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Article : 811 wordsThe following is a copy of a telegram received from the mining manager of Eisenstaedter's New Banca Tin Mines. It is dated 16th August:—"Washed this week 6 tons 14 cwts tin ore. 21 men employed. Dispatched ...
Article : 1,423 wordsALLUVIAL MINING.—The works in the Great Extelldei Amaigamated Company's Claim, from 40 to 49 Black Lead, coatinue to progress most favourably. The machinery in every department is everything that could be desired. The ...
Article : 2,100 wordsThe report which was prevalent when I last wrote vix., that the sterm on Saturday night had completely carried away the Great Southern G. M. Company's machinery, tarned out to be false, and the feeling of regret which was experienced on ...
Article : 1,137 wordsSPORTING men accustomed to coursing in the old country are fairly puzzled to account for the behaviour of the hares aceliamatised in these districts, and there seems not a doubt of it that the Darwinian theory is ...
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Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1875), Mon 18 Aug 1873, Page 3
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