The United States Treasury, the Hoard of Gold. London, Jan. 1
The Treasurer of the United States holds £123,000,000 in gold…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining & the mines, 1903
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The Alleged Forgery of Mining Scrip. Interim Dividends Deferred. London, Dec. 31
The directors of the Great Fingall Consolidated Company have deferred paying an interim dividend pending a scrutiny of the share certificates…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal "Mining" in a River
Instead of digging down into the bowels of the earth with a shovel for coal, these men are digging for coal down into a river bed, with a sieve for a weapon. They are easily the most…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Colliery on Fire. Fifty-eight Miners Perish. London. Jan. 1
A fire occurred at the Uspensk Colliery, Ekaterinosla[?], Southern Russia. Fifty-eight of the miners perished. Eleven others who were entombed three days, and 21 for five…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at a Colliery. Many Miners Ferish. Others Entombed for Five Days
LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--A disastrous Fire has occurred at the Uspensk Colliery near Ekaterinoslad, Russia. Fifty-eight miners perished. Eleven others…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →American Miners
In the report which he made to President Roosevelt, Mr. Wright, the Labour Commissioner, collated the evidence given by company managers, bosses, miners, and others, and they…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining
The Broken-hill Proprietary output for the past four weeks was 357,401oz. silver, 4820 tons lead, and 31 tons antimonial metal, as compared with 1728oz. gold, 482,093oz. silver, 5762 tons lead, and 33 tons [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mining Intelligence
The Sydney and inter-state Stock Exchanges which adjourned on Wednesday, December 24, for the holidays, will reopen for business on Monday next. Our Charters Towers correspondent telegraphed…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Coal Export Trade
The following vessels cleared at the Customs to-day:— The steamer Norkoowa, for Melbourne, with 2100 tons of coal; the steamer Mildura, for Brisbane, via Sydney, with 200 tons of coal, 300 boxes butter, 2410 bags potatoes, 45…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Coal Trimmer's Fall
A coal-trimmer, named William Hoskings, 61, employed on the steamer, Age, was taken to Sydney Hospital yesterday by the Civil Ambulance Brigade, and admitted for treatment,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Barrier Mines. Broken Hill
Work at the North Central mine is restricted to sinking a small prospecting shaft 500ft. or so northeast of the main shaft, and also doing a little costeening south ward on the Central mine's boundary…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Western Coal and Iron Trades
LITHGOW, Friday.--The coal trade during tho past week or 10 days has been fairly brisk. At the Lithgow colliery there has been no room for complaint as to scarcity of trucks, a condition…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Gold in the Elingamite. Welington
A diver leaves for the scene of the wreck of the Elingamite, to endeavour to recover the specie that was lost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Western Miners' Demands. a Conference to Be Held. Lithgow
A conference of the representatives of the coal owners and the miners will be held next Friday, January 9. In June or July last year the miners asked for a conference with the proprietors, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mining in New South Wales. Gilgunnia
The following crushings have been reported:— Her Dream Gold Mine, 55 tons for 69oz.; Tarcombe Prospectors, 3 tons for 3oz. 20gr.; Last Chance, 9 tons for 17oz. 13d wt. 18gr.; Hand in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Alleged Embezzlement by a Mining Secretary. London, Jan. 2
The Government of Portugal has agreed to extradite William Parker Owen, formerly secretary of the Premier Sunrise (New Zealand) Gold-mining Company and the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mammoth Iron Mines
The mines of the Lake Superior region, which have mainly supplied the iron that has made the fortunes of Mr. Carnegie, are apparently of inexhaustible extent. The are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mining News
[Letters marked "Mining" must reach us not later than Thursday. No notice is taken of anonymous correspondence. The coupon printed in in the "Free Information" column must be cut…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Westralian Mining Scrip Forged
The "Daily Mail." London, reports that Mr. A. S. Rowe a partner of the firm of Bewick, Moreing and Co., civil and mining engineers, has disappeared. It is reported…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Bill Jones' Luck Fined for Carrying off the Road. He Looked for Gold and Found a Fine
A man named William Jones has been fined at Bendigo for taking away the surface of the roadway and washing it for gold…
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