Mining in New South Wales. Bathurst
Nearly all the important mines in the district are at a standstill owing to want of water. The mining warden has granted a number of suspensions of labour conditions on that account…
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Nearly all the important mines in the district are at a standstill owing to want of water. The mining warden has granted a number of suspensions of labour conditions on that account…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Victoria United mine, in the northern end of the Ballarat field, adjoins the Britannia on the north. Mr. Edward Hardy, a man with much practical experience, is the manager. The mine…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Although the use of liquid fuel for steam generating purposes is comparatively new to the trading world, we find its adoption rapidly gaining ground in nil parts of the globe, especially…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The return compiled by the Department of Mines shows that the gold yield of this State for the month of December was 18,094 crude ounces, valued at £51,704, equal to 12,172 fine ounces, as…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →A despatch from Bluefields, West Virginia, on Nov. 23, stated that at 11 o'clock that morning eight' mining officials entered the West and Southwest Virginia Improvement Company's collieries…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The output of the Waihi mine for the year just closed amounts to £154,386, bringing the gross yield to date to £1,974,512. The export of silver from the colony last year…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The enormous extent of China's coalfields was recently dealt with by Mr. Drake, of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. If a width of only 50 miles is taken,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Venezuelan Treasury ia empty. The officials' pay is six months in arrears. The Venezuelan war vessels have no coal, and therefore could not catch the Libertador,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →(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 12 →The management of the Sydney Harbour Collieries Co., at Balmain, is very reticent as to the progress of the mine. It will be remembered that when the sinkers went on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE, Saturday Afternoon.—A special meeting of Hetton miners was held at the Albion Hotel, Wickham, to-day, to further consider the case of their check inspector Penman, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →More disposition was evinced to do business on tho Sydney Exchange on Saturday, and the record of sales was the best for the week. Copper remained practically stationary, though there was a little inquiry for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A return of the coal cleared at the Newcastle Custom-house last week for export to places beyond the State is as follows:--To Victoria, 23,550 tons; West Australia, 7600 tons; South…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Returns of Victoria's gold yield for last year show the total to have been 789,562oz., a decrease of 17,845oz. compared with that of the previous year. The total amount of gold won in Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The quantity of coal exported to places beyond the State during the week ended at noon yesterday was 62,083 tons, of which 42,696 tons were shipped to inter-state and New Zealand ports and 18,087 to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At the Victoria Broken Hill sinking the main shaft is vigorously proceeding, but the work is hampered by a strong influx of water, and the fairly soft lode formation has given way to a hrd rib of dioritic rock…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Abby Palmer, 1705 tons, Newcastle to Honolulu option San Francisco Cadwgan, bq, 1264-tons, Newcastle to Valparaiso…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The coal trade has been good during the week. The shipments for the last month amounted to 78,836 tons, 61,097 tons being from the jetties and 17,739 tons from the port of Wollongong…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the annual meeting of the Barrier Branch of the A.M.A., held in the Trades' Hall, the following office-bearers were appointed for the ensuing term: —President, H. M. Harvey; treasurer, W. M…
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