Mine on Fire. Benzine Tank Explodes. London
Reuter's Mayence correspondent says numerous fire brigades are fighting a fire in Mont Cenis mine at Solingen. The outbreak followed the explosion of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1924
333 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 15 of 17
A Gold "Find." in Suburban Street. Melbourne
Nuggets of gold, descriptions of which vary from a few pennyweights up to 25 ounces, are said to have been dug out by workmen excavating at a building in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hurdler Doped. Veterinary Ex Mines Parvenu. Police Investigating. Sydney
A Sydney morning paper publishes a sensational statement to the effect that Parvenu, who ran third in the hurdle race at Randwick on Saturday, was doped…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Story of Heroism Entombed Miners Rescued. Operation with a Chisel. London
The "Daily Herald" gives a thrilling story of heroism and the rescue of two miners named McNally and Place, who were buried by a fall of stone in Murton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New State Commission. Electrical Generation, WATER V. Coal Country Dwellers Lack "Civic Pride." Sydney
The New States Royal Commission resumed its sittings in Sydney to-day, Mr. O. W. Brain, chief electrical engineer for railways and tramways, dealt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Trimmers' Strike. Miners Thrown Idle. Sydney
As the result of the Newcastle coal trimmers' strike 1700 coal miners have been thrown out of employment owing to the lack of waggons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fitzroy "Gold Find." Underground Rights of Property. Melbourne
Hundreds of Fitzroy residents received notices to-day that a mining lease Had been applied for which would include the underground rights of their property. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Portugal's Coal Supply. Germany Making Bid. Paris
The Cologne "Mining Journal" says the Stinnes mining group is offering the Portuguese Government large quantities of coal much below the British price…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Dredge Wrecked. Long Wait for Flood. Wellington (N.s.w.)
Some years ago a Sydney syndicate composed chiefly of French woolbuyers placed a dredge on the Macquarie River with the object of dredging the rich…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland's Gold Yield. Brisbane
According to the figures compiled by the Mines Department the total value of minerals won in Queensland to the end of 1923 was £139,662,448. Of this gold…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Became Giddy While Exploring Mine. Cabinet Minister's Experience. Brisbane
The Queensland Minister for Mines, Mr. Jones, had an exciting but risky experience while exploring the silver lead mines at Mount Isa last week…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Starting a Gold Rush
How would you like to own a property beneath which tunnelling was being carried out in the search for gold. Hundreds of residents of Fitzroy,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowned in Mine. Wallsend Manager's Fate. Sydney
Further particulars of the drowning of Edward Cox at a small mine near Wallsend show that the deceased, who was manager pf the mine, after being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Robbery Sensation in Africa £10,000 in Bullion Stolen Lead Substituted for Gold. Cape Town
Reuter's Salisbury correspondent says on October 27 a Rhodesian raw gold consignment, consisting of 23 boxes, left Salisbury for Cape Town to catch a mail…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Mine Closes Result of Shipping Strikes
An intimation was received from Costerfield late on Monday night that, owing to the shipping strike and the increased cost of production, as well as the poor…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Entombed Miners Rescued. London
The five miners who were entombed at Dunvant colliery were rescued last night. After all hope had been abandoned one was found lead. and feverish efforts were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Miners Killed. London
A fall in the roof at the Duffryn (Rhondda Valley) Colliery, Port Talbot, killed three firemen, all married with large families. Three others were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Entombed Miners Fire Men Rescued. Mine Manager's Heroism. Scenes at Pithead. London
Although almost exhausted and hysterical after the ordeal the live survivors rescued from the Duvant colliery, as soon as they reached a place of safety,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Dust. Leads to Murder Charge. Slender Clue in Sensational Case. Paris
Clues that might have been taken from the pages of a sensational detective novel led to the arrest of Lezare Teissier on a charge of murdering Louis Pourlay,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fine Crushing. From Bribbaree Mine. Sydney
A battery return of 350 on[?] of gold from 180 tons of quarts crashed from Bribbaree gold mins was onnounced yesterday. The mine is…
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