The Berrima Coal Mine
THE sale of the Berrima coal mine advertised to be seld by Messrs. Richardson and Wrench, auctioneers of Sydney, on the 14th inst has been posponed until the 18th February…
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Mining & the mines, 1887
20 stories in Southern Highlands's papers
The New Gold Fields in South Africa
THESE new fields of gold mines are not exactly on British territory, but they are worked by British capital and British enterprise. As time goes on it will be found, we believe, that the discovery of gold…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Colliery Disaster. 85 Lives Lost. Sydney, Hursday
A MOST terrible, colliery disaster occurred at the Bulli mine yesterday afternoon, caused through an-explosion of gas. The disaster is supposed to have been caused by fire damp…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Explosions and the Davy Lamp
ALTHOUGH we still too often hear of those terrible fatalities in our coal-mines by which many workers annually l[?]se their lives, it is satisfactory to record that during 1886…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Berrima Coal Company
IT is announced by advertisement to-day that the above company will resume work on the 18th inst. It will be remembered that the mine was recently sold oy auction in the Sydney market. Residents of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Berrima Coal Company
IT is announced by advertisement to-day that the above company will resume work on the 18th inst. It will be remembered that the mine was recently sold [?]y auction in the Sydney market. Residents of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bulli Colliery Disaster Fund
IN reply to his letter accompanying a draft for £100 from the Bowral committee, the treasurer has received the following acknowledgement:—Central Committee,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mittagong Coal-Mining Company's Railway Act
IN the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday last Mr. Carruthers moved,â"That the Mittagang Coal-mining Company's Railway Act Amendment Bill be referred to a Select…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Explosion Near Glasgow. Seventy Lives Lost
An explosion of fire-damp took place last Saturday at Udstone Colliery, near Glasgow, resulting, in the death of 70 parsons…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mittagong Coal Company's Hallway Bill
In the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday last, Mr. F. Farnell brought up the report of the select committee on the Mittagong Coal-mining Company's Railway Bill. It was ordered that the document be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Kimberley Goldfields
THE West Australian Government has received a telegram from the Warden of the Kimberley goldfielde, dated April 11, stating that a 30oz. nugget bad been banded to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal at Mittagong
SURJOINED is an official report of results obtained by the Government diamond drill on the land of the Mittagong Land Company Limited, where boring operations for coal,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bowral Free Press. Do as adversaries do in law, Strive mightily, but cat and drink an friends. Wednesday, October 26, 1887. Through the Berrima District. X. the Fitzroy Iron Mines
The Fitzvoy Iron Mines, Mittagong! A huge, dismal monument of ruined hopes, irretrievable loss, reckless expenditure, mismanagement, and incompetence. At…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mittagong Coal Co's Railway
THE tender of Messrs. Johnston and Billings has been accepted for the Mittagong Coal Company's railway, the amount being £12,196/4/9. This amount does not include…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Bowral Free Press. Do as adversaries do in law, Strive mightily, hut eat and drink as friends Wednesday, November 2,1887. Through the Berrima District. Xii. the Fitzroy Iron Mines
THERE was a big flare-up over the christening. The presence of a real live governor in the wilds of Australia was in itself a momentous event, not to speak of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Bowral Free Press. Do as adversaries do in law, Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends. Wednesday, November 9, 1887. Mittagong Coal Company. a Visit to the Coal mines
THESE are times of large undertakings and persistent effort in commercial enterprise. The spirit of competition is keen and active. Failure produces renewed vigour:…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Bowral Free Press. Do as adversareis do in law, Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends. Saturday, November 12, 1887. Through the Berrima District. Xiii. the Fitzroy Iron Mines
A DISCOVERY of mineral wealth usually creates active industry; but not so in Bladon's time. After the alleged discovery of the seam of coal at a depth of 500 feet or so operations…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bowral Free Press. Do as adversaries do in law, Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends. Wednesday, November 16, 1887. Through the Berrima District. Xiii. the Fitzroy Iron Mines
WITH the dismissal of David Smith, his fancy tramline, and his splendid failure, I shall, with the indulgent reader's permission, pass over a period of some six or niue months,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Bowral Free Press. [?]o as adversaries do in law, Strive mightily, but cut and drink as friends. Saturday, November 26, 1887. Through the Berrima District. Xv. the Fitzroy Iron Mines
AFTER the departure of Mr. Lawson, a company was formed, consisting of Messrs. Hunter, Henshaw, and Larkin. This trio leased the mines with the object of working…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chapter Ii. The Denzil Family.—How to Provide for a Stupid Son.—Pretty Polly.'—A Runaway Match.—A Great Alliance.—Gold-Fever—Off to Australia
ARTHUR DENZIL was one of the first victims of the gold fever. When the wonderful news reached England that gold had been discovered in Australia, he was smitten by the desire to…
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