Colliery Disaster at Lithgow
ABOUT three o'clock on Monday afternoon a terrible explosion occurred in the Lithgew Valley colliery, by which five of the miners lost their lives. There were ten men in the…
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Mining & the mines, 1886
5 stories in Southern Highlands's papers
Lithgow Colliery Disaster
THE Examinor of Coalfields has reported to the Mines Department that the inquest on the late, Lithgow Colliery disaster concluded at 6 p. m. on April 20, and at,8 15 the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Kimberley Gold Fields
THE Kimberley gold fever is spreading rapidly throughout this colony, and seems to have taken considerable hold upon this district. Old gold diggers will not be advised…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Berrima Coal Mining Company
The Scrutineer reports that the Berrima Coal Mining Company has been purchased by a wealthy English firm, and is shortly to be re-floated in England. A portion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Carrington Gold Mine near Marulan
Two tons of are from the Carrington lode, near Marulan, have been treated under the chlorine process, by Mr. Cosmo Newberry, Government analyst of Victoria. The…
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