Mining on Private Property
Before the Warden on Monday, Thomas Riches, having obtained a permit to prospect on certain land at Bungowannah, the property of Mr. John Grieve, attended at an inquiry…
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The New Guinea Gold-fields
Hudson, an experienced miner, returned to Cooktown from New Guinea on Monday, with a quantity of gold. He said that he bad just come from a gully named after…
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Great Southern Consols, Ratherglen, 22nd.--Mr. J. Randell presiding. The reports showed that the main drive, which was in 500ft., had progressed slowly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Discoverer of Gold
A writer in the Herald, speaking of the discovery of gold in New South Wales, says:—"M'Gregor, a shepherd, is credited as being the first person who…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →The Mining Act
The following is an extract from a speech at Peak Hill by Mr. A. Stewart, who for years held the position of mining registrar:—"I do not want to impart…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Colliery Disaster. Seventy-eight Dead, Forty-six Injured. London, February 18
A terrible colliery explosion has occurred at Bochum, a large mining and manufacturing town near Essen, in Prussia. Fifty-three miners were killed, and 30 seriously…
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Prentico Freehold, Rutherglen, 23rd.--Mr. M. H. England in the chair. The reports, which were adopted, showed that one dividend, amounting to £1,500, was…
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AT the Barambogie the ground taken out has been of slightly better value, and combined with the blocking and less driving operations, it has returned 110oz…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Mining Disaster. Four Miners Killed
A terrible mining accident occurred at about 1 o'clock on Monday morning at the British mine, Broken Hill, in the large stopes at the back of the, Blackwood 300ft…
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Blocking is now in fall awing again at the Barambogie, but the ground is very poor, the yield for the week being only 115oz. The timber drive in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Carnival at Rutherglen
Full particulars are published in another column of the programme to be played out in connection with the third anniversary carnival of the Rutherglen Miners' Association…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Mining Report
Bruce’s No. 1 Co., Daylesford, March 10,1898.—Seven loads of machinery are delivered from Castlemaine to the mine. The boiler is out ready for loading and all other work processing satisfactorily. Six men are engaged in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Mining Fraud
On Friday morning a Sydney gentle-man arrived in Mudgee to inspect " a mine," for the development of which he has been paying frequent calls of £6 and…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Fearful Colliery Disaster. Explosion in a Newcastle Mine. Fifteen Lives Lost
A profound sensation was caused in the Newcastle district on Monday when it became known that a serious explosion had occurred at the Dudley Colliery, and that…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Shocking Mining Accident
To spend months in fruitless search for work and then meet a cruel death two days after obtaining employment, is the pathetic fate which befel a middle-aged…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Terrible Disaster in Spain. Explosion in a Mine. London, March 20
A terrible mining disaster is reported from Cordova, in the south of Spain. An explosion took place in the Isabella mine while a large number of men were below in…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Miners' Grievances in West Australia. Serious Disturbance at Kalgoorlie Sir John Forest Mobbed. SYDNEY
A serious disturbance took place at Kalgoorlie yesterday, with regard to the alluvial mining difficulty. The Premier, having visited the place, was interviewed by a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Fraud
A short time since a man called upon Mr. Hade, licensee of the Occidental Hotel, Bathurst, and gave an enthusiastic description of a splendid mine which he…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Riot at Kalgoorlie. Excited Miners. Sir John Forrest Assaulted. Kalgoorlie (W.a)
His Excellency the Governor, Sir Gerald Smith, accompanied by Sir John Forrest and the Ministerial party, returned by train yesterday from the official ening of the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Gold-mining in Russia
Russia is one of the great gold-producing countries in the world, and the methods adopted, the extent of the auriferous area, and the peculiarities of…
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