Terrible Colliery Disaster. London, January 1
A terrible disaster has occurred at the Urangel Colliery in Prussia. An explo-sion took place in the mine while the men wore at work below, the result being that…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Mining & the mines, 1896
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Gold at New Cuinea
The Brisbane Courier has a telegram from its Cooktown correspondent, dated 21st December, as follows:— The schooner Ivanhoe arrived from New Guinea, via…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Famous Rush for Gold
The recent rush of several thousands of the old time goldseekers from the mining camps of Arizona, New Mexico, and California to the new fields in Oklahoma recalls…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →The Mining Conference
The Minister for Mines, Mr. Sydney Smith, has approved of Wednesday, 5th February, being fixed as the opening day for the Mining Conference, for which…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Gold at Woomargama
The following official telegram was received by the warden yesterday from Germanton A very rich reef has been discovered at Woomargama, seven miles from Germanton. Several…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Mining at Eskoale
P. Drummond and partner last week crusted trial at Swan's battery of 3 1/2 tons for a yield of 2[?] per ton. This claim is on J Brown's lioe, and is 10in. wide and very easy ground to work,…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Corowa Deep Lead Gold Prospecting Co
THE following correspondence has been handed to as for publication :-- Corowa, Dec. 14,1895. The Directors Corowa Deep Land Gold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in a Mine
The fire which broke out on Saturday morning at Mr. Lansel's Comet mine, Red[?]n Hill, proved to be a most destructive one, the winding and air-compressing…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Children's Column. a Cargo of Burning Coal
The reader may think that while coal must be a dirty cargo it is in other respects an innocent one, but there is no shipmaster who does not dread a long voyage with…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Omeo Goldfield
The gold yield for the Omeo division for the quarter ending December last is 719loz., of which 4515oz. came from the Glen Wills field. This is the greatest…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →A Rich Gold Field. a Miner's Dream
The following letter sent to the editor of the Bunbury (W.A.) Times of December 30, will be read with interest, inasmuch aa it gives the history of the discovery of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mining Industry. a Chat with Mr. Wallace
The great efflux of the manhood of the colony which has been going on for some years, and which has increased since Western Australia held out its attractions…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Colliery Explosion in Wales. Fifty Miners Killed. London, January 27
A terrible colliery disaster has taken place at Cardiff. An explosion occurred in a mine, with the result that 60 miners were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Rutherglen Mining News
At the Southern and Prentice, the pumps are being put in and these will be ready, fixed in order to allow sinking being resumed in a day or two,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining at Nymagee
The warden's clerk at Nymagee has forwarded to the Mines Department a report on the prospecting grant of £62 10s. made to Messrs. Kinnear and party…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Rutherglen Mining News
MINING matters remain very quiet, and may be expected to remain so for another month, when a change should take place. This should bo brought…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Lucky Mining Speculator
Mr. R. Lavery, of Warrnambool, who was very fortunate on the West Australian goldfields, has started on a trip to the old country. It is only 12 months…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Affairs in the Transvaal the Reports From the Rand Gold-field. London, January 31
The recent alarming reports as to continued disorders in the South African (Transvaal) Republic, and the announcement that President Kruger has intimated his…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Warden's Court. Wednesday, February 5, 1896. Before Mr. W. F. Parker, Mining Warden)
An application by the Hillside Gold Mining Co. for the suspension of work at the claim for three months, was granted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Traveller. They Love the Gold
Climate affects the inhabitants of the sea just as it does those of the land. As Arctic land plants cannot flourish at the Equator, so in the Arctic and Antarctic Oceans marine…
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