Important to Selectors. Should Deposits He Made in Gold
Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 21
THERE is a common idea that with all applications made for Government land it is ne[?] lodge sovereigns. It is thought by some that if the "yellow boys" are not put before the land agent…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Hillgrove Mining District. (See illustration on this page.)
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 30
The recent valuable discoveries of silver ore in the Hillgrove district has again brought this promising mining centre into public notice. The new silver find is situated some 16 miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →The Strike in Pennsylvania. a Pitched Battle. Seven Miners Killed and Many Wounded
Evening News · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 6
LONDON, April 2.—Four hundred of the men on strike at Pittsburg attacked some coke works in the neighborhood and fired upon the sheriffs, who were present in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An International Strike. Great Mining Congress. London, April 3
The Australian Star · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 5
During the sitting yesterday of the International Miners Congress in Paris several stormy scones were witnessed, and violent disputes wore fought out between the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Imperial Institute. the Mining Exhibition Abandoned. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London. April 2
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 9
Owing to the small response made by the colonies appealed to, the soheme of the Imperial Institute for a permanent mining exhibition in connection with that…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Mining Boom. a Very Much Mixed Country. Some Interesting Particulars. Prospecting Picnics. Results of a Practical Joke
The Australian Star · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 8
THE district I am about to describe I would rather not mention by name; I might have to go there again, and my old mates would, not unnaturally, resent my having " blown…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Story of Arizona. a Wonderful Country. Traces of a Bygone People. A Cosmopolitan Country. Rich Mineral Deposits--Great Resources--Gold, Silver and Copper
The Australian Star · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 8
THE word contrast fails to convey any conception of the differences to be found between Arizona and anything in the Eastern States. Though smaller than New Mexico…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mining and Murder. the Hobart Town Escapee. Lynched in California. An Eventful Life--From the Camp to the Continent--Story of Two Murders
The Australian Star · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 7
THERE died recently in Paris an American named Royal Maywood, whose career was strange and eventful. Philadelphia was his birthplace, and in 1850, at the age of 20, he…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Trip to the Brimbramalla Goldfield
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 24
Having received an invitation to be present at the formal opening of the first crushing battery erected on the new and comparatively little known goldfield at Brimbramalla, I left Moruya for…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The Two Detectives; Mountain Mag. a Goldfield Story
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 32
I see! she cried; I understand, perfectly. Oh, this is infamous! That girl will say that I came here to meet Ma[?] duke Selwyn; that I quarrelled with him,…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Frightful Torpedo Accident. a Mine Explodes in a Boat. Two Officers and Two Men Killed Instantly. Several Others Seriously Wounded. the Boat Blown to Pieces. Shocking and Heart-rending Scenes. Lord and Lady Jersey Witnesses. Gloom and Sorrow in Camp and City
Evening News · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 5
With the Easter military manoeuvres of 1891 will long be associated the most painful recollections. A dire calamity all the more deplorable because it is evident…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Calamity at Middle Head. Premature Explosion of a Mine. Two Officers and Two Men Killed. None of the Bodies Recovered. Eight Other Men Wounded. the Cause of the Disaster Not Yet Defined. Heartrending Scenes. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Special Reporters.) Middle Head
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 9
A terrible calamity has to be recorded just on the ovo of the break up of the military camp at Middle Head. The week's camp life had proceeded without the occurrence of a single unpleasant incident,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fatal Explosion in a Colliery
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 April 1891 · page 4
LONDON, Friday Night.--A fatal explosion occurred to-day in the Apedale Colliery in Staffordshire. Ten miners were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 April 1891 · page 6
To-morrow, by order of the mortgagee, Messrs. Batt, Rodd and Parves will offer for sale by public auction the Mount Costigan mine, together with the extensive and complete…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Barrier Mines
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 April 1891 · page 6
BROKEN-HILL, Saturday.--The main shaft at the North Broken-hill mine is down 520ft., and softer ground bus just been met within sinking, which will allow better progress to be made…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Broken Hill Consols Mine
Evening News · Monday 6 April 1891 · page 4
LONDON, April 4.—It is reported that a company has secured two blocks of the Australian Broken Hill Consols for £500,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A German Coal Ring
Evening News · Monday 6 April 1891 · page 4
LONDON, April 4.—A number of German companies are buying enormous quantities of coal in England and America, with the object of breaking the coal ring in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Miners' Strike in America
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 April 1891 · page 5
LONDON, Sunday.--A strike has taken place among tho miners in the Nevada territory, United States, and 600 men have gone out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →What Gold Cannot Buy
Evening News · Monday 6 April 1891 · page 7
"I really believe you are softening Mrs. Saville's stony heart," he said one day as he met Hope coming from the galleries (not the Grande Magasins) of the Louvre…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Submarine Mines. Their Construction and Working
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 April 1891 · page 6
Some account of the nature and construction of torpedoes compiled from various sources may not be without interest. The use of torpedoes in naval warfare was proposed and even…
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