore. Prospects of the Kalgoorlie Mines Improving
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 10
KALGOORLIE, Friday.--At Mount Alexander the No. 1 shaft winze has been sunk, which shows coarse and fine gold very freely. Forty tons of ore are at grass at this shaft, worth from…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Coal Ships
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 5
Advices to hand state that the ship Milton burn is coming to Newcastle from San Francisco in ballast, to load coal. This is a most remarkable departure from the usual course of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 12
Business in mining shares is sluggish on the Sydney Stock Exchange. But most of the movements in prices yesterday were favorable. Amongst the Broken-bill companies, Proprietary…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Photography in Mines
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 43
A recent number of "Photography," published in London, says: "It would appear that the incentive set in Great Britain has not been without effect in the colonies, for in the issue of the Town…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Yields. Gold
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 11
Star of the East, Ballarat, 185oz. The Baker's Creek G.M. Company, Hillgrove, 519 tons, 889oz. True Blue Mine, North-west, W.A., 70 tons, 106oz…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →West Australian Mining. a Chamber of Mines Formed. Daily Reports of Cirushings
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 9
LONDON, Friday.--A West Australian Chamber of Mines has been formed in London, the object being to issue daily reports of crushings and other matters connected…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Southern Coal Trade
Evening News · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 5
WOLLONGONG, Saturday.—To-day's pay for fort-night ended January 30, is, generally speaking, only fairly good, and in some instances mines hare worked very indifferently. As usual, the Corrimal Mine is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Mine Intruder Shot
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 42
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Alberb Walters, enginedriver af the Catherine Reef Mine, Eaglehawk, near Bendigo, who had been placed at the orushiug battery to watch for intruders, noticed a Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →The Upper Bucca Goldfield. the Beacon Mine. Coramba
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 7
The Upper Bucca field is situated about five miles southerly from Lower Bucca, and in a direct line is from 4½ to 5 miles from the coast. Mining at present is confined to a couple of low hills on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Minister for Mines on Tour. the Nymagee Copper Mine. (From Our Special Reporter.) Nymagee
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 5
One has only to visit the Cobar copper mine to feel satisfied that in the extent and richness of its [?] body it is one of the richest mines in the world; whilst a glance at the copper deposit at Nymagee…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MINING. Assays
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 311
To meet the growing demand for reliable information in connection with mineral discoveries, the proprietors of the Mail have arranged for the services of a competent assayer and mineral expert, who…
Continued on Trove, page 311 →The Output of Coal
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 10
Work at the cranes at Bullock Island has this week been rather slack, the daily average of coal shipped being only 7000 tons, most of which went into sailing ships for foreign ports. A…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Queensland Gold. Brisbane
The Australian Star · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 6
The total crushings for the colony during the month of January were 33,616 tons, yielding 43,329oz. of gold. Charters Towers heads the list with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Western Australian Gold Yield
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 11
The January gold returns of the colony are as follow:—East Coolgardie, 19,606oz; Coolgardie, 2350oz.; Murchison, 7130oz.; Dundas, 47oz.; North Coolgardie, 8392oz.; North-east Coolgardie,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →New Mining Companies
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 24
LONDON, January 26.—The Mount Catherine Gold Mining Company, Yerilla, West Australia, has been registered with a capital of £300,000. Shares to the extent of £100,000 will be issued…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →West Australia Mining News
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 12
John S. Read, in his monthly report, dated Perth January 21, writes [?];--"Following on the better tone of the London market for high-priced stocks, business here opened with an all-round revival, resulting in a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Late Mining. Brisbane
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 9
To-day's Queensland Exchange sales were:— Great Eastern and Orient Tribute, 7d, 6[?]d, 6[?]d; Kalgoorlie Glenorchy, paid, 7½d, ditto, contributing, 2d; Wilmot Extended, 4s 2d; Jones's…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →