Guide to Mining Laws
The above is the title of a pamphlet received from the Under-Secretary for Mines, and published at the Government Printing Office. The contents deal with…
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Mining & the mines, 1908
832 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 42
Fatal Mining Accident. Seven Item Crushed to Death
One of the most unfortunate mining fatalities that has over happened in Queensland occurred at the Mt. Morgan Company's mine on Saturday afternoon about 5…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bogus Gold Mines. Scotland Yard's Warning to the Unwary
The Criminal Investigation Department at Scotland Yard has issued another warning against the "gold brick swindle." From time to time the London "Daily…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blasting Accident at Cobar. Three Miners Seriously Injured
A blasting accident occurred at the Occidental mine, Cobar, on Saturday afternoon, by which three men were injured, two very seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rumoured Gold Discovery
IT has been rumoured during the past few weeks that a couple of prospectors struck gold at the head of Congewai Creek, on the Barraba Estate…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stolen Gold. Robbery at Melbourne G.p.o
A remarkable robbery from the General Post-office has been brought under notice. On Saturday last, Mr. George Blaye, mining manager of the Wilberforce Gold…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Selling Price of Coal. a Conference at Newcastle. Newcastle, Wednesday Afternoon
The Colliery Proprietors' Association held a meeting this morning and finished this afternoon. The meeting discussed at considerable length the question of fixing the selling price of price of coal for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at the Aberdare Colliery
A man named George Smith met with a painful accident at the Aberdare colliery yesterday afternoon. He was engaged in oiling a pump at the pit, when his left arm was caught between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Mining Accident. Broken Hill
Michael Heffernan, 38, married, was killed in the Junction North mine this morning through a fall of earth. A number of his companions had a narrow escape…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stolen Gold. Robbery at Melbourne G.P.O.
A remarkable robbery from the General Post Office, at Melbourne, has been brought under notice. On Saturday last. Mr George Blaye, mining manager of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Assessment of Mining Property. Municipal Valuation. Questioned
In the District Court, Newcastle, Judge Edmunds gave judgment in two appeals by, the Newcastle-Wallsend Coal-mining Company and the Newcastle Coal-mining…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal for the East
Australia'a coal trade with Straits Settlement appears to be rapidly declining, and Mr. J. B. Suttor, Commercial Agent in the East, anticipates that the decline will…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Poseidon Gold Field. Recent Discoveries
The frequency with which slugs are still met with on the Poseidon field, Tarnagulla, Victoria, is astonishing. A 103oz. slug was found a few days ago by Ellerton, Hickey,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Work at the Collieries
For the fortnightly pay to be drawn on Friday next East Greta and Stanford-Merthyr Collieries have had more constant work than during the previous fortnight,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bogus Gold Mines. Scotland Yard's Warning to the Unwary
The Criminal Investigation Department at Scotland Yard has issued another warning against the "gold brick swindle." From time to time the London "Daily…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stolen Gold
A remarkable robbery from the General Post-office has been brought under notice. On Saturday last, Mr. George Blaye, mining manager of the Wilberforce Gold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Deposits
The work of sinking a shaft for the purpose of raising coal from the deposit discovered a short time ago on the Town Common, is rapidly progressing, and in a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Discovery of Gold
Our Cessnock correspondent refers in his letter in to-day's issue to the discovery of gold at Barraba, near the head of Congewai Creek, about 16 miles from Cessnock. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Matters
Mr. J. B Atkinson, his Majesty's Inspector of Mines, in a report recently presented to the Home Secretary, directs attention to the increasing use of coal-cutting machines in Groat Britain. The…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Selling Price of Coal. NEWCASTLE
The Colliery Proprietors' Association held a meeting this morning and finished this afternoon. The meeting discussed at considerable length the question of fixing the selling price of coal for the…
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