The Interests in the Transvaal Mines
Among the pro-Boor sympathisers there appears to be a general belief that the only people who have vested interests in the Transvaal are the English, hence the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1900
19 stories in Northern Rivers's papers
Feeling Oe the Boers to British at the Mines
A Dutch-speaking Englishman from the Rand says that the attitude of the Boers towords the British has completely changed since the British success at Wagon Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Colliery Disaster at Balmain. Five Men Killed
ON Saturday afternoon an accident occurred at the Sydney Harbour Collieries Company's works, Balmain, which resulted in the immediate death of five men and slight injnry to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boers will Destroy the Mines
THE President of the South African Republic, Oom Paul, gave notice to the world before the outbreak of hostilities that if war with Great Britain occurred the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Turon Gold Dredge
THE first annual general meeting of the Turon Gold Dredging Company has been held in Sydney. The directors' report and balance-sheet to March 28 were adopted…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Great Britain's Coal Supply
An English journal commenting on the export of dial from Great Britain, says :—Last year Great Britain rained 220 million tons of coal, and exported 41 million tons,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Alleged Larcony of Gold. Peculiar Case
AT Wyalong, last week, a case of some interest to mining people was before Mr. G. Stephenson, police magistrate, when a miner named Patrick Vincent appeared on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Production of Gold
THE year 1899 would havebeen a record-breaker in the production of gold had it not been for the condition in South Africa, but it is estimated the production…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sensational Gold Find
THE phenomenal find of gold at Robinson and Rice's mine. Long Flat, near Gundngai, is the all-absorbing topic. Mr. Rice estimates the value of the gold taken out in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →When the World's Coal is Gone
WE can scarcely hope for new sources of energy to be discovered, says Sir Wm. H. Preece, but there are some existing ones we have not touched yet. When the evil day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Turning Sea Water into Gold
ONE of the most interesting patent specifications issued this year was that which professes to produce gold from sea water. The inventor says that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Royalty on Gold
A VERY important case is pending in which the Government are claiming royalty from the Great Cobar Copper Co. in respect of gold won from their property by their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →What Russians Use for Coal
PETROLEUM residue is now used as fuel for the locomotives on thirteen per cent, of the Russian railroads. It is required that the oil be of a greenish colour, never black, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Abnormal Price of Coal. Advance in Steamer Passenger Rates
ALL the Sydney agencies of the International steamship companies were advised by cable on Saturday of the decision arrived at in London to raise the fares 10 per cent, owing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →China's Coal Deposits
THERE is no doubt that the coal deposits in China are the largest in the world; and Herr von Richthafen, the famous geogmphist, estimated the anthracite coal…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →High Price of Coal
AT the last annual meeting of the P. and O. Company in London the Chairman in referring to the report submitted, said that the price of coal was becoming a matter of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gold Mines on Fire
A NUMBERS of good-sized mines are now on fire in the United States, and have been for years. The Vulcan mine, on the Green River, opposite Newcastle, in Colorado, has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prospecting for Coal
The suggestion brought forward at a recent meeting of the Lismore Chamber of Commerce by the Mayor (Ald. Coleman), that the Government should make special provision for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Power from the Waves and Tides. When Coal Has Gone
WITH visions of exhausted coal supplies, even thouhh the end be far off, come thoughts of power from sources other than coal from wind and water, and from the…
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