Terrible Colliery Explosion at Barnsley. Loss of Twenty Lives
AT an early hoar on the morning of Oct. 19 a shocking explosion occurred at the Wharncliffe Carlton Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Craik, about a mile from…
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Mining & the mines, 1884
32 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 2
Hillgrove Mines
THE new [?] dawned on us miners full of promise. The Eleanora battery had three days crashing between Christmas and New Year's Day in order to get…
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THE following letter upon the above subject appeared in Saturday's Herald, and will prove of interest to many of our mining readers:—…
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D. T. L. M. COMPANY.--This claim may well be named the father of all the other claims here. The first shaft was sunk 190 feet, showing tin from the surface, which in some places was very rich. The…
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[?]E of the richest strikes known in the, [?]g history of California, was recently [?] according to the AMADOR DESPATCH, [?] miles south of this place. A pocket of…
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THE London correspondent of the Melbourne Leader, writing under date 25th January, says:-- The uncommon phenomenon of an efflux of gol[?] from England to Australia still continues to exc[?]…
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THERE has been a good deal of discussion of late, says the Times, regarding the cause of the recent movement of gold to Australia, and the explanations of it that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Corespondent Column. (While giving insertion to Correspondents' letters, are do not necessarily endorse their contents) Torrington Tin Mine. [To the Editor.]
SIR, --In a recent issue of your paper you give the return of lode tin for last year at 50 tons. This must be the return of tin ore dressed at the battery; but as I am acquainted with twenty…
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IT is not is not generally known that important [?]rk is being done by Melbourne capitalists developing some silver mines located in Barrier Ranges, New South Wales. The…
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A STORY about! which there is a fascination which it is impossible to resist, when you hear men tell it, is that of the 'The Home of the Gold.' Somewhere in south western New…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Long Tunnel Company, near Uralla, have come upon. 3 ozs. per load in the new Western drive The Company has been working for eight…
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MR. W. J. FERGUSSON has, to use a sporting phrase, "drawn the badger" in the matter of mining upon reserves. For some time past lie has been urging upon the Minister for Mines the…
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THE discover of large deposits of silver and galena ores in the Barrier Ranges close to the South Australian border, is attracting a considerable amount of interest, as the locality…
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THE following letter (dated Lakes Camp, 12 miles from Silverton, 21st May), received by a gentleman in Melbourne, will, no doubt, be read with interest by all interested in the development of mining…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—There are 3000 persons at Silverton. About 1200 acres have been taken up for mineral leases…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Annual Report of the Department of Mines, for 1883
WE are in receipt of the above report, from which we extract the following information of general and local interest:—There were 794 applications made to…
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The average yield of silver from two assays of picked out stuff from the lode at Emmaville was at the rate of 160 oz. per ton…
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PROFESSOR MIALL, F.G.S., in a lecture on "Animals of the Coal Period," recently delivered at York, England, said that there were to be found associated with seams of coal, and…
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A rich find of gold has been made 25 miles from Silverton. A shaft has been sunk 15 feet and the reef shows 10 inches wide at the bottom…
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THE lull in the excitement in Great Britain about the Chancellor of the Exchequer's proposition for dealing with gold is broken by representations and protests of men experienced in matters…
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