Gold Digging in Sydney
The Sunday Times mentions a peculiar affair. About 10 years ago some 5000 or 6000 sovereigns were stolen from the Bank of New South Wales, and were never traced…
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Mining & the mines, 1893
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Gigantic Coal Trust. Capital One Hundred Millions
A scheme for the formation of a gigantic coal trust is being promoted in London by Admiral Sir George Elliott. The proposal is that the trust shall control…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Gold Robbery. the Mount Morgan Mine
For a long time past the directors of the Mount Morgan Gold mining Company have suspected that gold was being stolen from the company in the form of gold and gold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Find of Gold
For some two years past a "wheel-tapper" on the railway at Blay[?]ey named Coker has spent all his spare time in prospecting on the Annadale Estate, the property of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Coal in £1000 Lumps
The monument of coal being prepared by an American mining company, in sections of about 2 tons each, for erection at the Worlds's Fair, will be quite eclipsed in essential…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The British Miners' Strike. Stuggle of Women for Food
LONDON, Oct. 9.—Committees have been appointed to distribute relief in the districts where the coalminers are on strike, and where the distress is very severe…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The British Miners' Strike
On Sunday last, a hundred thousand people attended a mass meeting held in Hyde Park to express sympathy with the miners on strike…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coalminers' Strike. Attempt to Flood a Mine
On Tuesday last an attempt was made By the miners on strike to flood a colliery at St. Helens, iN Lancashire, which is being worked by free labourers. A number OF…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Ashes About Trees
Coal ashes are an excellent material for mulching fruit trees. We prefer to have the coarser parts sifted out, using the latter for roads and wallis, and the fine ashes for one…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Mount Morgan Gold Robberies
At Rockhampton on Friday last, the six men, Percy, Mangin, Milne, M'Gregor, Rowley, and Gay, were committed for trial in connection with the recent gold robberies…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining on Private Property. Work for the Unemployed
On Monday a public meeting was held in the Town Hall Sydney under the auspices of the Trades and Labour Council, with the object of obtaining an oppression of public…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Wilshre's Opinions on Mining
AT the conclusion of the Mining Wardens Court at Goulburn last Tuesday, Mr. F. R. Wilshire, who, is the Mining Warden for the Southern…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Wilshire O[?] Mining
At the conclusion of the Mining Warden's Court at Goulburn last Tuesday. Mr. F. R. Wilshire, who, is the Mining Warden for the Southern Goldfields, and a man who is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hannon's Rush, W.A. How Gold Is Got and Sold
At Hannon's Rush, Western Australia, no sensationally large nuggets have yet been unearthed. The biggest probably has not weighed more than half a dozen ounces…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Encouraging Mining News
Very encouraging news has been received from the Croker's Mint mine on the Shoalhaven River. Mr. Jessop, the manager, brought into town 17oz. of very nice gold as the result of 11 days' broken…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold at Port Macquarie
The Minister for Mines has received a report from the warden's office at Kempsey, of some interest and importance. It refers to the discovery of alluvial gold in the face…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coolgardie Goldfields. a Wild Waterless Waste. But Any Amount of Gold
Mr. W. J. Ferris, an ex-Mayer of Parramatta, has just returned from a trip to the Coolgardie goldfields, and gives an interesting account of the diggings and his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cremorne Coal Bore
The discovery of a 10ft. coal seam at Cremorne will, if it turns out to be a genuine find, amply pay for all the years of patient and expensive search that have led up to it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fossicking on the Goldfields
We learn that nearly 2000 men have been sent to the country in connection with the arrangements for fossicking on the goldfields. On Friday authority was given by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Disaster in Scotland. Fifty Miners Entombed
A colliery is on fire at Coatbridge, about nine miles north of Glasgow, and 50 of the miners are entombed. Grave fears are entertained for their safety, as the working…
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