Gold Fraud at Albury
An extraordinary case of Imposition was hoard before Judge Rogers at the Albury Quarter Sessions, when William ,Scott was charged with passing off two parcels of…
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Mining & the mines, 1913
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Gold Fraud at Albuby
An extraordinart case of imposition was heard before Judge Rogers at the Albury Quarter Sessions, when William Scott was charged with passing off two…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Evolution of Fuel. State Mines Closed
"Will Australia strike oil?" This is the question which farseeing business men are asking with some uneasiness at the present time. Oil is the coming fuel. It is ousting…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Milling Matters. Rescue Work in Mines
The attention of Mr. Edden, the Minister of Mines, was drawn to a report by Mr. R. Redmayne, the Chief Inspector of Collieries in England, on rescue work in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Strike in South Africa. 6000 Miners Out
Capetown, Wednesday.—Detachments of police from the various towns are concentrating in Johannesburg, in view of the general mining strike to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Matters. the Rothbury Agreement
Messrs. D. Watson and W. Brennan, president and secretary of the Colliery Employees' Federation respectively, visited the Rothbury Colliery on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Miners Strike. Outrages Feared. (By Cable.) London
Outrages in connection with a general m[?]ng strike declared on The Rand have already begun. It is reported that the strikers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Federated Mining Mechanics. the Wages Board
Mr. W. Waller, secretary to the Federated Mining Mechanics and Surfacemen's Mutual Protective Association of Australasia, makes the following statement regarding the report…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire in Mine. Flames Belching Forth. (By Telegraph) Brisbane
A fire broke out at Fairbank colliery, near [?]wich, yesterday. The flames to day were belching 20 feet from the tunnel mouth. Fortunately the pit has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Rand Mining Strike. a Serious Situation. Pretoria. July 1
A detachment of 500 men of the Bedford Regiment has sent to the Rand. JOHANNESBURG. July 1. Owing to sabotage on the East Rand, 2000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Novel Telephone in Mine Rescue Work
The throat telephone, transmitting speech from the outside of the throat is rather curious solution of a difficulty in mine rescue work. The oxygen helmet is being discarded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Magnates Guarded. Johannesburg, July 7
Two civilian corns armed with ball cartridge guarded the residences at Parktown, where many mining magnates live. These resident were fearful of [?]ent threats…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Foreign Miners. Language Test Regulations
Considerable feeling has been caused by the recent drastic action of the Minister for Mines in West Australia in excludding for eigners from northern mines under the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Killed by a Fall of Earth. Fate of Two Miners
A fall of earth at the South Berry mine, Creswick (Vic.) resulted in the death of two miners , Jonathan Mounsey and Henry King both of Allendale, who wore…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nationalising Coal Industry
Mr.Stephen Walsh, Labour Member for Ince (Lancashire) has introduced a bill into the House of Commons to nationalise coal mines and minerals, and the distribution…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Mining Accident Central Greta Colliery
A sad fatal accident occurred about 12 o'clock yesterday at Central Greta Colliery, by which a minor named John Callaghan lost his life. Deceased was well-known throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Rights
The coal seam which forms the mine, of the Muswellbrock Coal Company is on the town common, starts in the south-eastern portion of the municipality, and is then…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Old-time Gold Story
I recently saw in the "Mercury" Aber-deen news an account of a resident's experiences of the halcyon gold days in Vic-toria, when "tons" of the precious metal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Matters. Abermain Colliery
A conference tool place at the Abermain No. 2 colliery on Wednesday between Messrs. Joseph Jeffries, ' general manager to the Abermain Coal Company;…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Rand Mining Strike Guarding the Mines. Johannesburg, July 3
Six thousand out of 20,000 white miners employed on the Rand have struck. The directors of the East Rand Proprietary have postponed the declaration of the…
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