Built From Coal
A palace of coal, after the mediaeval type of architecture, will represent Indiana's mining industry at the St. Louis Exposition. The palace is to be built…
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Mining & the mines, 1906
766 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 39
American Coal Companies
The anthracite and bitumenous companies in America are storing immense stocks of coal in preparation for the threatened strike. They have now a sufficient supply for a six…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Explosion
An explosion occurred at Perill Colliery, Makhill. Fauyette County, United States. Thirty-five miners were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Some Liddle Dings of Mine Own
I vas not rite you. last veek. Nine! I vas vish I was at der Nord Pole, or on top of a barber’s pole, rader dan in der sun at 120…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Daring Gold Robbery. Plunder Recovered by Black Tracker
Late on Monday night a robbery of an exceptionally daring nature took place in the battery retorting-house on the Golden Horse-shoe mine, Kalgoorlie. At about 11.30…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Guinea Head-hunters, Mysterious Disappearance of an Expedition in Search of Gold, Paper Xxvii
When I informed Wallaka that I was bent upon an expedition in a westerly direction, the chief was very sad; and when he asked me…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pelaw-matn Colliery. Miners Consider the Difficulty. Pelaw-main
In respect of the trouble at Pelaw-Main Colliery, a largely attended meeting of miners was held this morning, at which Messrs. James Curley and Anram Lewis (District…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Matters
The Bulli coal and coke trade, has been brisk, the majority of collieries having worked full time. The fortnightly pay on Tuesday at the local collieries was as…
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There is practically no alteration in the condition of affairs at the Pelaw-Main Colliery with respect to the trouble with machine-men. Yesterday Mr. James Curley and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Still Idle. Hebburn
In accordance with a resolution passed at a meeting of the miners last evening, the men (with the exception of the wheelers). went to work at 11 p.m. last night, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in a Mine
A wire from Broken Hill states that it is impossible for anyone to descend the Junction Mine owing to smoke and fumes, so that the real position of the fire is not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Diamond Mining
Diamond mining at Kimberley is the subject of an illustrated article in the "Engineering Magazine," from which it appears that the ancient, laborious methods of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Meeting of Miners. Hebburn
A largely attended meeting of miners, under the presidency of Mr. Usher, took place in the King's Hall this morning, at which Mr. P. Bowling, district president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the Kimberley Diamond Mines
When Barney Barnato first went to Kimberley, there was a certain old gentleman in the diamond-buying line upon whom Barney and his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Bottomless Well of Gold
It would be an immense benefit to all mankind if the stores of gold now held by individuals in India could be made available for general use. Ever…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining. Our Mineral Wealth
THE Under-Secretary for Mines, Mr. Pittman, has furnished a statement showing that the value of the mineral output in this State for 1905 was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold and Silver Shipments
The mail steamer Moldavia, which sailed to-day, took gold valued at £191,000, and silver to the value of £12,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Broken Hill The Junction Mine
The Junction Mine, Broken Hill, is on fire, the outbreak having occurred at the 550ft level. The brigades were fighting the flames on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broken Hill. the Mines All Sealed Up
There is little change in the position at the Junction mine. The adjoining mines are sall sealed up, and will remain so far as few days. This morning the fumes and gases…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Guinea Head-hunters. Mysterious Disappearance of an Expedition in Search of Gold, Paper Xxviii
I never thought for a moment I should fail to see my good friends again. My intentions were as follows : To sail along the coast…
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