Fatal Mining Accident
An inquest was held at Creswick on Tuesday touching the death of a young man named Thomas Kennedy Cosgrave. The deceased was employed as a trucker at the Australasian…
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Gas Explosion in a Mine
A frightful explosion of gas took place on December 14 in the Mill Creek mine, operated by the Delaware and Hudson Coal Company. At the time of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Colliery Accident at Pontypridd
A despatch from Ponty-pridd, Wales, reports that a terrible colliery explosion occurred at the Ferndale pit, near there, 400 miners being entombed. A later…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Flooding of a Mine at Creswick. Narrow Escape of the Miners
A very serious burst of water took place in the Berry No. 1 Company's mine at Creswick on the 4th inst. It appeals that two men were working in the new rise, when a slight…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Telegrams. Coalition Looming. a Mine on Fire—three Men Sufeocated. Sydney
Cattle unaltered; quality good throughout; best bullocks averaging £9 16s 6d, others from £6 15s 9d. Sheep: Bidding dull; prices down 1s; 56-pounders worth 8s 3d to 8s 6d; crossbreds, from 8s 9d to 9s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Future Gold Mines
“You see,” said the dentist, “the constant demand for the precious metals will soon exhaust the supply. Already the use of old as a coin is beginning to he…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Terrible Explosion in a Coal Mine. Thirteen Men Killed
A correspondent writing from Salt Lake, Utah, on January 15th, says:—“News of the Almy disaster is exceedingly slow coming in. The best account received is a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Terrible Accident in the Lithgow Coal Mine. Three Men Suffocated
Mr. Gell, the general manager of the Lithgow colliery, telegraphed to the examiner of coalfields Sydney, on Monday morning, as follows: —“Piton fire. Three men inside.; Do not…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Coal Ashes for Heavy Soils
A writer in one of our. Agricultural contemporaries says that for the purpose of making stiff soil friable sifted coal ashes, where they can be readily had, are better…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Lithgow Colliery Fire. Public Meeting at the Sydney Town Hall
On Friday evening, a largely-attended public meeting was held at the Town Hall, Sydney, for the purpose of showing sympathy with [?]d raising funds for the widows and…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Fatal Mining Accident. Two Men Killed
A terrible mining accident, which resulted fatally to two miners, occurred at Clunes on Tuesday, at the South Clunes United Company’s mine. The deceased men were named…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Discovery of Gold at Cooper’s Creek. [By Electric Telegraph ] BRISBANE
With reference to the statement that gold has been discovered at Cooper’s Creek, confirmatory reports have been received by the Mines Department from the police magistrate…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →A Colliery Flooded
Between 8 and 9 o'clock on Thursday Morning, the miners engaged at their duties in the Ferndale pit were suddenly alarmed by the roaring of invading waters at the north east end of the workings. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flooding of a Coal Mine
The Ferndale Colliery, Newcastle, was flooded out at 9 o'clock on the morning of the I8th inst. Investigations with regard to the disaster show it to have been one of the most…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →An Important Discovery. Gold at 2000 Feet
A mild excitement was caused in mining circles yesterday by a report that a reef showing gold bad been discovered in Mr. George Lansell’s 160 mine at 2000ft. Of course,…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Fatal Mining Accidents
Two fatal mining accidents occurred last week at Sandhurst, the victim in one case being Joseph Pryor, who met with severe injuries in the New Chum United mine through…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Mining Near Gundagai
The Bongongolong correspondent of the Gundagai Times reports, under date March 20:—“ All claims, with the exception of the Wagga Wagg[?] Company’s, are lying idle, most…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →A Miner’s Grievance. to the Editor of the Albury Banner
SIR,—I wish to bring under your notice one of the greatest faults in the Land Act, in selling the beds of the creeks with the land. A case has just occurred to me. On the 30th…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Gold Discoveries in Western Australia
The following additional details of the gold discoveries in the Kimberley district have been received from a correspondent at Cossack: —“We have bad very good news from the…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Dreadful Catastrophe in the Lithgow Colliery. Five Miners Killed. Eight Others Injured. (By Electric Telegraph.) Sydney
Between 3 and 4 o’clock this afternoon an explosion occurred at the Litbgow Valley Colliery, about bult a mile from the pit’s month. Thirteen men were on the shift, five…
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