The Whitehaven Disaster. Were Miners Entombed Alive?
Mr. Keir Hardie M.P. adheres to his statement that in all probability, when, it was decided to wall up, the Whitehaven mine, there were miners still alive…
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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines
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Mr. Keir Hardie M.P. adheres to his statement that in all probability, when, it was decided to wall up, the Whitehaven mine, there were miners still alive…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A violent shock has been felt at Gelsenkirchen, in Prussia, apparently following on an explosion in the shaft of the Consolidation Mine. There were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The gold lease of P. J. Cahill, 1 acre, Moonee, and the mineral lease of the Grafton Copper Mining Co., 20a., Kaloo, have been approved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The seam of coal recently discovered at Muswellbrook has been extensively worked. It is considered one of the most important coal discoveries in this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Victorian "nationalised" coal mine at Powlett is affording an instructive object lesson on the inefficacy of "State" supervision in securing either contentment or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The quinquennial actuarial investigation of the Miners' Accident Relief Fund is now in progress. The last was held in 1095, and after the report was presented the scale of payments was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the House of Commons, Mr. Enoch Edwards initiated the debate on accidents in coal mines. Mr. Winson Churchill paid a tribute to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →BRISBANE, Friday.—A telegram from Cairns reports that an exceptionally rich body of tin ore has been struck on the Irvinebank Mining Company's property…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The following mineral leases in county Brake, parish Pucka, have bean cancelled for non-payment of rent due thereon:--C. Smith and others, 80…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The North Coast railway, now under construction, will pass through Gloucester (some ten miles from Copeland), and will bring the mines within easy reach of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The miners at Pelaw Main Colliery, who went on strike owing to some trouble arising concerning the existing cavil, resumed work this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The nine-hours day system is being worked at the Mt. Kembla Colliery and appears to prove satisfactory. The output of coal has in no way suffered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →By an explosion in a mine at Halifax, followed by an outbreak of fire, 35 men were entombed. Rescue parties endeavoured to reach…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →During the hearing of a Broken Hill hotelkeeper's insolvency matter at Adelaide, the bankrupt attributed her position to the fact that her house…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The miners at Poparoo Mine (N.Z.), a new property near Greymouth, about 50 in number, have gone on strike…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Pelaw Main Colliery, in the Maitland district, was idle to-day owing to a strike of the miners. Over 800 men…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A few weeks ago Mr. Blackmore, a wellknown mining expert, visited the Grafton Copper Company's mine at Cangai for the purpose of reporting on the property. In…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A remarkably useful session of the Australasian institute of Mining Engineers closed in Central Queensland on Saturday, where, making Mount Morgan their pivot,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Some time ago tine directors of the Grattan Copper Mining Co., Ltd., secured the services of Mr. G. H. Blackmore, a leading mining expert, to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. W. J. Mulligan, manager of the Grafton Copper Mining Co., Ltd., has submitted the following report to the Secretary:--"I have the honor to report…
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