World-wide Notes. Record Gold Output for 1911
The world's gold production of 1911 is estimated approximately at £99,200,000, the greatest in history. It represents an increase of £2,800,000…
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Mining & the mines, 1914
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Robertson Coal Measures. From a Correspondent
On Sunday last, at the invitation or the local measures' committee colonel Owen and Mr. Browales (Owners of Tongarra cool fields), were met by Messrs. E. A. Wan, T…
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On Sunday last, at the invitation of the coal measures' committee, Colonel Owen and Mr. Brownlee (owners of Tongarra coal fields),…
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After a considerable amount of [?]tation by the committee of the Robertson coal measures, Mr. Pattman, Under Secretary for Mines, and Geological…
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After a considerable amount of agitation by the committee of the Robertson coal measures, Mr. Pittman, Under-Secretary for Mines,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queen Among Miners. Back-door Comedy
The King and Queen arrived at Lambton Castle, Chester-le-street, Durham, on a visit to Lord Durham and Lady Anne Lambton. While the King, Lord Durham, Lord Ripon,…
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A meeting of the committee of the above was held at the Criterion Hotel, on Tuesday last. There were present:—Messrs. E. A. Swan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Petrified Bones in a Mine
Miners at the Usworth Colliery, County Durham, have made a gruesome find. While hewing in the Maudlin seam they broke through into a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →German Coal Consumption
The returns of the Coal Syndicate with regard to sales in Germany show clearly how greatly the inland consumption of coal has increased. If, for the sake of convenience,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Canaries As Life-savers. Bad Air in Mines
The enumeration of canary-birds among the necessary implements of the miner might cause surprise, but these pets are life-savers of the first order when their services are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Romance of a Mine. the Queen of Molybdenite. Ore One Time Discarded As Valueless Now Worth £525 Per Ton
How ninny regrets lay among the past endeavors of the man who has been lured by the call of mining speculation! How many abandoned sharts to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Treasure Trove. Boys Find Bag of Gold. Many Claimants
For the first time in thirty years the St. Helens (England) coroner held an inquest to determine whether a bag containing £150 10s in gold, found by two boys in a hole three…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Sydney Gold Mine. (To the Editor of the Scrutineer)
Sir,—Just recently there was sold in Sydney a block of land fronting Elizabeth-street, Market-street, and Castlereagh street, the area of which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How to Save Coal
The coal bill in winter is a very serious item of household expenditure. There are many patent grates certified to reduce tho consumption of coal to a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Diamond Mines in South Africa
The history of the diamond mines is one long romance—catastrophe, skilful robberies, and the speedy realisation of colossal fortunes, the annual…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To Cure a Gold
A new method of curing a cold is described in the "Medical Press," as follows:—First stop eating. The system is overloaded with impurities and they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Buried Gold. Victims of a Legend
An extraordinary story of buried treasure, which recalls some of the delightful works of George A. Birmingham, has just reached France from the…
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A deputation consisting of Mr. P. A Quirk, Colonel Owen, Messrs. A. E. Poole, J. Carroll, W. Brownlee, and G. W. Fuller was introduced by…
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Mr. Cann is pursuing inquiries into the coal requirements of the State so far as applies to the railways and other great departments…
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News was received in Cootamundra on Saturday of an exceptionally rich find of gold at Coolac. A man who was fencing reported that he…
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