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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1905

75 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 4

True Story of a Coal Merchant's Dog

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 2

A coal merchant had a large New foundland dog of wonderful sagacity named Rover. Rover spent all his time in the…

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The God of Gold. CHAPTER I.

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 5

THE landscape was an enticing one, but enticing only to those who found a charm in wild, uncultivated scenery, for the woods and grounds that surrounded Ravencro[?] Towers,…

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The God of Gold. Chapter Ii

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 4

From what Mirah tells me, continued the vicar's sister, this Carl Dartnoor has only quite recently returned from Australia, where, it is said he made a fortune, and she…

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"Conversions" in a Mine. Revival Meetings Underground

Macleay Argus · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 6

UNDERGROUND prayer meetings are the latest feature of the Welsh revival, commenced some weeks ago by Evan Roberts, the young collier…

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The God of Gold. Chapter Iv

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 4

'Mir[?] my own dear child [?] all been for her sake? he irr[?]. Then the strange man drew from his breast pocket a small [?], the likeness of a…

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A Lost Gold Mine

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 3

Fabulous stories about the world's buried millions have cropped up from time to time, but a writer in "T.A.T." describes in an article, "Where to find Buried Treasure," the…

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The God of Gold. Chapter Vi

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 3

What is the good of sermonizing a hardened black sheep. Beatrice exclaimed, 'You must know I am too [?]ated with the two years' gaiety I have had since I was…

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The God of Gold. Chapter Viii

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 3

'Yes once—fool that I was not to appreciate it But greed for money was my ruiu Mirah imagined he was alluding to this second, loveless marriage…

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Mining on the Upper Bowman. Feb. 7

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 2

BURLEY and party are on payable stone. They have 70 tone at grass, which will be carted to Grant's mill this week. The cross-course struck in their drive along the reef also prospects well…

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The God of Gold. Chapter Ix

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 4

Then Mirah sought and explanation. 'Tell we, father! Is the man mad Inmercy, tell me!' The tone in which she uttered the appeal…

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The God of Gold. CHAPTER X.

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 4

The early post brought letter from Beatrice. It stated that she was engaged to be married to Lord Herbert Heathcots…

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The Jasper's Peak Copper Mine

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 3

This mine was found some years ago by a good all round prospector, named Alex Muir. The lodes constituting the mine are situated on the summit of a range in the Parish of…

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The Jasper's Creek Copper Mine

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 11 March 1905 · page 8

"Wonga" in the Porb "News" writes regarding the above: "This mine was found some years ago by a good all-round prospector named Alex…

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Butte, the Town of Gold. a Hades. Yet the Richest Spot on Earth

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 March 1905 · page 2

Some time about the year 1800 four prospectors struck what is still one of the richest spots on earth, where now stands the mining town…

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Jasper, Peak Copper Mine

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1905 · page 4

DURING the past week there has been some excitement here in connection with our local mines. Numerous blocks have been pegged out for a syndicate and also…

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The Mining Industry

Macleay Argus · Saturday 18 March 1905 · page 11

The annual report of Mr. Pittman, the Under-Secretary, of mining operations in this State for 1904, shows considerable improvement. The value…

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Mountain Slide in Wales. Colliery Threatened. Twelve Hundred Workmen Idle

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 3

Owing to a stream of quicksand permeating the base of a mountain in the Rhymney Valley Monmouthshire, the mountain has been moving for several days at the rate of hall an inch…

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The Romance of Old Men in Mining

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 15 April 1905 · page 7

The records of engineering hold few more romantic and interesting episodes than the discoveries made in the modern mines of ancient and…

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Mining. the Jasper's Peak Copper Mines

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 22 April 1905 · page 6

Following a description of the above mines, which we copied from the Port News by "Wonga," we report as follows:…

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Housekeeper. Economising Coal

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 22 April 1905 · page 7

HINTS on how to economies coal are generally more or less acceptable in the middle-class home, and I gladly pass on a hint given to me a fow days ago by one…

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