Colliery Disaster. Miners Entombed. Vancouver, Dec. 11
A rescue party of 25 men was overcome in the mine, and the members were found unconscious on the floor of the main drive. One man died while undergoing artificial…
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Mining & the mines, 1910
1,214 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 59 of 61
Mining
Work at all the Smith Coast collieries continues brisk, with every indication of full-time for some weeks to come. Considerable excitement has been cause…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Killingworth Colliery Explosion. Inquiry to Be Held
In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Kearsley member for Northumberland, asked Mr. Edden, the Minister of Mines, if he would cause an inquiry to be made into the cause…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MODEL U.S. Colliery. Vancouver, Friday afternoon
The United States Burean of Mines has decided to operate a model mine at Pittsburg. VANCOUVER Friday afternoon Rescuers are lighting to reach the tea…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Colliery Cases. Trial Fixed for April 10
An application was made before Mr. Justice Isaacs on Friday in connection with the proceedings which the Federal Attorney-General has instituted against various…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wellington Colliery Disaster Fall of Retaining Wall. London, Friday afternoon
A high retaining wall at the Wellington Pite Whitehaven (where the disaster occurred at the time of Kind Edward's death) collapsed, burying two cottages, and killing three out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Vend Cases. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
The High Court, has fixed April 10th 1911,as the date for the commencement of the hearing of the coal vend cuses. In which Prociding are beind taken…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Unloading of Imported Coal Action Against the Government
A commercial action, arising out of the liig coal strike, was before Mr Justice Pring in No. 3 Jury Court, Sydney, on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Peter Bowling and the Northern Miners. Refusal to Subscribe to His Testimonial
Mr Peter Bowling is losing ground daily among the miners on the northern fields, and the latest defection is the A bordare Miners' Lodge, the largest on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South African Mine Taxation
A bill providing for a ten per cent. tax on the profits of the Cape and Orangia diamond mines has passed its second reading in the Union Assembly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Matters. Questions in the Assembly. Sydney
In the Assembly to-day Mr. Gardner asked the Attorney-General by whose authority were members of the Newcastle and Maitland Collieries Wages Board Messrs. Forsyth and Paterson) paid…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Houses on Mining Leases. Interview with Minister of Mines
Messrs F. Jacobs and E. Blanche, repre-senting the residents of [?] Main and Stanford [?] recently interviewed the Minister of Mines. Mr. A. Edden, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Welsh Coal for Italy. Subsidy to Italian Shipping. Rome
The Italian Chamber of Deputies is discussing the question. of a subsidy to an Italian shipping company for the transport of 7,000,000 tons annually of Welsh coal, for which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dead Miners
The bodies of three miners have been found in the Leyden mine, Denver, Colorado, where an explosion occurred, entombing ten men. Search is proceeding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Broken Hill Mines
The A.M.A. at Broken Hill has carried a resolution that the members shall continue to work under the existing agreement until the new agreement is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fearful Colliery Disaster. 350 Men Entombed. London. Dec. 21
An explosion took place in. the Hueton colliery at Bolton, Lancashire, on Tuesday. Following the explosion the cages became jammed, and the ventilation was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cables. the Colliery Disaster
The rescures continued their efforts at the pit at Bolton throughout the night. It was impossible, owing to the f[?] and heavy falls of rock, to go far. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Explosion. Great Loss of Life Feared. London
From the Hueton pit, Bolton, where an explosion entombed 200 men, seven men have been rescued and several bodies have been recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Colliery Disaster. No Hope for the Entombed. London, Dec. 22
A fiery explosion swept five sections of the Pretoria pit, blocking the exits and entrapping the miners. The explosion wrecked the mine. There…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria's Coal Mine. Searching Inquiry Recommended
The select committee of the Legislative Council on the Victorian coal mine at Powlett presented a progress report. The committee state that the estimates of coal in the area…
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