The town has scarcely yet recovered from the effects of the Ministerial visit, brief as it was. Arriving on Monday afternoon, they were all off again on Wednesday morning, which was not a long stay, but in it was crowded a good ...
Article : 628 wordsIn mining matters a rather sensational report was going round that a little girl had picked up a piece of gold in a watercourse on the edge of the town near Flirtation Hill, and that it weighed nearly an ounce, Specks can be got any ...
Article : 414 wordsThe Evening Star reef is gradually forcing itself in pub1lic estimation. With a grand width and the yield of s[?]ed gold from 138 [?]ds of stone, there is little to fear. This is the result of a [?]ru-hing previously reported, but the ...
Article : 288 wordsAt Gympie, the North Lady Mary Company have banked speciemens estimated by the manager to contain 200oz. gold. Two hundred and twenty tune from the North Glanwire have been crushed for a yield of 335oz. four hundred ...
Article : 865 wordsThe rush out at the Batchelors has been the most stirring news here for the last week, and a large number from Parkes and vicinity have been watching events out there, but up to the present nothing that can be called payable has been got. ...
Article : 417 wordsI had scarcely penned and posted my last correspondence when a welcome and much-stated downpour of rain refreshed parched nature. It came with a storm, and lasted several connective hours. Dry creeks are again running ...
Article : 546 wordsThe S. A. Quartz Company still keeps its head above water, which is by no means a common fact as to mining companies in New South Wales. Whether this may be attributed to the superior tact of the manager, Mr. Eyre, or to ...
Article : 442 wordsDuring the last week or two a few shares have changed hands at good prices, mostly on the Broken Hill line of country. In Broken Hill shares one-fourteenth was sold for £2100, a twenty-eighth of the same property ...
Article : 119 wordsOne day last week we were informed that the "old pant" had sunk at her moorings during the night. It had seen many years' service, and about seven years ago was condemned as un[?]te. It was very fortunate that she went ...
Article : 226 wordsThe principal topic at Barmedman, writes our correspondent, is the possible success or otherwise of the alluvial prospectors at the Hard to Find. A little gold was previously obtained at a depth of 8 feet in some of the reef shafts ...
Article : 167 wordsMessrs. Gresley Lukin and Co. report having received the following information from the mining manager of the Pinnacle Group Silver-mining Company, at Silverton, April 10:— "The lower pump is now fixed in well shaft, and ...
Article : 1,779 wordsOne of the finest rainfalls experienced here for some years began on Monday evening. It rained almost inc[?]antly until Wednesday evening. This will do an immense amount of good to agriculturists and pastoralists. The ...
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Sat 25 Apr 1885, Page 868
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