The Coal Output of Scotland
The duration of the Scotch output was computed, in 1871 as likely to last 820 years, on the assumption that the annual output would not exceed 12,000,000 tons…
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Mining & the mines, 1901
282 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 15
The Proposed Coal Duty. London, May 3
Owing to the Government proposing to put a tax on coal exported, Mr. John Wilson, M.P. (Liberal Unionist) for Falkirk district of Burghs, has quitted the Government party…
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OUR Stewarts Brook correspondent writes:—The New Royal Standard Co's, Mountaineer R[?]ef is still looking well. There are six men…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Countess of Barnysdale. Chapter Xxxi. Only a Bit. of Gold Filigree
Lord Stratharden sat in his own bed-room in the little maisonette that opportune white-washing of his had allowed him to return to as if he had never fled from it, and pursued…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Mad Rush for Gold. Extraordinary Scenes at Klondike
The correspondent of the Daily Express writes from Victoria (B.C) :— Some extraordinary scenes occurred in the Klondike district on February 26, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal in Iceland
The Times correspondent at Copenhagen states that the samples of coal from the mines in Iceland, now on view, are of a quality equal to Northumberland coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mining Industry. What It Has Done for Australia. Our Indebtedness to the Prospector
The under-Secretory for Mines and Agriculture(Mr. D. C. M'Lacblan) in presenting his annual report on the Operations within this State during the…
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In Sardina is said to be a silver [?]ine of marvellous wealth, but all who enter its depths die by the bite of the Polifuga, the little red deathspider which haunts its rocks…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ball at Coal Creek
THE Coal Creek cricketers having decided to put down a concrete wicket on their ground have arranged to hold a ball in Mr. D…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mystery of a Gold Watch. Just, but Hard
At the Bloomsbury county court, before Judge Bacon, a Mrs. Eldridge brought an action against Mr. Arthur Hall, a watchmaker, carrying on business in Camden…
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A MOONAN BROOK correspondent writes:—Sid Duggan aud J Clifford cleaned up their parcel of 25 tons of quartz on Friday for a yield of lldwts…
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ON Saturday afternoon last, says the Gunnedah Adrertiser, about three o'clock, word was received in town to the effect that a fire bad broken out at…
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IT is notified that the undermentioned lease has been refused, namely, G. Carruthers, 2 acres, situated at Stewarts Brook…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Romance of Coal
Joseph Davies, who bogan life as a sawyor and carpenter, and whose honesty and industry carried him on to wealth as a railway contractor, sank all his money…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Awful Accident. Six Hen Killed in a Mine. Narrow Escape of Others. Only Two Bodies Recovered So Far. Broken Hill Friday, 1 p. m
News has just been received of an awful accident at the south mine. It is stated six men have been killed, and two others injured. Later…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Labour in German Collieries
The Lower House of the Reichsrath has adopted a resolution limiting a day's work in the collieries to nine hours…
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An explosion occurred this morning in a colliery at Caerphilly, Wales. One hundred and fifty miners are entombed. Intense anxiety as to their fate is manifested by the people. Caerphilly is 7½ miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Very Latest. London, Friday afternoon. the Colliery Accident
In the Caerphilly colliery accident three miners sere rescued and many bodies recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Colliery Disaster
Further particulars of the explosion at Caerphilly, show that the majority of the nightworkers had ascended, though, when the accident occurred, there were still 70 men in the pit. There were three…
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