South Africa's Gold Supply Problem Foe Scientists. Reducing Working Costs
South Africa produces more than half of the world's gold supply, and we see how science and research assist by the statement of Sir R. Kopze that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1931
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Geologists Return From New Zealand Gold in West Coast Sounds. Promising Reefs
A party of geologists, comprising Professors Benson (Dunedui), Bortrand (Auckland), King (Wellington), and Keble (Melbourne), returned on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ribley's Reward. a Tale-of the Goldfields
Jack Ribley's cottage was unpretentious, a mere construction of the simplest type of architecture that ex-pressed in tone and composition the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Collieries
Both Hebburn No. 1 and 2 were idle to-day owing to slackenss of trade. For the fortnight ending to-day, Hebburn No. 1 has worked four…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rothbury Colliery
Rothbury colliery is at present idle and reports say that very little is expected in the near future…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Swallowed Gold
A nugget of gold about twice the size of an ordinary pea was found inside a young goose which was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GRETA New Greta Colliery Closed Down
The Manager of New Greta Colliery in conversation with the lodge officers, stated that the colliery was practically closed…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Coal Economy Briquettes Used
A demonstration was made by the State Electricity Commission at Richmond Power House (Vic.) before a party of industrialists, of the use…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Trade Shipments at Newcastle
Activity in the coal trade continued during the week, and shipments at Newcastle for places beyond the State was 35,987 tons, of which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dust Expert Inspects Mines Tests Made
An inspection of Hebburn No. 2 Colliery and Richmond Main has been made by Dr. Badham, an officer of the Health…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"BLACK" Newnes Shale Miners' Decision Sydney
The Newnes shale oilfields have, according to a statement by Mr. D. J. Davies, secretary of the Miners' Federation, to all…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Coal Merger Shareholders Meeting Big Company Sydney
It was learned to-day that a special meeting of the shareholders of the East Greta Coalmining Company, Ltd., will be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Avoid It! Inflation Evil World's Gold Sydney
Dr. Mauldon, Senior Lecturer in Economics at the Melbourne University, who arrived in Sydney to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lucky Strike 62oz. Nugget of Gold MELBOURNE
A nugget of gold weighing 62oz was found at Blackwood last week by Messrs. Thomas Mathews and William Walters…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Oil From Coal Engineer's Experiments
Mr J. Fletcher, consulting engineer, who for many years has taken an active interest in the problem of avoiding coal waste in the mining industry,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Explosion Fire-Damp Ignites 31 Men Dead Berlin, Feb. 22
Another disastrous fire damn explosion in the Aachen coalfield killed 31 miners. Pit props were smashed to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Mining at Copeland. Increased Activity
The Government's gold prospecting scheme has created new interest in gold mining in Copeland and brought men in from outside to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Whispering Gully. Gold-seeking
It is reported that about a dozen men are prospecting in Whispering Gully above the site of the old town of Wangat, which is now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Quest for Gold. Points for Prospectors
Men only search for gold when the more comfortable ways of earning a livelihood fail them. It was this driving force of economic necessity that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Pioneer Passes Mk Morgan Wiiaiams' Death
Mr. Morgan Williams, Superintendent of the East Greta Coal Mining Co., and one of the best known men on the coalfields, died at his home,…
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