Fatal Colliery Explosion
The explosion at the colliery of the Mirfield Coal Company, at Dewsbury, resulted in the death of four men, who must have been killed instantaneously. Apparently, when the explosion…
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Mistes and Mining. The Utilisation of Refuse from Our Mines
THE question of utilising the waste products of our mines; or, in other words, of utilising the refuse from the machines employed in extracting and separating the gold from the earth raised from…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Mines and Mining. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail
SIR,—May I beg the indulgence of a small space in the columns of your journal to offer a few remarks on the waning of the mining industry of New South Wales, which is very evident t the most casual observer, and it is also beyond doubt that there must…
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NEW RUSH TO THE BOGAN.—The Parkes Gazette is informed by a person who has just arrived from the Lower Bogan that a prospecting party from the Cobar copper mines are now…
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DURING the past month there has been less activity in mining matters generally throughout the colony than we have had to chronicle for a long time past; scarcely any new fields…
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SHOALHAVEN River Sluicing Co.—The mining manager, writing on the 27th, says:—"I have now finished washing the tail race and the hut side, and forward deposit receipt for 26 oz. 8dwts. as the result. The deep lead I could not…
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It is Stated that the Coombing Station will he thrown open for mining purposes on the 26th January next. Dr. Frederick Beer has been introducing his…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Country and Mining News. SH0ALHAVEN. september 29
We have had fine charming weather of late, with pleasant goal breezes from the north east. These gales blow nearly the whole of the summer part of the year, and being off the [?], account in a messure for the year, and being off the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Country and Mining News. (From Our Correspondents.) Nattai. September 27
EARTHQUAKE.—On Saturday evening last a [?]ht shock of earthquake was felt by the residents of Naltal, Bowral, Kanaloon. and Burrawang. I happened to be stopping at Burr[?] wang for the night, and was sitting at the [?] engaged in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Investing Uncle Ben's Legacy, Or, Mr M Tailing's Mining and Matrimonial Speculations. a Tale of the Mining Era. by Old Boomerang. Chapter I.—a Failure in Melbourne and a Fresh Start in Sydney
It is easy for a complaisant old gentlemen while rolling on the rosy couch of independence, to say to an unlucky bankrupt trader, "Try again, man! push ahead! never give up!" but it be not easy for a…
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News has been received of a find of extraodinary rich quarts at Glen Morrisen, near Armidale, the Gay Gold mining Co, at Lunatio, have struck a very rich vein of quarts at a depth of 25 feet, and have…
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AN inter[?] divided of 1s. per share has been declared by the Brisbune Tin Co. Mount Perry Copper Co.—The manager reports to the Mount Perry Mail, of 23rd September, as follows:—"At…
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THE members of the midland Institute of Mining Engineers, at their annual meeting, held at Barns ley, last week, made an additional grant of £25 to the sum of £50 voted To a committee appointed…
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A BREF was struck in the Magdala shaft this morning at a depth of l68lft. 6in. The reef was drilled into far 3 ft. without going through. The suriferous quality of the stone has not yet been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Utilisation of Refuse From Our Mines
THE question of utilesing the Waste products of our mines; or, in other words, of ulilising the refuse from the machines employed in extracting and separating the gold from the earth raised from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Exteiuiive Importation of Gold from Queensland
The A.S.N.Company's steamer Victoria arrived in Syd ev this morning from Cooktown, and intermediate Queensland parts and bringing no less then 26,088 ounces gold, the produce of the Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Insolvent Mining Companies. to the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—I have read, in some of your late issues, letters from "Justice," "Reaction," "Hill End," and "A Fee to Shylocks." The letters of these anonymous correspondents justify me in inferring that they are unfortunate…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mines and Mining. Platinum
PLATINUM is one of the "noble metals," which may be obtained in more forms than one. It is only found in the native state, usually occurring in small glistening granules of a steel-gray colour,…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Decadence of the Gold-Mining Industry in New Zealand
IT is indubitable that the gold-mining industry is decaying. Quarter by quarter the Customs returns show a diminution in the quantity of gold exported, and in the course of the…
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RUSH TO THE BOGAN.—We are informed by a person who has just arrived from the Lower Bogan that a prospecting party from the Cobar Cropper mines are now prospecting on the…
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