New Guinea Gold-fields
It is stated that 1800oz of gold were brought to Cooktown by passengers on the schooner Jessie Riley, from New Guinea, chiefly from Woodlark Island and the…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Mining & the mines, 1901
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Substitute for Coal
Petroleum residue is now used as fuel for the locomotives on thirteen per cent. of the Russian railroads. It is required that the oil be of a greenish colour,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Western Australian Gold Yield
The acting collector of Customs has supplied the returns of the gold yield for the month of June as follows: — Exported at Fremantle, 94 157oz. ; received at the Perth…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →All for Gold. Mistaken Identity
A story which, had it been enacted in England some seventy or eighty years ago, would have infallibly figured in a sixpenny pamphlet with a highly-covered folding…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Discovery Near Harden
Gold giving a grain to the dish has been discovered near Blind Creek, about five miles from Harden, and quite a rush has set in. One miner obtained wash at a depth of 9ft…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Shocking Mining Accident. Man's Head Blown Off
Joseph Ketterer, while at work in the Lloyd Copper Company's mine, Burraga, on Tuesday, tamping a hole in the No. 10 level, was killed by an explosion, which…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Victorian Gold Yield
Mr. Travis, the secretary for Mines in Victoria, expressed surprise when a few days ago he received the monthly return of the gold yield for "Victoria, and found that there had…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Children's Golumn. Imprisoned in a Mine
It was the hour for the 3 o'clock shift. The half-dozen men gathered in the shaft-house of the Bon Air mine went, one by one, to the box for candles; each put four…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Thoughts of Gold
It is more than probable that most people will plead ignorance respecting the personality of Mr. Philip James Bailey, who completes his eighty-fifth birthday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Hint to Gold Seekers
Mr. Angus McKenzie, an old miner, well known as a prospector in Northern Queensland, recently arrived from Now Guinea with a large quantity of gold, and thinks there is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining at Yackandandah
The discovery of an outcrop of what looks like payable stone in Mr. H. Dunstan's paddock at Sandy Creek last week has (says our Yackandandah contemporary) resulted in…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Mining on the Upper Murray
Our Corryong contemporary reports :—The "Just-in-Time" stone was put through the Thougla battery fast week, the 13½ tons yielding 3½ozs. to the ton. This is exclusive…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Gold Robbery
The police at San Francisco have arrested a man named John Winters in connection with the extraordinary gold…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Great Gold Robbery. an Arrest and Confession. London. August 12
The police at San Francisco have arrested a man named John Winters in connection with the extraordinary gold robbery at the seaport of Vallejo, 27 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Gem Mining in Ceylon
With the exception of the diamond, emerald, turquoise, and opal, almost every precious and semi-precious stone is found in Ceylon, and frequently a great variety…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Guinea Gold. Sydney
The steamer Moresby, from New Guinea, brought 7000 ounces of gold, Miners secured 360 ounces in six weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining at Burra
The Burra sluicing claim party are again engaged washing up, which operations during the past twelve months have been of agreeable regularity and of very satisfactory…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Mining and Land Licenses. London, August 21
A proclamation has been issued by Lord Kitchener, the object of which is to lighten the burdens of holders of land and mining licenses in the Transvaal. It declares that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shocking Mining Accident at Wyalong. Saturday, August 17
An inquest was hold to-day on the death of Frederick Parry, who was killed yesterday in Neeld's mine. The evidence showed that deceased and three others were sitting in a…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Easy Life in Nicaragua. When the Family is Broke, the Wife D[?]gs a Little Gold
"When I was in the Olancho district. In Nicaragua," said a visitor who is largely interested in mining in Central America, "I had an opportunity of…
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