It but rarely happens that mining matters are discussed in the Legislative Assembly. They, however, received much attention a few evenings ago, when Mr. Shepherd brought forward his motion,—"That, in view of the ...
Article : 814 wordsThat mining as earned on at Sebastapol at present is an absolute farce, is a fact only too well known to Temora miners. A long chain of claims has been held by various evasions of the Mining Act for months and years. For ...
Article : 238 wordsSo far the rush near Wright's reef has not proved satisfactory. No claims on gold, excepting the prospectors. Shafts have been bottomed almost all around the prospecting claim, and with no good result. The old hands begin ...
Article : 309 wordsThe late heavy rains which this district has been favoured with have done a vast amount of goad, and the flooded creeks have carried away great quantities of tailings and mullock which would not have paid to remove by manual labour, ...
Article : 406 wordsThe following are the latest Charters Towers crushing[?] Day Dawn, Block and Wyndham, for the fortnight, 952 tons, yielding 2114oz. of gold; a dividend of 3s. has been declared, and £3000 carried to the reserve fund. Lady ...
Article : 1,197 wordsThe Under-Secretary for Mines has received the following communication from Mr. W. H. J. Sloe, Inspector of Mines, dated Parkes, June 1, 1886:—" I have the honour to inform you that in accordance with the instructions of ...
Article : 938 wordsIt is by no means impossible that the upper town, which was for a length of time intensely dull, will shortly become a thriving place. There is some movement as to placing the Mother Shipton reef in the English market, if ...
Article : 384 wordsOn Tuesday Moore's wharf presented an unwonted scene of bustle and excitement, the occasion being the departure of the steamship Haverton, for Cambridge Gulf and King Sound, with diggers, horses, and stores for the new ...
Article : 1,394 wordsSome months ago I mentioned that Mr. Martin Nash had started to prospect Sawpit Gully, a ravine which pierces the mountain range for some miles. Ever since then Mr. Nash has steadily kept on putting down shaft ...
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Sat 12 Jun 1886, Page 1239
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