Extracting Gold from Auriferous Sand
AN appliance has been perfected in San Francisco (says the New Zealand Mines Record) for the reclamation of fine, flour-like, and microscopic gold values…
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Mining & the mines, 1902
30 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 2
Mining at M'aulay's Lead. Two Companies Formed
That stretch of beach lying between the Clarence and Richmond, known as M'Aulay's Lead, which engaged the attention of numerous gold seekers a few…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Re-starting the Transvaal Mines
THE Commander-in-Chief, being satisfied with the smooth manner in which the Johannesburg mines are working, has sanctioned the dropping of one hundred stamps weekly from the 15th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American Coal, Growing European Demand
IN the American papers much mention is made of the increasing popularity of American coal in Europe. On November 29 it was stated that no more foreign orders…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Highway Robbery at Port Adelaide. a Mine Manager and Assistant Bailed Up
AT about 2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon a most daring and successful highway robbery occurred at Port Adelaide. Mr. J. J. Greenaway, manager of Block…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bathed in Gold
ON the occasion of giving a concert Madame Sala engaged Paganini at the fee of 50 guineas says the "Golden Penny." Tlie next day she repaired to the violinist's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death of a Pioneer Gold Miner
ON Wednesday last there died at Merrylands, near Goulburn, Mr. Goorge Hunt, who claimed that he discovered gold in this colony before Hargreaves did. Hunt's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suffocated by Gold
ONE of the Dukes of Clarence was drowned in a butt of Malmsey wine. In Paris a man has been suffocated by gold, not because he swallowed it like Gaspard of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Coal Mines
IT seems pretty certain that the New Zealand Government intends to open and develop two State coal mines on the West Coast of tho South Island. At a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ashes, Coal, and Salt for Pigs
My pigs get all the wood ashes, coal ashes, soft coal or hard coal they will devour, and fattening pigs when confined will eat a good deal. I believe the ashes…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Rescued Men from the Cardigan Mine, Victoria
THE following are the particulars of the rescue of the two truckers, George Simpson and William King, out of the Cardigan mine: At a quarter past 1 a.m. on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining at Drake
THE Evening News says:—Mining operations on this field continue to give encouraging results, and the usual quantity of highgrade mineral is diapatched weekly from the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Most Ancient of Gold Seekers
A MINING centre probably worked as early as 2500 B.C., has been discovered by Mr. C. J. Alford, between the Red Sea and the Nile. The remains consist of irregular…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Coal Cough Medicine. [From the Gazette, To[?]mba, Australia.]
I find Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is an excellent medicine. I have been suffering from a severe cough for the last two months, and it has effected [?] cure. I have great pleasure in recommending it…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Mine Manager Stuck up. Daring Attack at Wellington
MR. A. G. COLEMAN, manager of the Commonwealth mine at Wuuluman, reports having been stuck up on his way from Wellington to the mine, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Doomed Miners' Letters
IT has been conclusively proved that 227 men lost their lives in the recent coal mine disaster at Coal Creek, Tennessee. Exploring parties recovered 141…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Terrible Colliery Disaster Sydney, Thursday 4. 10 p.m
NEWS has been received of a terrible colliery explosion at Mount Kembla. All available doctors have been sent for. No further particulars are yet…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Colliery Disaster. Mount Kembla Mime Wrecked. Great Loss of Life. Sydney
A terrible colliery explosion occurred this afternoon in the Mount Kembla Mine. Over two hundred men and boys are entombed. Scant particulars are yet to hand, but it is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"The Northern Star." Saturday Morning, August 2, 1902. the Mount Kembla Colliery Disaster
THE terrible catastrophe at the South Coast colliery of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mount Kembla Colliery Disaster
A DREADFUL colliery explosion took place at the Mount Kembla Colliery shortly after o'lock on Thursday afternoon, at a time when there were some 230 men in the mine…
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