North Queensland Mines. Chillagoe and Mungana. Iii
The most important mines of North Queensland are the mines owned or controlled by the Chillagoe and Mungana companies, the New Einasleigh copper mine, the O.K., and the…
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Franco-british Exhibition. Two Gold Medals
Messrs. G. E. Grane and Sons, Limited, of Sydney, have been advised by the Commissioner-General of the Franco-British Exhibition that the international jury has awarded…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Bursting of a Dam. 160 Rand Miners Drowned
LONDON, Friday Evening.—Reuter's correspondent at Johannesburg states that the Knights Dam burst, and flooded the Witwatersrand Mine…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle. the Week's Coal Export. Newcastle
The total amount of coal exported from Newcastle for the week ended to-day was 67,422 tons. Of this amount 14,473 tons were sent to Commonwealth and New Zealand ports,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mining in the [?]Ate. Bathurst
The Mount Conqueror mine, owned by Dr. Machattie, at Peel, has been taken over by a strong company, with a capital of £20,000 in £1 shares. The manager, Mr. Cadogan, and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Coal Carter's Experience. the Wear and Tear of Clothes
"The coalyard is the worst place in the world for boots. It rots the soles. I reckon that a man in a coalyard wants tour or five pairs of boots in a year. I had a fair, for which…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Terrible Mining Disaster. Big Loss of Life
"A fearful explosion occurred recently at Hamm, in Germany, which caused the deaths of about 200 miners. The Marianna coal mine was the scene of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mining Acts and Regulations. New Edition Issued
The Minister for Mines has issued an edition of the Mines Acts, Regulations, Rules, and Forms, in handy 8vo. size, with a comprehensive index. The amendments made in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →B.H. BLOCK 14 Mine. New Carbonate Lode. Broken Hill
The B.H. Block 14 development work in the carbonate zone has had good results. At the 50ft level a crosscut going cast proved 19ft wide off good carbonates, assaying 36 per…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Exodus From Broken Hill. Miners Leaving the City. Broken Hill
The exodus from Broken Hill continues, Every night the Adelaide train bears' a full complement of passengers, as do the coaches running to the Darling River, while large…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Southern Coal Trade. Needs of a New Jetty at Kembla
WOLLONGONG, Friday. -- All the local collieries have worked constantly for the fortnight. The "pay" was to-day. Just after the pile breakdown in the North…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A Flooded Mine. One Hundred and Sixty lives Lost. LONDON, Friday, 3.5 p.m
A mine disaster involving great loos of life is reported from Johannesburg. Through the bursting of Knight's Dam the Witwatersrand mine was flooded, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining Notes. News from all Parts What Is Doing in the Mines
The main shaft of the Macgregor Copper Mine is [?] down 262 feet. The Tewksbury Amalgamated Company last year paid £16,625 in dividends…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Medal Milk
Gold Medal Milk having for so long been the popular brand of Condensed Milk in New South Wales, It is interesting to know that it is manufactured from full…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Gold of Ophir
In Mr. Lucy's "Sixty Years in the Wilderness," in the December "Cornhill," the author tells of his first contact with Cecil Rhodes in 1894, the year before the Jameson…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fossil Eggs Found in a Mine
Fossil eggs, some of them large as a man's head, which were recently found in, the 2000-feet tunnel at Copperaeid, Nevada, have been pronounced genuine by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining and Finance. Answers to Correspondents
O.K. (Bathurst) : During the month of October last, the sales of O.K. shares ranged from 5/4 to 4/6 to 6/. X.Y.Z. : (1) The Cadia mines are in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ten Whites and 150 Natives Drowned. Mine Flooded. London, Friday Afternoon
Reuter's Johannesburg correspondent states that Knight's dam burst and flooded the Witwatersrand Mine. Ten whites and 150 native were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Killed on the Railway. Man Run Down. While Gathering Coal
For years past a middle-aged laborer named Frederick Clarke, who is supposed to have lived with his mother in King-street, Newtown, has been in the habit oi gathering the stray pieces of coal that fell from…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Southern Collieries. Brisk Trade
CLIFTON, Saturday.--For the fortnightly pay drawn yesterday, the North Bulli colliery had full time; the South Clifton worked ten shifts, including several broken ones, which reduced…
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