A Hill of Gold
A DESPATCH from New York, dated Nov. 25, says:—"One of the richest veins of gold yet found in British Columbia has been discovered by Mrs…
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Mining & the mines, 1899
33 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 2
Unclaimed Gold in the Mint. A Romantic Story Just Told
We are often told of how much accumulated unclaimed cash is lying in the banks; wehave even been told of how much is lying in a similar suspense account in Tattersall's…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gold Lost in Smelting
THE "Louisiana Sugar Planter" writes: —The subject of entrainment has been so often and so well discussed among sugar planters that it may seem unnecessary to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gold From Sea-water
THAT there are hundreds of persons who still believe in the possibility of perpetual motion, the philosopher's stone, and other myths of bygone times is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The World's Gold Yield. Enormous Increase for 1898
THE report of the director of the United States Mint for the calendar year 1898 shows an immense increase in the gold output of the world. This is the gold…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Big Coal Bill
The coal bill of London must be something enormous. The Midland Railway Company alone, during 1897, carried to the metropolis about 15,000,000 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Striking a Gold Mine. Mrs. Harrison got on to Good Property. Struck it Rich and Unexpectedly. Creates a Sensation
THE surprise of a man who sinks a hole to make a well and strikes a gold mine is no doubt a pleasant one. Such a suprise was held in store for Mrs. Harrison…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Differences of Coal
PROFESSOR Ihlseng, of the State College, Pennsylvania, gives an interesting explanation of the difference between anthracite and bituminous coal, so far tis the gases…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The White Rock Silver Mine
THE Government Geologist, Mr. E. F. Pitman, has made the following report:— "I have the honour to report what appears to me to be a matter of considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dredging for Gold. Operations in Braidwood District
THE demand for dredging lessen continues active. Another large area has been taken np below Tulloch and Hughan's ground at Araluen by George Irwin. His two leases…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bendigo Deep Mining. Rich Stone at 2700 FEET
ON Friday last the pleasing announcement was made that the Great Extended Hustler's; Bendigo (Vic.), had come on some very rich gold-bearing stone in the rise above 2840ft., 140ft. over the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ministerial Visit. Visit of the Hon. the Minister for Mines and Agriculture
THE Hon. J. Cook, Minister for Mines and AGriculture, accompanied by the Hon. J. V. Chattaway, Minister for Mines and Agriculture, Queensland, arrived in Lismore last evening by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Visit of the Minister for Mines and Agriculture. Inspection of the State Farm
ON Saturday the Hon. J. Cook, Minister for Mines and Agriculture, accompanied by Hon. J. V. Chataway, Minister for Mines and Agriculture from Queensland, made a visit of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Drodging on the Clarence Tributaries
THE special reporter of the 'Evening News' writes:- River dredging for gold promises in the near future to be one of the leading features…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Deep Sinking Mining at Bendigo
GREAT as has been the success of quartz mining at Bendigo for the last thirty years, and prosperous as the industry is at the present time, still it unfortunately…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Insolvent Astrologer Planked His Money in Mining
THE public examination of an insolvent named Herrinan Lewis, before the Registrar in Bankruptcy, on Thursday afternoon, was very interesting ways the AUSTRALIAN STAR…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Big Gold Robbory. £3000 Annexed from the R.M.S. Alameda
A CABLE states that when the R.M.S. Alameda arrived at San Francisco from Sydney, via Auckland, New Zealand, it was discovered that a box of sovereigns, valued at £5000, was missing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Future Coal Supply
IN 50 years' time England will be in a pretty pickle—to use a colloquial phrase—unless it finds some really substantial substitute for coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Dredging a Success
WHAT a bonanza the Electric Syndicate lias in the Kawarau River was recently told by Mr. M'George, one of the party, to a reporter at Dunedin, N.Z. This company was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mining at Drake
THE Evening Netas says: The new find by Mr. John Payne at Joe's Golly, Tooloom, briefly referred to in last report, has, as developments proceed, assumed considerable magnitude, and…
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