Bendigo Gold Production
A review of the year's work shows that the Bendigo gold production was the lowest since 1891, whilst there was a large falling off in the amount…
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Mining & the mines, 1914
857 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 43
Muswellbrook Letter. Muswellbrook, Saturday. a State Coal Mine
The question of establishing a State coal mine at Muswellbrook has been considered by the Minister for Mines for some time. About two years ago he made an offer for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Miners Killed. Hobart
Two miners, John Kirby, 28, married, with wife and child, and Thomas Joseph Reid, 35, married, with a wife and one child, were killed at the Tasmania mine, Beaconsfield, on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Situation
Although Newcastle and Maitland, the chief colliery districts of Australia, have for a considerable time now happily been free from the widespread and enormous…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian Coal. Exports to America Affected
The Acting Commercial Agent for New South Wales in America, Mr. P. Quinn, advises the Government, of a reduced demand there for Australian Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →11 Days in a Coal Bunker. Natives Strange Escape
An amazing discovery was made last month while the Union-Castle coasting steamer Tiger was being unloaded at Cape Town Docks. Coal was being removed from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Daring Gold Robbery. Theft From a Train. Mystery Ix France. Paris. Nov. 17
Great mystery is being observed by the police authorities at the Care du Nord concerning the robbing of a car containing forty cases of sold coin and ingots from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Colliery Disputes
There have been isolated colliery troubles during the year, but nothing of a serious nature, although, at times, the position was ominous. It would seem that the wages…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hebburn Colliery. Stoppage Averted
The president of the Miners' Federation, Mr. D. Watson, with Mr. G. Gregory, industrial inspector, attended a meeting of the Hebburn Miners' Lodge on Saturday,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Industry
Of course, this expansion is a reflex of the expansion and development of the mining industry. The most important development work in the industry during the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shipping Casualties. Mine-laying Seamer Stranded. Copenhagen, Jan. 3
The Russian mine-laying steamer Neiroks has become stranded near Ronne, on her maiden voyage from Middlesborough to Libau, but she has sustained no damage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Work at the Pits
The holidays have interfered with the working of the majority of the pits, so that the tallies for the past fortnight vary considerably. At some of the collieries,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Labour Unrest in South Africa. Railways and Mines. Capetown
Unrest among railway men is increasing. At a meeting held at Pretoria a resolution was passed, requesting the Prime Minister, General Botha, to abandon the retrenchment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Troubles. a Colliery Idle. Newcastle, Tuesday afternoon
Seaham No. 2 colliery, one of the largest pits in the West Wallsend district, went out on strike to-day. The trouble is with the wheelers, but the precise nature of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Wages [?]Ard Business
During argument in connection with the Hebbura matter before the wages board at Newcastle yesterday, the chairman said the business of the board could not be carried on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Durbin Miners Durban, Jan. 6
The miners have accepted the terms offered to the [?]ept there in r[?]d to [?] which [?]intion are still in prop[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Colliery Strike. Caused by One Wheeler
Seaham No. 2 colliery was laid idle on Tuesday owing to the action of one wheeler. In the ordinary course of work, a wall had been altered, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Zealand Miners. Returning to Work
The Huntly mines reopened on Tuesday, and 35 men returned, making with those already working, a total of over 100, against 530 prior to the strike…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Matters. Difficulty Overcome
The South Seaham colliery was again idle yesterday, in consequence of the dispute as to the work to be done by one of the wheelers [?] as the result of a deputation which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Smoking Out a Murderer. Refugee in a Mine. New York, Dec. 2
A despatch from Salt Lake City, Utah, printed in New York to-day, describes how a police posse is trying to smoke out one Rafael Lopez, a Mexican, who is wanted for…
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