Grains of Gold
YOU may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good.--Lavatier. A person who tells you the faults of others…
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The Barrier Silver Mines
As regards fresh discoveries there is nothing now to report from Silverton this week. The mines in work are invariably improving as they are followed down, the lodes in many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Best Route to the Mines
A correspondent residing at Balranald writes follows :—“Having been asked by several persons the best route to Silverton, either for vehicles ortramping, I forward you the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold in Ancient Times
GOLD was in excess in ancient times, and mostly taken from the rivers in Asia. The fables of Pastolus, of the golden fleace of the Argonants, of the gold from Ophir, the history…
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I have decided to sacrifice another valuable piece of mining property this spring. it would not be sold if I had the necessary amount of capital to develope it. It is a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →News Items From the Barbier Mines
A direct track from Hay to Silvorton is just now being reported on, and will shortly be surveyed. It follows the Wilcannia road to Mossgiel, branching thence to the German…
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HAVING returned from Silverton and district surrounding, I herewith give my impressions of the country. I have delayed writing until my return, so as not to form too hasty opinions or conclusions…
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An old forty-niner says of gold hunting:—"It's the fascination of it. Lor' man, when you've struck it pretty rich and can see yer gold right in front of yon; when you're piling…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Efficiency of Coal
A POUND of average coal develops, with perfect combustion, 12,000 units of heat, which, multiplied by 772, the mechanical equivalent in units of work of one unit of heat, equals…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fascination of the Gold Mines
AN old forty-niner says of gold hunting:-- "It's the fascination of it. Lor' man, when you've struck it pretty rich and can see yer gold right in front of you; when you're piling…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Efficiency of Coal
A POUND of average coal develops, with perfect combustion, 12,000 units of heat, which, multiplied by 772, the mechanical equivalent in units of work of one unit of heat, equals…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Mining Accident in Victoria. Creswick
A terrible accident occurred at the No. 3 shaft of the New Australasian Company’s mine at about 4 o’clock this morning. A young man named David Taylor and a married…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Dead Mining Town
THERE is in Victoria a town of ruined houses —Matlock. Its life began in 1864, with a rush of diggers. The last inhabitant left in 1879. In the fifteen years Matlock had found a for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Dead Mining Town
THERE is in Victoria a town of ruined houses --Matlock. Its life began in 1864, with a rush of diggers. The last inhabitant left in 1879. In the fifteen years Matlock had found a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Animal Remains in Coal
Professor Miall, F.G.S., in a lecture on "Animals of the Coal Period," recently delivered at York, England, said that there were to be found associated with seams of coal, and especially with bods of shale even…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General European Telegrams. [By Submarine Cable.] the New South Wales Coal Ports. London, October 22
Sir Saul Samuel, the agent-general for New South Wales, and Major-General Scratchley, on the invitation of the Admiralty, have had an interview with Admiral Sir Astley Cooper…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Countrywoman of Mine
Handsome? I hardly know. Her profile's fine— Delightful, intellectual, aquiline. Her keen eyes light it—keen, yet often kind;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Countrywoman of Mine
Handsome ? I hardly know. Her profile's fine-- Delightful, intellectual aquiline. Her keen eyes light it-- keen, yet often kind:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold-mining in the Indigo Division
THE blue-book issued by the Victorian Department of Mines and Water Supply, containing the report of the mining registrars for the quarter ending September 30,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Near Sydney. Important Discovery. Successful Boring Operations
A very important result is announced from the recent boring experiments at Camp Creek, in the Heathcote district. About two years ago the Cumberland Coal and Iron Company's…
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