The Search for Gold. Dangers and Disasters Attending It
Gold may be delved for and discovered, but it avails little if health, the vital principal of bliss is lost. Numbers are now taking their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Southern Highlands · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1898
44 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 1 of 3
A Palace Plated with Gold
The Czar has a palace just outside of St. Petersburg known as Tsarkoe-Selo, which was built by Catherine the Great. It is of vast extent, and it was plated with gold. It took…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Glut of Gold
IT is estimated that the banks of Sydney hold eight million sovereigns between them, and it is declared that never before in the history of the colony was the market so glutted with money or enterprise, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How They first Found Gold in Klondyke
The story of how gold was first discovered iu Klondyke, purely by accident, is very interesting. It was in 1894 that three men, while looking for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gold Fever
With all the groat excitement of life Klondyke is not forgotten. Quite a number of miners are to be seen embarking from this part for that golden…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners for Klondyke
The steamer Cape Otway left Syd-ney on Saturday afternoon with about 180 passengers for the Klondyke gold-fields. The occasion of the departure…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Only the Coal Man
Some time ago I met with a most ludicrous adventure while delivtring coal at a private lunatic asylum just outside Dublin. Having been admitted by the lodgs-keeper, I led my…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Explosion at the Dudley Colliery. Loss of Life
A profound sensation was caused throughout the Newcastle district on Monday when it became known that a serious explosion of gas had occurred at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Valley Mine Disaster
Operations in connection with restoring the ventilation of the workings of the Dudley colliery have been vigorously proceeded with, and with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Klondyke Goldfield. 27 Jamieson-Street, Sydney, Sydney, April 1st, 1898. (To the Editor of the Scrutineer)
Sir,—There is a great deal of mis-information being published relative to the best route to the Klondyke Gold-fields, which will mislead Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Gold Production
The cruel strain upon Australian prosperity since the banking crisis of 1893 has this one bright spot it that our production of gold bounded into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →He Wont to the Rush. a Good Goldfields Yarn
Many a good yarn is told by miners of the old digging days in Victoria when money was thrown about like water, and when scarcely a fortnight…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tampering with the New York Submarine Mines
A sensation has been caused in America by the announcemeat that several cables connected with the sub-marine mines, laid down in New…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Golden Klondike. an Enormous Rush of Gold Seekers Going On. Sound Advice From an Inhabitant
In the rush towards the golden fields of the Klondike, there are thousands who are ill fitted to stand the strain of hardship and exposure which are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Difficulty of Procuring Coal Supplies
The Spanish warships which were detained to convey the Spanish torpedo flotilla to Cuba are still at St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands. They are unable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Opening a Whisky Mine
One foggy morning, just about dawn, in August,1865, the steamboat Twilight was making her way cautiously up the Missouri river. Suddenly there was a jar, the boat bulged up…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Bags of Gold Dust. Robbers' Hidden Treasure
The long " Lost Cabin or Mount Hood," Oregon, has been found, but its fabulous wealth still remains unearthed. The wealth consists of two sacks of gold dust hidden by a stage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Better Than Klondyke. Making Gold Out of Silver
Review of Reviews for April quotes an article form Pearson's Magazine, in which Mr. Fyfe describes, so far as he is permitted to do, the method by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Klondyke Goldfield
The rush to the Klondyke goldfields continues. Fifteen thousand persons, including many women, are encamped between Lake Lindeman and Lake…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Klondyke Goldfields. 15,000 Persons En Route
Fifteen thousand persons, among when are many women, are now encamped on the route to the Klondyke goldfield, between Lakes Linderman…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →