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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1895

274 stories in Murray's papers · page 14 of 14

Meeting of Miners

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 December 1895 · page 2

A MEETING of miners was held at the School of Arts on Saturday night for the purpose of deciding what action should be taken with regard to the conference to be…

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Rutherglen Mining News

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 December 1895 · page 3

At the Great Northern Junction they have had No. 1 dam extended to 1,400 cubic yards, and No. 2 has low a capacity of 2,000 cubic yards…

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Rutherglen Mining News

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 December 1895 · page 4

IN our last issue we reported the currency of a rumour to the effect that the North Prentice Extended shaft had been lost. We are pleased…

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Collapse of a Mine. Thirteen Killed. London, December 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 December 1895 · page 27

A shocking mining disaster entailing great loss of life, is reported from America. While mining operations were in progress at the mining centre of Carmel, in…

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Euston Prospecting and Gold Mining. Co. of W.A.

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 11 December 1895 · page 3

In connection with the above Company, we are in receipt of a letter from the Secretary, Mr. J. M'Leod, as follows—"The prospectors report having…

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Meeting of Miners

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 December 1895 · page 5

THE adjourned meeting of miners was held in the School of Arts last Saturday night. There were 14 present, Mr. J. Webb in the chair. The meeting was originally…

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The Rutherglen Gold Field

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 December 1895 · page 3

MR. Reginald Murray, the Government geologist, has furnished tin Minister for Mines with a report on his recent visit to the mines at…

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Wodonga Court of Mines. Tuesday, December 10. (Before his Honor Judge Gaunt.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 December 1895 · page 19

Hansen and others (appellants), Allen and and others (respondent) —This was an appeal from a decision by Mr. Warden Rowen at Tallangatta, refusing to re-hear a case…

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Worn-out Miners

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 December 1895 · page 29

At a meeting of the Bendigo Miners' Association Mr. Boy Vernon proposed a Worn Out Miners' benefit scheme, and suggested that a bill be introduced to…

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The M‘evo[?] Mine Disaster

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 December 1895 · page 29

Subscription lists in connection With the M'Evoy mine disaster relief fund are now nearly all returned, and [?]how that a total sum of £2305 is available for…

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When You Catch Gold

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 December 1895 · page 2

No technical term so eloquently expresses one’s suffering as the common expression ‘caught cold.’ And, like the toothache, no philosopher can amiably stand its pang[?]…

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Can Gold Be Made?

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 December 1895 · page 2

The idea of the alchemists that gold could be made of other material has been poohpoohed for centuries, yet there are men of scientific attainment now living who have a…

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Colliery Explosion in America. Forty Three Miners Killed. London, December 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 25 December 1895 · page 23

A disastrous [?]lliery explosion has occurred at Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina. Forty-three miners were killed…

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Mining on Private Lands

The Corowa Free Press · Wednesday 25 December 1895 · page 3

IN the Legislative Assembly last week Mr. Hayes said:--As the Mining on Private Lands Amendment Bill has been rejected in another place, will…

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The Mystery of the Florida Mine. Chapter I, a Mysterious Discovery

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 25 December 1895 · page 29

Hindleton is a well-known township situate almost midway between Manchester and Black-burn. Its inhabitant numbered at the time of which I write perhaps 10,000 souls, and the…

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