Wongawilli Colliery Closing Wollongong
Wongawilli colliery, which supplies coke to Australian Iron and Steel Co. at Port Kembla, is closing down owing to the coke workers refusing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1931
801 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 8 of 41
Main Range Colliery Resumption to Be Made
After a period of nearly three months idleness, Main Range Colliery, Irondale, will resume operations on Thursday, when the miners and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →City Council Coal Invincible Is Lowest Other Tenders Irregular
Tenders for the supply of coal to the City Council for the period of six months or twelve months (alternatively) were opened on Mon[?]ay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Currency Mr. Martins Vigorous Attack Revolution or Alteration SYDNEY
"The alternative to the alteration in the social system in Australia is revolution," said Mr. C. Martin, (Labor) in the Legislative Assembly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →2,000 Searching Government's Gold Scheme
It was stated yesterday that 2000 prospectors for gold have been working, under the scheme of the Mines Department whereby they are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining at Ophir
Some of the Joys of prospecting were experienced on Monday afternoon by most of the men here. Their camps. Which were suitable for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Cut? Miners to Appear Before Arbitration Court
A summons has been served upon the Miners' Federation to appear before the Federal Arbitration Court on Monday to show cause why the award…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stop Press Serious Motor Accident State Mine Employee's Injuries
Robert Somerset, an employee at the State mine, was admitted to the hospital in a very critical condition shortly after 3 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newnes--no Developments But Mining May Commence 90 Men Now Engaged Tools Still Lacking
There were no fresh developments to-day in regard to the position on the Newnes shale leases, where about 90 men are now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Disaster One Killed—five Injured Explosion in Victorian State Mine Melbourne
Alfred Elkin (63) a mine deputy was killed and five other deputies injured, one of them critically, when a gas explosion occurred 900 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Mining an Important Industry
Gold mining is an industry that is of great importance to Australia, more especially at the present time. It is possible that this…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Another German Mine Disaster Berlin
Another disastrous firedamp explosion at the Aachen coalfields today killed 31 miners. Pit props were smashed to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold at Porter’s Retreat
A [?] etreat correspondent writes:— There are a large [?] of [?] in different parts of this locality seeking various minerals one…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jenolan Gold Katoomba Is Interested
A Katoomba correspondent reports that a party of Katoomba citizens travelled by car 145 miles through heavy country to inspect the Chatham…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Disaster. 31 Killed by Explosion. COLOGNE, [?]
Thirty-one were killed in a fire-[?] explosion in a pit at Mathbery, near Exc[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →31 Killed in Mine Disaster Cologne
Thirty-one were killed by a fire damp explosion in the reserve pit at Nothberg, near Eschweiler. Fourteen were injured, five seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Accidents and All at State Mine
The ambulance handled three accident cases at the State Mine this morning. Robert Strang, wheeler, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Position at Newnes Conference with Miners Mr. Broue's Optimism
Information from Newnes this morning disclosed that no additional men were engaged there to- day and the position was unchanged from last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unemployed Go Mining. Council Lends Assistance
The desire to work is deeply ingrained In the majority of the Orange unemployed, and any prospects of earning a few shillings are eagerly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Turn of the Tide an Epoch-making Discovery Hargraves Uncovers First Payable Gold Fifty Millions in First Three Years Niggard Treatment of Country's Saviour
Eighty years ago this month (February 12, 1851) E. H. Hargraves discovered payable gold in Australia. Within three years £50,000,000 worth of gold was obtained. "I dug of panful of earth which I washed in the…
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