Mines Eight-hours Bill
In the House of Commons the second reading of the Mines Eight-Hours Bill has been rejected by 208 votes to 207. The Radicals and Nationalists supported the bill,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1902
511 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 26
Unclaimed Gold Mines. El Dorados Found and Lost
The person who is lucky enough to discover a gold-mine generally takes care not to lose it, and yet within the last 50 years or so there have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Strike
Troops have been sent to Carmaux, in anticipation of a general strike of miners…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Output in New South Wales
The Department of Mines bus prepared the following figures in regard to the coal output in this State for last year. The output was as follows:—Northern district, 3,999,252 tons;…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Rand Gold Mines
Thirteen hundred stamps are working on the Rand gold mines. Native labour is scarce…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Work in Coal Mines
In the House of Commons a proposal has been made that the hours of work of colliers under twenty-one years of age underground should be limited to eight per day. This was negatived by 224 votes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?] Hort Story Deadly Gold
Miriam Gomez was the daughter of old Gabriel Gomez, ' the Portuguese. Banker,' as he styled himself on his business cards…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Miners Picnic
The Miners Picnic took place on the Albion Ground to-day. Large numbers attended. The pressure on our space obliges us to bold over our report…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Items
The Victoria gold yield for last month was 57,318oz. The Tarcoola Blocks mine has given another return of over 40z. to the ton. The total yield was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Colliery Employees Demonstration. a Large Gathering
The annual demonstration of members (and their wives aud families) of the Colliery Employes Federation of the Maitland and Newcastle districts, was held on Saturday on the Albion Ground, West…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The State of the Navy. Startling Speech by Lord Charles Beresford. Organisation Urgently Requisite. Short Supplies Op Coal. "If War Were Declared ?" London, March 14
Rear-Adimiral Lord Charles Berestorn spoke before a meeting of the London Chamber of Commerce yesterday on the state of Navy, He said that when he went to the Mediterranean as second in command…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Daring Highway Robbery. a Mine Manager Stuck-up. and £484 STOLEN
MELBOURNE, Friday.—An audacious daylight robbery was committed at Eaglehawk, near Bendigo, this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Melbourne. a Catastrophe in a Mine
A frightful occurrence took place at Ballarat at an early hour this morning. A burst of water occurred in a shoot at the lower level of tho Cardigan Proprietary Mine, Trunk lead. A night shift…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Daring Highway Robbery. A Robber Sticks Up a Mine Manager. Five Hundred Pounds Taken
A MOST daring and sensational highway robbery occurred on Mt. Korongroad, opposite the famous Garden Gully Mine, Bendigo (Vic.), between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Disaster. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
A serious mining fatality occurred this morning, when through a burst of water in the Cardogam Proprietary Mine, near Ballarat, six miners are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Mine Flooded. Six Men Believed to Be Drowned
MELBOURNE, Wednesday afternoon. The Cardigan Mine, Ballarat, was flooded by a burst of water this morning. Wine men were below at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Ballarat Mining Disaster, Two Men Rescued
Expectation ran high among these on the surface of the mine lust evening, when, at about seven o'clock it was made known that Mr. Fitches had determined to go below in search of the entombed men. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Gold of Ophir
Professor Keane, in recent numbers of "Rhodesia," brings forward evidence to prove that Ophir was a port on the South Arabian coast, now…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Disaster at Ballarat. Sudden Rush of Water Into a Mine. Six Men Imprisoned
A TELEGRAPH disaster occurred at the Cardigan Proprietary Mine, Ballarat, on Wednesday morning. It appears that nine men, composing tho night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Cardigan Mining Disaster. the Rescue. Melbourne
NEWS has just been received that the two truckers, George Simpson and William King, have been got out of the Cardigan mine alive…
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