Report on Mining
We have already had occasion to notice the proceedings of the Statistical Society of South Australia, and we would again call the attention of our readers to the…
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11 stories in Sydney's papers
Discovery of Coal
The announcement made by us in the Advertiser of the 25th ult., of the discovery of coal, on Mr. Fisher's property at the Barrabool Hills, has, it appears, been the cause of considerable gratulation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Zealand Copper Mine
WE understand, from good authority, that a Company is about being formed by many of our leading capitalists, in this town, for the purpose of working a copper…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →English [?]Racts. Moral Condition of Miners
THE following extracts exhibit the fearful state of the moral and educational state of the miners in Lancashire and Yorkshire, especially in the districts where females…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Gold Coinage
The proclamation regarding the gold coinage has produced, as we anticipated, great confusion and embarrassment in monetary operations. The public look shy at…
Continued on Trove, page 562 →[?] State of the Mining Population
In South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Leicestershire, and Cumberland, children begin to work at seven years of age; about Hallifax, Bradford, and Leeds,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lord Ashley and the Children in Mines and Collieries
On Wednesday night Lord Ashley brought under the notice of the house of commons the subject of the grievous condition of the children in the English and Scotch mines and collieries. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →English [?]Xtracts[?] the Mining Population
THE case of women and children labouring in coal pits has been forced upon public attention, by the publication of three books of reports of commissioners appointed to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Slavery in the English Collieries
The question of slavery in the English mines is now undergoing a serious investigation, and its progress is marked with the most horrible details of what our countrymen and our countrywomen's…
Continued on Trove, page 602 →Successful Mining Operations in South Australia
A few weeks ago, we had The pleasure of stating that the proprietors of the "Wheal Gawler Lead Mines" were so encourage by the report of Mr. Robert Stagg, of the Governor and Company's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Copper Mine at the Great Barrier
We have great pleasure in being able to inform our readers, that the practical commencement of mining, in this place, has been of the most satisfactory nature. In…
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