Between the Round and Broken Hills the country is a good deal more level. Every inch of ground has been pegged out, and a considerable amount of prospecting done. On this the north side of the Broken Hill the first block ...
Article : 1,838 wordsThe S. A. Q. Co. have crushed 100 tons for 50oz. of smelted gold, and at the same battery 5 tons from Barnett's reef, Barmedman, gave 20 oz. Mr. P. Davis, mining expert, and Mr. Suttonberg have been inspecting the ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Day Dawn block and Wyndham claim at Charters Towers crushed for the fortnight 987 tons, yielding 1400oz. of gold. A dividend of 2s. has been declared. The local banks purchased for the week 3486oz. ...
Article : 1,026 wordsThe Northern World of the 6th instant says:—"The differences between capital and labour which have been so marked a feature in the southern colonies recently have now extended to Northern Queensland, the latest being a ...
Article : 386 wordsFor some time past the weather has been very dry. Dams were losing their supply, and water for domestic purposes was becoming a scarce commodity. But I am pleased to say that on Thursday it began to rain, and continued its fall ...
Article : 499 wordsOur Mudgee correspondent writes on the 15th instant:—A small gold fever has set in in the direction of Appletree Flat. Rochester and party, at a depth of about 20 feet, unearthed a 9lb. nugget of gold. The stranger is now on view ...
Article : 147 wordsThe Department of Mines has received the following communication from Mr. J. P. Curran, Mining Registrar at Boorook:—"March 9, 1886. I have the honour to inform you that a very rich deposit of gold has been discovered ...
Article : 146 wordsDuring the week James Dean and party, working near Kennedy and Palmer's old slaughter-yard, got some very rich-looking stone; and news getting abroad, all the likely ground about them was immediately pegged in. The stone ...
Article : 722 wordsOur Brisbane correspondent telegraphs on Monday:—With reference to the reported discovery of gold near Windorah, Mr. R. A. Rankin, police magistrate at Blackall, telegraphs as follows to the Under-Secretary for ...
Article : 186 wordsThe stone carted from Barnett's reef, Hard to Find, to the Temora battery, has yielded 4oz. per ton. A trial crashing from the Black Angel is now being forwarded to the Temora battery. ...
Article : 464 wordsOur Brisbane correspondent telegraphs on Tuesday:—Warden S[?]mwell, who is now on an official visit to the Croydon goldfield, has telegraphed to the Under-Secretary for Mines, to the effect that the field shows every prospect ...
Article : 153 wordsThe grand topic during the week has been the application for suspension of the B. U. G. M. Company's ground for the term of six months. The application was made by the company's manager, Mr. J. C. Gleadow. This matter ...
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Sat 20 Mar 1886, Page 615
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