Sheep Find a Gold Mine
Captain William Guest, one time officer of the British army, discovered a gold quartz mine at Tacoma (Washington, U.S.A.) because he followed mountain sheep whose shadow was…
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As Good As a Gold-mine
Professor White estimates that no fewer than 400,000,000 gas mantles are used every year, and as these gas-mantles cannot be manufactured without a substance named thorium…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ship Destroyed by Mine. Constantinople, Friday Night
The sailing ship Theodorus, carrying the Ottoman flag and with a cargo from Dikeli to Velona, was accidentally blown up through striking a floating mine at the entrance to Smyrna Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining and Finance. to Correspondents
INVESTOR: It is hard to give accurate advice without seeing the contract you signed; but if the sharebroker actually."guaranteed you a 10/ rise before Christmas," as you say he did, he might be restrained by…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Coal Dispute. Aggregate Meeting To-morrow—attitude of the Federation. Newcastle, Saturday Night
The threatened coal trouble in Maitland has produced a ticklish situation. The miners are acting against the advice of the executive of the Employees' Federation. Much will depend…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Notes From Nobbys. Coal Crisis—Maitland Mass Meeting—Ten Pits to Stop on Monday—Position Explained. Croakers at the Regatta—booze at Christmas—the Guthrie Incident. "Baron" Brown's Yearly Halt-Million and the Miners Daily Few Bob. NEWCASTLE
Ten of the largest of the dozen or so big mines on the South Maitland coalfield—cotheries employing, between them, roughly, four thousand hands—will stop dead on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Southern Coal Trade. Miners Dissatisfied
WOLLONGONG, Saturday.--A large number of employees of the Corrimal and Bulli Mines have failed to respond to the call of work after the resumption following the holidays…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Maitland Collieries. Newcastle
Mr. Hibble, chairman of the joint committee, says he cannot say whether he will meet a deputation of Maitland miners or not until he learns what they…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Miners Defiant. West Maitland Trouble. Proprietors' Point of View. Newcastle
The mining situation has become very serious, owing to the action of the Maitland men in holding an aggregate meeting to-day. Colliery proprietors are reticent concerning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Struck a Floating Mine
CONSTANTINOPLE, Friday Evening.--The Turkish sailing ship Theodorus, which was carrying a cargo from Dikeli to Velona, was accidentally blown up by contact with a floating…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mining. Notes
The Stock Exchanges of Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide reopen this morning, after an adjournment over the Christmas and New Year holidays…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Shower of Gold. London
While being used in conveying gold to pay wages, a motor car at Purflcet stuck on a railway crossing, with the result that a train smashed into it…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Colliery Cloud. Northern Unrest. Aggregate Meetings Called. the Second Shift
NEWCASTLE, Saturday.--There is no alteration in the situation on the Maitland coalfields. Speaking to "The Daily Telegraph" representative to-day, Mr. D. Watson, president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →No Strike. Northern Miners Resume Work. Newcastle
The miners at their mass meeting to-day, after discussion, decided to resume work to-morrow; and received to deland that a conference be held with the proprietors [?]mmed:-…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Spoiling for a Fight." the Maitland Miners. Newcastle
The majority of the big mines of the Maitland field stopped today, while the miners held their aggregate meeting at weston. The mesting was large and exceptional intere[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Miners' Leaders. Ignored by the Men. "Greatest Anxiety."
WEST MAITLAND. Sunday.--Interviewed in respect to the position on the Maitland coalfield, Mr. W. Brennan, general secretary of the Colliery Employees' Federation, stated that the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dismasted Vessel. Sighted in Tasman Sea. Supposed Coal Laden From Newcastle
The barque Thorn, which arrived in the harbor an Saturday night from Haveloch (N.Z.) passed a dismasted vessel during the passage. It was impossible to ascertain her name, as…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gold Bricks. Dodging a Combine. Melbourne Building Story. Melbourne
There is a new building in William-street, Melbourne. That in itself, is a matter to which no good Melburnian will neglect to draw your…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Queen's Pearls. Gold Robbery Recalls Loss of £10,000 Rope. Romantic Quest
No arrest has yet been made in connection with the mysterious robbery of £10,000 while in transit between the Bank of England and Alexandria (says the London "Daily Chronicle" of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Sand-lime Bricks. State Works at Botany. Where "Sand Is Gold." the Schmatolla Process
A brick-built tower, or chimney, with men still working upon its unfinished top. Large galvanised sheds beside it full of machinery. Behind it a huge hill of fine white sand, and…
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