West Australian Goldfields. Perth
Bad accounts come in from the latest find in the north-west districts. The men on the field have simply overcrowded the the place and only a few are doing well…
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Mining & the mines, 1891
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Closing of Moe Coal Mine. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. MELBOURNE
Work has been suspended at the Moe coal mine, Warragul. The employees were very much taken back when told they were paid off, and at Warragul and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Notes
The lease of the Junction Smelting Works at Port Adelaide held by the Australian Smelting and Refining Company having expire, the smelters were run…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining. [By Our Mining Reporter.] Junction
THERE is nothing remarkable to chronicle as regards any new discoveries in this mine for the last week's operations. The property is being well opened out, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Sustentation Fund. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. MELBOURNE
The Bendigo Miners' Association report that Mr. J. B. Watson's sustentation fund for the relief of aged and disabled miners amounted to £1155. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Dock Disturbance. Blacklegs Attacked by Coal Heavers. [By Cable.] London
A body of three hundred coal heavers at Albert Docks on Friday made an attack on the non-union men employed by the shipping federation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News From New Guinea. Horrible Murder of a Miner. Cannibal Feast on his Heart and Liver. Villages Burnt by the Miners Surrender of Three of the Murderers. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. BRISBANE
The ketch Victor arrived at Cooktown on Saturday from Hawara, with 20 New Guinea diggers. She brings news of the murder of Bill Beckham by the Papuans…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining. [By Telegraph.] the Hillgrove Mines. Melbourne
By the steamer Burrumbeet on Saturday, two engines, two boilers, and a complete 20 head of stampers left for Newcastle. The plant is under contract to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[By Our Mining Reporter.] the Central
IN going over this mine to-day for my weekly inspection 1 found all the various faces exposed in the property looking remarkably well, and though there has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining. [By Our Mining Reporter.] North Mine
A rumor having circulated in town that something exceptionally good had been got in this mine at the 200ft. level, I proceeded thither and found it was perfectly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rich Mining Discoveries. [By Telegraph.] From Own Our Correspondent. PERTH
Four hundred men are on a new goldfield. A nugget weighing 140oz. has been found, and another nugget of 40oz. It is also reported that a nugget weighing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold-mining in Wales. London, Thursday Evening
Owing to some legal difficulty, Mr. Pritchard Morgan has been restrained from mining for gold in Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining. [By Our Mining Reporter.] Block 10
THIS mine is looking well; in fact, it is always doing so There is nothing very new to record daring the last week; all the various devolopments are being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Colliery Disaster. London
A disastrous colliery explosion has taken place in Westphalia, in Prussia, sixty miners having been taken out dead, and forty others seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining. [By Our Mining Reporter.] the Junction
ON visiting this mine on Saturday I found, that progressive operations in all the workings were being vigorously pursued. At the 400ft. level the crosscut west…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining. [By Telegraph.] Rich Gold Innew Guinea. Cooktown
The Hygeia, which arrived here from Sudest, New Guinea, on Saturday, reports that a miner has found a splendid gold-bearing reef on the western part of…
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A MEETING of the Technical College Board was held last night at the Australian Club Hotel. Mr. Howell was in the chair, and there were present Messrs. Lane,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[By Our Mining Reporter.] Silver Hill
The main shaft has attained a depth of 222ft. and the influx of water is at the rate of 7000 gallons per diem; surely this might temporarily suffice as an ad…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Disputes. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. MELBOURNE
A strike has occurred at the Pilot Tin and Gold Mining Company, Chiltern, owing to a dispute as to whether a man who was dismissed should have been paid…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[By Our Mining Reporter.] South Mine
THE mine is looking well, and opening out in the various workings is being energetically forwarded. Good ore is being broken out in all parts, and some…
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