on in a Queensland Mine
Us explosion took place at the Mine, Charters Towers, early on morning, in the deep-level shaft. explosion is supposed to have been…
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Mining & the mines, 1897
21 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 2
New Guinea Miners Attacked by Natives
A SERIOUS disaster has befallen the expedition which left Port Moresby on December 14 with the intention of making an overland journey to the Mambare goldfie[?]. The party consisted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal from China
THE San Francisco Chronicle says: China has thrown down the gauntlet to the big coal miners of the Pacific coast and to those of the United States, for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Gold Yield of Victoria
DURING 46 years, Victoria has produced 62,000,000oz. of gold, of the value of £246, 000,000. The total value weight of gold would be 2307 tons, so nearly a ton of gold…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.S.W. Gold Returns
THE official estimate of the total yield of gold from the mines of New South Wales during 1896 was 296,071 oz 193wt, valued at £1,073,369 4s 7d. In…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Prospecting Operations
THE prospecting party organised, by the Mines Department to prospect the terraces and country adjucent to the sea, between M'Aulay's Loud and the Brunswick, are at present working to the north of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An Old Gold Digger
A QUEENSLAND paper says; Some curiosity was excited the other day by the appeal ance in the st root nf an old man propel lint; a heavy-laden…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold-saving Machine
THE following is the complete copy of specification for gold-saving machine patented by Mr. H. E. Kingsmill, of the Harbours and Rivers Department, to which reference was made last issue As was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Banks and Gold
THE Bank of New South Wales declared a 9 per cent, dividend at the half-yearly meeting, on Tuesday. The chairman, Mr. J. R. Hill, is no pessimist; he believes the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Notorious Gold Robber
THE story of the exploits of Martin Weiberg, the ship's carpenter, who was convicted eighteen years ago of the Avoca robbery—stealing 5000 sovereigns…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Queen's Gold Plate
THE gold plate belonging to the Crown which is kept at Windsor castle and was removed to Buckingham palace for the jubilee filled 2 large, four-ton waggons. The "show" plate the World…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Taiyuan Gold Bobbery
THE steamer Taiyuan, from which 5000 sovereigns wore recently stolen, arrived at Brisbane last Friday. Captain Moore was interviewed on the subject of the robbery,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Great Klondyke Goldfield. Wild Rush to a Frozen Region
IF the fullest credence can be placed upon the statements appearing in the San Franeisoo newspapers, the, Klondyke goldfield discovered in Canadian territory, is the richest alluvial field ever discovered in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Forty Tears Mining in Australia
I HALTED at the gate of a pretty bush residence, which answered to the description supplied me, and asked of the lady who I found enthusiastically gardening, " Does Mr. T. J…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gold From Silver
A. spacial telegram from New York on July 28, says — Gold is being manufactured on Staten island, The piecious meal is being made artificially not by the old-fashioned process…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining on the Klondyke
PLACER mining in the Klondyke country is carried on under conditions that prevail in no other gold-mining districts in the world, consequently the methods employed are quite…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →River Dredging for Gold
MR. L. S. DONALDSON, Police Magistrate and Warden at Dubbo, has been notified by the Warden's clerk at Stuart Town that £900 has been lodged at his office…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Klondyke Goldfield. Warning to Miners
THE steamer Cleveland, Captain Hall, from St. Michael, arrived at Seattle, Washington, on the 10th of September, with 65 passengers and about £80,000 in gold dust. This…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Klondyke Goldfields. I
NEWS by the latest mail steamer says:Sheldon Jackson, United States General Agent of Education in Alaska and also superintendent of Presbyterian missions in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Placer Mining
Along the [?] River and its Tribut in the North-west Territories is Regulated as follows. "BAR diggings" mean any part of a river…
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