Upper Orara Goldfield. the Lilla Claim
"TRAVELLER" writes: "On the tributaries of the Orara on the various goldfields are many claims owned by Richmond River residents. One of these, the Lilla Claim, is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1899
33 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 2
Gold Preduction of Western Australia
THE 'S M. Herald' says: "Regarding gold as a commodity, the export wealth of Western Australian in proportion to population far exceeds that of any other…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Consumption at Sea
THE quantity of coal which the furnaces of a modern steamship "eats up" is almost incredible. The great liners running between Now York and Europe at a speed of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Northern Star. Wednesday Morning, August 30, 1899. Another Mining Boom
NEW SOUTH WALES has had many mining booms. Gold, silver, tin…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Allegorical Gold
THE Bible has so much to say against the gold which is the root of all kinds of evil, that we are astonished to learn that the gold of any land is good. Is there such a land…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ammonia in Coal
Some 18,000,000 tons of ccal are burned in London yearly. About 4,000,000 are utilized by the gas manufacturing comEanies; 9,000,000 are burned in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Gold in Coal
MR. FRANCIS B. STEPHENS, lecturer on metallurgy at the Otago University, writes as follows to a contemporary:—"I noticed in your paper a statement…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →How to Test Gold and Silver
Wet the metal to be teated and rub it gently with a piece of lunar caustic, applied with a pointed stick of wood. This makes: but a faint mark upon gold…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dredging for Gold
Messrs. Hurley, Carroll, Willis, W. W. Davis, Richaras, M'Farlane, Spence, and Pyers, Ms.L.A., waited as a deputation on the Minister for Mines last week to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal. British Troops Being Hurried Northward. Martial Law Proclaimed in the Transvaal. the Boers Have Destroyed an Armoured Train Mafeking in Danger. Capture of Trains and Gold by the Boers. Boers Refuse a Fight. 9000 Troops Leave England. London
President Kruger, in the course of a cablegran of thanks for sympathy from the United States, said that if the Transvaal was compelled to be come a British possession the price of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Trimmer's Peril. Account of His Rescue
SEVERAL narrow escapes from death have been reported in our columns lately—in fact, there has been quite an epidemic of events of this nature. To-day we have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another Great Battle Tuesday. General Methuen Dfeats 8000 Boers at the Modder River. One of the Hardest Fights of British Army. Naval Brigade Specially Distinguish Themselves. Boers Vacating Camp South of Kimberley. Trooper Byrne of N.s.w. Lancers Missing. Australian Troops Ordered to De Aar., Pro-bcer Legion Being Raised in New York. Transvaal Gold Mines Will Be Taxed Towards Cost of War. London
A telegram just to hand states that General Methuen's force defeated 8000 Boers on Tuesday at the Modder River. The fighting was of a desperate character…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Inches of Solid Gold
A STRIKE of phenomenally rich ore was made in the Isabella mine at Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States. The strike began with a streak of sylvanite 18…
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