Coal Fields
It appears from the estimates of the most trustworthy authorities that the coal-fields of the world cover an area of about a million and a quarterly square…
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Mining & the mines, 1902
31 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 2 of 2
Entombed Miners Rescued
London, Tuesday.—Three of the six entombed men in the Union Pit, Gloucestershire, have been rescued alive. They had been without food,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Science. a Substitute for Coal
PROFESSOR William Hallock, of Columbia university, is pursuing investigations along the lines recently suggested by the British…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Most Ancient of Gold Seekers
A mining centre probably worked as early its 2,500 B.C., has been discovered by Mr. C.J. Alford, between the Red Sea and the Nile…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spruce Mining Beetle
Government experts have reported on one of the most destructive forest insects yet known. It is the spruce mining beetle, whose deadly borings in the bark…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold and Silver Silk
We wonder if it is a traveller's tale We learn that gold and silver silk are coming from South Africa. The fibres are spun by two remark…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mittagong’s Coal
To what cause the lack of enterprise on the part of capital in this country is [?], it is hard to say, but the fact remains that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →King Solomon's Mines
King Solomon's Mines of Ophir have been discovered at least this is one of the results claimed by Dr. Karl Peters from his expedition…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Yield for November
The usual return compiled by the Department of Mines shows that the gold yield of this sta[?]e for the month of November was 21,491oz. crude,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Southern Collieries Dispute
The Arbitration Court gave judgment on Wednesday in the matter of the industrial dispute between the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Union and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Australian Gold Rush of 1851
Australia was gradually developing as an agricultural country when in 1851, an event occurred which caused a wild and impetuous rush to…
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