West Africa. the Gold Coast Colony. Native Trouble
LONDON, March 6.—The native chief Samory is causing trouble in the hinterland of the Gold Coast colony. A body of Haussas (the native armed…
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The New Guinea Goldfields. Cooktown
The steamer Burdekin arrived from Samarai this afternoon, having since she left here also visited Woodlark, St. Aignan's, Kumala, and Sudest. Among the passengers are 18 miners…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Accident. Eight Miners Drowned. LONDON, March 8
News has been received, from Dover of a terrible colliery accident in a pit near that town. By some means the pit became flooded, and eight miners who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Disaster. Eight Lives Lost
LONDON, March 8.—Owing to the flooding of a colliery near Dover yesterday eight persons were drowned. THE KENT COAL FIELD…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yields. Gold
Currajong G.M. Company, Wyalong, 61 tons seconds, 35oz. 1dwt…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining Intelligence
A larger volume of business was transacted in the Mining market yesterday. In coal stocks Hetton and W[?]llsend were both quoted weaker, but Wickham and Bullock Island improved, with sales at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Disaster in a Colliery. Eight Persons Drowned
LONDON, Monday.--Eight persons have been drowned through the flooding of a colliery near D[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Managers' Reports
Falkner's Gold-mining Company, Limited, Pambula, fortnight ended February 27.—Have knocked off south drive, and put the two men at [?] ppet heads over victory shaft. Have made Falkner winze into a ladderway for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Serious Mining Accident
BRISBANE, Monday.--To-day eight men were entombed by a fall of earth at the Eldsvold Junction mine, but were rescued safely. The accident created a great sensation, and work at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Colliery Disaster. Eight Lives Lost. London, March 8
Acolliery at Dover has become flooded, and eight miners have been drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle News. the Price of Coal
It seems probable that some measures will be taken here before long with the view of raising the price of coal. It is no secret that at the present selling rates some of the coal proprietaries are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gold Robbery. Arrival of the Oceana. London, March 8
Detective, Froest boarded the Oceana at Plymouth and is making inquiries into the robbery of 5000 sovereigns from the vessel before she left Williamstown…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Oceana Gold Robbery. the Vessel Boarded by a Detective
LONDON, March 8.—On the arrival of the R.M.S. Oceana at Plymouth the vessel was boarded by Inspector Frank Froest, of the Criminal Investigation Department…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →West Africa. Trouble on the Gold Coast. London, March 7
The chief Samory is causing trouble in the hinterland of the Gold Coast colony, West Africa. An expedition, consisting of Haussas, the native armed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MINING. In the Bathurst District. Vii. the Wattle Flat Field
A drive of some twenty-four miles in a north-westerly direction brought me to the village of Wattle Flat, a famous locality for both alluvial and reefing miners. Early in the fifties this field was fonno and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Gold Robbery From the Oceana. the Vessel Boarded by a Detective
LONDON, Monday.--On the arrival of the R.M.S. Oceana at Plymouth, the vessel was boarded by Detective Forest, with the view of making inquiries with reference to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gold Coast Colony. the Chief Samory Causing Trouble. an Expedition Sent Against Him
LONDON, Sunday Night.--The great Mahommedan. chief Samory is causing trouble in the hinterland of the Gold Coast colony. A body of Haussas has been sent against…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The West Australian Goldfields. the Lake Lefroy Rush. the Latest Crushings
PERTH, Monday.--A report from Lake Lefroy states that there are fully 400 men camped near the new rush. The majority are getting gold, but no sensational discoveries have been made…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Threatened Colliery Trouble
A labor trouble threatens at the Wallarah Colliery at Catherine Hill Bay, owing to a demand by the manager that the miners shall in future, when hewing coal, leave untouched a strip of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stockton Colliery Disaster Fund
A meeting of Newcastle subscribers to the above fund, convened by the late Mayor of Newcastle, was held this afternoon in the Newcastle Council-chambers. There were present Alderman T. Smith, [?]…
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