Mining Prospects at Tumbarumba
From the report of the Prospecting Board we extract the following :—" From Tumut we went to Tumbarumba, on June 5, and interviewed the Progress Committee and others. Applications…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Mining & the mines, 1888
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Shocking Mining Accident
A shocking accident happened at a late hour on Monday night to an old man named Francis Irons, who was engaged as a watchman at the mine of the Shaw's Reef Company, Havelock,…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Terrible Fire in a Diamond Mine. 800 Miners Entombed. 500 Believed to Have Perished. London, July 13
A fire has broken out in the entrance to the De Beer’s diamond mine in the Kimberley district, Cape Colony. The number of miners entombed in consequence of the fire is 800, and it is…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The Fire in the Diamond Mine
London, Thursday.—The fire in the diamond mine at Kimberly is still raging, and all hopes of effecting further rescues have been abandoned. The damage to the mine is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Amalgamated Miners’ Association of Australasia
The thirteenth annual conference of the above association was opened at Chiltern on Tuesday, in the town-hall. The following delegates were present :—Officers — M. Stapleton, president ;…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Terrible Fire in a Diamond Mine. Further Particulars.the Shaft Ablaze. Miners Suffocated by Smoke in the Workings. London, June 14
The fire in the De Beers diamond mine at Kimberley occurred in the shaft, the timber of which became ignited. The means of egress was thus closed to the miners, who were…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Further Rich Gold Finds in Western Australia
A telegram from Perth on Tuesday states that a remarkable find of gold-bearing quartz has been made at Yilgarn, about 60 miles southward of the Golden Valley. A large…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The Amalgamated Miners’ Association Conference. Second Day
The conference was continued in the Shirehall, Chiltern, on 25th ult., Mr. Stapleton (the president) in the chair. After the roll had been called, and the minutes of the previous…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →The Deep Gold Mines of Bendigo. Gold at 2,100ft. From the Surface
A discovery of interest to geologists and mining men generally was made in the New Chum and Victoria mine, Sandhurst, last week, when some nice colours of gold were…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Mining Lands
THE Prospecting Board consisting of Mr. HARRIE WOOD, Under-Secretary for Mines and Mr. T. E. DAVID, paid a second visit to Albury on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Strike. Sydney
Nothing has been done toward settling the strike. The mediation of the Chamber of Commerce, or the public, has not been accepted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mining Disaster in South Africa. Account of the Fire in De Beer’s Mine.two Hundred Lives Lost. Terrible Scenes in the Mine
The following particulars of the terrible disaster in De Beer’s Diamond Mine. Kimberly, South Africa, are furnished by the cape Argus of July 18:—…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Colliery Dispute at Newcastle. a Strike Regarded As Inevitable. Newcastle
The negotiations for a settlement of the dispute between the coal miners and the masters were advanced another stage to-day, and the conciliation committee met with their first…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Novelist Hunted Down; Or, the Clink of Gold. Chapter I.
It was a winter night. I was sitting over the fire at my chambers in the Middle Temple, and my friend Frank Bowser was pacing up and down the room…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Miners' Strike. Local Prospects
Now that the coal miner's strike has become an accomplished fact, and the whole of the possible inconvenienres present themselves for consideration, local attendtion naturally centres…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Coal
A leading scientific paper quotes a recent instance which furnishes, in its opinion, strong evidence as to the relative economy of the use of colonial coal, as compared with that raised…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Demand for Queensland Coal. Brisbane
In consequence of the Newcastle strike, Queensland coals, which have been hitherto unsaleable in the southern ports, are now eagerly inquired after in Melbourne at 45…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Colliery Strike at Newcastle. Effects of the STRIKE.[By Electric Telegraph.] Newcastle
Though the strike is now in actual operation, it is too soon yet to form any conception of its effects. Under the ordinary condition of affaire the men would not have been at work…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Novelist. Hunted Down; Or, the Clink of Gold. Chapter Iii
When I had found my nay into the bed-room, and had struck a light, I formed a resolution to act promptly as soon as morning dawned. I drew back the curtain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Newcastle Colliery Strike
"Perrybingle" in the "Weekly Times" writes:—When what is now known as the great coal strike was in its incubatory stages, fow of the general…
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