Pay at the Collieries
The fortnightly pay to be drawn by the employees of the East Greta and Stanford-Merthyr collieries to-morrow afternoon amounts to £4538 5s 4d…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1909
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Late Cables. London, Tuesday. Explosion in a Colliery
An explosion in Leitor's colliery, Zeigler, Illinois, killed 25 miners…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Colliery Explosion
An explosion occurred on Tuesday in the Linkbranch coal mine. Switchback, Virginia. Fifty miners were killed, and it is feared that another 100 are doomed,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hungarian Colliery Explosion
An explosion of fire damp at Anka Colliery, at Veszprim, Hungary, killed 56 out of 200 miners…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Appeal for Funds
Mr. Nulty, president of the A.M.A., says that the unions have cabled to England, Germany, and France, soliciting financial assistance. He expects the committee will…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maitland Mining Townships. Progress and Improvements
The year just closed may be said to have been one of prosperity on the Maitland coalfields. The mines have worked well, and, except in a few isolated cases, there has been no industrial…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Broken Hill Riot Miners and Police. [?]Bour Leaders Arrested. Exciting Incidents
There were two serious collisions at Broken Hill on Saturday afternoon between [?] police and the miners. The first occurred consequent on a load of provisions…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Entombed for Ninety-three Hours Miraculous Rescue of Lost Miners. Berlin, Nov. 25
Two miners employed in the Hanover Colliery at Bochum (Westphalia), named Martin Holstein and Johann Nowack have been rescued from a living death after being…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Grand Prix for East Greta Coal
The secretary of the East Greta Coalmining Co., Ltd., states that he has received a notification from Mr. Imre Kiralfy, Commissioner-General of the Franco-British Exhibition of Science, Arts and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Cables. London, Sunday. Mining Fatality
Fifty-six miners out of 200 have been killed by an explosion of firedamp in the Auka Colliery, at Veszprem, in Hungary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collieries Board
Wednesday's "Government Gazette" announces the appointment of the undermentioned persons as members of the Collieries Board in the classes of labour for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Work at the Collieries
The employees of East Greta and Stanfrod-Merthyr collieries have experienced a good deal of slack time during the past fort night, the pay for which will be distributed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rix's Creek Colliery
Mr E. Williams, district check-inspcetor, and Mr J. Robinson, local check-in specter, made an inspection of Rix's Creek Colliery on the 14th inst., and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Barrier Crisis. Argent-street Fracas. Miners Leaving
The only item of interest at Broken Hill yesterday was the trial of the three men arrested in connection with the fracas in Argent-street on Monday evening, during…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Explosion
An explosion at Boswell coal mines, Somerset County Pennsylvania, U.S.A., was responsible for the death of three miners. A subsequent fall of coal entombed a rescue party of 50…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Miners' Federation
Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, M.P., Secretary of the Labour Party in Parliament, announces that the Miners' Federation accepts the conditions of the Labour Party…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Prospecting
The gold returns for Australia for the year 1908 show that that branch of the [?]ining industry is flagging in almost every State in the Commonwealth (says "The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Collieries
For the fortnight ending January 23rd Rosedale and Rix's Creek collieries, worked almost full time. Rosedale employs 113 men and boys, and the number…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →I Explosion in a Colliery
I The rescuers who wore entombed in the Boswell colliery numbered 22, not 50, and is believed they have perished. Subse[?]uent parties were unable to penetrate the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mining Situation. Trouble Feared. the Special Court Killed. Newcastle
Troubles is brewing at Wallsend Colliery. The dispute is between the miners and management. A special meeting of the men to-night will be addressed by the…
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