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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1912

230 stories in New England's papers · page 10 of 12

Gold at Tilbuster

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 28 September 1912 · page 4

Quite a stir has been occasioned at Tilbuster during the week, by the discovery of gold by Mr. Hugh M'Donald, on the flat on the Buhan…

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Our Serial Story. the Copyright of This Charmingly Written Serial Tale Has Been Purchased by the Proprietors of This Journal. (All Rights Reserved.) for the Sake of Gold. a Sensational Romance, Part 15

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 8

"Because I peeped round the corner and saw the gents, and I knew the fence was broken there. I've heard my father say that [?]it of…

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Alfredamia Mine

The Inverell Times · Monday 7 October 1912 · page 2

We are requested to state that the washing machinery at the above mine will be at work on and after Wednesday, the 9th instant,…

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Woman Mines

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 October 1912 · page 8

MRS. M. K. ADAMS, who had worked underground in mines, died at Dalkeith, in Scotland, last month, aged 96. Her father and brothers spent…

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Mining Warden's Court. THURSDAY, Cor. 10.—(Before Mr. W. J. Perry, Mining Warden)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 October 1912 · page 4

G. P. Lock managing director of the En[?]deavour Gold and silver miling synd[?] [?] applied for [?] [?]…

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Our Serial Story. the Copyright of This Charmingly - Written Serial Tale Has Been Purchased by the Proprietors of This Journal. (All Rights Reserved.) for the Sake of Gold. Part 16

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 October 1912 · page 8

"It is a paper securely fastened in an envelope, which your father Save into my hands, telling me I was to give it to you, not on any…

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Terrible Fire In A, Tasmanian Mine. Ninety-Three Men Entombed. Heroic Work by Rescue Parties. Men Beaten Back by Poisonous Gases. Mines Inspector Has a Miraculous Escape. One Dead Body Recovered. "For Cod's Sake Give Us. Some Air!" Newspaper [?] Besieged. Sydney, Monday. 7.45 a.m

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 14 October 1912 · page 2

A disastrous fire has broken out at the Mount Lyell Mine, Tasmania. Ninety three men were entomed and their fate is unknown…

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"For Turon Gold."

Guyra Argus · Thursday 17 October 1912 · page 3

Nothing fires the imagination of Australians more than the romance of the gold fields, the herioc days of diggers, when the most adventurous spirits of…

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Mining Disaster

Guyra Argus · Thursday 17 October 1912 · page 2

A TERRIBLE mining disaster occurred at the North Mt. Lyell Mine, Zeehan. Tasmania, on Saturday. A fire broke out at the 700ft. level,…

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Fifty Miners Reach the Surface. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 17 October 1912 · page 4

Fifty miners have been brought safely to the surface. The other an believed to be doomed…

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Other Mining Disasters

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 October 1912 · page 3

A terrible fatality occurred at a Tasmanian mine, near Lauuccston, on Thursday morning, when Thomas Lloyd and Murdoch Stewart were…

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Mining Law. Department of Mines, Sydney, 3rd Oct., 1912

The Inverell Times · Monday 21 October 1912 · page 2

Sir,—With reference to the newspaper cutting forwarded by you embodying a recent decision given by Mr. Warden Perry, at…

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Alfredamia Diamond Mine

The Inverell Times · Monday 21 October 1912 · page 2

At a meeting of the proprietor held at the Pastoral Chambers on Wednesday last [?]he following report was submitted :—Eight men are…

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"For Turon Gold."

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 21 October 1912 · page 4

Nothing fires the imagination,of Australians more than the romance of the gold fields, the heroic days of diggers when the most adventurous spirits of…

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The Mining Disaster

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 October 1912 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—The bodies of the dead in the Mount Lyell mine are still in the workings. Heavy gases must be driven out before it will be safe…

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Report of the Eleanora Mines Ltd

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 October 1912 · page 2

Mr. Franklin White, consulting engineer to the Eleanora Mines, Ltd. (Hiligrove), has drawn up the following report: Since my return here…

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Coal and the Railways. (To the Editor Inverell "Argus.")

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 24 October 1912 · page 6

Sir.--It was pleasant reading in your issue of Tuesday, the 1st inst, the account of the Minister for Works' visit to your district, and…

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Mt. Lyell Disaster. Mine Still Burning Fiercely Bodies Not Yet Recovered

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 24 October 1912 · page 3

A fire to still raging in the mine, which has made it impossible to recover the dead bodies of the entombed miners. The management has decided to…

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Footwear of Gold[?] Silver

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 October 1912 · page 7

For evening wear, slippers of gold or silver broches are substituted for plain gilded or silvered kid. A dull gold or argenta bottom forms the…

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The Waihi Miners

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 October 1912 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Monday.—The Federation of Labour (N.Z.) officials have advised the Waihi miners to return to work. The company's demands are to be fully…

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