Gold Stealing from Mount Morgan Mine
FOR some time past the directors of Mount Morgun strongly suspected that gold was being stolen and disposed of in Rockhampton. Burly lase week a consultation took place…
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Mining & the mines, 1893
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How the Detective Discovered the Mount Morgan Gold Robbers
The directors had entertained grave suspicions for a long time that gold was being systematically stolen, but they could not offer any satisfactory evidence in support of this suspicion. It…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Rush at Blayney
NEWS from Blayney states that a rich find of gold was made on the Annandale Estate on Saturday by a man named Coker. About 2lb. weight of gold was taken out on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Gold Discovery Near Blayney
TELEGRAM from Blayney on Saturday last says:—Coker and King, who struck the rich patch in Marsden's paddock, about a mile and a half west of Blayney, are, so far…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining on Private Property
IT is to be Hoped that the preset Parliament will pass a practical and equitable Mining on Private Property Bill—one which, while fully considering the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold and Happiness
VERY much more of the people's common happiness depends upon money than even political economists, generally suppose. Happiness is very closely allied to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Beach Mines
FOR many years post milling for gold has been prosecuted on the eastern coast of New South Wales, in the northern portion at any rate, and with more or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How to Economize with Coal
Start your stove or furnace in the morning or when quite low with a shovel of nut coal; when that reddens put on a larger sort, open the drafts till it burns…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Important Use for Coal Tar
COAL tar has recently come into extensive use as a means of rendering masonry impervious to water, especially in positions exposed to dircct contact with witter. Tar used…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining in Australia
IN every way Australian mining promises a. big revival. The refractory and the poor reefs even, which once baffled the intrepid prospector, have been robbed of almost all…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →U[?]isation of Coal Dust
THE London Times gives an account of a process by which anthracite coal bricks are now being man factured by the Coal Brick Syndicate, of London. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Murchison Goldfield
MR. A. P. [?] M.E., of Ba[?] who has returned from a visit to the Murchison goldfield, Western Australia [?] an [?] his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Venus De California. a Unique Contest Among the Beautiful Women of the Gold State
The Yenus of California is to be copied in marble, and the statue will be exhibited at Chicago during the fair to show, the worldthat the rarest and most…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Gold Fields of West Australia
THE following letter in fiom Sir. Edward Julias, a former resident of the Tweed:— West Australia seems to be attracting attontion all over the world just now, and, judging by the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Great Goldfield
MR. GORRIE, an old resident of Brisbane, who has just returned to Queensland from the Coolgardie goldfields, Western Australia, brings with him some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Famous Gold Nugget
On the 18th of August, 1866, a monster piece of gold was tukeri from the Monumental mine, near Sierra Buttes. This giant nugget weighed 1,500 troy ounces…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Richmond as a Goldfield
THE Sydney correspondent of the SOUTH GRAFTON MERCURY writes:—Most public and writing men have a "bee in their bonnet," and in this your correspondent…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Not Too Much Gold
Gold—not yellow, but the hue of the precious metal—yields the most satisfying color sensation of which the human retina is capable. It behooves the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rich Find of Gold
NEWS from Coolgardie states that the Siberia, 90 Mile Roaring Gimlet, and Broad Arrow claims are deserted, the miners having left owing to the scarcity…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →How to Blake Gold Lacquer
Three ounces of seedlac, one ounce of tumeric, one-quarter ounce of dragon's blood and a pint of alcohol; let stand for a week, shake frequently, decant and…
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