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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1880

14 stories in New England's papers

Oakwood Gold Mining Company. (To the Editor.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1880 · page 2

SIR,--Having seen the " Prospectus of the Oakwood Gold Mining Company," now before the public, I beg room in your limited space to recommend it to capitalists and others as a bona fide…

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A Mine of Wealth

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1880 · page 3

ONE of the most remarkable cows on record is (says the Nova Scotian"Journal of Agriculture); the 10th Duchess of Airdrie, owned by the hon. Mat. Cochrane, which has just given birth to her…

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Wonderful Discovery in Gold Mining

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 June 1880 · page 4

THE New York Herald, of April 3, contains the narrative of a discovery by the famous scientist--Edison--that will assuredly create a sensation, both in the mining and scientific…

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Wonderful Discovery in Gold Mining

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 June 1880 · page 3

THE New York Herald, of April 3, contains the narrative of a discovery by the famous scientist--Edison--that Will assuredly create a sensation, both in the mining and scientific…

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The Herbert Tin Mines

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 June 1880 · page 3

MR. JOSS, who returned from the newly discovered tin district the beginning of the week, has very kindly furnished us with the following description of the locality, the lode, and the…

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The Hottest Mine in the World

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 July 1880 · page 3

SUPERINTENDENT BAWDEN, of the Julia mine, meeting a Chronicle reporter, said :--"If you want an item about heat in the mines, come with me some day and I will give you one that…

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The Temora Gold Field. (From Tuesday's Herald.) Cootamundra

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 30 July 1880 · page 5

DURING the past day or two, nothing in the shape of mining discoveries has occurred worth reporting from TemoraThere are now fully thirty claims on…

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Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Association

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1880 · page 2

A GENERAL meeting of the members of the above society was held at the Council Chambers on Friday afternoon, for the purpose of receiving the result of the ballot for office-bearers for…

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Pastoral, Agricultural, and Mining Association

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 August 1880 · page 2

THE following are the revised rules of the above . Society as recently adopted by the committee appointed for that purpose ;-- I. That the name be "The Pastoral,…

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An Extraordinary Decision by the Minister for Mines

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 August 1880 · page 2

MR. W. BEDE CHRISTIE, agent for Messrs. Gaffney and Heydon, has addressed the following letter to the Evening News :-- In 1875 two men, Messrs. Keyes and…

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Latest Returns From Temora Gold-field

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1880 · page 8

THE 'Temora Telegraph' gives the following recent returns:— John M'Grath and Party of four are driving each way, having bottomed at…

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The Hottest Mine in the World

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1880 · page 4

SUPERINTENDENT Bawden, of the Julia mine, meeting a 'Chronicle' reporter, said:—"If you want an item about heat in mines, come with me some day and I…

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Terrible Colliery Explosion

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 September 1880 · page 5

A COLLIERY explosion, which resulted in the loss of 119 lives, occurred yesterday morning at Risca, a town with a considerable number of inhabitants in Ebbw Valley, about six miles from Newport…

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Terrible Colliery Explosion

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 November 1880 · page 3

EARLY on the morning of the 8th September a terrible explosion occurred at Seaham Colliery, belonging to the Marquis of Londonderry, and situate on a hill about a mile from the sea and…

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