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  2. Glimpses of New Guinea.

    To the mail who knows the country, a glimpse is generally enough, but the casual stranger, running down the southr-east coast in the monthly steamer, who has not yet got the fever in his ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 931 words
  3. Advertising

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    Advertising : 45 words
  4. Ventilating Shafts.

    A writer in a European periodical recently summed up his views as to the best relative position of upcast and downcast ventilating shafts, in the following terms: ...

    Article : 298 words
  5. Australasian Mining Patents.

    The following complete specifications have lately been accepted in the various colonies undermentioned and letters patent will, therefore, issue to the applicants in due course. This ...

    Article : 234 words
  6. England's Future Coal Supply.

    Mr. J. A. Longden, president of the British Board of Mining Engineers, took a desponding view of the future of British coal-getting in his opening address at the general meeting of the ...

    Article : 378 words
  7. Antidote to Cyanide Poisoning.

    The "Chemist and Druggist" recently published the following paragraph concerning cyanide poisoning: "Dr. J. Loevy, of Johannesburg, writes to the 'Journal of the Chemical and Metallurgical ...

    Article : 250 words
  8. Queensland Gold Returns.

    The official return of the gold yield of Queensland for the month of July shows that 77,630oz were produced, details of the production being given as under:- ...

    Article : 147 words
  9. A Blacksmith's Trip Hammer.

    The following description of a trip hammer suitable for a blacksmith's shop is supplied by a contributor to the "Blacksmith and Wheelwright." He says: I. send a sketch of a trip hammer, and inclose a description of how to build ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 269 words
  10. Electric Lamps in Firedamp Mines.

    Experiments conducted of late tend to confirm the opinion that firedamp is not ignited hy hot wires, but only sparks, and that we may employ electrical, apparatus of various descriptions in ...

    Article : 518 words
  11. Sale of a Gold Mine.

    The Hidden Treasure Gold Mine, Copeland, on the Barrington gold field; in the Hunter and Macleay district; comprising,two gold leases of an area of 18a 2r 20p, and the plant, consisting of one ...

    Article : 114 words
  12. Nuggets.

    An assay of black sand found in the Kotallinqua River; Alaska, made by Dr. Willis E. Everett, of the Smithsonian Institution, is said to show that, one ton contains 776 dollars' worth of platinum, ...

    Article : 158 words
  13. A Ship-Steering Gauge.

    An apparatus by means af which a record is automatically taken of the extent to which the steering wheel of a ship is moved and the helm put over has (says "Nature") been devised by ...

    Article : 264 words
  14. Sydney Mint Charges.

    The Minister for Mines informed Mr. Richards, in the N.S.W. Assembly that while in Victoria the minimum Mint charge to a miner on a small parcel is 4s, in N.S.W.it is 6s. In other respects ...

    Article : 169 words
  15. Drift Mining in California.

    The restrictions, placed upon hydraulic mining in California resulted in the creation of a system of recovering gold from the old river channels which is known as drift mining. By this method ...

    Article : 106 words
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