The Gold Coast. LONDON
Accra, a British settlement on the Gold Coast, West Africa, is asking for a suspension of the house tax, and if the request be not granted a disturbance is…
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Mining & the mines, 1898
643 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 12 of 33
The British, Mine. Closed Down for a Fortnight
THE British mine is to be closed down for a fortnight. Mr. Woodhead, managing director, who is at present in town, when seen by a MINER reporter this afternoon said that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Late Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] The Miners' Strike. LONDON, Monday Afternoon
Mr. C. T. Ritchie, President of the Board of Trade, has stated that the Board of Trade is fully alive to the serious effects of the stoppages of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Protection of New York Harbor. a Network of Submarine Mines. London
New York harbor is protected from invasion by a perfect network of submarine mines. Strict precautions are being taken to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Ports and Coal Supplies. War Prizes. to Find Other Than British Shelter. London
Sir Mathew White Ridley, Secretary of State Home Department, has officially directed that all British ports shall supply only enough coal to vessels of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Adelaide School of Mines
THE annual report of the Adelaide School of Mines and Industries for 1897 shows most conclusively that the institution is in an extremely [?]condition the general…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MINING. The Oodlawirra Finx Quarries
Mr. E. W. Hawker, the managing director of the Oodlawirra flax quarries, has returned to Adelaide after an official visit of inspection to the property. He has expressed himself as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Submarine Mines in Harbors. Stricter Precautions Ordered. London
United States engineers find that the rules for the guidance of vessels in harbors where submarine mines have been laid down are not being observed,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following appeared in our late editions on yesterday:— the War. [Reuter's Messages.] a Coal Ship Captured. Bound from Newcastle. LONDON, Wednesday Evening
The Spanish gunboats have captured the American barque Savernake, laden with 1600 tons of coal, bound from Newcastle, N. S. W., to Iloilo, South…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Welsh Coal Miners Strike. London, April 28
The British Minors' Federation has voted £30,000 for the assistance of the Welsh coal miners strike…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINING. The Junction
RUNNING one section of the new mill four days and the whole two days, 1100 tons crude sulphides were treated last week, assaying from the trommels 11oz. silver,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Menzies Barossa Mine. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Friday Afternoon
Mr. Brown, the Government Geologist, has returned from the Menzies Barossa mine. Gawler, and has sent a minute to the Minister for Mines. He says that a complete survey…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Spaniards Want Coal. Torpedo Boats Off Gibraltar. Watched by a British Cruiser. London
Three Spanish torpedo boats are cruising off Gibraltar. They change their positions nightly, and are endeavoring to purchase coal for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cadiz Fleet. Unable to Leave Cape Verde Islands. for Want of Coal. London
The Spanish fleet that left Cadiz for Cuba is still at St. Vincent, in the Cape Verde Islands. It is said that it is unable to obtain half the amount of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →He Went to the Rush. a Good Goldfields Yarn
MANY a good yarn is told by miners of the oil digging days in Victoria when money was thrown about like water, and when scarcely a fortnight passed without…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bombardment of Havana. Three Hundred Shots Fired by American Cruisers. Cuba to be Invaded on Saturday. The Attack on Havana. Matanzas Bombarded. An American Ship with 1640 Tons of Coal Captured. London, April 28
Three American cruisers bombarded Havanna yesterday, and fined 300 shots at the forts. The whole of the earthworks were demolished, and the guns…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Austrain Sympathy with Spain. Openly Avowed. Important Engagements Hourly Expected. Forces Surrounding Havanna. Preparing to Attack the Capital. A Big Naval Fight. Expected Yesterday. Capture of a Spanish Treasure Ship. Spain Short of Coal. An Explosion of Warlike Stores. Emissaries of Spain Suspected. Spanish Domestic Difficulties. Naval Engagement off Matanzas. [Reuter's Messages.] the Attack on Havanna. All Arrangements Complete. Troops to Be Landed To-day London
Reports from New York state that all arrangements are now complete for a United States expeditionary force to be landed in Cuba on Saturday (to-morrow)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal for Spain. London
The Gibraltar correspondent of The Times states that the Spanish fleet obtained delivery of 17,000 tons of coal there before the war began…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Capitalisation of Mining Companies
THE "Australasian Joint Stock Companies' Year Book," just issued, gives particulars of metal-mining companies in Australia, the capital of which shows these enormous…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining. [By Telegraph.] a Big Nugget. MELBOURNE
A nugget weighing 138oz. has been found at the Break o' Day mine, Rokewood, at a depth of 60ft. The mine is being worked by a party of five…
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