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

Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1911

140 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 6 of 7

Mining. the Kennedy Metal Belt

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 3

A correspondent, who signs himself: "Explorer," writing to, the "S.M. Herald," from Binalong, relates the result of an inspection of a stretch of…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Mr. Fisher's Denial. Hurricane Interview with Mr. Stead. "The Language Is Not Mine."

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 2

Adelaide, Monday.--Interviewed on his arrival here, Mr. Fisher was manifestly annoyed at Mr. Stead's interview, and the publicity given to the incident;…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

London Coal Strike

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 August 1911 · page 2

Owing to the attitude of the short sea-traders all workers in the coal trade in the Port of London have been called out Five hundred permanent quaymen on the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

A Gold Rush. LONDON

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 26 August 1911 · page 2

A great strike of placer gold is reported from McIntosh Creek, Dawson City America. A stampede has started across the border, and the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Great Gold Rush. Dawson City, August 24

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 August 1911 · page 6

A great strike of placer gold is reported from M'Lintock Creek, and a stampede has started across the border. The town of Cairicross has been deserted…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Breadalbane Mines and Smelting Works. Company Formed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 August 1911 · page 2

A company has been formed under the title of the N.S.W. Mines and Smelting Company, No Liability, to acquire from Mr. H. E. Miller the Breadalbane Mini and Smelting Works,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Miners Indignant. Mr. Griffith Called to Book

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 September 1911 · page 2

Broken Hill, Monday.—A large meeting of the Amalgamated Miners' Association on Sunday carried the following resolution:—"That this association is appalled at, and disgusted with,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

TELEGRAMS. Coal Lumbers Demand

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 6 September 1911 · page 3

The [?] last night demanded three shillings an hour to continue working the French mail steamer [?] after six o’clock…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Miners Arrested. Non-payment of Fines

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 September 1911 · page 6

Wollongong, Thursday.—In May last 10 of the miners from Mount Kembla were summoned for leaving their places during working hours. The cases extended over several weeks. In the case…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Unrest Among Miners. Minister Takes a Hand

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 September 1911 · page 6

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Edden) is greatly concerned at the unsettled state of affairs at Newcastle. At the request of the Cabinet, the was to leave Sydney on Friday. for the coal…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

A Grave Outlook. Miners Support Wheelers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 September 1911 · page 4

Newcastle, Saturday.—The wheeler difficulty has again assumed a serious aspect. The Wallsend lodge met this morning at Wallsend, and the meeting was attended by the officers of the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

He in the Gold Lace. in Ten Languages at Once

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 12 September 1911 · page 4

The German count was, as he always was, worrying about his German newspapers. The newly married couple from Copenhagen were standing in the crowd…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

An Arctic Coal Mine

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 September 1911 · page 4

According to "La Nature" the most northerly coal mine is that of the Arctic Coal Company (an American concern) at Advent Bay, on the east…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Mining

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 September 1911 · page 3

The mill of the Harden Gold Mine ran 126 hours last week, and treated 232 tons of one. There were cyanided 180 tons of sands of an assay value of…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Big Gold Yield. Rich Results at Gundagai. 604 Ounces From 3Cwt. of Specimens. Gundagai

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 20 September 1911 · page 4

The Long Tunnel Mine at Gundagai continues to yield sensational returns. The very rich chute at the 250ft level gave during the past week 504oz, 8dwt…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Naturalist. About Leaf-miners

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 September 1911 · page 5

While the star of autumn colors gratifies our sense of the beautiful, another aspect of the leaves appeals to our interest and curiosity. The great army of Leaf-miners which…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

World's Output of Gold

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 September 1911 · page 4

The remarkable increase in the world's gold production in the last ten years has given ground for much speculation of what will be the result if the same ratio of…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Room for Miners. London, Sept. 23

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 September 1911 · page 4

It is announced that the Associated Northern collieries have received a cablegram from their Newcastle (N.S.W.) representative, endorsing the statement of Mr. Andrew Fisher, that there…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

A Gold Scare. Paris, September 21

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 September 1911 · page 4

The bank rate of discount is 3½. September 22. There is a gold scare here at present, and the banks are refusing to pay more than 16 per cent…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

A Gold Find. BRISBANE

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 27 September 1911 · page 2

A patcch of gold unearthed at Mosquito Creek (Q) realised £629…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →