The New Guinea Rush. Return of Destitute Miners. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane
News from New Guinea received at Cooktown is to the effect that the Administrator (Sir William M'Gregor) has punished the murderers of Mr…
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Mining & the mines, 1897
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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Mine Accident. MELBOURNE
James M'Fadden, aged 43, a miner, was working alone in a rise from an intermediate drive, when he became dizzy, fell down a pass, and was badly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Taiyuan Gold Robbery. Further Particulars. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane
Further news concerning the robbery of gold from the steamer Taiyuan has been received by the Japanese liner Omir Laru, which arrived at Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Queensland Gold Yield. BRISBANE
The gold yield of the colony for the month of May amounted to 67,030oz…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining. [By Telegraph.] The Cyanide Patent in New Zealand. WELLINGTON
The appeal from the decision of the Registrar of Patents, rejecting the application of the Cassell Goldextracting Company for leave to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lead Poisoning. The Ventilation of the Mines. A Report to the Assemby. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Several inquiries have lately been made of the Minister for Mines as to the administration of the Lead Poisoning Act at Broken Hill; and last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINING. The Junction North
THE shaft which so severely suffered through the settlement in the Junction has been thoroughly secured aud strengthened with powerful square sets of timber at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Price of Fuel. Higher Rates for Wood. Is Coal Cheaper?
WOOD has this week been increased in price. The fuel merchants have through the MINER notified the increase, and householders complain accordingly. The new rates follow in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Fall Down a Shaft. A Mine Director Killed. HoBART
Alexander M'Kenzie, aged 42, of Gladstone, a director and large shareholder in the Portland Gold Mining Company, was descending the shaft of the mine by a bucket…
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AN accident is reported to have occurred at the Central mine on Saturday to a man named Henry Wrste through some ore falling from a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MINING. Block 14
THE mill did good work last week, treating 2167 tons crude sulphides for 807 tons concentrates and slimes, fair in silver and lead. The week's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINING. The British
DURING the past fortnight the mill ransteadily, treating 3245 tons sulphide ore, producing 627 tons of first-grade, concentrates, assaying 64 per cent. lead,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Conference. An Unsatisfactory Termination. [By Telegraph] Sydney
Some weeks ago the Newcastle miners invited the proprietors to meet them to discuss selling and hewing rates with a view to their advance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →3rd Edition Miner Office, 8 p.m. the Tarrawingee Accident. The Mining Inspector's Evidence. Full Text of the Verdict. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Special Correspondent) Tarrawingee, Monday Afternoon
The inquest on Kennedy and Sawyers, the victims of the blasting accident at the flux quarries here on Saturday, was concluded (as already…
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AN accident is reported to have occurred at the Central mine on Saturday to a man named Henry Wrate through some ore falling from a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another Mine Accident. a Man Killed at Block 10. Struck by a Steel Rope
THE deplorable run of mining accidents continues. The fifth serious accident within a few days was reported late this afternoon from Block 10, where…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →International Miners' Congress. LONDON
An international miners' congress was opened in London yesterday. Those present represent 1,200,000 miners, including a million on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINING The North
THE mill, running two shifts last week less 20 hours stoppages for repairs, treated 570 tons crude sulphides, assaying from the trommels 25 per…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mines Ventilation. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
In consequence of the extreme depths to which the gold mines are now being worked, great trouble is being experienced in securing adequate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Mining Man in Trouble. Perth
William Bishop; managing director of the Abbot Gold-mining Company, has been remanded to Melbourne on a warrant charging him with the…
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