The Consols Mine. More Rich Ore Dispatched
THE favorable developments reported at the Consols mine a few months back have continued, and in a report just despatched to his directors Mr. George Smith, the general…
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Mining & the mines, 1898
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A Flooded Colliery. Three Miners Drowned. Splendid Rescue Work Done. [Reuter's Message.] London
A colliery has been flooded in Ayrshire. Sixteen miners were rescued after being interned in the workings for a day, and three were drowned…
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The mill last week had an excellent run, treating 2413 tons crudes, including a small quantity of carbonates, returning 742 tons concentrates and slimes of good…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Alluvial Trouble in the West. Two More Diggers go to Gaol. Big Demonstration of Miners. Prisoners Escorted in Procession to the Train. Mass Meeting in Kalgoorlie. [By Telegraph.] Kalgoorlie, Sunday Evening
The two diggers, Rost and Smith, who were committed to gaol on Friday for contempt of court in disobeying the warden's instructions to cease working on the alluvial…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining. [By Telegraph.] Sensational Gold Reef. MELBOURNE
Corboy and Prout, prospectors at Salisgash, are reported to have discovered a reef 3ft. thick, impregnated freely with coarse gold. From 201b. of surface stone it is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Assault at the Big Mine
BEFORE Mr. Makinson, P.M., this afternoon John Barrett, underground manager Block 11, Proprietary mine, proceeded against Patrick English, alias J. Brown, on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MINING. Another Consols Slug
ANOTHER slug of almost pure silver was brought to the surface at the Consols mine yesterday. The piece weighs 1721b., and its assay value is over 80 percent, of silver. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on a Mine. The Cyanide Works Destroyed. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The cyanide works at the Dayspring minc, Parkes, have been destroyed by fire. The damage is set down at £9OO. Visit the big boot sale at Hart's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Hours of Suspense. Trying Experience of Visitors to a Mine. The Value of Safety Grips. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
There was a narrow escape from a serions accident at the Newchum minc, Bendigo, yesterday. A party of visitors, accompanied by the manager, got into the cage at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINING. The A. B.H. Consols
PROSPECTS at this mine are brightening daily, and the latest developments continue of an eminently satisfactory character, the material, raised being increased in quantity…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Welsh Collieries. LONDON, Wednesday Evening
The Welsh colliers urge a limited output as a condition of the renewal of the present sliding scale of payment…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Collieries Disput. The Welghling Provisio[?] [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Sirdny
The managers' of the South CoaSollieries assort that in the event of the coivcighing regulations being enforced by the Govcrnment the mines will be closed. The officials…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Pheumatophors. Tests at the Big Mine
THE local branch of the Mine Managers Association issued invitations to witness a trial of the pneumatopbors; and in response a number of mining men and others assembled…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dispute at Lahsell's 180 MINE. Alleged Gold Stealing. The Mine Shut Down. [By Telegraph.]
A serious disagreement has occurred at Lanscll's well-known 180 mine, Bendigo, Recently, it is believed, gold-stealing has been going on; and as a consequence the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tug-of-war Contests. The Miners Meet the Swedes
LAST night the third of the series of tug-of war contests was carried through at the Crystal Theatre, the attendance being fairly good and possessing rather more than the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining. [By Telegraph.] The Dry Creek-British Action. MELBOURNE
The motion for leave to appeal to the Privy Council in the action Australian Smelting Company. (Dry. Creek) against the British Broken Ilill Silver-mining Company has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Alluvial Agitation. [Reuter's Message.] Views of the W. A. Chamber of Mines. LONDON
The committee of the West Australian Chamber of Mines approves. of Sir John Forrest's measures of temporary relief for the mining companies, and urges that a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Explosion in Dudley Colliery. The Main Shaft Destroyed. Fourteen Minors Entombed. Little Hope of Rescue. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon
News has just been received of an explosion £l firedamp in the Dudley colliery, in the Hunter River district. Details so far are scanty. All that is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— the Dudley Colliery Explosion. The Work of Rescue. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon
The latest news from the Dudley, colliery is that there is no hope of rescuing the entombed miners owing to the foul gases and fumes in the mine. The explosion blew part of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Dudley Disaster. Entombmenl of Fifteen Miners. No Hope of Rescue New. Further Details. The Explosive Gas Smelt for Two Miles. The List of the Missing. [By Telegraph.] Newcastle
The very worst fears which crossed the mind yesterday upon the first report of the occurrence of a fearful gas explosion in the Smiley colliery have been rcallscdi Indeed,…
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