Mining Matters
Further finds of black coal by the drill at Powlett, River, in Gippsland, give a total width of 7ft. 7in., which the Minos Department experts think may be the best…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1908
832 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 42
Giant Gold-Digging Ants
One by one the so-called "fables" of the ancients are proving to be not so very fabulous after all. Everyone knows how Stanley discovered the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Proposed Gold Congress. Do Stop the Struggle. an International Bourse
The "Freiu Presse" of 14th November publishes an article by Signor Luzzatti, former Italian Minister of Finance, proposing an international peace congress…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Mining Dispute. Agreement Arrived at. Work to be Resumed
The Royal Commission, consisting of Judge Heydon, president. Mr H. S. Forsyth. representative of the colliery owners, and Mr P. Bowling,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Pelaw-main Colliery. Pelaw-main
At about midnight on Saturday a fire broke out in the store-room at the Pelaw-Main Colliery which resulted in a portion of the building being gutted and a quantity of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Further Mining Trouble. Boys Throw Pits Idle. Newcastle
Dudley and Shortland Collieries are idle to-day on account of strikes by youths. The matter of the stoppage of these two mines was not mentioned in the Special Court by either the owners or miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Special Mining Court. Teralba Claims. Hearing Quietly Proceeding. Newcastle
The Special Mining Court resumed its sittings this morning, and continued the hearing of the Miners' Federation's claims bearing on rates and conditions for shooting and filling machine cut coal…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Telegraphic News. Coal Trouble Again. Serious Trouble Threatened. Sydney
The Special Mining Court at Newcastle adjourned this morning, the employers' representatives declining to proceed while the Dudley…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Special Mining Court. Abrupt Adjournment. Strike at Dudley the Cause. the Judge's Indignation. Newcastle
Still another mining crisis has suddenly developed, and again the life of the Special Court is in very grave danger. A most critical situation has arisen through the strike by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Strike at Burwood Colliery. Drivers Demand Promotion. Newcastle
The Burwood Colliery, which employs, roughly, 500 hands all told, and has a daily output of considerably over a thousand tons was thrown idle this morning by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Special Mining Court. Trouble Patched Up. Adjourned Till Next Week. Dudley Resumes. Burwood Horse Drivers on Strike. Newcastle
The extremely difficult situation that developed in consequence of the two days' strike hy wheelers and drivers at Dudley was greatly relieved this morning by the resumption of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Coal Trouble. Dudley Colliery Resumes. Mine Owners Firm. The Fillers Go Out. (By Telegraph). Newcastle
The miners at the Dudley Colliery resumed work to-day, the men having taken the advice of the Miners' federation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Coal Trouble. The Dudley Strike. Strong Judicial Comment
The boys at Dudley Colliery who are paid 4/6 per day and under stopped work on Monday, us they said they should have an increase lit the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Strikes. Owners' Association to Meet. Newcastle
The repeated isolated strikes that have taken place since the Special Court began its labours, and which, in fact, are still occurring, have caused the colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Coal Strike. Dudley Colliery Resumes. Some Strong Comments. Newcastle
THE miners at the Dudley Colliery resumed work to-day, the men having taken the advice of the miners Federation by doing the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal-mining Crisis Enormous Cost of the Court. £100 a Day. the Owners "Full Up." Newcastle
Important developments are regarded as certain to be the outcome of to-day's meeting in Sydney of the Colliery Proprietors' Association, the majority of whose members regard this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Troubles. Neath Colliery Idle
North colliery, one of the latest of South Maitland mines to open up, was thrown idle on Thursday in consequence of a strike of miners. It appears that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Matters
The gold yield of Queensland for January was 23,923oz., compared with 31,150oz. in January of last year. The value of the gold won was £101,618. a decrease of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queen of Sheba's Mines. Biele's Golden Secret
A bitter archaeological controversy is raging in Germany over the exact location of the famous gold mines of the Queen of sheba. Dr. Carl peters the well-known explorer and…
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