Colliery Explosion. Number of Miners Entombed. Many Lives Lost. LONDON
An explosion has taken place in a colliery at Caerphilly, in Glamorganshire, Wales's (eight miles from Cardiff), with the result that 150 men…
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Mining & the mines, 1901
282 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 15
The Colliery Explosion
The manager of the mine at Caerphilly considers that the fate of the entombed men is hopeless, since the coal dust must have fired, and consequently flames must be sweeping through the mine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Awful Accident. Six Men Killed in a Mine. Broken Hill
News has just been received of an awful accident at the South mine. It is stated six men have been killed, and two others injuried…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mining Disaster at Broken Hill. Six Men Entombed. Two Bodies Recovered. Broken Hill
At the South mine this morning a number of men were working at the back of the 500ft north, squaring up and preparing the ground for timbering,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Explosion, Number of Miners Entombed
AN explosion has taken place in a colliery at Caerphilly, in Glanmorgan. shire, Wales (eight miles from Cardiff), with the result that 150 men…
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In the colliery explosion at Caerphilly 83 miners were entombed. Thirty-eight bodies have been recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →International Miners' Congress
At the International Congress or Miners held in London, the representatives of 864,000 miners voted in favour of the legisation of eight hours as a day's work, while the representatives of 115,000 voted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Warning to Miners. Dangers Underground
When Mr. T. Osborne consented to give publicity to his experiences of underground work it was selely with the desire that good might come of it. Seen at his home in High-street, Ararat, he was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Power in a Pound of Coal
Let us take a pound of what wE will call average Call, containing, say, 10,000 hoat units. This would be somewhat smaller in size than a man's fist. A pound of this coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvall War. General Botha's Condition. Casualties to an Attacked Convoy. the Cape Raiders. Speech by a Liberal Member. the Band Mines. ' London, May 31
Mr. Bennett-Burleigh the war correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, has reported that he has received trustworthy information that General Botha, the Boer Commander-in Chief, and the Boer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Future of the Alaskin Goldfields
Writing from Victoria, British Columbia, the first week in April, a Herald correspondent says:—Preparations are being made here for the…
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The manager of the New Royal Standard, Stewart's Brook, reports:—"Mountaineer shaft: Crosscut, No. 5 level, extended, total 200ft., in slate country. Shaft: North…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Romance of a Cold Mine
Near Como, a mining town in Colorado, is a mountain lake—a small but deep body of water, clear and cold, which seems to be in the centre of an ancient volcano. Several…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Items
During the last four weeks the Waihi gold mine (N.Z.) yielded bullion to the value of £333,390, the largest monthly return yet returned. An aged man named Hurry Whitham has been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Mad Rush for Gold. Extraordinary Scenes at Klondike
The correspondent of the Daily Express writes from Victoria (B.C):— Some extraordinary scenes occurred in the Klondike district on February 26, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Late News by Cable. London, June 8. Export of British Coal
The export of coal from Great Britain daring May was 110,730 tons more than the export of May of 1000. [When the export tax of 1b a ton on coal was…
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Chillagoe Railway and Mines, £1 Is 3d; Mount Lyell, £4 15s; North Mount Lyell, £2 5s. Tin on spot is quoted at £132 per ton, and three months at £126 17s 6d…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The British Mines Bill
The House Of Commons by 214 to 154 retained in the Mines Bill the clause providing a working limit of eight hours…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining News
IN the Warden's Court, this morning, before Mr. Warden Evans, P. Woods made application for six months' suspension of the labor conditions on his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Financial Position of the Transvaal. Defraying the War Expenses. the Scheme Proposed. Tax on Gold Production." Report of the British Financier. London, June 14
The report of Sir David Miller Barbour, who was appointed to inquire into the financial condition of the Transvaal and of its ability to hear a proportion of the cost of the war, has been published. The…
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