Shocking Colliery Explosion and Great Loss of Life
On November 15, an explosion took place No. 5 pit of the Moss Hall Coal Company’s collieries, at Platt Bridge, three miles from Wigan. The shaft is two hundred and…
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A Visit to the Woolgarlo Lead-mines (From the Yass Courier.)
ON Tuesday last, in fulfilment of a promise of long standing, we paid a visit to the Woolgarlo mine. It is nearly four years since a report appeared in this journal of the…
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WOOL, wheat, and wine are generally supposed to represent the only industries which are possible in this district of New South Wales, but tidings of the existence of gold in…
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