The Mount Fisher Copper Mining Co
THE mine manager reports under date 14th instant :—The ore still continues in the shaft. There is about a foot wide of black oxide and a fair amount…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1912
77 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 4
Gas in the Mine
White damp is the gas most feared by the miners, for its properties render it difficult to detect inasmuch as it is tasteless, odourless, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Formation of Coal
If anyone could be suddenly transported back through the ages, and placed in a forest during the period when coal was being formed upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Strikes. Riot of Welsh Miners. Volleys of Siones
A strike af 6000 coal miners has taken place at Cwm Tillery, in Wales. It was caused by the dis. missal of a miner for posting up…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Terrible Mining Disaster. Resouers Perish. an Awful Sequel to a Royal Visit. London
Their Majesties, travelling from [?]ncaster stopped and had tea with Lord Yarborough at Conisbrough Castle. Thousands of colliers lined…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gold Escort
The Escort took away on Friday last 398oz gold. The gold won in the district of late has been almost entirely from dredging operations in Araluen, tho reefs at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Consumption Affecting Climate
The furnaces of the world are now burning about 2,000,000,000 tons of coal a year. When this is burned, uniting with oxygen, it adds about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mount Fisher Copper Mining Co
THE mine manager reports under date 16th instant :—The ore in shaft is still looking about the same. We have started driving north in the cuprite, but only in a few feet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canaries in Mines
About fifteen years ago, Dr. John Scott Haldane, who had studied conditions in Cornish colleries, suggested that canaries could be used with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →When Coal Was Formed
What is said to be the strangest period through which this earth has passed is the one that was responsible for the formation of coal. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chandos Gentleman and Burglar. Copyright. a Series of Exciting Detective Stories. Part 4. the Gold MUMMY.—(Continued.)
When I did call he seemed to have lost interest in the scientist's gold treasures, and he led me solemnly to his sanctum, where the gloomy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"A Second Bendigo." Amalgamated Hill End Mines. Bathurst
Thursday was a red-letter day in the history of Hill End. About 3000 persons, who include 1 visitors from various parts of the firsts sod Victor, witnessed the official…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mount Fisher Copper Mining Co
THE mine manager reports under date 7th instant as follows:— Shaft down 107 feet. The cuprite lode is now coming in with a big underlay and is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dynamite and Gold. Post Office Safe Blown Open. Matong
A daring affair took place during last night at the local post office, where burglars made a coup. The place was closed as usual is the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Amendment
The Legislative Assembly towards the end of last week's session went into Committee of the Whole to consider the expediency of bringing in a bill to amend the Mining Act,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Coal Mine Under the Sea
What is perhaps the most extraordinary coal mice in the world, as well as the smallest, is situated on a tiny island in the Japan Sea, near Ngasaki,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Damp. Colliery Explosion. Miners Terribly Mangled. Heavy Fatality List. London
The Clarence Coal Mine, Bethune Arras, was the scene of a fearful disaster yesterday. Owing to an explosion of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Escort
THE regular monthly gold escort Braidwood yesterday for Tarago, on route to Sydney, conveying 556oz 9dwt gold…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Applications
THE following mining applications have been lodged at the Warden's Office, Braidwood:— James Barron, for 3 acres gold mining lease, Mongarlowe, and 1 acre by the same…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cancelled Mining Leases
THE cancellation is gazetted of the lease of J. Green and others of 4s 3r 25p, mining lease, in the parish of Elrington, for non-ful-filment of labor conditions…
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