Newcastle Coal Dispute
The votes of the lodges at Newcastle to resume work on the conference proposals are 63, and for the amendment 60. The returns of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1896
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The Search for the Catterthun Gold
THE fates, meteorologically, are hostile to the Catterthun goldseekers. Weeks ago the salvage steamers Mermaid and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Cargoes. Sydney
A Royal Commission has been issued empowering Professor Threlfall, of the Sydney University, and Mr. Edward Pittman, Government…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Catterthun Gold
The Manager of the New Zealand Insurance Company (Mr. Samuel Hague Smith) was this week in receipt of the most encouraging…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Catterthun Gold. Sydney
The salvage operations at the wreck of the steamer Catterthun have been concluded. The divers recovered altogether seven boxes of specie…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Catterthun Gold. Recovery of £5000. the Remainder at Hand
AFTER the many disappointing reports from the wreck of the Catterthun regarding the salving of the illfated vessel's treasure, a pleasant surprise…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Discovery of Alluvial Gold
Alluvial gold has been discovered on the Barrington, about 13 miles from Gloucester, and a party of three men, who have been working there about…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rich Gold Find. Sydney
A very rich patch of alluvial gold has been discovered at Three Mile Flat, near Mudgee…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Export of Gold
DURING the past few months a large amount of gold has been shipped from Sydney to the United States. This fact has been made much of by our…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Rich Gold Field. London
Great excitement prevails over the rich gold finds in British Columbia. One company there has divided £40,000 amongst its shareholders as…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Marvellous Escape of two Miners
A MIRACULOUS escape from death of two miners named George Garnett and Peter M'Cann occurred at the Elsinore Valley tin mine, near Inverell,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gold in Sea Water
THE presence of gold in sea Water was long ago proved as far as the European seas were concerned, and recently…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Orara Goldfield. a Field of Great Possibilities
PUBLIC interest at present is centred in the mines at Coramba and Bucca Creek. At both places the prospects are most encouraging. When I express the opinion that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shocking Colliery Disaster. Eight Men Killed. Sydney
A dreadful colliery disaster occurred at Stockton, in the Newcastle District this morning. A number of men at work in the mine were overpowered…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Amending the Mining Law
The Mining Laws Amendment Act of 1896 will be in operation in the course of a few days. The principal object of the measure is to facilitate…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Turning Silver into Gold
A DISCOVERY has just been made public which, if verified by investigation, may revolutionise civilisation. This…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Big Gold Yield. Sydney
The whole of the gold won in Auckland (N.Z.) district this year amounts to £250,000…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The New Guinea Goldfields
PRIVATE advices received in Brisbane from the north point to the probability that an extensive rush to the New Guinea goldfield will take place…
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