The Mines. Bellbird Works To-day. Waiting for Line to Open. Cessnock
Only one mine—Bellbird—worked at Cessnock today. Aberdare Control Colliery, which worked throughout last week, was…
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Mining & the mines, 1930
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Coal Export
For the month of June, 136,845 tons of coal were exported from Newcastle. South Australia, with 51,130 tons, was the largest customer. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Unemployment Tragedy Caledonian Collieries Ltd. Should Help
The unemployment question is a serious one. Work is the only solution, but the difficulty is to find work. It is the duty of capitalists to supply…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Work at Collieries General Resumption Expected To-morrow
Now that the South Maitland railways have resumed running, and coal waggons are available, a general resumption or work at the collieries is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Work To-morrow Abermain No. 2 Colliery
Ahermain No. 2 Colliery, which along with other mines, has been idle for some days past owing to the flood, will resume work to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Narrow Escape [?] Electrician's Unenviable Experience. Bellbird Colliery Incident
While carrying out his duties as electrician at Bellbird Colliery yesterday Mr. George Cousins had a miraculous escape from serious injury if…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine to Close at Broken Hill
Owing to the decision to dose down the Broken Hill Proprietary mine, 2,000 men will be out of employment. The decision has cast a gloom over…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Earnings What the 12 1/2% Means
It was predicted that the 12 1/2 per cent. that the miners had to accept to resume work at the mines in the Northern collieries would mean big…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brown Coal Briquettes Success of Yallourn Undertaking Described
Just about 10 years have elapsed since the State Electricity, Commission put its spade into the soil of the Latroube River flats to open up the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Where the Best Coal Is Excelled in Test
On the great South Maitland Coalfields we bout of our coal. No doubt it is grand—both in abundance and quality. None other in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Garden Border. Made of Gold-beaeing Quartz. Discovery at Lithgow
Gold valued at £70 has been found in a Lithgow back yard. A quantity of white quartz used as a border for the garden was recently…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Supplies. From Northern Fields. for the Railways. Price Reduced by 18 Per Cent
The Railway Commissioners on Friday approved of contracts for the supply of coal from thec northern districts. The competition was very…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thick Years' Gaol Mine Clerk's Lapse
Kovin S. Long. 28, a clerk, was sentenced in Melbourne to three years' imprisonment for theft. Long. who was a clerk at the State…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Coal Traffic
Coal traffic through West Maitland has become very heavy since the resumption of the service. At present a full number of coal trains…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Work Resumed. at Rothbury Colliery, Branxton
Rothbury Colliery resumed work this morning. The cavils were drawn yesterday, and all day saw the miners…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Search for Gold Minister to Make Inspection
The Minister for Mines (Mr. Weaver) has left Sydney for Mudgeo and Gulgong, where he will make an inspection of the work carried out by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →St. Heliers' Colliery. Notices Issued
It is generally understood that in consequenee of the slackness of trade, dismissal notices have been issued to almost the whole of the employees at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Inspectors Comciliation Committee's Award
The Crown Emplyees' Conciliation Committee completed the award coving colliety inspectors of the Mines Department. The award provides that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Much Coal Removed
There have been busy days on the South Maitland railway line this week. Since the mines started work this week the trains, have been running at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rothbury Colliery Original Employees Resume Work
About 200 of the original employees of Rothbury Colliery resumed work yesterday, after a spell of 15 months. However, 12'miners, 12 wheelers, and…
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