Visit of Minister for Mines
On Friday last Mr. Fitzpatrick, the present Minister for Mines, arrived at Adelong per motor car, from train at Mt. Horeb, and was met…
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Gold in Dustbins. £3,000,000 a Year From Empty Tins
One of the most curious results of the war has been the increase in the value of waste, some of which is now worth nearly as much when it is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining
The two Adelong shows are threatening to dip into better ground (reports the "Bulletin.") Last week's return of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Meeting the Minister for Mines
A deputation, consisting of Messrs P. S. Naughton, F. Crampton and A. Davis sr, journeyed to Adelong on Thursday, May 24. They…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Earn £20 a Week. Workers in Cardiff Invested £30,000,000 in War Loan
Cardiff has become known as the Pittsburg of the British Isles (says the New York "Sun"). Like the American city, the coal mines are largely…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Reviving Goldmining at Adelong. Proposal to Again Test Old Abandoned Mines. Visit of the Minister
Mr Fitzpatrick, Minister for Mines, visited Adelong on Friday last He was accompanied by Mr Harper, Government Geologist On his arrival, the Minister was met by Mr…
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Dredging lease granted:G.L. 13, of 14 acres 3 roods, parish Bangus, near left bank of Adelong Creek, to Adelong…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining at Adelong. Proposed Revival
Regarding his recent visit to Adelong, Mr Fitzpatrick, Minister for Mines, thus addressed a reporter of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Work and Wages. Three Collieries Idle. Sydney
Three South Coast collieries were idle to-day—the South Bulli, Scarborough and Coledale. The trouble at Bulli, whore 500 men are employed, was due…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A New and Deadly Mine. More Mine-Sweeping Risks
The mine as an instrument of destruction has been used by the Germans in a manner consistent with her disregard of laws and international…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Produce of Coal Tar
But few persons not trained to chemical science know that coal tar is now used as the basis of scores of the most exquisite perfumes and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australians' Dashing Victory. Ypres Salient Wiped Out. Messines Ridge and Town Carried. Wild Tornado of Gunfire. Twelve Months' Preparation for Attack. Hillside Blown Up with Mines. Million Pounds of Explosives Fired London
English, Irish, Australians, and New Zealanders, took part in a great new offensive in Northern France. Never has such mining been carried out. One million pounds of explosives laid during the past year, were used. British shells silenced the German batteries…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Earth in Travail. the Mining of Hill 60. Consummation of Year's Patience and Peril. Western Front. Messines Upheaval Man-made Earthquake. Terrible Destruction. London
Mr. Philip Gibbs writes: The ground we gained at Messines remains firm in our hands, artillery breaking up attempts at counter attack, in most cases…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal or Eucalyptus
In warm countries where there is no coal, the wood of the cucalyptus forms an excellent substitute, according, to M. Hutchins, an African…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Decreased Gold Yield. Sydney
The gold yield of New South Wales in the past five months shows a decrease in value to the extent of £12,782…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Work and Wages. New Zealand Miners. Sydney
The settlement of all the troubles in connection with the New Zealand miners seems to be in sight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Infantry Miners and Tunnellers
The pressing need of the army at present is infantry. Recruits will be acceptable for the Mining and Tunnelling Cotps, but men will not be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine on Fire Wellington
Portion of the Blackball mine is on fire and has closed down. [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Submarines and Mines London
A Parts official message slates a minesweeper struck a mine in the Bay of Biscay, and sank. The bolter explosion killed seven…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War on the Sea. Mine Sweeper Sunk. Explosion on Steamer. Paris
It is officially stated that a minesweeper struck a mine in the Bay of Biscay and sank. A boiler explosion killed seven on a…
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