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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1894

279 stories in New England's papers · page 7 of 14

London. Sunday. Colliery Explosion

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 June 1894 · page 3

A terrible colliery explosion has occurred at Pontypridd, Wales, 260 men being in the mine at the time. The drives in the pit were choked with dead bodies. So far 86 bodies…

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Cablegrams. London, Sunday. Terrible Colliery Explosion

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 June 1894 · page 5

A TERRIBLE colliery explosion has occurred at Pontypridd, in Wales, there being 260 men in the mine at the time. The drives in the pit were choked with dead bodies,…

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Emmaville. Mining

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 June 1894 · page 3

DOUBTLESS some of your Glen Innes readers will still remember the first discovery of the Rose Valley Deep Lead, and the great attention at the time paid to the immense deposits of tin unearthed from…

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Mining on Private Lands Bill

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 June 1894 · page 7

21. If any laud, or buildings thereon, adjoining or in the vicinity of any land held under any mining lease granted under this Act, be injured by any…

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Mining on the Mann River

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 June 1894 · page 2

THERE is a good deal of prospecting for tin going on just now on both banks of the Mann River, and in one or two instances the prospects obtained are fairly encouraging. Pugh…

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The Very Latest. Sydney, Monday Night. Latest Mining

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 June 1894 · page 5

Tin is quoted at 11s. 9d. HOMEBUSH MARKETS. There were 1498 cattle yarded to-day the market being lower, best beef fetching…

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The Very Latest. Sydney, Thursday Night. Latest Mining

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 June 1894 · page 5

Tin is quoted at 11s. 6d. HOMEBUSH MARKET. There were 284 cattle yarded to-day, the market being low; best beef 10s. 6d. per…

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Mining on Private Lands Bill. (Concluded from, our last issue.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 June 1894 · page 3

34. Adjoining lands or lands disconnected by roads only and held under separate leases may be worked conjointly as one wine, provided such…

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The Miner. Glen Elgin Goldfields

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 29 June 1894 · page 5

THINGS are getting along as usual in the mining line at Glen Elgin, the quantity of stone put through and the returns therefrom are about the same. Since the commencement of the year the…

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Rich Gold Find

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 July 1894 · page 3

An enormously rich find of gold has been made about ten miles south of Coolgardie. The discovery was made some time ago by a party of prospectors, but was kept a secret…

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The Very Latest. Sydney, Monday Night. Latest Mining

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 July 1894 · page 5

Tin is quoted at 11s. 6d. HOMEBUSH MARKET. 1470 cattle were yarded, and the market showed no improvement; best beef is…

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A Night in a Coal Mine

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 6 July 1894 · page 4

'I once spent a night in a coal mine,' said Charles F Tomley. 'It was partly the result of meanness, but more largely of for getfulness. I was out on a tour of inspection…

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New Gold Find

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 6 July 1894 · page 5

There is some excitement at Albury ever the discovery of a reef at Walbundrie. The reef is wide, and the stone from near the surface yielded over 3OZS to the ton…

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Latest Special Telegrams. SYDNEY, Thursday Afternoon. Wyalong Gold-fields

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 July 1894 · page 5

A GOOD reef showing gold freely has been struck in a claim next to the Erin's Isle, Wyalong. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS…

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The Recent Remarkable Gold Discovery In Westralia

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 6 July 1894 · page 5

A SPECIAL correspondent, writing to one of the Sydney morning papers from Southern Cross on Monday, says:--Although the Southern Cross train was five hours late to-day it reached Perth…

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The Very Latest. Sydney, Thursday Night. Latest Mining

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 July 1894 · page 5

Tin is quoted at 11s. 6d. HOMEBUSH MARKETS. There were 339 cattle yarded to-day, but the particulars of the sales are not yet to…

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Garangula Goldfield

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 6 July 1894 · page 5

Fully 60 claims are on gold at Garangula; prospects ranging from a few grains to over 5dwts per dish…

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A Genuine Gold Find

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 July 1894 · page 3

Some of the richest wash dirt at Garangula is expected to give 50zs to the load. The first alluvial yielded 15dwts 16grs, only 10dwts having been expected by the prospectors…

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The Very Latest. Sydney, Monday Night. Latest Mining

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 July 1894 · page 5

Tin is quoted at 11s. 6d. HOMEBUSH MARKET. The auctioneers hare not yet returned from Homebush, consequently to-day's…

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The Very Latest. Sydney, [?] [?] Latest Mining

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 July 1894 · page 5

TIN is quoted at 11s. 6d. HOMEBUSH MARKET. Nearly 38,000 sheep were penned to-day, and 445 cattle were yarded. As the…

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