Mining News. Dredging at Beechworth
The Cock's Plencers Electric Eldorado, struck a patch of solid ground which had been overlooked by the old miners, and it turned out remarkably rich, and added…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining & the mines, 1908
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A Day of Reckoning or Better Than Gold. (Copyright.) Part Xiii
The next morning Betsy was washing the breakfast things in a listless fashion. Her heart was not in her work, for she was thinking of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal-mine Disasters. Workings on Fire. Thirty Men Suffocated. London, August 27
A lire has broken out in the underground workings of the Haileyville coal mine, in Oklahoma State, United States. It is believed that 30 miners who were…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Tasmanian Coal Deposits
A Hobart correspondent reports that a scheme is on loot to develop the East Coast coal deposits. There appear to be two parties in the field, but the extent…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Maypole Mine. London, August 27
A fund for the relief of those who are left in distress by the terrible disaster at the Maypole mine in Lancashire, has been opened. It has now reached £5000…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Fire in a Shaft. Eighty Miners Escape. London, August 28
The list of coal-mine disasters of the past few days has been added to by one in Lanarkshire, in Scotland. At one time it seemed probable that a serious loss of life…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Coal Tar—the Most Protean Substance in the World
Speaking recently before the Society of Chemical Industry, Mr. H. Schweitzer summarized a number of the products of the coal-tar industry. Since…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Serious Mine Accident. Seven Men Entombed
A Telegram was received from Brisham: to-day announcing a serious accident at the Mount Morgan G.M. Co., Queensland. A fall of earth occurred at the 850ft, level…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Brand of Cain a Vivid Romance of the English Coal Mines. Part 18. Chapter Xxxii. the Tragedy of Chance. (Copyright.)
It was between eleven and twelve o'clock on New Year's Eve, and the rain was coming down more heavily now, while the wind was blowing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ducked in Gold Water. Cure for Bad Temper
In the Divorce Court, Sydney, on Mon-day, a petitioner stated that the forcible placing of her husband in a plunge bath led him to leave her and the two rooms…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mine Disaster. Huge Mass of Ore Falls. Seven Men Instantly Killed
One of the most unfortunate mining fatalities that has ever happened in Queensland occurred at the Mount Morgan Company's mine on Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →The Brand of Cain. (Copyright.) a Vivid Romance of the English Coal Mines, Chapter I. Red Wooer and Brown Hebe
On a certain bright though somewhat showery afternoon in spring, in the closing decade of the nineteenth century, a miner was walking along…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Brand of Cain. (copyright.) a Vivid Romance of the English Coal Mines, Part 14. Chapter Xxxv. Demanding His Price
The better part of another day slipped away, and still the master of Milnes Cross Hall was confining himself to the big house and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thief in a Post Office. About [?]50 Worth of Gold Stolen
The mining manager of the wilberforce Gold Dredging Company (Mr. Goo Bloye) on Saturday registered and posted at Staniey, near Beechworth, a packed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victorian Gold Yield
Up to the end of last year 69,956,448 oz (gross) of gold had been produced in Victoria. Of the total about 15,500,000 oz., were produced in Bendigo…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining News. Rutherglen
At the Great Southern Consols the south end is still draining heavily When workable the wash is expected to prove payable, as good prospects were taken from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[?] The [?] Brand of Cain. (Copyright.) a Vivid Romance of the English Coal Mines, Part 15
"Was the woman satisfied that you were not her husband ?" "Almost, I believe. But she begged of me to see her again no New…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Brand of Cain. (Copyright.). a Vivid Romance of the English Coal Mines, Part Ii. Introductory
Mr. Elijah Mosston is a wealthy colliery owner and self-made man in the mining village of Milnes Cross. He is a widower, and his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Gold Find
A report from Maitland states that considerable excitement exists in the Cessnock district owing to the discovery of gold at Barraba, a station near Ellalong, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Sextons Bury Tons of Gold
An American lady computed not long ago that in the United States alone half a ton of pure gold, equivalent to 500,000dols., is annually put at [?]…
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