Chinese Gold
A French soldier recently offered a banker in the 2nd Arrondissement three packets of Chinese gold currency of a value of 900 frans. He…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1916
103 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 6
Local and General Mining Leases
It is notified that rents are due on the following Mining Leases, and if not paid within 30 date from date of notification (15th Dec) in Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Swimmer Tows a Mine. Heroic Exploits of a Russian Soldier
An electrician in the Baltic fleet named Peter Semenischeff has earned distinction by a remarkable exploit. At Sandmir, during the operations…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queen Elizabeth's Coal Monopoly
Queen Elizabeth was the first English monarch to realize the value of the coal-mines as a State-owned monopoly. She obtained a lease of all…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Seat of Gold
A UNIQUE presentation was made to Mr. S H. Somerville, clerk of the Meroo Shire, who has gone into camp, by Mr. Potts, a maintenance man. It was a fine walking…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Coal Black Team
One day last week quite a crowd gathered in the street to admire a splendid team of bullocks (says the Dubbo "Liberal"). Never since the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Coal Black Team
ONE day last week quite a crowd gathered in the street to admire a splendid team of bullocks (says the Dubbo "Liberal"). Never since the good old carrying days that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Upper Bowman and Craven Plateau Federation Mine
Mr. O. Neilson has finished drawing quartz to the Battery of the Federation mine. There are about 28½ tones of stone which promise good returns…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Mining Lease
It is proposed to [?] which will be available for [?] in the terms of the Mining Act 1910 after…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Find at Drake
AT the Tenterfield Show last week some 13 or more samples of gold obtained from Drake were en view. Mr. Colin Campbell was the lucky prospector, and he has named his mine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Submarines As Mine-layers. Latest Invention in Deep-Sea Warfare
The latest German method of warfare is to lay mines by moans of a type of submarine. Before the war opened, Simeon Lake, the American…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining
A mineral lease of 9 acres has been granted to M. E. Cox and another, in the Parish and County, of Gloucester…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Testing Old Mines
Mr Estell Minister for Mines is to test a number of the old gold fields of the State and has feast a favorable glance at Copeland as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Leases
It Is notified in the Government Garelte if rent is not paid on the under mentioned mining lease before 24th April, leave will be cancelled: A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold You Can See Through
Guid is extremely interesting in many ways. It can be beaten so thin that a quarter of a million leaves of it piled on top of one another would…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Gold Find
A new gold had has been made at the Four-mile Creek, Tabulam, a few miles over the border from Killarney. The specimens exhibited at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining on the Klondyke
A Morning River "Times" reporter had an interesting interview with Mr Hedley Roger, a former resident of the Northern Rivers, who has spent many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Economy in Gas-making
At a large gas plant in Holland the experiment has been tried in mixing peat with the coal with excellent results. The quality of the gas is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hoarding of Gold
In banking circles it is believed there is still a considerable amount of gold being uselessly hoarded, which if deposited in the banks or the post…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Use of Pulverised Coal
The combustion of a "spray" of coal dust blown into the fire box by a blast of air is very nearly perfect, eliminating smoke, cinders, and firing tools. A…
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