Gold in a Sewer Shaft
THE Melbourne correspondent, of the Advertiser has wired:—Some excitement was caused at South Melbourne on Saturday, by a rumor that gold had…
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Mining & the mines, 1895
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Accident at the Big Mine. a Trucker Seriously Injured
THOMAS DUXBUBY, employed as a tracker by the Broken Hill Proprietary Company, was working at Dickensons ore bins this morning at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →English Investment in Victorian Collieries. LONDON
A number of English colliery owners are investing largely in Yictorian coal companies…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident at Wallaroo Mines
A KADINA COI respondent reports that a fatal accident occurred to a miner named Richard Thomas Eustace Boganko on Monday afternoon through…
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Again, owing to the scar city of trucks, the output of [?] estricted to 1392 tons, of which 90 9 second grade sulphides went to [?] Block 14…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Flooded Colliery. Nine Miners Killed
A COLLIERY disaster took place at Ardrossan, Scotland, on August 3. The scene of the occurrence was the Auchenharvie Colliery, situated midway between Saltcoats…
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Mr. Greene moved the adjournment to discuss the water supply of Wyalong. During the debate that followed Mr. Sleath expressed the opinion that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at Wallaroo Mines
A KADINA correspondent reports that a fatal accident occurred to a miner named Richard Thomas Eustace Bosanko on Monday afternoon through…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MINING. Gold in the North-East
An old Barrier miner named Some[?], who has bron f[?]r several years at work at Broken Hil[?], brought some splendid gold specimens to Barra a few days…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stray Notes. "The Played Out Mines."
FOR the las[?] week for which we have figures the product of the "played out mines" (a[?] our friends delight to call all but the Broken Hill Proprietary)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires at the Mines a Suggestion from Superintendent Han[?]n
SPEAKING at the farewell to Mr. S. V. Dewar last night, Mr. H. R. Ha[?]sen, superint[?]ndent of the Fire Brigade, said that it might not be genera[?]ly…
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The mill last week treated 2406 tons crades, producing 714 tons concentrates and [?]limes of the usual fair value for silver and lead. During the same…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The World's Gold and Silver
THE director of the United States Mint has caused statements to be compiled showing the quantity of gold and silver produced during 1894, A contemporary, quoting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Extraordinary Occurrence Newcastle. Foul Air in Minmi Collieries. Currents Interfered with by Smoke. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Particulars of an extraordinary occurrence at the Messrs. Brown's Minmi colliery have jost got into print. It appears that the miners…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thefts of Battery Gold Watchmen Gagged, Bound, and Threatened. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
The batteries on the goldfields are at present receiving the attention bf bands of rough-and-ready burglars. Both Bendigo and Ballarat are…
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The mill last week treated 450 tons crudes, producing 120 tons concencrates, assaying in bulk 28oz. silver, 67 per cent, lead, and 8 per cent. zinc…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The American Gold Resarve. LONDON
The gold reserve in the United States Treasury now amounts to 96,000,000 dollars. The export of gold to Europe has in consequence been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The South Mine. Half-yearly Meeting of Shareholders. [By Telegeaph.] Melbourne, Thursday Afternoon
The fourth half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Broken Hill South Silver Mining Company was held at noon to-day. Mr. J. F. Levien M.L.A.,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Foreign Parts. British Guiana. The Goldfields There
WRITING to Broken Hill from Georgetown, Demarara, British Guian[?], whence stories of rich goldfields lately came, an Australian globe-trotter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold
Is too soft to be used pure; it is therefore generally hardened by being alloyed [?]ith copper or silver. A single grain of gold may be extended into a leaf of 56 squire…
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