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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines
78 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 2 of 4
ON Friday last a meeting of colliery experts was held in the ambulance tout, at the Dudley mine, presided over by Mr. Alexander Brown, M.L.C., to consider what action would be taken with regard to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In West Australia rich gold lias been struck in the "Island Eureka" mine at Cue. Fifty ounces were obtained from a single dish…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Curreeki mine is looking better than ever. The last crushing turned out very satisfactory, having yielded over 2ozs. to the ton. The reef in the bottom of the shaft is 18 inches wide, and is composed of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A FIRE has broken out in a colliery at Whitewick, Leicestershire. Thirty-six miners, who were entombed in the workings, perished…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE necessity for the construction of a good road. traversible by loaded drays, from the Fort Macquarie Road to the Cells Gold Field, is most…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One foggy morning, just about dawn, in August, 1865, the steamboat Twilight was miking her way cautiously up the Missouri river. Suddenly there was jar, the boat bulged up…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE late crushing from the Curreeki line of reef has brought the Coolongolook goldfields again into notice. About twelve mouths ago Mr. James Fenning, who has been engaged in the timber industry at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A great collapse has occurred in the shares of the West Australian companies controlled by Mr. Horatio Bottomley. It is estimated that they…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →As we stated in a recent issue, the Mining Warden (the Hon. E. A. T. Pery, P.M.), lately paid an official visit to the Cells Goldfield. He has since sent in his report, we understand, to the Mines…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The long " Lost Cabin of Mount Hood," Oregon, has been found, but its fabulous wraith still remains unearthed. The wealth consists of two sacks of gold dust hidden by a stage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Joseph Andrews (as the duly authorised agent of Andrews, Bros., and a shareholder), applied for the registration of suspension of work on the registered leases, portion 54, of 5 acres, and portion 56,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Miners' Federation of Great Britain has demanded of the English colliery proprietors an increase in the wages of the miners amounting to 10…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AN excellent coalfield has been discovered in the county of Antrim, in the north of Ireland. It is estimated that 2,500,000 tons of coal are available…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the rush towards the golden fields o[?] the Klondyke, there are thousands who are ill-fitted to stand the strain of hardship and exposure, which are inseparable from that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEWS by the Vancouver steamer states that a terrible calamity occurred at Chilkoot Pass, on the road to Klondyke, on April 3. When between 150 and 200 men in single file were in the narrow pass the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The coal derrick and donkey engines belonging to Wilcocks and Oo, used for landing cargo and coal, were washed off the inner training wall. The salvage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE British authorities are storing enormous supplies of coal at Esquimalt, the naval station at the south end of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia. [Esquimalt is connected by mail with the great coal field of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The British authorities are storing enormous supplies of coal at Esquimalt, the naval station at the south end of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The rush to the Klondike gold fields continues. Fifteen thousand persons, including many women, are encamped between Lake Lindeman and Lake…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The St. Louis, one of the boats of the International Navigation Company, which is utilised by the United States as an auxiliary cruiser, has captured…
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