Proprietary Mine. Trouble at Broken Hill
The City Council, Broken Hill, at a special meeting, called to discuss the trouble at the Proprietary mine, carried the following resolution:—"That the Mayor and three aldermen…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1918
498 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 25
The Coal Pool. "Unfair to Victoria."
While he is advocating the installation of better coal discharging appliances in Melbourne, Mr. M'Pherson. State Treasurer, regards the views expressed at the conference…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Federation's Attitude
At a meeting of the executive of the Australasian Coal and Shale Federation at Sydney the I. W . W . cases were discussed, and the following resolution carried: "In view of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Demands. London
The Miners' Federation have pressed a resolution demanding a resolution demanding a six-hours day after the war, and six days' pay for a five-day week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Protest. Coal Conference Decision
Action on the lines indicated by Mr. McPherson, State Treasurer, has been taken by the Victorian Government to protest against the decision of the coal conference as far as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Mine Fatality 20 Men Killed Fall of 1000 Feet. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) Capetown, Thursday Night
A Johannesburg message states that 20 white men were killed to-day in a skip disaster at the Meyer Charlton mine, through the snapping of the rope…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Favour Proposal
The miners' executive favours the proposal submitted at the Treasures' Conference, Melbourne, to have them included in the bodies to come under Federal control. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Mining. North Coast Prospects
The prospects of successful mining and prospecting on the North Coast appear brighter for the current year than was the case in 1917. The Boraneal gold mine, owned by a Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Clarence Coal Measures. Latest Discoveries Unworkable
Mr. J. E. Carne. Government Geologist in a report on the coal seams in the upper watersheds of the Rehmond and Tweed rivers, stales that the analysis of the latest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sinking of San Diego. Mine or Torpedo? Vancouver
Forty-eight lives were lost in the sinking of the American cruiser San Diego. It is uncertain whether she was sunk by a mine or a torpedo, as the submarine was not seen…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Johannesburg. Mining Disaster. Capetown, Sunday Night
Great sympathy has been evoked as the result of the skip accident at the Meyer and Charlton Mine (Johannesburg), one of the oldest mines on the reef. The accident was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tin Opener to Sea Mine. Boers Scared in Handling Find on the Shore
A Beer farmer and his son found on the shore near Eland's Bay, early this year, what they took to he "a new kind of boiler used in the manufacture of wireless telegraph,"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From Coal Mine to Opera. Irish Tenor's Progress
There is romance in the story of Thomas Burke, a young Irish tenor, who has won operatic laurels in Italy, Burke was brought up as a miner in a Lancashire coat-pit. As…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Workmen's Compensation. Miners' Views
The returns so far received by the miners' executive in response to its minute suggesting a conference with the proprietors, to discuss matter in relation to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cessnock Collieries
The Caledonian Company's Collieries at Cessnock are evidently entering upon a period of intermittent work, which is something unusual. The Cessnock collieries hold the record…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Broken Hill Dispute. Proprietary Mine Trouble
The fact that the mines are re-employing men put out of work, as a sequel to the Proprietary mine and steam shovel troubles, cases off industrial worry, although the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Discovery. in the Ballarat District
An indicator vein yielding about half an ounce of fold to the dish has been discovered at Moliagul, in the Baliarat district, by Mr. Sallary, a returned soldier, after twelve…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Work at the Collieries. Fortnightly Pay
the full working period for the fortnight at the collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland district was eleven days, only five pits putting in that time. Nocwork was done at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mount Morgan Mine. Year's Revenue £1,200,983
The annual meeting of the Mount Morgan Gold Mining Co. Was held at Rockhampton on July 26. The report showed a revenue of £1,233,983. and an expenditure of £981,231…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Board of Trade. Housing of Miners. Sydney
The Board of Trade opened its sitting to-day at University Chambers to inquire into phases of the coal mining industry, housing accommodation, sanitation at the…
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