The First Robbers in Mining
IT has been painfully apparent for some time past that New South Wales has been thoroughly discredited as a field for mining investments in the British money market…
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N.S.W. Gold Yield for 1898
The annual gold returns for the year have been prepared by the Mines Department, aud they show a satisfactory increase in the yield. From January 1 to November 30, 1898, 285,9291/2oz, of a value of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Intercolonial Mining News. New South Wales
From Wingham it is reported that the Rawden Vale diggings are still drawing numbers of speculators, but only a few are on payable gold. Nearly all the gold found at this place is in nuggets, some…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Miners' Federation. an Advance Asked For. London, Jan. 12
At the conference now being held by the Miners' Federation it was decided to ask for an advance of 7? per cent. upen the present rate of pay…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →East Greta Colliery Accident. Continuation of the Inquest. Evidence of the Under-Manager. West Maitland
The inquiry into the cause of the East Greta colliery disaster was resumed at the West Maitland Courthouse to-day. Henry Cartwright, the under-munager at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Mining Industry. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir, —Your leader ou this subject attracts much attention, for it is admitted on all hands that our mining laws largely defeat their own object. How can investors be expected to place themselves in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Mount Morgan Gold Field. Iii. the Reduction Works, Etc. (Written for the "Town and Country Journal.") (By "Nugget") (See Illustrations on pages 30 and 31.)
I shall not attempt to enter upon a description of the methods of reduction in vogue at Mount Morgan in the top works, or in the older and lower works on the flat. These works have been…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →The New Goldfield Near Temora. an Important Find
A VERY important find has been made, which opens up an entirely new goldfield at Yarran Jerry, county Bourke, on a conditional purchase owned by Messrs. Hewitt and Gray. The site is 35 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Wyalong Goldfield
The third of the series of articles reviewing the mining industry for 1898, which we publish to-day, gives interesting statistical information respecting the progress of the Wyalong goldfield…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Yesterday's Mining News. London, Sydney and Intercolonial. Mining Advice. Our Letter Box. to Correspondents
[Letters marked "Mining" must reach us not later than Thursday. No notice is taken of anonymous correspondence. The coupon printed in the "Free Information" column must be cut…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gold Discovery in Alaska. Draining a Lake. a Rich Yield. London, Jan. 14, 10.40 a.m
An important discovery of gold has been made at Sitka, Alaska, where a lake has been drained, with the result that the gravel bottom yielded a return of twenty…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Late Newcastle News. the Miners and the Union. Frank Butler's Return. The Crowd Disappointed—Mr. Brunker and the Hospital Committee. NEWCASTLE, Saturday Night
It has been truly said that a house divided against itself cannot stand, and this may new be truly said of the Miners' Association. Instead of the…
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BOMBALA, Saturday.—Miners are prospecting for bismuth near "Sugarloaf Flat, Nimitybelle, where a payable lode is believed to exist. Good assays have been obtained. General work at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Coal Trade
BULLI, Saturday.--The Woonona Colliery worked full time during the past fortnight. Keira Mine only worked one day last week, but has worked better this week. With regard to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Entombed in a Mine
Owing to a fall of earth in the Band and Loch United mine on Friday night, 12 men were entombed for several hours. They eventually reached the surface without damage…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Coal Export Trade
The four-masted barque Pyrenees arrived from Sydney yesterday to load a cargo of coal from the Wallsend Colliery for San Francisco, and the fourmasted barque Glenogil put in an appearance from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining in New South Wales. the Anaconda and Big Ben Copper Mines. in the Condobolin District. No. Ii. (By Our Special Mining Reporter.)
In my first article I dealt only of the Anaconda mine. On the same strike of country, about three-quarters of a mile further north, a Sydney syndicate have been developing the Big Ben. This is anothor…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Charters. From 1St January. Coal
Alexa, bq, Newcastle to Port Pirie Celticburn or Kelburn, 4 m-bqs, Newcastle to San Francisco City of Lucknow, s, Newcastle to an Eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Weighing Question. Lithgow
Regarding the weighing clause, the miners at the Lithgow Pit have been notified that when the clause is enforced the system of payment by weight will be supplanted by the system of payment by time,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Lithgow Miners. a Time Rate Proposed
LITHGOW, Saturday.--The miners employed in the Lithgow colliery have been notified that when the weighing clause comes into operation they will be paid 1s 3d per hour instead of at…
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