A Mine of Wealth
A RECENT able report, drawn up by Mr. Bruce, the Chief Inspector of Stock, shows that, after allowing no less than 5 1bs of meat weekly to every man,…
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Mining & the mines, 1881
41 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 3
FICTON. (From English, American, and other Periodcals.) the Conspiracy. Chapter I. "Your Gold I Do Not Want."
It was a chill November day, not cold nor wintry, but yet chill enough to make one feel comfortable in extra wraps, or miss them keenly it they could not be had, and more than all to make one wish back…
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The fatal accident which occurred at Sandhurst on Thursday last is thus described by the correspondent of the Argus:—A dreadful accident happened at the Great Southern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company. (From the S. M. Herald.)
The half-yearly meeting was held on Thursday, at noon; Mr. M. Metcalfe in the chair. The following report was submitted:- The directors beg to submit their report of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Discovery of Gold in the Albert District. (By telegraph to the Herald.) Wilcannia
The excitement consequent on the discovery of gold at Mount Poole, near the Grey Range, still continues. Parties have been organized, and have started from Wilcannia to the scene of this discovery,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Discovery at the Gre[?] Range. (By Telegraph to Herald.) Wilcannia
Authentic information was received in town last night from the new rush, by Messr[?] Palmer and Co. that more gold has [?] discovered, and a 5-oz. nugget was unear[?]…
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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—Although the: proceedings at the conference of miners' delegates held at Lambton on Saturday last were private, a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Great Strike of Miners in Lancashire. (Glasgow paper, January 15.) Over Forty Thousand Men Idle
The Employers' Liability Act has led to a strike of miners of great magnitude in Lancashire. The efforts that have been made by the employers and some of the former leaders…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Important Report from Mount Browne Goldfield
The following telegram, which, through the courtesy of the Hon. the Minister for Mines we (Echo) are able to give, was, received by the Mining Department, from Mr. G…
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THE following telegram, which through the courtesy of the Hon. Minister for Mines we {Echo) are able to give, was received by the Mining Department,…
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A vein near Coal Castle, Sc[?]uylkill County, U. S. has been burning for forty-five years. A huge fire was kept in a grate at the mouth of this mine to prevent the water in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mount Browne Gold-field. (By telegraph to the Herald.) Wilcannia
[?]e following news has been kindly placed [?]r disposal by the Minister of Mines:— [?]here are now about 300 people left on [?]eld, the majority of whom are encamped…
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The following is the report of the half-yearly meeting, held on Monday:- The directors submit herewith the result of the past half-year's operations…
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Mr. W. D. Scott-Moncrieff, in a paper read before the Society of Arts, has recently brought to the attention of that body an important project for not only hereafter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Plot in Russia. Discovery of a Mine
ST. PETER BURGH, March 16.-Great excitement has prevailed all this afternoon in the centre of the town in conSequence of fresh discoveries of the…
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After six years patient toil, involving a deeper descent into tho bowels of the earth than has been reached by any similar effort, the Ashton Moss Colliery Company have, within the past few days,…
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IT will be remembered that the [?] of the wharfage rates on coal at castle and Wollongong has been a several occasions brought under a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Poet's Corner. the Sunset Gates of Gold
There's a lovely land o'er the sunset sea, Whose splendour no tongue hath told, But a glimpse of its glory came to me Through the sunset gates of gold…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The First Piano in a Mining. Camp
IN 1853-It might have been five years earlier or later, this is not history for the public 'schools—there was a little camp about ten miles from Pioche, occupied by…
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The following is the report from Warden Tompson, of the Albert Mining District, to the Under-Secretary for Mines, Sydney, furnishing particulars of yield of gold at the several diggings in the said district:…
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