Mining
The Under-Secretary of Minos is in receipt of a report from the milling registrar at Hargraves, near Mudgee, respecting a discovery made by Mr. James Green, senior, at Clare's…
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Mining & the mines, 1912
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Mining Flooded
Santiago (Chili), Wednesday.—A mining camp at Gatieo, in the province of Amtofagasta, has been flooded. Forty men were killed or injured…
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The South Wales miners have resolved that their representative on the District Board shall continue the negotiations in regard to the minimum wage under protest…
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The majority of the collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts continue to work well, and a good average was sustained for the fortnight ended on Saturday. Out of 39…
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The Fogg colliery, Redcliffe, Northumberland, has been closed owing to the minimum wages rates idling 500 employees…
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At the Northumberland Miners' Wages Board, the colliery proprietors agreed to advance wages 3¾ per cent…
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At a meeting of the Hebburn miners, held on Sunday, Mr. Peters, a member of the joint committee, explained the agreement arrived at in regard to the working of pillars in that colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at East Greta Colliery
An outbreak of fire was discovered in the East Greta colliery last night, about 9 o'clock, b etween No. 1 and No. 2 tunnels. Driving operations were proceeding from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Maitland Coalmines. Pelaw Main Miners
The monthly meeting of the Pelaw Main miners was held at the Empire Hall on Sunday, at which Mr.J. Grahame presided. The chairman reported having interviewed the…
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The Joint Committee on mining disputes continued its sittings yesterday, at New-castle, Mr. C, Hibble, chairman, presiding. Further consideration was given to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Work at the Collieries
The majority of the collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts continue to work well, and a good average was sustained for the fortnight ended on Saturday. Out of 39…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Colliery Troubles. South Staffordshire Strike
Colliers in South Staffordshire, to the number of 1300 have struck, as a protest against the Wages Board award…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Early History of the Use of Coal
Bituminous matter, if not the carboniferous system itself, exists abundantly on the bunks of the Euphrates. In the basin of the Nile coal has recently been detected. It…
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At a combined meeting of the Abermain and Neath Medical Committees, held on Sunday, the matter of the dispute between some of the colliery employees and the…
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Two thousand coliers have struck work in South Staffordshire. The Scottish Coal Counciliation Board has considered the miners' demands for an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at Rothbury Colliery. Miner Entombed. But Rescued Alive
Yesterday afternoon a mass of coal fell at the tunnel of the recently openedup mine at Rothbury, near Branxton, when a miner, named J. Hoskins, was…
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The awards of three neutral chairmen have been issued at glasgow, fixing the minimum for hewers at 5s 10d per day…
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John Case, 22, a coal lumper, of 101 Kip-pax-street, Sydney, but at present an inmate of Sydney Hospital, had an awful experience at Darling Island. He wok burled for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Welsh Gold. Revived Industry
It is reported by recent London papers that gold in payable quantities is at last being mined in the, Welsh hills. Many years ago, Mr. Pritchard Morgan, ex-M.P., conceived the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Chief Secretary at the Mines. Kurri and Cessnock Requirements Cessnock
The Chief Secretary (Mr. F. Flowers, M.L.C.), accompanied by Mr. W. Kearsley, M.L.A., visited the Mines district to-day. At Kurri Kurri he was met by members of…
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