The Importance of Mining
What would Australia have done during the recent years of drought had the mining industry been as seriously crippled as other primary…
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Mining & the mines, 1904
36 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 1 of 2
Mine on Fire
The fire at the Wallaroo mine, South Australia, is still burning. The fire is extending downwards…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Collieries Dispute
The northern colliery proprietors, while expressing the opinion that the ringleaders in the existing trouble deserved to be prosecuted, they…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Trouble
Many employees at the East Greta mine have ceased work, refusing to accept the award of the Arbitration Court. A meeting of all classes of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gold Discovery
A ruth has taken place to a reported gold discovery between Broken Hill and White Cl[?] but the results arc discouraging…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining
Woods' Reef correspondent to Tamworth News writes:—"The Wilpena copper mine, three miles east of Weeds' Reef, owned by Gulf Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£8,000,000 in Gold
The American Treasury is shipping eight million pounds in gold to France to pay the Panama Company…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rich Find of Gold
Forty ounces of gold were found within 10 minutes yesterday at the Fortescue claim, Norseman, West Australia. By the end of the day 400 ounces were taken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arsenic and Gold
By a singular change of circumstances, the gold-miners of Hastings Country, Ontario, Canada, who for years were buffled in trying to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forbidden to Use Coal
So long as wood was abundant, coal was not used in Great Britain : indeed, the latter was long hold to be injurious to health : but towards the close of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Revival in Mining
The revival of the mining industry at Hill End in likely to result in a permanent working of fields that were of phenomenal richness. Those of us…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russo-Japanese War. Russia and Japan. Laying Mines. Reported Russian Retreat. Korean Deserters
The Russians have laid submarine mines along Taku Shan coast and the Yalu [?]. Fearing a Japanese landing at Possiet…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Merchant's Dog
A coal dealer had a large Newfoundland, dog of wonderful sagacity named Rover. Rover spent all his time in the coalyard, and whenever a coal cart was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Record Gold Yield
The Western Australian gold yield for April established a record…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Gold 'Mine Waiting for Somebody
The most crying need of to-day is a substitute for Pa[?]rubber. It is certain to be discovered sooner or later. Celluloid and oxidised linseed oil are useful for some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Paling Yards Gold Find
The Woodsreef correspondence of the Tamworth New says :—The result of the gold discovery at Paling Yards, 12 miles north-east of Barraba, near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Disaster
Fifty miners were killed by the explosion in Penyslvannia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fumeless Explosive for Mining
A fumeless explosive for mining has long been wanted, as in underground mining the fumes of blasting compounds are dangerous, and entail loss of time…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Rush
Already 20 claims are on gold at the alluvial rush, neat Home Rule…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Humors of a Flat. the Coal Boy
If you are a flat-dweller and are annoyed by a dirty little boy who takes you up in the [?] at the same time he takes the coals and if you suffer other more…
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