Scientific and Useful. Colors in Coal
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 31
According to SCIENCE GOSSIP, 1lb of coal treated chemically will yield enough magenta to color 500yd of flannel, vermilion for 2560yd, aurine fo120yd, and alizarine sufficient for 155yd of red…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Disasters. More Earthquakes. Shocking Accident. Miners Suffocated
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 11
LONDON, February 15.—An earthquake has occurred on the island of Samothrace, in the Ægean Sea, All the buildings on the island were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Barrier Mines. Broken Hill. Feb. 17
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 419
At the Junction mine to-day I visited the new development, about 100ft. north-east of Browne's shaft, at the 200ft level, and found that the ore body had been opened on from below, and also on the…
Continued on Trove, page 419 →Gold Discovery at Gundagai. at Mount Parnassus
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 25
Considerable excitement was caused in Gundagai on February 18 when it became known that a rich discovery of gold had been made on Mount Parnassus by a miner named Alfred Field…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Broken-hill South Silver-mining Company
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 6
MELBOURNE, Friday.--The half-yearly general meeting of the Broken-hill South Silver-mining Company was held to-day, Mr. J. F. Levien in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Intercolonial Mining News. New South Wales
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 25
Mount Stewart L. and S.M. Company. —For 6 days 10 hours ended February 16: O.e treated, 293 tons, producing 20 tons 18cwt bullion, containing 5883oz silver. Stoppages amount to…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Rich Gold Discovery Near Gundagai. a Rush for Claims
Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 20
CONSIDERABLE excitement prevailed in Gundagai on Saturday, when it became known that an immensely rich discovery of gold had been made by a miner named Alfred Field. Field took up a 5a…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Late Mining. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 10
The half-yearly meeting of the Broken Hill South Camp was held to-day. The cha[?]man said the position of the company had improved very meterially during the last…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Application of Electricity to Mining. Iii.—electrical Locomotives. (See illustration on this page.)
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 24
Where water power exists in sufficient quantity, within reasonable distance of a mine, and when the supply of water can be relied upon, its utilisation in the mine, by means of electrical…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The Kangarilla Goldfield
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 419
"Mangoplah" requests us to supply some recent information about the Kangarilla goldfield, which, was opened early in this month. The field is in South Australia. A gentleman who returned to…
Continued on Trove, page 419 →The Novelist. a Pot of Gold. Being an Account of the Startling Adventures That Befel Benjamin Manley in the Year of Our Lord 1880. [Ail Rights Reserved.] Part I. CHAPTER X. A Member of the Association
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 32
It was evident that Captain Danny was apprehensive of farther insubordination on the part of his associates. Whenever the schooner eased of her tossing and rolling…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Southern Collieries Shipping
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1893 · page 6
The steamer Western took [?] tons of coal from the Mount Kembla colliery on Saturday, and the stemers Herga and Governor Blackall and schooner Loch Lee also took cargoes at Port Kembla. The steamer Inn[?] took…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Southern Collieries. a Satisfactory Settlement
Evening News · Monday 27 February 1893 · page 3
On the 1st proximo it is understood that there will be brought into effect a long-pending agreement between some half-dozen of the southern collierres which will terminate the extreme…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1893 · page 6
A private advice dated London, Friday, gives the quotation for silver at 3s 2d 5-16ths per oz. Lead, £9 7s 6d per ton…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Hillgrove Mines
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1893 · page 6
HILLGROVE, Saturday.--Baker's Creek battery this week crushed 403 tons of stone from Smith's reef, and 337 tons from big reef, for a yield of 587 12oz. of smeited gold…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Gartlee Miners' Case
Evening News · Monday 27 February 1893 · page 6
NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—The motion passed at the recent special meeting of the Delegate Board to appeal to the Supreme Court against the decision of the Wallsend bench in the Gartlee miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Hunter River Miners
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1893 · page 5
NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--The Lambton, Stockton, and Burwood miners' lodges have adopted the following minutes from the delegate board:--"That the whole facts of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Country News. (From Our Correspondents.) Colliery Grievances at Newcastle. Newcastle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1893 · page 7
A motion from the miners' delegate board " that the whole facts of the stoppage at the Co-operative Colliery be brought before the executive of the proprietors," and one " that the general secretary write…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Broken-hill Mining Shares. Low Prices and " Rearing."
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1893 · page 4
LONDON, Saturday Night.--Broken-hill Proprietary shares are now quoted on the London market at £3 5s. A bank has sold 10,000 shares, and heavy "bearing"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Intelligence. True Blue G.m. Co., Limited
The Australian Star · Monday 27 February 1893 · page 3
The mine manager reports under date February 23 : -- "Winding plant erected; start sinking to-morrow. Intend calling for tenders to sink underlay shaft a further…
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