Great Cobar Mine. Director's Report
London, Wednesday.—Mr. Harvey, one of the directors of the Great Collar Mining Company, has made a report on his visit to the mine. He recommends the…
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Mining & the mines, 1913
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A Musical Small-coal Man
Prominent among the features in the October Windsor Magazine" is an interesting article on "The Musical Small-Coal Man," in the course of which the contributor says:—…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Colorado Mining Disaster. Cripple Creek (Colorado), Dec. 5
In reference to the disaster at the Golden Cycle mine, which resulted in eight men being entombed, it now appears that further falls of rock have prevented the rescuers…
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A cage at the Erna mine fell a distance of 350 feet and seven men were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland Coalmines. Colliery Award Discussion. [?]
[?] miners lodge on Sunday had under consideration clause "A" of the recent Wages Board award, which reads as follows:—"After the specials have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at a Mine. One Man Killed. London
A shocking, accident occurred at a mine near Vienna, at the change of shifts. A number of miners crowded into the cage to descend, when the rope…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mining Industry. Pelaw-main Difficulty. Serious Position. Newcastle, Tuesday afternoon
The threatened serious trouble at Pelaw-Main colliery engaged the attention of the Miners' Wages Board to-day, when Mr. Lewis, appearing for the Miners' Federation,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Wales Miners
The miners on the South Wales Conciliation Board asked the owners to agree that ail col[?] should be expected to join the miners' federation which was responsible for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Disaster. Grand Junction (Colorado, U.S.A.), Tues
An explosion at the Vulean mine, near Newcastle, has entombed between 40 and 50 miners. The rescuers are unable to enter the mine owing to the after damp…
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It is rumoured that the Government contemplates establishing a state coalmine at Kayuga, within easy distance of the Muswellbrook-Merriwa railway…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Colliery Prosecution
At the police court, yesterday, before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., Henry Wright was charged with a breach of special rule 25 of the Abermain colliery—coming out of the mine…
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A young man named Alfred Ernest Stoker is lying in the Kurri Hospital in a very serious condition. Stoker was struck by a fall of stone while working in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Fatality
An inquest was opened at the Kurri District Hospital yesterday, before Mr. G. Brown, district coroner, and a jury of six concerning the death of Henry Dunlop, who died…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Disaster. Vienna
Two persons have been rese[?] from a colliery at Division in the Gorz district, who have been autombed since the 9th instant owing to an [?] of walter. A corpse…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Loading. Good News for Newcastle
For some yenrs Newcastlo's coal-loading appliances have been much Khort of the uort's trade requirements, and to various Governiuents the commercial community of the coaly city lias been making strong pro-tosta and entreaties, with almost wearying frequency. At last, however, the troubles of con 1-owners and shippers, bo far as loading facilities are concerned, would appear to be In sight. 1she Chief Commissioner for Railways has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Buried in Coal. Rescuing a Miner
A minor named William Murray, employed at the Invincible colliery (Cullen Bullen), narrowly escaped losing his life by a full of tops of some hundreds of tons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Explosion. Thirty-eight Killed. Grim Disaster in Colorado. Grand Junction (Col.), Dec. 17
An explosion occurred in the Vulean mme, in the neighbourhood of Newcastle, which resolved in the deaths of 38 out of the 40 men who were below at the time…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bellbird Miners
Tho Bellbird miners held a full meeting on Monday in view of a statement made by the manager that he could not see his way to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dry Weather and the Collieries
The dry weather has had the effect of curtailing the supply of water at the local collieries. At the Aberdare Extended Colliery the dam supply is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cessnock Miners' Lodge
Special full meeting of the Cessnock Minors' Lodge was held on Wednesday evening last in Winkleman's Hotel. Mr. Ray Lord…
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