The Miners' Association
At a meeting of the Bendigo branch of the A.M.A., Mr. J. Praed, the general secretary, referred to the proposal to search miners now being initiated by…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Mining & the mines, 1900
140 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 7
The Coal Trade
A well-known Melbourne shipping firm received information from Newcastle, New South Wales, which illustrates the enormous demand which is being made…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Gundagai Mining Accident
A report from Gundagai says:—Through the accident to the engine of the Prince of Wales's Mine, the men were paid off on Wednesday, and a great…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Yours or Mine? [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter I.
It was a particularly disagreeable day in London. The pavements were unsale to foot-passengers by reason of a fall of snow which, hastily swept off, had left them…
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I have been trying (writes a clergyman) to get some of my pupils into the way of writing business letters. Here is one of the results:—…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Coal Lies It
I have been trying (writes a clergyman) to get some of my pupils into the way of writing business letters. Here is one of the results:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Accident
A shocking accident occurred at Jumbunna Coal Mine last Friday night, just at the change of shifts, at 12 o'clock. A youth named Harry Samwell, aged 17,…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Large Purchases of Coal. London, July 25
Russia and France have recently been purchasing very large quantities of British smokeless coal, suitable for steamers. So excessive have been these purchases…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Chiltern Miners' Sports
By announcement elsewhere it will be sean that the Chiltern Miners' Carnival will take place as usual on 9th November. A splendid programme of athletic sports, bicycle races,…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Began As a Gold-digger
Thirty-five or more years ago, Richard John Seddon left his home in Liverpool, a half-educated boy of 10 years. He returned to it in the Diamond Jubilee year as…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Tales of a Mining Camp
The Yukon jester's speciality is the "animal story," a product of his wit obviously invented for the benefit of the tenderfoot (traveller). Such are the…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →"Fish for Gold and Drown."
The sale of police of the South Sta Bubble as Sotheby's reminds us of what Swift wrote of it. Here is the wit's squib:— Subscribers here by thousands float…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Lachlan Pastoral and Agricultural Association. The Hillston Show Smoke Concert. Speeches by the Minister for Mines
The entertainment in honor of the visit of the Minister for Mines, Hon. J. L. F[?]gan, and Mr. J. G. Carroll, to the Hillston show was held in the long room of Tattersall's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inspection of Mines
A bill providing for the regulation and inspection of mines was introduced into the Assembly by the Minister for Mines. It embraces 82 clauses, and deals with the…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Defacing Gold Coins
A process of gold extraction far surer and more profitable than the ordinary method, albeit illegal, is alleged to be practised in Melbourne, as in other large…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Horse-shoes of Gold
Who has not heard the story of the golden horse-shoes, yet how few have heard incorrectly? It has been cited: always as an illustration of the wild spendthrift qualities…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Gold Sensation. More Specimens Found
Mr. Rice estimates the value of the gold taken but of the Long Flat mine on Friday and Saturday at about £3000. At present in the drive the gold is like a mass of coral…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Queensland Coal
Mr. B. Dunstan, an assistant geological surveyor, has just returned to Brisbane after a visit of some months to the district in the neighborhood of the Dawson and…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Cultivation Blocks for Miners
Considerable indignation is being expressed at the delay in throwing open for selection portions of the immense forest reserves in the neighborhood of Stanley…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Explosion in a Mine. Sydney
Two miners named John Wa[?]ell and John Madden were shockingly injured by an explosion in the Star of the East mine, Ballarat, to-day. The letters' right arm was…
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