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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines
34 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 2
THERE are few Australians who have not heard of "The Welcome Nugget," and there are few museums existing in the colonies, without a model of that precious find. So…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SINCE Tuesday last, when two Newcastle miners, in underground rig, acted as a sort of guard over the coal arch, just inside the Domain entrance opposite St. Mary's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A CORRESPONDENT writes as follows: I have just returned from a visit to Tabulam, where u model dredge is nearing completion, under the able supervision…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death in a fearfully sudden shape came to William G. Herke and Thomas Fahey at Broken Hill recently. As they were working at the bottom of an open cut in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Yesterday, February 12th, was the 50th…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A TON of cargo is carried 550 miles for a pennyworth of coal, says " Engineering." This is the result achieved by two steamers, the Inchdune and Inchmarlo, belonging to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →REFERRING to the dredging for gold on the Upper Clarence the Grafton Argus says:—In the early part of the year it was expected that good results would,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—Mr. O'Sullivan has fallen a victim to the greatest mare's nest of the electoral campaign. He would have us think that the gold which has been shipped in Sydney the last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE coal trouble in Sydney has caused considerable inconvenience to some of the vessels from foreign ports, and the intervention of outside influence has been sought…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A POOR widow living at Campagne, near Bordeaux, had reached a stage of abject misery. In the little hovel in which she lived was neither food nor fuel, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THERE is a reef or leader somewhere out Broughton way which should handsomely pay the man who finds it (relates the Charters Towers EVENING TELEGRAPH.)…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →CONSIDERABLE excitement is being manifested at Mackay (Q.) in regard to the latest developments connected with the discoveries of anthracite coal at Hampden,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THIS is the true story of how I came to leave the old Bulli colliery," said Mr. Robert Spinks, timber contractor and orchardist, Bulli, to a reporter who wished…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Under-Secretary for Mines and Agriculture, Mr. D. C. M'Lachlan, in presenting his annual report on the mining operations within this State during the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →OUR northern rivers folks are familiar with dredges aud droghers and sand banks and shallow bars, but all these forces, agencies and obstructions are elements of cost…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →NEWS has been received of an awful accident at the South Mine, Broken Hill. Six men were killed, and two others injured. The accident was caused through a fall of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Some extraordinary scenes occurred in the Klondike district on February 26, when the Crown claims were thrown open to the public. It was a wild stampede, such as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SHIPMENTS of gold from Sydney to Sun Francisco have commenced for the season. With occasional breaks they may be expected to continue until November or…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A TELEGRAM from Perth (W.A.), on Friday evening stated: As generally anticipated, the railway trouble has onded in all the mon belonging to the Railway Workers'…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ON Thursday evening, at the Public Works Department, a commttee representative of various labour organisations waited upon the State Mintateir for Works to make…
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