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16 stories in Sydney's papers
MUCH as has been said in condemnation of the coal monopoly held by the Australian Agricultural Company, it appears clear, from the papers laid before the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN explosion of fire-damp, by which twenty-nine human beings lost their lives, took place at a colliery belonging to Mr. Thomas Powell, situated at Crombach, about three miles…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE associated purchaseis of the two blocks of mineral lands, situate respectively north and south of the Burra Burra, and Princess Royal Mines, and who paid deposits of 10 per cent,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We were yesterday favoured with an inspection of two pieces of gold ore, raised from a lode of about two inches big, discovered on Saturday last by Mr. Tyrrell, captain of the North Montacute Mine, being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alderman FLOOD begged to remark, that censure having been thrown on the City Counsil for not complying with the requisition of the Coal Bill, passed in the last session of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE very word Monopoly carries with it an odious sound, and it is next to impossible to refrain from prejudice against claims by either public or private bodies resting on such a privilege. When restrictions affect…
Continued on Trove, page 218 →We are obliged to the Editor of the Montreal Gazette for forwarding us a copy of that paper containing some interesting information collected on the spot, relative to these mines. The Canadian side of the lake according…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Wednesday morning week, about eight o'clock", an explosion of fire damp took place at Risca Colliery, six miles from Newport, belonging to John Russel Esq. The scenes of horror which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WE have received from Rio de Janeiro, a letter, which gives some curious details relative to the working of a new diamond mine recently discovered in Brazil. For some months…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ALTHOUGH the papers contain occasional notices of the great mineral region of Lake Superior, recently opened, there is an unaccountable scarcity of facts and results in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE accounts recently received in this country of the discovery of large quantities of copper ore of a rich quality, in the vicinity of Adelaide, South Australia, and in Van Diemen's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The accounts recently received in this country of the discovery of large quantities of copper ore of a rich quality, in the vicinity of Adelaide, South Australia, and in Van Diemen's…
Continued on Trove, page 243 →Mr. GRANT moved, that the monopoly of coal so long enjoyed by the Australian Agricultural Company, is highly prejudicial to the interests of the colony, and is distinctly opposed to all the recognised principles of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We regret that the exertions of Mr. Grant to put an end to the Mouopoly, so long and so grievously exercised in this most important article have not met with the success which they deserved, and which after the…
Continued on Trove, page 458 →THE geological formations of South Australia have been, at no considerable distance of time from the present, illustrated in a paper of some importance by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The most fearful mining calamity ever known in this county occurred yesterday afternoon, at East Wheal Rose lead mine, in the parish of Newlin, eight miles from Truro. A…
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