Story of a Great Gold Robbery
In the autobiography of the late Dr. Samuel Smiles, an account is given of the great gold robbery which took place fifty years ago (May, 1855), between London and…
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Mining & the mines, 1906
766 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 39
Selling Price of Coal. Efforts to Form a Combine. Higher Prices Aimed At. Newcastle
There is now in progress among Northern colliery proprietors, on the initiative of the Australian Agricultural Company, a most important and very quiet movement, having…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Broken Hill Mines. Another Fire
Consternation was caused on Saturday night when it became known that there was another fire in one of the mines, and that the Broken Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →White Labour in Rand Mines
The Commissioner of Mines on the Rand states that after a fair trial unskilled white labour in the mines has been fund to be a failure. Many white labourers accept only…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheep As Gold Finders
An unusual application was made to the Clerk of Petty Sessions at Hay last week for two miners' rights. The incident which led to the application is not an everyday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Explosion in a Mine Shocking Injuries
A shocking accident occurred at the Great Southern- mine, Bendigo, on Monday. Two miners named Daniel Sheehy and George Boggan were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining
OPERATIONS at Stewarts Brook are still greatly hampered through want of water for crushing. All the crossings, we learn, are dry, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Export Tax
Mr. H. H. Asquith, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, assured a deputation yesterday that he regarded the export duty on coal (one shilling a ton) as vicious in principle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wealth from the Mines
A remarkable feature of the present prosperity of the State is that industries of dissimilar nature and governed by independent factors,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Matters
For the purpose of making themselves thoroughly acquainted with the Company's proposed agreement, several gentleman paid a visit to the Anvil Creek Coalmine, Greta…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Barbarous Coal Fires" How to Banish Fogs
The 'Daily Mail" writes that the Duke of Fife was unable to take, the chair, and Sir Oliver Lodge was too indisposed to deliver his address on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Guinea Head-hunters. Mysterious Disappearance of an Expedition in Search of Gold. Paper Xxix
I explained to the frightened Booda my intentions to walk into the village of the cannibals, and, if he would come with me, well and good;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Dwindling Mine
A hundred men will be thrown out of employment at Burraga Copper Mine on Wednesday, in consequence of the unsatisfactory development in the lower levels, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters
A number of "sea miners" are constantly Shellharbour, along the coast a few miles from Sydney. The method of working is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pelaw-main Miners. Machine Difficulty Settled. Work to Be Resumed. Kurri Kurri
Respecting the difficulty with the machine men at Pelaw-Main Colliery the men held a meeting this morning, at which the situation was discussed. A deputation subsequently interviewed the man…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Closing a Mine. Sydney
In consequence of the unsatisfactory operations and scarcity of ore in the levels of the Burraga Copper Mine, it is intended to shortly close down the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mining Dispute
The matter of the industrial dispute between the Colliery Employees' Federation, claimants, and the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association, respondents, came…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sensational Mine Accident. a Plucky Comrade
A sensational accident, which resulted in the death of Patrick John Kearman, and in which Henry Dedman, Jens Nelson, Joel Noble, and William Edwards received minor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russian Gold
[?],000,000 sterling in gold left Russia be[?] Septen [?] last and January, and the [?] cont [?]unes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters
A find of gold is reported from Eucharr[?], near Conagurra Creek Wellington. The vein is thin, but states that a slung of gold was obtained weighing 10z…
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