Modern Treasure Hunts. Adventures in Search of Gold
Treasure and treasure hunting is once again in the air, proving that the subject has lost none of its fascination (writes an English paper)…
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Mining Disaster at Johannesburg. Several, Men Suffocated
A mining disaster, resulting in the loss of a number of lives, is reported to-day from Johannesburg. The scene of the fatality is the…
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A meeting of the Nil Desperandum Mining Co. was held last evening at the Border City Hotel when about-fifteen shareholders were present. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Deposits in Panama
It is reported that extensive coal deposits have been discovered in the I[?]us of Panama…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Transvaal Disaster. Fire in a Colliery. London, May 26
A dreadful disaster has happened at the Vereneging Colliery, Johannesburg. A fire broke out in the old workings, and in trying to locate it Mr. Bunkell…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Great Naval Battle. Admiral Togo's Report. The Russian Losses—Pwenty-two Vessels. The Gromoboi Strikes a Japanese Mine. LONDON
Admiral Togo states that 22 vessels of the Russian Sect were cither sunk or captured. None of the Japanese warships were seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Cables. London, Tuesday. Chinese Labor in the Rand. White Miners Dissatisfied
Reuter's correspondent at Johannesburg states that the secretary of the Miners' Association declares that the miners in the Rand are dissatisfied…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners at Kalgoorlie
Notice has been served on the several unions of workers on the East Coolgardie (Kalgoorlie) goldfields that the mining companies who are parties to industrial…
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A man named D. Kinneberg, employed at the Great Southern Consols mine, Ruthetrglen, met with a painful accident on Tuesday. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General War News. Floating Mines and Torpedoes. London
Advices from Tokio state that undischarged torpedoes and submarine mines which were carried by the vessels of the Baltic fleet for use against…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Accident at a Mine
A terrible fatality occurred at the Virginia mine, Eaglehawk, (Vic.). Two miners, Peter Johnson and John Mayberry, went to work in the north level at the…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →General War News. Russian Cruiser Wants Coal. London
The Russian cruiser Kuban, which was formerly a Hamburg liner, is anchored off Cape Saint Jacques, southeast of Saigon, the capital of French…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Greed for Gold
It is sometimes remarked that the unscrupulous scramble for money is the cardinal vice of the 20th century, attaching alike to national…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Cables. London, Monday. Fearful Colliery Explosion. Five Hundred Killed
A frightful colliery explosion has occurred at Khartsick, resulting in the death of 500 miners…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining at Tumbarumba. an Important Discovery
The Minister for Mines has received a report from Warden Gibson upon the discovery of a silver-lead lode, made on June 5, at Coppabella, in the Tumbarumba…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Racing in England. Ascot Gold Cup. London
The Royal ascot meeting was continued yesterday, The Ascot Gold Cup Wa[?] won by Lord Howard de Walden's Zinf[?]udol was second, and Throwaway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires and Strikes in Mines
A fire occurred this morning in a portion of the worldlings of the Stockton mine. The man on shift have been rondured [?]in idle to-day owing to the wheelers going out on strike…
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Chiltern Valley, b 38s. Chiltern Valley Consols, b 3/9, s 4/6. Great Northern Extended Consols, b 11/9, s 12/. Great Southern, b 22/6. Great…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Explosion. 400 Killed
A gas explosion, resulting in serious loss of life, has occurred in the Maliyofika Collieries in the province of Ekaterinoslay, South Russia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Colliery Explosion. Forty Miners Killed
A serious explosion has occurred in the Tidewater colliery in Virginia, U.S.A. Nine coal miners were killed and…
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