Transvaal Gold Mines
Although the Johannesburg gold mines have escaped the destruction threatened them in the earlier history of the war, nearly two years' neglect, the injury caused…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1901
17 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers
Placer Mining
The implements required for placer mining are simple enough. For prospecting, you require a pick, a shovel, and a pan. You first make a hole in the ground where you…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The World's Coal Resources
The duration of the coal resources of various countries has been calculated by a German statist. In a century or two, he estimates, exhaustion will overtake Durham…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hidden Gold in the Transvaal
We hear of nothing but Klondyke gold, yet, according to Captain Younghusband, whose new book on South Africa Messrs. Macmillan publish, there is some still in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian Coal. a Mountain of Wealth Near Sydney
Thirty-five miles from Sydney is a picturesquely-situated township whose history is closely identified with that of the coal-mining…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Output of Scotland
The duration of the Scotch output was computed in 1871 as likely to last 820 years, on the assumption that the annual output would not exceed 12,000,000 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Superstitions of Miners
I[?] Sardina is said to be a silver mine of marvellous wealth, but all who enterits depths die by the bite of the Polifuga, the little red deathspider which haunts its rocks…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mines Bill
The House of Commons, by 214 to 154, retained in the Mines Bill a working limit of eight hours…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Substitute for Coal
Petroleum residue is now used as fuel for the locomotives on thirteen percent. of the Russian railroads. It is required that the oil be of a greenish colour,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Driving an Engine By Light of Sun. Can It Compete With Coal?
A machine has been recently built which has had some success in harnessing the rays of the sun and making them work a steam engine. A huge "sun…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Newly-discovered Fuel. Superior to Coal
A newly-discovered mineral, which is of a lustrous black colour, and which as a fuel surpasses coal and all other substances heretofore known, is found…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Colliery Explosion
Seven minors were killed in the Llandbrach Colliery explosion, and eight injured…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hoardings Yield Gold
"Not many people, I think, have much idea of the money an advertisement hoarding sometimes means to its proprietor," said the, principal of a large bill-posting firm. "To…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining
OUR member has a good and sensible grasp of the mining industry, and believes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest. Colliery Accident
Champion, the third victim of the Burwood Colliery accident, died this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mining Industry
WE have received a copy of the annual report of the Mines Department. Referring to the Woods Reef and Crow Mountain fields the report…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Magnet for Gold
A telegram to the "London Daily Express," dated San Juan (California), says:—"After 22 years of study and experiment, Mr. F. M. Mecartea, of…
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