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Owing to the continued dry weather the mining interest on this field is suffering considerably. Taylor and party at the Red Hill are obtaining a little wash, which is very good but very thin. The Brickwood…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Federal Ministers and other State guests who were present in Kalgoorlie in connection with the opening of the water scheme were entertained to-day by the managers of the mines. The principal party,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Old miners will remember that Hargraves (or, as it was then called, Maitland Bar or Louisa Creek) was the scene of a great rush in the early fifties. Some 40,000 people gathered on it, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A party of Cambridge professors undertook, for a scientific object, to penetrate into the depths of a Cornish mine. One of the number relates the following startling incident…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Messrs. Rich and Angus, after an exhaustive inspection of the Mount Lyell Company's reduction works on Thursday and Friday last, with which they express themselves highly delighted, returned to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A nugget containing 60oz. of gold was shown at the Ballarat Mining Exchange on Saturday. It was obtained by Mr. H. Downes at Tibooburra, ADELAIDE, Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Further rich strikes of gold were made on Friday at Tucker's Hill, Cassidy's Lease at a depth of 15ft. in the new underlay shaft. The reef is 2ft. wide, showing coarse gold freely. The chute of gold is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The tributers at the Sunlight G.M. Company have made a start. Davis and party, No. 1 block, have six men; Austin and party, Nos. 2 and 3 blocks, 10 men; Witherdin and party, No. 4 block, four…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"He owns a gold mine—he's the owner of a gold mine," said the complainant's solicitor at the Water Police Court yesterday in a case where a young woman was proceeding against a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The lower levels of the Great Boulder Perseverance are reported to be developing splendidly. This, together with the announcement that the output from the mine for the current month, will be a record,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A fairly healthy tone obtained in the market on the Sydney Exchange yesterday, and the turnover was up to the recent average. Queensland gold interests claimed the largest share of attention. Among Charters Towers…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →KALGOORLIE, Tuesday,--it is the intention of the Chamber of Mines to officially recognise the visit of Mr. G. H. Reid, M. H. R. to this State, by tendering him a reception to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The day of the wax candie is supposed to have gone, with the advent of gas and the electric light, but, as a matter of fact, an enormous number are used every year all over the world…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The records of engineering hold few more romantic and interesting episodes than the discoveries made in modern mines of ancient and long-forgotten workings. The "old men"—as…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →H .M .S. Mlldura has tried the coal briquettes made at Bunbury from dust of the Collie coal. They proved a failure, 18 tons yielding about half ashes. A trial of Collie coal, however,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Proprietary Company shipped for the week ended January 21 to Port Pirie 208 tons of oxidised ores and 2324 tons of mill products. Attention at the South Blocks remains confined to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →To-day the R .M. S. Rome took gold for India from Melbourne totalling £350,000. the shippers being:--Bank of Australasia, [?]100,000 Union Back of Australia, [?]100,000 Bank of Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Federal Ministers and other State guests who were present in Kalgoorlie in connection with the opening of the water scheme were entertained yesterday by the managers of the mines. The principle party,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The following complete specifications have lately been accepted in the various States undermentioned, and letters patent will, therefore, issue to the applicants in due course. This report is…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Western Australia is the largest producer of gold in the Commonwealth. There gold is so largely produced that it has ceased to be useful for currency…
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