The Minister of Mines in Riverina
The following interesting account of the trip of the Minister of Mine is given by the correspondent of the S. M. Herald, who was travelling with the Ministerial [?]…
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There Was Never a Baby Like Mine
As I journeyed along by a cot in the glen, I was charmed with the sweet little nest, Where a young mother sat by the wide open door…
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His Honor Mr. Justice Molesworth eat as Judge of the Court of Mines in the Equity Court, Melbourne, on Tuesday, to hear a special case from the Court of Mines at…
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The Bendigo Advertiser of 30th May says :— “In October, 1875, a report was published by Mr. R. Brough Smyth, now director of the Sandhurst School of Mines, giving an account…
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The Full Court last Friday gave judgment in the case of Wood v. Scott. The Court was composed of their Honors Mr. Justice Faucett, Mr. Justice Windeyer, and Mr. Justice Innes…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Terrible Colliery Accident. Twenty-two Bodies Recovered.one Hundred and Forty-two Entombed.[by Submarine Cable.] London, June 19
A terrible explosion occurred yesterday in a colliery at Pendlebury, near Salford, Lancashire. The bodies of 22 victims hare already been recovered, but there are still not less…
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A well-known American contractor and builder has very recently perfected an instrument by means of which he is able, as he says, to discover the location of hidden…
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Further reports that have come in confirm to a great extent the opinion generally held by experienced men in this district, that nothing has yet been discovered at Black Watch Creek, in the Snowy River…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South African Diamond Mining and Diamond Stealing. (From the Kimberley Correspondent of the Times.)
Among the “ curiosities of commerce ” none perhaps is more carious than that the major portion of the produce exported from South Africa is simply used for the adornment or…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →The Alleged Discovery of Gold in New Guinea
Ever since New Guinea was brought prominently before the notice of the public by the action of Queensland in planting a flag at Port Moresby, and taking possession of the island in the name of Great…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Tall Tale. Gold Coin in a Doo's Skull
A Doo's skull in which were two 320 gold pieces and some small pieces of silver was found by Willie M'Knight near the Rochdale paper mills on last Sunday evening. He was…
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On June 18 a terrible colliery explosion occurred in the Trencherbone seam of the Lumbs pit, the Clifton Hall Colliery, near Manchester. The number of men and boys at…
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A despatch from Troy, N. Y., dated July 13, states :—“There are any number of men here shouts who possess charts and maps of loca[?] said to contain millions of buried…
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A LARGELY-ATTENDED public meeting, convened by the mayor in compliance with the request of a majority of the ratepayers, was held in the Town Hall…
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North Australia does her mining history justice by coming on to the Australian market with one of the most vast silver-mining enterprises yet placed before the Australian public,…
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A horrible accident is recorded by the Ipswich correspondent of the Brisbane Courier, which occurred at the Wallon coal mine on 8th inst. A young man named Timothy…
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The following telegram was received by the Under-Secretary of Mines in Queensland from Warden Archibald at Rivena wood :— “During the past week, Twomey and Anderson have…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Indestructibility of Gold
Writing on the “indestructibility of gold,” Sir Henry Vivian remarks :— “Gold may be said to be everlasting, indestructible. The pure acids have no effect upon it. Air…
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MR. Reginald Murray, geological surveyor to the Victorian Government who is charged with the duty of cramining into the condition of settlers under miners' rights in the vicinity of Rutherglen…
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WE have had occasion more than once to draw attention to the despondent tone of the quarterly reports presented by the Victorian Secretary of…
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