Disastrous Colliery Accidents
THREE or four colliery accidents are reported to have taken place in England, the most disastrous of which is thus reported in the Irish Times of December 8th :--…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New England · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1876
13 stories in New England's papers
Goldfields Reminiscences. the Wedden Mountain Banditti--ben Hall's Death
TOWARDS the latter part of 1864 the gang created by the arch-outlaw Gardiner, and of which after the disappearance of that worthy, Ben Hall became the acknowledged chief, had,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The New Gold Field at the Palmer Overrated
IN the course of a very sensible article with reference to the new El Dorado at the Palmer River, the Queenslander, after stating that Mr Mulligan's companions have been less guarded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Heat in the Nevada Silver Mines
AN instance of the extremely high temperature experienced in some silver mines in the Nevada territory having been communicated to the Tasmanian Royal Society…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The New Gold Field in N. Queensland
The Brisbane 'Telegraph' of Friday last says:- For years past, indeed ever since the Canoona rush, which determined the site…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blasting. to Miners Quarrymen Well-sinkers and Others
AN Occasional Contributor sends the following to the 'Newcastle Chronicle':—Blasting is a troublesome and often very dangerous operation. In some of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Ball [?] How They Do in Colorado—dancing in Mine
WE have attended almost every kind of festivals apple parings corn shuckings harvest home dances among the Mormons public and private festivals…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Glen Morison Gold Field
ON a recent visit to the reefs on this gold field, we found there were about 30 diggers and their families living there, but there are only two claims being worked…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Annual Report of the Department of Mines. New South Wales
EIGHTY-EIGHT years have passed away since the first detachment of English settlers located themselves on the shores of Port Jackson. They were, tin the whole, not a promising lot; the majority of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Visit to the Vegetable Creek Mines
WE had heard and read so many accounts of the wonderful in nature, science, and art which a visit to Vegetable Creek afforded, that for a long time Ave had endeavoured to break loose…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Visit to the Vegetable Creek Mines
OUR last article left us discussing the merits of machinery as applied to agricultural pursuits, and we had intended to pursue the subject still further; but as our readers may naturally…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Visit to the Vegetable Creek Mines. (Continued.)
THE Great Britain Mine embraces 620 acres of land, which have been converted into a mineral conditional purchase. This valuable property is situated at the head of Vegetable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Price of Gold and the Reason Why
IT is a well-understood fact that an ounce of standard gold is worth £3 17s. 10½d., but the "reason why" it is so is a thing not generally known. Let us endeavour,…
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