An Old Mining Celebrity. Mr. Wm. Williams, of Adelong. Dies at the Age of 102
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 October 1902 · page 3
MR. WILLIAM WILLIAMS, of Adelong Crossing, died last week at his residence, at the ripe old age of 102. He arrived in Sydney in 1826, and came to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ghosts in Coal Mines
The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 7 October 1902 · page 4
MUCH excitement is being caused at Glyncorrwg, in South Wales, by the statement that the Cwmeas Coal Mine is haunted. Some weeks ago it was whispered that curious…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Machine for Saving Gold
Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 7 October 1902 · page 2
Mr. Brunot (the United States Consul at St. Etienne, France) has reported the invention and successful operation of a novel machine for recovering gold and other precious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The American Coal Strike
Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 October 1902 · page 2
The "Herald's" New York correspondent, writing under date August 20, has the following:—Two days hence the strike of the 157,000 hard-coal miners entered upon its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The V.C. and Mining Heroes
Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 October 1902 · page 4
The Governor went down to Woollongong the other day and said some nice things of the miners there. He also said that some of the deeds done at the Mount Kembla mine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Strike in France. London
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 13 October 1902 · page 1
Twenty revolvers and 1000 cartridges have been distributed amongst a section of non-unionist miners at Anzin, in France, for use in protecting their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →American Coal Strike
The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 14 October 1902 · page 4
THE strike of coalminers in America, which commenced some months and was recently reported to have been settled, has broken out afresh. The following under date August 9, refers to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Coal Famine. London
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 October 1902 · page 1
SUPPLIES of anthracite are almost exhausted in twenty large cities in America. Many householders are burning bricks soaked with oil…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →America's Coal Famine. Exciting Struggle Between Capital and Labor
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 October 1902 · page 2
NEVER in the history of the world has a struggle between capital and labor become so far-reaching and so deadly earnest as that which now exists…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Great American Coal Strike
Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 21 October 1902 · page 2
Thc strike in the anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania is one of the most extensive labour disturbances that has taken place in the United States. The leader is a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cinnabar Mines
Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 25 October 1902 · page 5
Negotiations have been made with Dr. John Elliott, of[?]Balmain, and Mr. Alex. Milne (of Mi[?]ne Brothers, engineers), to erect furnaces and other necessary plant to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Taxing Johannesburg Mines
The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 28 October 1902 · page 2
A CABLE last week stated that the mine-owners of Johannesburg desired exemption from taxation for five years. The S. M. HERALD says:—The desire of the Johannesburg Chamber of Mines to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South African Coal
Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 1 November 1902 · page 3
The coalfields of South Africa are the subject of a good deal of inquiry just now. The lately discovered coalfield of Rhodesia is situated some 180 miles north-west of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Queensland Miners Accident Fund
Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 4 November 1902 · page 4
The Queensland Parliament has carried a Miners' Accident Relief Bill, based on the lines that are in force in N. S. Wales. At the same time, while the miner in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Value of a Copper Mine
Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 4 November 1902 · page 8
An excellent illustration of the profits of the mining industry was afforded by the examination of Scantor W. A. Clark in the suit of George A. Treadwell against the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mining on the Clarence
Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 November 1902 · page 5
A correspondent writes that the decision of the Directors of the Cinnabar Mines at Yulgilbar, to thoroughly test what is believed to be valuable mineral lands, is having a good effect on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South African Gold Yields
The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 14 November 1902 · page 6
THE prospective development of the South African gold mines is naturally causing discussion in the great financial centers of the world. The STATIST expresses the opinion that in 1903 the output…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney Harbor Collieries
The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 21 November 1902 · page 4
WORK has been suspended at the Sydney Harbor Collieries, Balmain, pending the raising additional capital, £145,000 has been spent, and it is estimated that £85,000 more will be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coronation Mine. A Claim for Wages
The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 21 November 1902 · page 5
AT Grafton, on Tuesday, before the District Warden, Richard Squid Keats sued J. V. Cooper, E. Henson, S. Thompson, and R. J. D. S. Keats for £36 8s 10d, alleged to be due as wages…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Clarence Quicksilver Mines
Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 November 1902 · page 4
As a result of the efforts of the directors of the Great Australian Quicksilver Mining Company to procure a suitable plant and expert treatment of the cinnabar ore won…
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