Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Mining & the mines, all years

Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1927

325 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 16 of 17

March to London Ten Thousand Miners "Baldwin Must Go." London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 November 1927 · page 5

The miners' march to London ended in a downpour at Trafalgar Square whiter they tramped after lunch in Hyde Park with lighted safety lamps and dripping…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Died at Meeting Secretary of Lithgow Miners. Lithgow

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 November 1927 · page 5

Fred Gregory secretary, of the western miners, while attending a meeting of the committee of the Co-operative Society at Lithgow last night, collapsed and died…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Like Civil War Colorado Coal Strike Five Dead; Forty Injured. Denver

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 November 1927 · page 5

As a result of skirmishes in the coal strike area the dead now total five, with 40 injured. National Guardsmen on duty at the…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

House of Commons British Coal Industry Questions for Baldwin Doctors and Patients. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 November 1927 · page 5

In the House of Commons, Mr. Baldwin said the Government was paying attention to all aspects of the mining problem. It was impossible in the course of…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Search for Gold

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 November 1927 · page 4

The Huon Gulf Gold Syndicate, in which a number of Glen Innes residents are interested, is sending another prospecting party to New Guinea. When…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Motor Fuel Coal Refining Process German Professor's Proposal. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 November 1927 · page 5

Dr. Brueckmann, director of the Mineral Oil and Coal Utilisation Co., in a lecture, said the expenditure of between £20,000,000 and £25,000,000 would enable…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

New Guinea Gold Not Coming to Australia Miners Object to Taxation. Rabaul

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 November 1927 · page 5

A resolution has been passed at a meeting of miners advising all miners in New Guinea not to ship their gold to Australia…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Marching Miners Last Day in London. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 November 1927 · page 5

Excluding 100, who returned to their homes on Saturday conveying the red draped coffin of their mate, Howe, who was killed in a street accident, the…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Gold Mining. Battery at Upper Bucca

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 November 1927 · page 4

Our Central and Upper Bucca correspondent writes:-- The Kiora Gold Mining Company's battery at Upper Bucca has been erected…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Gold Tinge to Keep Newcastle Engagement? Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 December 1927 · page 7

Gold Tinge has been scratched for the Kirkham Stakes at Warwick Farm to-morrow. Gold Tinge is engaged in the Nursery event to be run at the…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Gold Reported Find Near Drake

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 December 1927 · page 10

What might be regarded as one of the most important finds in mining circles in these districts (says a message from Drake), was discovered by Messrs. Keats,…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Gold Tinge to Start in Kirkham Stakes

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 December 1927 · page 6

The report that Gold Tinge had been scratched for the Kirkham Stakes, at Warwick Farm, was incorrect. Gold Tinge has been relieved of her engagements in…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Work the Mines Coal Owners to I.W.W. to Prove Theories Are Wrong. Denver

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 December 1927 · page 5

Union Coal and Coke Company has offered to surrender mine holdings at Pryor worth £35,000 to the I.W.W. for the sum of one dollar, for the purpose of…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Unlimited Gold Resources of Edie Creek. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 December 1927 · page 4

Enthusiastic statements concerning the future of Edie Creek goldfield were made by members of a party of 30 miners who returned from Rabaul last night…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Gold Shipment New York to London. New York

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 December 1927 · page 5

The shipment of American gold to England began with the announcement of the International Acceptance Bank that it was sending £200,000 worth of…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Buried Under Coal Two Men Have Narrow Escape. Lithgow

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 December 1927 · page 4

When endeavoring to loosen a jam which occurred in a coal screen 30 feet above a hopper at Lithgow, two men were caught in the coal which suddenly gave…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Gold and Silver Reported Rich Find. Condobolin

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 December 1927 · page 5

Three prospectors reported the discovery of a rich gold and silver deposit three miles from Condobolin. A private assay is said to have shown three ounces of gold…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Gold Relics Babylonian Prince's Tomb Links with Pre-christian Era. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 December 1927 · page 5

Many, gold relies were among the discoveries at Ur of the Chaldees, the native place of Abraham and residence of the earliest Babylonian Kings, according to…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Coal Trade Slack 400 Men to Be Dismissed. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 December 1927 · page 5

Approximately 400 men employed at Stanford Merthyr Colliery, in the northern district, received notice of dismissal yesterday, owing to slackness of trade…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Mining Industry Drop in Coal Production. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 December 1927 · page 4

The Under-Secretary for Mines, Mr. Mance, to-day issued a statement setting out statistics relating to the mining industry during 1927…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →