Old Si Gets a Gold Dollar
OLD SI came in and held out his hand with a bright yellow spot shining in the centre of the palm. "Jess look at dat now?"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining & the mines, 1879
21 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 2
Boorook Silver Mines. (From the Town and CountryJournal)
These mines are destined before long to cause somewhat of a sensation in the mining world. Outside the neighbouring districts they have as yet attracted but little attention ;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Late Gold Robbery at Rutherglen
SOME time since information was given to the effect that a robbery of gold; from Messrs. Harris and Hollow's Great Eastern claim at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sketcher. Gold Seeking in Scotland
WE are indebted to Mr. Cochrane, a gentle man of property, in Ayrshire and a well-known antiquary, for collecting together, under the title of Early Records relating to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Avoca Gold Robbery. Re-arrest of Wiberg
THE robbery of 5000 Sovereigns from the mail steamer Avoca will long be remembered as one of the most sensational theft perpetrated in this part…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Re-arrest of Weiberg, the Avoca Gold Robber. (From the Daily Telegraph, May 20.)
The intelligence that the notorious robber of the bullion-room of the P. and O. Company’s steamship Avoca had been recaptured was received with a great amount of incred[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Important to Miners
In reference to the recent fatal accident which occurred to a miner named Eustace in a claim at Sandhurst, Victoria, through the explosion of a charge of dynamite, Mr. Cosmo Newberry has…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Avoca Gold Robbery
At the Central Criminal Court, Melbourne, on Tuesday, Martin Weiberg and Joseph Pearce were again put on their trial. Mr. Smyth, who prosecuted length for the Crown, analysed the evidence at…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Safety Mining Cages
The report of the board on safety mining cages was laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly last night (says the Argus, July 18). The board, which has tested the following inventions—…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Conviction of Wiberg the Gold Robber
After a long and patient investigation Martin Wiberg and Joseph Pearce have been convicted, the one having stolen five thousand…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Humour. "Baby Mine."
THE baby carriage made its appearance yesterday for the season of 1879. It was occupied by the usual baby, and it was propelled by the woman who looks into all the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. Gold Discovery at Forbes. Forbes
Messrs. Zimmerman and party of German prospectors, after a long time on hard work, have, at last, been rewarded. They struck splendid gold at the old Queensland, 6 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Report. Mr. R. Arrowsmith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar
The average returns from the quartz reefs throughout the division have been well maintained during the quarter and would have been much…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Gold Discovery
It was reported in Stawell on Friday (says the “Chronicle”) that another alluvial discovery of importance had been made not far from the Fryingpan Plains diggings, and that the prospects…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Mining Meeting at Chiltern
A laage meeting of miners was held at the Town Hall, Chiltern, on Saturday evening, for the purpose of taking steps towards having the mining interest properly represented before the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →New Mining Rush Near Cootamundra
From our own observation (says the “Cootamundra Herald”) we are able this week to speak of the rush. Having entrusted ourselves one morning to what we subsequently found to be a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A School of Mines
The want of a school of mines in the colony has long been felt, and it will, no doubt, gratify those interested in mining matters to learn that the School of Arts committee are urging the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Is It Gold? Mysterious Circumstances
For some time past an Individual has been travelling up and down between Sydney and Grenfell, while from the latter place he always suddenly leaves in the direction of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Important Mining Results
Some splendid results have been obtained at Brown’s Creek through the use of Denny and Roberts’s grinder and amalgamator. The appliance operated on 50 tons of blanketings for a…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A Visit to a Salt-mine
The Marston mine at Northwich, to which visitors are readily admitted, is one of the most extensive in the district, and is a highly interesting sight. It has been excavated to a…
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