Hundred Miners Killed. Vancouver
At Butte, Montana, 100 miners were killed in an explosion at the Speculator copper mine…
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Mining & the mines, 1917
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Western Offensive Battle of Messines. Gibbs' Thrilling Story. Appalling Mine Explosions. "Zones of Death." London
In a message from British headquarters Mr. Philip Gibbs (the "Daily Chronicle" correspondent) states: -- The Battle of Messines, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Perfect Air Work. Miners' Splendid Tunnelling. London
The value of our airmen's contribution to the victory is beyond computation. Air fighting was only incidental work. The airmen's first essential is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Buried Miners. How They Passed the Time. London
Mr. Robinson says the Australian tunnellers employed near Hill 60 were buried One miner was buried for 17 hours and another for 40 hours. Each spent the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →HILL 60. What Australian Miners Did. the Flag Planted. London
Correspondents credit the Australian miners with the elaborate and scientific tunnelling, resulting in the destruction of Hill 60. Mr. Phillips says chaos…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australians at Hill 60. Mine and Counter Mine. London
Mr. Percival Phillips ("Daily Express"), telegraphing from the Ypres front, says: -- "The Australians regarded Hill 60…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More About the Mines. an Interesting Story. London
Mr. Philip Gibbs ("Daily Chronicle"), in a further despatch, says: -- The ground gained at Messines remains firmly in our hands, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE I.W.W. Promote Copper Mine Strike. Will Not Help England Win the War. Vancouver
The great copper mines of Butte, Montana, have closed down, as a result of a strike engineered by the I.W.W., who will not produce copper to help England…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Snap
Wednesday night was unusually cold for these semi-tropical latitudes, as also was Tharsday, when the thermometer just managed to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Dangerous Find. Mine Explodes on Shore. London
A Galway fisherman brought a floating mine ashore, where it exploded killing ten persons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Norwegian Sunk. Coal Cargo Lost. Copenhagen, Tuesday Night
The Norwegian steamer Cissy, coal- laden from Chile, has been mined and sunk…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mines and Submarines. the Terrors of the Sea. London
A Paris correspondent says a minesweeper struck a mine in the Bay of Biscay and sank. A boiler explosion killed seven…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal and Oil. Government May Commandeer Washington
Secretary Daniels told the Senate Lands Committee that within a short time the Government must commandeer the oil and coal supplies, unless they can…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →America Will Demand Justice. Italy Needs Coal. New York, Saturday Night
In welcoming the Italian Mission, Dr. Butler, president of the Columbia University, said America would insist on such annexations as the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Zealand. the Coal Trouble Settled. Auckland
The trouble with the coalminers in New Zealand is over, at any rate for the duration of the war. Local agreements have been completed whereby the miners…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →French Coal Mines Something to Win Back. the Advance to Lens
I saw yesterday (Archibald Marshall writes to the "Daily News" late in April) one of the leading business men of the coal and mineral basin of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mongolia Strikes Mine. Sunk in the Indian Ocean. Passengers Saved. London
The P. and O. Mail steamer, Mongolia, on voyage from London to Sydney, was sunk in the Indian Ocean. The passengers were landed at Bombay…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Prices. Operators Charged with Conspiracy. New York, Thursday Night
Coal operators are being charged with a conspiracy to fix prices. A letter was produced in an effort to prove a "gentlemen's agreement" to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Where the Gold Goes. a German Explanation. London
Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent, Friday: The German Reichsbank, in a statement, explains that the great decrease in its gold is connected with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Gold. Someone Preparing for Wet Days. Amsterdam
"Handelsblad" states that twelve million florins in gold were received by a Dutch bank. The money is believed to be from Germany…
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