The Ballarat Mining Disaster. Recovery of the Third Body
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 April 1902 · page 8
The third body has been recovered from the Cardigan Proprietary mine, Ballarat. It was brought to the surface this afternoon, and was identified as that of John O'Keefe. The body, which was in an…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 April 1902 · page 7
KALGOORLIE, Thursday.--The diamond drill at Hannan's Main Reef finishes work in a few days, and then it will be transferred to Hannan's Kalgoorlie Proprietary, where a borekole will be put out east at the 550ft…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 9
LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--A colliery explosion at Wigan entombed eleven miners. Four were rescued, seriously injured, and the others perished…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ancient Gold Mining
The World's News · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 24
A mining centre of the ancient world—probably worked as early as 2500 B.C.—was between the Red Sea and the Nile in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. In an account of the recent successful…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Mining
Evening News · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 3
"WYALONG, Saturday.—Operations are being carried on with vigor. The only disability that threatens the claimholders as far as the employment of labor is concerned is the likelihood of…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 10
The schooner Geneva arrived from Sydney to-day, and will load Seaham coal for M[?]hukona. The Marion Josiah, a four-masted barque from Melbourne, also arrived, and will load Duckenfield coal for the West Coast…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 8
The usual return compiled by the Department of Mines shows that the gold yield of this State for the month of March was 22,762 crude ounces, equal to 19,091 fine ounces, valued at £81,094, as…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mining Intelligence
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 14
More transactions were recorded on the Mining market yesterday than for some time past, but with a few exceptions prices showed very little improvement. Queensland quartz ventures had the bulk of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Colliery Disaster. Eleven Men Entombed. London, April 3
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 9
A colliery explosion occurred at Wigan, Lancashire. Eleven miners were entombed. Four of them who were rescued were seriously injured. The others porished…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →To Mining Companies
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 14
A Certificated Mining Manager, experienced in [?] Silver, and Copper Mining, open for engagement as Manager, or to report on mining properties. For particulars and testimonials address Expert, North Sydney…
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Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 3
J. A. McConville, who lives on Montana street, killed one of his chickens for dinner, and on cleaning it was surprised to find a quantity of gold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MINING. Notes from the Fields
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 889
The Baker's Creek Gold-mining Company for the week ended March 28 report as follows :—Cleaned up for a return of 180oz. 5dwt. of smelted gold from 131 tons of ore crushed. Two tons of…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 54
The following complete specifications have lately been accepted in the various States, and letters patent will, therefore, issue to the applicants in due course. This report is furnished by…
Continued on Trove, page 54 →General Mining News. New South Wales
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 54
An extraordinary meeting of shareholders in the Carmicliael-Bradford Desulphurisation Process was held at Broken Hill, on March 27. The chairman, after detailing some of the mechanical…
Continued on Trove, page 54 →Late Mining. Kalgoorlie Developments. Kalgoorlie
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 10
During the month of March the Queen Margaret Company, Bulong, crushed 769 tons of ore, yielding 484oz., inclusive of 152oz. obtained from 252 tons taken from the workings of the company at the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mining in New South Wales. Delegate
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 14
Mr. G. Brown's crushing plant and engine have been removed from Brown's Camp to Yambulla. DUNGOG, Friday. A three-stamp battery has been erected at Town's…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A Catholic Knighthood: By Benjamin Hoare. Our Young Men. More Profitable Than the Discovery of a Mountain of "Gold." No. H—a Brilliant Article
The Catholic Press · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 3
In our first article we Bet ourselves the task of ascertaining whether Catholic young men, banded together In a league under spiritual authority, cannot do for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Spectre of Kurnalpi Goldfields. a Western Goldfield Incident
The Arrow · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 4
Kurnalpi goldfield lay inland from Coolgardie about ninety miles. The track between the two camps was waterless. Geat dry salt lakes, coated a foot deep in…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 10
KALGOORLIE, Friday.--The Queen Margaret crushed 768 tons for 484oz. Mr. J. R. M'Kay, late accountant for the Lake View Consols, was presented with a purse of a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Coal Carters' Grievances
Truth · Sunday 6 April 1902 · page 3
Sir,—I would like to bring before the public through the columns of your wide-spread journal, the way in which we poor unfortunate carters are treated. We start at 6.45 a.m. and…
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