Colliery Riots. London, Jan. 18
Riots have occurred amongst the colliers at Wigan, in Lancashire, who are now on strike…
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The Coal Miners Strike. London, January 25
There is a probability that the strike among the coal miners, in Lancashire will soon be terminated. The men show a disposition to come…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Mining Accident
The Sandhurst correspondent of the Argus, writing on the 21st inst., says :—Another dreadful mining accident occurred this morning, the scene of the disaster on this occasion being the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Moonta Mines
The once celebrated Moonta mines of South Australia appear to be looking up again. We take the following from the Y.P. Advertiser:— “It is with great satisfaction we are able to speak…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Report of the Minister for Mines
The Minister for Mines has signalised his term of office by the issue of a full report on each of the branches of the public service administered under his department. The report occupies 193…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Mount Poole Goldfields
The prospects of a permanent goldfield at the Mount can scarcely be said to be a foregone conclusion; for although comparatively little prospecting has taken place, the gold which we…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Memoranda
Three hundred tons of stone from No. I North Phoenix, Gympie, yielded 3,467oz. gold. The company has declared in dividends since February this year £29,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The First Piano in a Mining Camp
IN 1853—it might hare been five years earlier or later, this is not history for the public schools—there was a little camp about ten miles from Pioche, occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Rutherglen Mines
ALTHOUGH in the majority of the claims the same routine is being pursued, viz., shallow sinking on the old lines of reef, with the discovery of payable gold, mining…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The First Piano in a Mining Camp
IN 1853--it might have been five years earlier or later, this is not history for the public schools --there was a little camp about ten miles from Pioche, occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Adelong Gold Mines
The Minister for Mines courteously supplies us with the following copy of a report by Mr. W. H. J. Slee, inspector of mines at Adelong :— “Sir,—I do myself the honor to inform you that…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Coal Ashes for Fertilising
The use of coal ashes mixed into clayey soils has been found of great benefit, and its value is vouched for by many agriculturists. The Husbandman reports an experiment made with coal…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Mount Browne Gold-fields
A telegram from Wilcannia, dated the 24th ult., runs as follows :— “The accounts to hand from the Albert gold-fields are good. The miners are getting payable gold at the Four-mile rush at…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Tarcutta Goldfield
A Tarcutta correspondent of the Express writes: —Since my last report a few more claims have been taken up, and some of them have struck gold. Thirteen claims are now on gold, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mining at Adelong
There has been an improvement in mining during the week. Owing to several fresh discoveries, the principal claims on the Adelong reefs have not made much change. Most of them…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Another Explosion in a Sandhurst Mine
Another terrific explosion has occurred at a mine in the Sandhurst district, but fortunately in this case, unlike a similar one which recently happened at the New Chum Consolidated Mine,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Gold Hunting
LATE in the spring of 1860 (relates the Telegraph) a band of "fossickers" or gold-hunting prospectors, crossed the Park range of mountains in what…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mount Brown Goldfield. Wilcannia, 5th August
The news from the Albert goldfield continues of a cheering nature, the only drawback being that water is becoming scarce at all the rushes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining at the Black Range
We had an opportunity on Wednesday of visiting some of the quartz claims recently taken up at the Black Range, and are glad to be able to record the fact that the prospects of several of the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Science. Assaying. the Assaying of Gold and Silver Ores
A TON of rocks containing one thirty thousandth its weight of gold, or one fifteen hundredth its weight of silver, can in many instances be worked profitably…
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