How They first Found Gold in Kiondyke
THE story of how gold was first discovered in Klondyke, purely by accident, is very interesting. It was in 1894 that three men, while looking for gold discovered the dead body of…
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Mining & the mines, 1898
18 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers
For the Love of Gold. Chapter I.
A DINGY street in a London suburb; the dullest and least interesting of all the houses in the row; a parlor whose windows were grimed with the dirt of many weeks, and…
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FAR away from London, far away from Lena's shabby lodgings, a few miles from a pleasant country town, there stood a grand old mansion, shut in from prying eyes by high walls,…
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ONE question troubled them all—how were they to tell Duke! Who was to write to the exits and tell him his idolised wife was dead ! They put it off from day to day. The bad…
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MRS. HUME herself answered the door—one of those women who, while they make no profession of ladyhood, are yet refined and intelligent enough by nature to shame many…
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THREE months had passed. Society papers had duly chronicled the adoption of Lady Helena Bechaun by her uncle, and added a paragraph announcing the departure of the…
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"HELENA," said the duke at last, taking her white hand in his, "do not decide hastily—do not send me away hopeless. My darling, I love you so; no one in all the world can love…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Appalling Calamity at Newcastle. Fourteen Men Entombed in a Mine
A TERRIBLE explosion occurred on Monday morning in the Dudley Colliery at Newcastle. Fourteen men are entombed, owing to the explosion, and there it little hope of rescue. The…
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SIR GERALD sat and stared at him as though he believed him a candidate for the lunatic asylum. "You are dreaming, my poor lad," he said…
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MADAME VANE rang the bell, and a large memorandum-book was brought her. Probably its entries spread over all the years she had been in business. With quick, deft fingers she…
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ONE look at Mrs. Hume, and the detective knew that, though the might have been Lena Bechann's fool, she had never been her confedrate. He drew his chair a little closer,…
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IT was a very grand wedding. Nothing in its circumstances—nothing, indeed, save the solemn words of the service itself, could possibly have reminded the new-made duohess of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Klondike Goldfields. (To the Editor.)
SIR,—Their is a great deal of misinformation being published relative to the best route to the Klondike Goldfields, which will mislead Australian prospectors unless it is corrected…
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THE Duke of Molton had much difficulty in persuading Mr. Hardy to become his guest. "I am nothing but a broken-down invalid," he pleaded; "not fit to present to a beautiful…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Golden Klondike an Enormous Rush of Gold Seekers Going In. Sound Advice From an Inhabitant
In the rush towards the golden fields of the Klondike, there are thousands who are ill-fitted to stand the strain of hardship and exposure, which are inseparable from that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Peaks (Burragorang) Silver Mines. Important Developments
For some time [?] much local interest has been [?]sed in the Peaks silver fields, and speculation has been rife to know whether they would ever prove…
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CONSIDERABLE interest prevails over the important mineral discoveries made by Messrs. Webb and Bartlett at the Silver Peak, or what had better be described in geographical terms…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Lust for Gold
TERRIBLE tales of privation are told by returning miners from Klondyke. From Haselton to Glenora the road was strewn with dead horses and dying men and abandoned outfits…
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