Masked Robbers Bag of Gold Stolen
In broad daylight, on 25th March, a Widnes cashier and a man accompanying him were suddenly attacked by two men, said to have been wearing masks,…
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Mining & the mines, 1911
30 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers · page 2 of 2
The Romance of the Rand Mines
Up to 1884 there was scarcely a suspicion of gold in the Transvaal, and the country was regarded as a barren land, lacking in all the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prevention of Mining Accidents
Mining machinery and safety appliance till offer great scope for improvement. Referring to the recent terrible explosion at Wattstown, "Mabon," M.P., is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wireless Communication Between Mines
Drs. Leinbach and Loewy, two German .scientists, have established an underground wireless system of communication. They have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Street Gold Hunt. Discovery of Coins
Romford is in the throes of a gold rush. Even children are excitedly agitating the auriferous earth with sieves. The finds have varied from a farthing to a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Facts & Fancies. Romans and the Use of Coal
Excavations near Liege, Belgium, unearthed a Roman villa, in the basement of which was found a quantity of coal in large pieces…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To Preserve Coal
Coal left out of doors, exposed to the weather for, say, a month, loses one-third of its heating quality. If a ton of coal is placed on the ground…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Dust
Opportunity is the cream of time. The more you any, the less people remember. A mother's tears are the seve in all…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Preservation of Coal
Experiments have been made in Germany with a view to ascertain the best means of preserving coal from deterioration after it has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The First Canadian Minister of Mines
The Hon. William Templeman, who is to be the first Canadian Minister of Mines, was born in Ontario of Scottish parents sixty years ago, and entered the…
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