White Coal
"White coal" supplies motive power to nearly every town in Switzerland ; we call it snow in England. It is, of course, the melted snow that comes tumbling over the mountain side…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1899
80 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 2 of 4
White Coal
"White coal" supplies motive power to nearly every town in Switzerland; we call it snow in England. It is, of course, the melted snow that comes tumbling over the mountain side…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Monkeys As Cold Miners
Captain E. Moss, who has just returned from the Tasavaal, tells the story of the monkeys who work for him in the mines: "I have twenty-four monkeys," said be,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Box of Gold Missing
On the arrival of the mail steamer Alameda at San Francisco a box containing £5000 sovereigns was missed from the strong room…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Colliery Explosion. Mine Burning Fiercely. No Hope Foe the Entombed. London, June 19
THE coal mine near Halifax, Nova Scotia, in which a terrible explosion occurred a few days since, is burning fiercely, though the workings hare been flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Mine on Fire
The fire in the coal mine near Halifax, Nova Scotia, in which a terrible explosion occurred, is burning fiercely, though the workings…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dredging for Gold
In reply to a deputation the Minister for Mines promised to introduce legislation "next session to facilitate dredging for gold ; but be warned them…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Experimental Farm—Camden Haven. Department of Mines and Agriculture, Sydney, 26th June, 1899
SIR,—Referring to your letter of the 16th instant, on the subject of an Experimental Farm in the Camden Haven district, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Cook to inform you that it is not the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Special Grant for M. R. A. & H. A. Department of Mines and Agriculture, Sydney, 4th July. 1899
Date of letter under reply:—28th June, 1899, from the Secretary, Manning River Agricultural and Horticultural Association, presented and strongly recommended by you on the 30th ultimo…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Gold Robbery
News of the loss of a box of geld, worth £4000 from the steamer Konigiu Regente, during the voyage between Southampton and Genoa, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District Land Office. Gold Mining Leases
The (allowing Goldmining Leases were taken up on Tuesday last in lien of surrender leases:—14 acres Cold Mining Leases, at Cells…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal in Queensland. ROCK[?]AMPTON
Mr. R. [?]stan, of the Geological Surveyor's Department leaves to-day for Brisbane. It is reported that he has made a remarkable discovery of coal on the Dawson River. He was shown some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal In Queensland. Reported Great Discovery. Rockhampton
MR. R. Dunstan, of the Geological Surveyor's Department, leaves to-day for Brisbane. It is reported that he has made a remarkable discovery of coal on the Dawson River. He was shown some time ago…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shocking Disaster in a Diamond Mine. Eleven Australians Killed. London, July 8
A SERIOUS disaster has occurred at the New Jagersfontein diamond mine, Orange Free State, South Africa. A fall of several thousand tons of earth occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Where Does Mining Come In?
MANY of the main objects of the Macleay A. H. & I. Association have been lost sight of, not only in the recent heated polemical discussions that have taken place about the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining at Coolongolook
WORK at the Currecki Mine, Coolongolook, has been suspended, the reason being that the stone in the lower level having become so mineralised the present machinery in use for treating the ore cannot save the gold. Mr. Fenning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold from Sea Water
ACCORDING to Cassier's Magazine, a trick by which subscribers were induced to part with their money was simple, but decidedly clever. They…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Mining Industry
THE Minister for Mines states that there is a very marked and distinct revival taking place in the mining industry of the colony. In all directions active operations…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Coal Trade Again. to the Editor of the M. R. TIMES
DEAR SIR,—I have been surprised lately, on glancing through the reports of the steamer, published in your columns, to sec that she still continues bringing coal to the river…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"How Long?" That Coal Trade. (To the Editor of the CHRONICLE.)
SIR—Frequent have been the complaints about the delay caused by the 'Coraki having to deviate from her direct trips to the Manning, to call in at…
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