Colliery Explosion in Durham. London, Feb. 17
An explosion has occurred in the Trimdon colliery, Durham. A large number of miners were working in the pit at the time of the accident. Seventy of them were killed…
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An explosion has occurred in the Trimdon colliery, Durham. A large number of miners were working in the pit at the time of the accident. Seventy of them were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No. 1 North Glanmire have declarad a dividend of 2d; No. 1 North Phoenix have declared 2s per scrip. They have also struck two new leaders in sinking. They are small, but show nice gold. Three hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Specimens, estimated to contain 50 ounces of gold have been got from the Eastern Reef in the North Glanmire mine, and during the last two days a third gold hearing leader has been struck…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A frightful explosion has occurred at Trendon Colliery, Durham. A large number of miners were working in the pit at the time of the accident, and it is stated that 70 have been killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CHARTERS Towers goldfield, in Northern Queensland, embraces some of the best and most improved appliances brought by skill and capital to bear upon the great mining industry in the Australasian…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →LONDON, February 15.—A large influx of gold passed into the Bank of England today. The greater part of the bullion came from France and the United States of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The quartz reefs are still proving permanent, and rich as shafts are sunk. Grant's company looking very well, and have finished a crushing of 51 tons for 300oz of amalgam. The quartz came out of sinking…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the midst of a state of apparent quietude and contentment, two questions have suddenly arisen relating to the working of the coal trade that threaten to have a very serious effect upon the relations existing between the proprietors…
Continued on Trove, page 256 →Mr. Conelly, storekeeper, who has just returned from the Ten Mile Hole rush, reports that the prospectors only are on payable gold. No prospecting for alluvial is being done. Fifty people are on the ground. Water is scarce, there is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WEATHER AND BUSINESS.—Owing to the scarcity of water for slnicing purposes the trade is very slack, and the country is quite parched and dry. No feed, and stock looking very poor. There are a great number of sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →We have received from the Minister for Mines the following letter, having reference to the Albert Goldfield:— "Warden's Office, Milparinka, January 21. " Sir,—I arrived at Tibooburra during the night of the…
Continued on Trove, page 256 →A CONDENSED report upon the strangely-neglected goldfield in the Abercrombie Ranges, known as Mount M'Donald, will, I think, be of interest to the legion of mining readers of the T. AND C. JOURNAL…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Messrs. Clarke and Co. report:--the gold returns for the week are: Hercules, 340oz ; Frederick, 280oz ; Confident, 278oz; Ellenborough. 2O0oz; New Moon, 173oz ; Hustler's Redan, 168oz ; Sadowa, 114oz…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Everyone is sanguine about the success of the copper mine. More than 30 men are now working night and day. A number of miners are in the town awaiting employment, bat it seems doubtful when more will be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A party of Victorian prospectors have discovered a rich reef on Paddy's River in the Upper Murray district. It is expected that the crushing will yield 30oz to the ton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A smart thunderstorm passed over the town yesterday. Hamilton and party, tributers, on Wesley Tin Company, had a trial washing on Saturday, and in four hours washed half-a-ton of tin. Bates's reef, tableland, sold at a high…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The output for the week ended 18th February is as follows:--190 tons of ore smelted, yielding 67 tons of regulus, equal to 28 tons copper; 9½ tons have been refined, this small amount being accounted for by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The escort left here this morning, taking 524oz. 19dwt.— the Commercial Bank sending 408oz. 8dwt. 18gr., and the Joint Stock 116oz. 10dwt. 6gr. Mining is quiet. Continued dry weather prevents prospecting. Some good claims…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, February 20.—It has now been definitely ascertained that 73 lives Were lost in the colliery explosion near Hartlepool last Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A droughty season of some month's duration has naturally returded gold and tin mining, but notwithstanding this both these important branches of the mining industry are in a satisfactory condition…
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