A "Gold Brick"' of Old Time.-
In one of the Tell—el—Amarna letters written during the eighteenth dynasty, the King of Babylon accuses Amenophis III. of Egypt of sending him…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining & the mines, 1916
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Miscellaneous Items. Mines and Artillery. London
Sir Douglas Haig reports:—There has been mining and artillery activity north of Ypres. The enemy trenches were successfully bombarded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barrier Miners. Saturday Shift Trouble
The Broken Hill miners have decided to give a guarantee to the Arbitration Court that they would not miss the four hours' shift on Saturday mornings,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Months' Gold Yield. Decrease of £64,000. SYDNEY
The New South Wales gold yield for the first three months of the present year shows a decrease in value of £64,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Use of Pulverised Coal
The combustion of a "spray" of coal dust blown into the fire box by a blast of air is very nearly perfect, eliminating smoke, cinders, and firing tools. A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Studying Torquoise Mining
The Goddess of Turquoise and the turquoise mines in old Arabia are the things Professor Petric, the archacologist, has been studying. As a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →See the Gold
Lo and behold the Gold! Yes, what a tremendous quantity of it there is. And how yellow and glittering and attractive. And what a delightful specific…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Operations. Continuous Bombardment
A Paris official report, dated Thursday, says: "Our artillery wrecked trenches west of Parvillers, between the Somme and the Oise. We exploded four mines at Fillemorte, Natillus and Vauxoise and occupied the tips…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Africa. Mining Magnate's Offer. "Britain Needs Help." Johannesburg
Sir Joseph Robinson, a South African mining magnate and banker, has offered a very large sum to assist in the despatch of 500,000 South Africans to help…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Costly Negligence. Mount Oxide Mines. Verdict for £20,000. Judge's Scathing Comment. Sydney
Mr. Justice Harvey delivered judgment in the suit Mount Oxide Mines Ltd. against the directors, in which £25,000 was claimed in respect of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The British Line. Heavy Shelling in Belgium. Artillery and Mining Operations. British Aerial Machine Missing
Sir Douglas Haig reports heavy shelling in Belgium and in the area between St. Eloi and Ypres and the Ecomines Canal. Artillery actions have occurred at various points…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arsenic and Gold
By a singular change of circum stances, the gold-miners of Hustings County, Ontario, Canada, who for years were bafiled in trying to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The World's Biggest Mining Camp. a Triumph of Engineering
Forty miles from Salt Lake City, in a narrow, crooked two thousand feet deep gash in the barron, thousands-of-centurles old mountains of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wyalong Goldfield. Death of Discovered. Sydney
[?] Frederick Neild, senior, the discoverer of the Wyalong gold[?] died on Saturday evening, aged [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The British Line. Increasing German Activity. Mining Operations Continued. London
The "Times" correspondent with the British headquarters on the Western front writes: "The Germans have been recently increasixngly active in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Millionaires' "Freak" Dinner. at the Gold Diggings in the Strand
"Freak" dinners have become quite fashionable with millionaires in London and America. The latest "freak" repast in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →From a Living Tomd. Miraculous Escape of Entombed Miners. Lived Three Weeks Oni Oats and Horseflesh
Thirteen miners were brought up alive from No: 2 of the Courriers Mines, where they had been entombed for three weeks, says a Reuter…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Heinecke Mining Case
The following is a synopsis of the evidence given before the local court on the hearing of the complaint on 19th April, whereby the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barrier Miners. Forty-four Hours Week
Mr. Justice Higgins, in his award in the case of the Broken Hill miners v. Proprietary Co. and others granted the claim for a 44 hours week and made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ten Thousand Miners. Wanted by War Office
The War Office asks for 10,000 skilled miners to do tunnelling work on the various fronts…
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