Terrible Colliery Explosion. London
A terrible mining accident has occurred in Nova Scotia by the explosion of damp in a coal mine while 1000 men were at work. The majority…
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Mining & the mines, 1891
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The Colliery Explosion. London, Monday Evening
Out of the 150 men entombed at the Spring Hill colliery, 75 bodies have been recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Danger to Miners
OWING to the recent accident at the North mine, whereby a miner was killed by a portion of the boring machinery falling down the shaft where he was working,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Rich Gold Reef. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. MELBOURNE, Tuesday Afternoon
A crushing of 48 tons from G. Larkin and Company's Union Jack reef, Stuckey Gully Bright, yielded 240 ozs. This is the result of two men's work for five…
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OUR Adelaide correspondent wired this afternoon, stating that a slight upward flutter had taken place in Proprietary shares owing to a report being circulated…
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The Otway Rangea Proprietary, commonly known as the Platinum Company, shares had a fluctuating market in Melbourne on Wednesday last, resulting in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[By Our Mining Reporter.] Block 5
The main shaft (eastern) is now down 588ft. The rock at the bottom has been very hard for the last week, but yet the men have made first-rate progress, having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINING. [By Telegraph.] Copper-mineng Revival at Burra. Burea
Copper-mining is looking up here. Part of the old Bon Accord property has been sold, and a party of old Burra miners have arrived to sink a shaft on a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining. [By Telegraph] the Bear Hill Gold Mine. Melbourne
An Armidale telegram to the Argus states that at the Bear Hill Proprietary mine the lower level crosscut to intersect the north reef is passing through soft…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[By Our Mining Reporter.] the Silver Crescent
THE working shaft is down 310ft., and the eastern and western crosscuts are both in a distance of 50ft. The faces of both are in micaceous schist and slate,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Cables. Strike of Miners at Durham. the Police Stoned. London, Wednesday Evening
A strike of miners has taken place at the Silkworth colliery, Durham, and the police were stoned by the mob, many persons being injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Mining Accident Fund. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. MELBOURNE
The balance-sheet of the Victorian Minings Accident Fund shows that up to December 31, during 12 months, £962 had been expended in allowances to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining. [By Our Mining Reporter.] the New Victoria Cross
This property, adjoining the Victoria Cross to the eastward, is now being worked. It has remained a very long while idle, and it is incredible that mineral…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bear Hill Gold Mine. Extraordinary Rise in Shares. Rigging the Market. A Stock Exchange Inquiry. [By TELEGRAPH.] From Our Own Correspondent. MELBOURNE, Friday Afternoon
Some time ago something in the shape of a scandal was caused through a ring buying up all the shares in the Silve Crescent mine, and then going into the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Cables. Strike of Miners at Durham. the Police Stoned. London, Wednesday Evening
A strike of miners has taken place at the Silkworth colliery, Durham, and the police were stoned by the mob, many persons being injured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Marvellous Rescue. Four Miners Entombed for 19 Days. How They Lived. [By Cable.] London
Further Particulars regarding the mining accident in Pennsylvania state that four miners have been rescued after19 days' entombment. During…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The South Mine. Half-Yearly General Meeting. An Active Time Ahead. [By Telegraph.] from Our Own Correspondent. MELBOURNE, Friday Afternoon
The half-yearly meeting of the Broken Hill South Silver-mining Company was held to-day. After referring to the late strike, the directors' report said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining. [By Telegraph.] the Bear Hill Gold Mine. Melbourne
An Argus telegram from Armidale states that further rich developments are manifested in the Bear Hill mine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Central Mine
The following is a copy of Mr. Hancock's report on the Central property, from which it will be seen that, in his opinion, there is a large body of ore…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[By Our Mining Reporter.] the Broken Hill Proprietary
I fancy that the general public will not only he surprised, but most agreeably so, when notified of the fact that a splendid lode of black carbonate ore has been…
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