Miners' Risks. Accident at Stockton
WHILE a miner named Perry was engaged working in his board in the Stockton mine yesterday, a fall of coal took place, and the poor fellow was seriously injured. The men…
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Mining & the mines, 1889
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A Mining Venture
LONDON, Monday.—The £1 shares of the newly-formed Kangarilla (South Australia) Mining Company are now quoted at £6 15s, £7…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Mining News. Broken Hill
AT block 10 the material which made its appearance in the shaft a few days ago still carries only a trace of mineral. This stuff is so thoroughly valueless that it is being…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hidden Treasure Gold-mining Company
We were yesterday shown some specimens of rich stone raised from the Hidden Treasure Gold-mining Syndicate's property at Copeland The company, after sinking 480…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Meeting. Lambton
THE usual monthly meeting of the above miners was held in Ralph's Druids' Hall on Wednesday evening, Mr. D. Mason in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Certificating Mining Managers
The board appointed to inquire into the expediency of granting certificates to mining managers has decided that it is expedient that mine managers should be certificated. It…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victoria. Melbourne, Wednesday Night. Gold Robbery
The wife of James Morton, who was arrested at Ballarat on Monday for gold-mine robberies, was also aeprehended. ALLEGED FORGERY…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Mining News. Broken Hill
THE new development of carbonate lead ore discovered in the Junction mine at the 300ft level was made in cutting what was supposed to be the hanging-wall, in order to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gippsland Coal Company. MELBOURNE, Thursday Night
A coal company is being formed to work a mine in Gippsland. The capital is £10,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Mining News. Broken Hill
AT the Silver Bill, late Coppor Blow mine, driving is being done on a carbonets vein, which runs parallel with the galena vein. The quality of ore is somewhat mixed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hammond Island Gold Rush. Brisbane, Thursday Night
THE latest news from Thursday Island states that the town is now quite deserted. People are wildly excited there about the prospects of Hammond Island goldfield. No…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Colliery Explosions
THE terrible catastrophe at the Verpilleux mines near St. Etienne on the morning of Wednesday, July 3, has proved to be one of exceptional magnitude, even when compared…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →San Francisco Coal Trade
We take the following from a private coal circular dated August 17 (says the San Francisco Chronicle) : During the week there have been the following arrivals from the coast collieries, 15,06…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Proposed Colliery Officials' Picnic. a Meeting at Hamilton
A LARGE number of colliery officials assembled in the Miners' Exchange Hotel, Hamilton, on Wednesday evening, for the purpose of forming themselves into a committee and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A "Salted" Mine. ADELAIDE, Friday Night
At a meeting of the Barossa No. 1 Deeplead Gold Mining Company, to-day, the chairman stated that the rich wash-dirt, on the strength of which the company was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wollongong Harbour Trust. The Coal Industry Retarded
A NUMEROUSLY signed petition from residents of Wollongong in favour of the enactment of the Wollongong Harbour Trust Bill, was presented to the Legislative Council on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australian Mining News. Broken Hill
A CHANGE has occurred in the Central Mine in the 200ft level north at a distance of about 100ft north of the shaft. For some time past the drive has been in a kind of kaolin, carrying…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Missing Ship County of Carnarvon. Laden with Wallsend Coal
THE ship County of Carnarvon, which left here on June 1 for Valparaiso, with a cargo of 1880 tons of Wallsend coal, has been reported in London as missing. She is now…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Hamilton Pit Disaster. the Jury Down the Mine. Evidences of a True Creep
THE gentlemen composing the jury engaged in investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of James Hodson and the other men whose bodies were found in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Bullock Island Goldfield. Scene I.
A SHIP the other day was moored at the Dyke, and the crew were set to work unloading ballast, which consisted of a whitish stone and bluestone. Whilst this work was…
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