The Lithgow Collieries. Not Working Fullest Capacity. Sydney
The Lithgow collieries are not yet working their fullest capuoity.. A second shift will be put on soon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1910
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Twenty Thousand Idle Miners. London
Upwards of 20,000 miners are now idle in Northumberland and, Durban. Their idleness is the outcome of their dissatisfaction with the shift system…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Westralian Gold Return. Perth
The gold return for the past year was 1,595,263oz., against 1,647,505oz. in 1908, a decrease of 53,242oz…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Mining. the Junction
Good progress is being made with all surface alterations at the Junction mine. Browne shaft was put in repair during the holidays, and M'Intyre's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Union Collieries. No More Work to Be Done. During the Strike. Newcastle
It is definitely announced that no more work will be done at the Ebbw Main and Young Wallsend (unionworked collieries) during tho strike…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In South Australia. Purchasing English Coal. Adelaide
The quantity of coal purchased by the South Australian Railways Commissioner from England amounts to 11,000 tons. This supply will carry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barrier Miner. Wednesday, January 5, 1910. the Unknown Minister for Mines
IT is strang, but true, that the Barrier, which is in every way the most important mining field in New South Wales, is the one field in the State…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Southern Miners. Support for the Old Congress. a Wages Board Favored
It is (says a telegram to the "Advertiser") generally believed that Mr. Hughes will be able to clear away the discontent caused by Mr. Bowling's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Labor on the Barrier. Progress of the Mining Industry
The progress of the mining industry of the Barrier means the progress of Broken Hill. When the mines are producing heavily, and construction work…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Strike. Effect in Victoria. Works Closing Down. Large Amount of Men Idle. Melbourne
There is a general dulness of trade in Melbourne owing to the coal strike. Mepham Ferguson's big engineering works are employing 100 men now…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late Mining. the Tanami Goldfield. the Warden's Telegram. an Optimistic Outlook. Adelaide
The Minister for the Northern Territory (Mr. Butler) has received the following telegram from the Warden (Mr. Gee), who has just arrived at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Contracts for Melbourne. Supplies at Lower Rates. Melbourne
Some of the agents for the Newcastle mines are making contracts to supply coal to Melbourne manufacturers at a lower rate than last year…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the Southern District. Miners Favorable to Returning to Work. Sydney
It is stated on good authority that if a ballot is taken the Southern miners will, by a large majority, decide in favor of returning, to work…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Mining Fatality. Braceman Killed at Gympie. Searching for the Body. Brisbane
At the Scottish Gympie mine yesterday Ralph Hay, a braceman, was riding from the base to the surface with the intention of altering the slack…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Strike. Additional Prosecutions. Cowling, Hutton, and Butler Under the New Act. Summonses Served. Sydney
Peter Bowling, D. Hutton, and James Butter, on stepping from the tram at Sydney to-day were served with summonses to appear at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Closing Down of Block 10. Owing to the Shortage of Coal. Productive Operations to Cease on Saturday Night
In consequence of the coal shortage the directors of Block 10 have decided to temporarily close down the mine on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tanami Goldfield. Perth
Mr. Alfred Meroer, who visited Tanami on behalf of the Tanami Exploration Company, Perth, has reported unfavorably on the field…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Illawarra Miners. Ballot on Wages Board Question. Favored by Majority. Railway Department and Union Coal. Sydney
Yesterday the president of the Illawarra branch of the Southern Colliery Employees' Association said that there was a majority in the lodges in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Coal Trimmers. Newcastle
The Newcastle coal trimmers are net following the orders of No, 2 Congress. They were at work on three vessels nt "Newcastle yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Disease. Westralian Commission of Inquiry. Perth
The Government has decided to uppoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the prevadence and cure of miners' phthisis. Yesterday the Premier (Mr…
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