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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1908

317 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 16

Terrible Mine Explosion

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 9

A terrible accident occurred in the incline shaft of the Lond Tunnel mine, Walhalla (Vic.), on Tuesday. The day shift bored a round of 24 holes, and when they were fired there were some…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 10

At the Warden's Court on Thursday application was made by M'Phillips, Campbell, and Ferguson to have a mining tenement at Solferino declared abandoned. Corrie…

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Cu Co. Mines

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 10

The monthly meeting of the Cu Co. Syndicate was held at Messrs. Francis and Sons promises on Monday night. Mr. E. S. Francis in the chair. The attendance was…

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MINING. Grafton Copper Mining Co

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 4

The Manager of Cangai mine reports as follows for the week ending 13th inst:- Nos. 1 and 2 furnances smelted 112 tons of ore, producing 28 tons to matte,…

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A Colliery Disaster. London, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 22 June 1908 · page 3

An explosion in the Khost Colleries, in the Libid district of British Baluchistan, has entombed twenty miners…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 2

The gold lease of L. A. Tom, [?] acre, Moonee, has been cancelled. The mineral lease of C. S. Bundock, 20 acres, Pucka, has been declared vold…

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MINING. Warden's Court, Copmanhurst

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 4

Before the Warden, Mr. Fletcher, on Wednesday. Campbell and others v. Hanley and others, application to have a quartz claim…

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Miners' Eight Hours Bill. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 25 June 1908 · page 5

Mr. Herbert Gladstone moved, the Coal-miners Eight Hours Bill second reading. He offered to postpone for five years instead of eighteen months…

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Deadly Rand Mines

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.—Mr. Alfred Lyttelton inquired in the House of Commons if the Government proposed to take action owing to the high percentage of deaths amongst…

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MINING. Grafton Copper Mining Co

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 4

The manager of Cangai reports as follows for the week ending 20th June. Nos. 1 and 2 [?]urnates smelted 115 tons of ore. producing 35 tons 7cwt, of matte…

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Money and Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 6

Joseph Palmer and Sons, in their monthly share list, report:—Money in Great Britain and America has become more plentiful and cheaper than it had been for a very…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 30 June 1908 · page 4

The gold mining lease application of J. Houlahan and another, 5a., U[?] has been approved. The following applications for leases for…

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Miners' Eight Hours B?ll. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 July 1908 · page 5

The Council of Northunberland Miners Association, by 55 votes to 23, has condemned the Miners' Eight Hours' Bill…

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Coal Trade Troubles

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 July 1908 · page 10

NEWCASLTE. Tuesday.—Information leaked out to-day that a most haportant development has arisen in conneetion with the coal mining difficulty…

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MINING. Grafton Copper Mining Co

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 July 1908 · page 4

The manager of the Cangai Copper mine reports as follows for the week ended June 27th:— Nos. 1 and 2 furnaces smelted 106 tons…

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Mining. (Prom our Sydney Represontative.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 7 July 1908 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—In London on Friday copper at three months was worth £57/2/6, and clectrolytic £58/7/6…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 July 1908 · page 10

The nucleus of a geological collection is being made in connection with the Grafton Mechanies' Institute, and some contributions have been received. At the…

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Clarence-Richmond Coal Seams

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 July 1908 · page 10

Giving evidence before the P.W.C. on the question of constructing a railway from Kyogle to Coraki via Casino, Mr. Pittman, U.S., Department of Mines, was…

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North Coast Coal Seams

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 July 1908 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—Further evidence was given by Mr. Pittman. Under-secretary for Mines, before the Public, Works Committee relative to the Kyogle-Coraki railway…

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Mann River Gold Fields

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 July 1908 · page 10

Messrs. C. S. M'Intyre, President of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce, and Mr. W. Cann, an ex-Mayor of that city, paid a brief visit to Grafton this week on their…

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