Explosion in a Colliery. Eighty Miners Killed. (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver
Eighty coalminers have been killed by an explosion in a mine at Cape Breton…
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Mining & the mines, 1917
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"Stop-work" Proposal[?] Effect on the Mines
The effect of the motion carried at a meeting of unions affiliated with the Barrier District Assembly of the Political Labor League held on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Views. on National Matters. (Reuter's Message.) London
The Miners[?] Federation at Glasgow has decided unanimously in favor of the Nationalisation of the mines; an old-age pension of 10[?] weekly for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining. Junction North[?] Chairman's Statement. Satisfactory Price for Lead[?] a Shilling Call. Sydney
Giving notice of a call of 1[?] per share, payable on August 8[?] the chairman of directors of the Junction North Broken Hill Mine (Mr. J. S[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Theft of Coal
In the Police Court to-day, before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, S.M., Albert Oscar Strachan was charged with stealing a quantity of coal to the value of [?] the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Stop-work Thursday." Resuming Work, on the Mines. Steam Not Up at the South. the Silverton Tramway Mechanics Out Till
Yesterday, in accordance with the decision of a mass meeting of members of unions affiliated with the Barrier District Assembly of the Political…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Mishap
Mr. G L. Smitheram, while working at the Block 10 power-house this morning, fell from a staging and sprained his ankle, and was afterwards…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners and War. Victorian Trades Council Report
The Prime Minister (Mr. W. M. Hughes) has received a reply from the secretary of the Victorian-Trades Council, enclosing copies of resolutions…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Broken Hill Mines. Meeting of Mining Managers' Association
A meeting of the Broken Hill Mining Managers' Association was held this afternoon for the purpose of discussing current mining questions. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Mishap
M. Shultz while working at the South mine this afternoon, had his foot bruised by some falling rock. Mr. Schultz, after receiving attention at…
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L. Johnson, while working at the Central mine last night, was struck, on the foot by an iron scraper, and had his foot severely lacerated. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners and War. Victorian Trades Council Report
The Prime Minister (Mr. W. M. Hughes) has received a reply from the secretary of the Victorian Trades Council, enclosing copies of resolutions…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining. Production of Molybdenite. Queensland Leads the World. Brisbane
Official returns show that Queensland is the biggest producer in the world of molybdenite and wolfram. The whole production of molybdenite 'in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Swiss Loan to Germany. in Order to Secure Coal. (Reuter's Message.) Berne
It is semi-officially stated that Switzerland has decided to make Germany a substantial loan as the only means of securing coal, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Miners Killed. in New Zealand Colliery
The bodies of two Blackball colliery workers, John Tiller (deputy) and Thomas Abbott (shiftman) were found in the mine on Monday night, The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Mishaps
C. Colley, while working at the British mine this morning, had his toe crushed as the result of being run over by a truck. A Russian named…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Night Shift on the Mines. the Proposed Abolition. Not Yet Before Proprietary Board. Adelaide
The directors of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company arrived in Adelaide from Melbourne yesterday, with Mr. Dickenson (secretary) and Mr. G. D…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Australia. Hidden Secret Gold Mine Yield. Adelaide
Twenty and a half tons of ore was crushed at the Mount Torrens battery and yielded 218oz. of gold, valued at £841…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Northern Collieries. Sydney
The Northern Colliery Employees' Federation will, it is said, probably conform with Mr. Justice Edmunds's (president of the wages board) decision…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Night Shift Question. A.m.a.'s Proposed Abolition. a Conference Asked For. Refused by Mining Managers' Association
The following correspondence on the proposed abolition of the night shift on the mines has passed between the A.M.A. and the Mining Managers'…
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