Preservation of Gold Chains
Persons who carry a gold watch chain will notice that the chain will lengthen in time, and often after years of carrying the chain will gain…
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Mining & the mines, 1911
30 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers · page 1 of 2
The Antiquity of Gold Leaf
The origin of gold-leaf is lost in antiquity. On some of the most ancient mummies discovered, gold-leaf has been used on the skin,…
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Yerranderie.—A.general meeting of the members of the Ruby Creek silver lead syndicate was held on Wednesday. The report and balance-sheet were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melting Point of Gold
It is so easy to obtain gold in a very pure state that its melting point is a fact of much practical Importance, because it serves as a basis…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bagful of Gold. for the Asking. Judge's Perplexity
Puzzled, after spending several hours on a case, his Honor Judge Willis, at the Southwark County Court on Tuesday, said it was very suspicious, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Help for Entombed Miners
A device which manufactures breathable air, when required, for miners caught in mine accidents has been invented by an American…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Provident Use of Coal
Professor H. E. Armstrong, referring in "Engineering" to the consumption of coal in domestic-use and in the gas industry,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Find near Yerranderie
Messrs. B. Reilly, W. Mills, and J. Burke discovered a gold bearing reef at the end of Church Creek, seven miles from Yerranderi[?]. Official…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Twilight Mine
AS for me I was just one of the thousands that came West to grow…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Colliery Warnings
It is an interesting fact that a fall of the barometer exactly preceded the explosion in the Welsh colliery, which, so far as can be gathered, was due to gas,…
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A wrong is Always worth forgetting. A white lie may be as hard to wipe out asa black one. people who scatter sunshine cannot live…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining at Verranderie
Several parties Lave been formed for prospecting at the new gold discovery at Kowmung River. Another find made by R. Rod well in said to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold-Beater's Skin
In the manufacture of gold-leaf by gold beaters in order to reduce the metal to such thinness that a mere breath will cause it to float away…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal and the Atmosphere
Every ton of coal, it has been found, which is burnt uses up 300,000 cubic feet of air and renders it unfit for breathing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →How Nature Makes Coal
The substance of coal is all derived from vegetables which at one time grew upon the surface of the earth, either in- dry land or in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Assessing Mining Lands for Taxation
HENRY GEORGE, junr., son of the author of "Progress and Poverty," and now a member of the United States House of Representatives, recently…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hidden Gold. Treasure of the Incas Discovered
EXPLORATION OF THE SACRED LAKE. Lake Guatavita, where the ancient Incas offered up large quantities of heir immense stores of gold, has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunting Gold for Sport
" As a general rule, said a gentleman with much experience of gold mining, "it: is not the miner who makes money out of a mine. It is rather the business man and…
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Always put's [?]cadal under a bushel Be true as steel, and keep your temper well. A man without purpose is a sheath…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Warning to Miners
A thermostat has been designed In America to give warning of spontaneous combustion In coal-pockets. A compound solder release thermostat, encased and protected…
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