The Indestructibility of Gold
WRITING on the "indestructibility of gold' Sir Henry Vivian remarks:—"Gold may be said to be everlasting, indestructible. The pure acids have no effect upon it…
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Mining & the mines, 1886
72 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 4
Thirst for Gold. A Thrilling Story of To-day. CHAPTER II.--(Continued.)
'Certainly, Mr. Hardie,' said she, with a medest composure a young [?]quetle might have envied under the circumstances. Hardie had now only to explain himself but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Female Labour at Collieries
THE London MINING JOURNAL of October 10 has an article on the employment of girls and women at coal mines, which has long been a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How Deep Can Coal be Worked
THE practicability of working coal at much greater depths than hitherto has been generally thought possible was strongly urged in the…
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The doctor put this query in just the same tone in which they inquire. 'Any expectoration?' But Mrs. Dudd, in reply, was less dry and business-like. She started and looked aghast. This possibility had…
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Could anything be more pathetic than this brief notice that comes to us from Placerville, California? "Aug. 12 1885, James W. Marshall, the discoverer of gold in California, died on Monday at…
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'It would be but kind,' f aid Mrs. Dodd. 'Though really why my child should always be sacrificed to other people s children --!' 'Oh a mighty sacrifice!' said Julia. She sat down…
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Oh, were I a flake of the polar snow Afer in the gloom of a polar sky, I'd float to the breast of my warm, sweet lore, A nestle and melt and die…
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Alfred, unlike Julia, had no p[?]naces. Had any lips, except perhaps hers, told him that 'to be good is to be happy here below,' be would have replied 'Negatur; contradicted by daily experience.' It…
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200 Lives Supposed to be Lost. AN alarming colliery explosion took place at the Mardy Colliery of Locket's Steam Coal Company, situated…
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A MESSAGE from Salt Lake, Utah, dated January 15, says :--News of the Almy disaster is exceedingly slow coming in. The best account received is a letter written the day after…
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IT is now some time since a numerously signed petition from the Pye's Creek miners was forwarded to the Lands Department, Sydney, requesting that a public road might be surveyed from Bolivia…
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All ready below, sir,' cried a voice. 'Man the bars,' returned Mr. Sharp from the quarter deck. 'Play up fifer. Heave away.' Out broke the mery fife with a rhythmical tune…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Female Labor at Collieries
THE London MINING JOURNAL, of October 19 has an article on the employment of girls and women at coal mines, which has been a standing reproach to mine…
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AY, IF,' groaned Sharpe. Dodd mused again. 'About ship!' said he, softly, like an absent man. 'Ay, ay, sir!'…
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EARN money before you spend it. To a hasty question give a leisurely answer. A thousand probabilities do not make on…
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When they had pulled about two miles, the sun was sinking into the horizon : 'Give way men,' said Dodd, or we shall not be able to see him.' The men bent to their oars, and made the boat fly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Precautions
It is interesting to note the care taken in England to prevent the various disasters with which mips are daily threatened. Of course, these precautions ire not always sufficient to avert catastrophes, but…
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One day Sampson was at Albion Vills, and Alfred know it Now, though it was a point of honour with poor Alfred not to hang about after Julia until her father a return, he had a perfect right to lay in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Ashers for Heavy Soils
A WRITER in one of our agricultural contemporatives says that for the purpose of making stiff soil friable, sifled coal [?]es, where they can be readily had, are better…
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