Heddon-greta Colliery Fire
Fire has again broken out in Heddon-Greta colliery, and the management has found it necessary to seal off all northern workings. The colliery manager, Mr. J. Barnes, stated…
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Mining & the mines, 1911
875 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 44
Work at the Mines
The fortnight's work at the Newcastle and Maitland collieries for the period ended on Saturday was good, trade having livened up considerably. It may go back a little during…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wrongly Convicted. Miners Prove Their Innocence. Berlin, Feb. 4
It has been proved seven miners were wrongly convicted of perjury at Westphalia in 1895. The men were convicted on the evidence of a gendarme, and received sentences…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In Case of a Coal Strike
Profiting by experience in the late upheaval in the coalmining industry. the Maitland Gaslight Company is taking time by the forelock Company is taking time by the forelock and in order to protect…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Cliff Colliery
The Coal Cliff Colliery was again idle today the wheelers refusing to resume work until a settlement has been arrived at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Homes on Mining Leases. Ministerial Action Taken
At a meeting of the State Cabinet on Tuesday careful consideration was given to representations by the Minister of Mines concerning the conditions under which people were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal-loading Facilities. Minister of Works at Newcastle. Newcastle
Mr. Griffiths, Minister of Works this morning made an inspection of the port's coal-loading facilities with a view to enquiring into the relative merits of hoists…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian Coal. Railway Commissioners' Opinion
At the request of the Victorian Railway Commissioners the Ca[?]inet has agreed that the transfer of the State coalmine from the Mines Department to the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heddon-Greta Colliery Fire[?]
Fire has again broken out in Heddon [?] colliery, and the management has been necessary to seal off all northern [?] The colliery manager, Mr. J. Barnes, [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident at Aberdare Colliery
An accident occurred at Aberdare Colliery last night, but luckily nobody was p injured. Some skips were being brought up on the cage, when one fell off and crashed on to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Explosives in a Skip. Strike at a Colliery
A difficulty which occurred at Mount Preasant Colliery. wollongong owing to the suspension of the miners. who are a[?]leged to have left their powder tins in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colorado Colliery Explosion. Colorado. U.S.A.
An explosion occurred at the Carbon, Coal and Coke Company's works, resulting nine deaths. Another is expected to succu[?]ab to his injuries and six more are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Residences on Mineral Leases. Interview with the Minister of Mines
The Minister of Mines (Mr. A. Edden) accompanied by the under—Secretary for Mines (Mr. Pittman), the Chief Collieries Inspector (Mr. A. A. Atkinson), and Mr. W. Kearsley,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Homes on Mining Leases. Ministerial Action Taken
At a meeting of the State Cabinet on Tuesday, careful consideration was given to representations by the Minister Mines, concerning the conditions under which people were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal-loading Facilities. Minister of Works at Newcastle. Newcastle
Mr. Griffiths, Minister of Works [?] morning made an inspection of the [?] coal-loading facilities with a view [?] quiring into the relative merits of [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Northumberland Miners. Superseding Present Agreement. London, Sunday afternoon
The Northumberland miners, by ballot, have declared by a large majority, in favour of terminating the Conciliation Board agreement with a view to the abolition of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Flooded. Sensational Experience
Some of the men employed in the First Chance mine, Ballarat, had a sensational experience on Sunday, and for a time the whereabouts of there of them who had been working at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Explosion in a Mine
Vancouver, Saturday.-An explaslon has occurred in the Carbon Coal and Coke Company's mine at Trinidad, In Colorade. Nine men were killed outright,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bolton Colliery Disaster. Findings at Inquest. London, Tuesday morning
At the inquest on the terrible disaster at Hulton's colliery, Bolton, a verdict was recorded that the explosion was due to gas or coal dust, probably ignited through a delective or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Bullfinch Mine. "Not Another Kalgoorlie." London, Feb. 13
Mr. Gerald Williams, in an article in the "Times" on the Yilgara goldfields, rays :— "In many respects the Bullfinch is certainly a wonderful mine, but it would be injindici[?]…
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