Rich Find of Gold
A very rich find of quartz gold is reported at the Gold Hill Company's claim, near Orange…
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Mining & the mines, 1887
82 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 5
Rats in the Coal Mines
Harrisburg, June 4.—" Up in the coal regions." said the Hon. James A. Sweeney, ex-member of the Pennsylvania Legislature from Luzerne countyand known throughout the State as Truthful…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Explosions in Coal Mines. Better Make Use of the Natural Gas
In Engineering, July 1, appears a long letter from Mr. Herbert W. C. Tweddle, dated Paignton, Devon, June 29, on the subject of natural gases. His object is to urge that men should use up the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Kimberley Goldfields. (Australasian, Aug. 27.)
Some information as to the work done at the Kimberley goldfields and their prospects has been afforded by Mr. Ross Robinson, an experienced miner, who, after 12 months' work on the fields, has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Terrible Gas in Coal Mines
If Mr. B. H. Thwaite and Mr. Tweddle, in their letters to English periodicals, are correct, the Bulli gas explosion, and the number of deaths thereby caused, was altogether a blunder of man. And so…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Croydon Goldfield
Mr. Henry B. Binns, who for some years was a resident of West Maitland, has written to a friend an account of the Croydon goldfields, Northern Queensland, on which Mr. Binns is now engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Belgian Coal Mining
Last year waa by no means favourable for Belgian colliery property. The number of pita in activity was 280, or six less than in 1885. The average number of workman employed last year was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Jennie Dean Mine
Col. Brown was evidently bent on showing his regard for me. To-day ho would ask me to stroll down to the post-office with him, at the same time presenting me with one of his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Superstitions among Miners
A correspondent of the Philadelphia Call gives the following interesting notes with reference to miners' superstitions:- Some years ago I spent a summer vacation…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Working a Diamond Mine
We have all of us heard very glowing accounts of the riches brought to light in the Cape Diamond Mines, and more especially in the Kimberley Mme. But we do not hear of the disasters and stoppages…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Traces of Gold
Traces of gold have been discovered in stones on the surface of the ground at Little Fields, seven miles from Penrith…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Chances
The ups and downs of mining are illustrated by the story of the Magdala Mine at Stawell, briefly told in The Argus of Monday, Oct. 24, which publishes a chart of the leading mines. It is the old,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Department of Mines, Forest Branch
The annual report of the Forest Branch, Department of Mines, was laid on the table of the Ligislative Assembly on Wednesday. From the document it appears that the plantations contain a large…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stewart's Brook Gold Field
Mr. W. T. Moore, who is interested with a party in a reef at S[?]ewart's Brook, called on us yesterday with specimens of the stone taken from the reef as the party broke it down. The stone is very rich ind…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Further Discovery of Gold in Western Australia. [From Greville's Telegram Co.] Perth
There is considerable excitement at Perth over the reported discovery of gold 250 miles eastward of Perth. A party under Mr. Anstey went out to explore the country to the estward of York…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Further Discovery of Gold in Western Australia. Peeth, Monday
THERE is considerable excitement at Perth over the reported discovery of gold 250 miles eastward of Perth. A party under Mr Anstey wont out to explore the country to the east…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold in Western Australia. (By Telegraph to the Herald.) Perth
Colreavy, the leader of the expedition equipped by the Government, and sent out some time ago to examine the country in the eastern districts for auriferous deposits, returned safely with his party…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Disaster
News has just been received of a terrible colliery disaster at Aberdare, Wales. 340 men have been entombed, 200 have been rescued up to the present, and it is believed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hairy Tom's Lucky Gold
"Speaking of superstitions," said the Judge to a San Francisco Post reporter, "we used to have a queer lot of them in the early days. Off in the camps we were worse than sailors, and you know a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The [?]Homeville Colliery
On Saturday afternoon a number of gentlemen interested in the development of the district visited the Homeville Colliery to mark in a formal manner a Step in advance in connection with that…
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