"All for Gold"
Messrs. Jim Girvan, Jim Neal, and others tired of waiting for the Bellbird Colliery to resume work, left on Wednesday for a gold prospecting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1931
1,092 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 55
Coal Exports. Big Drop
Figures released by the Newcastle sub-collector of Customs (Mr. A. H. Gibson) show the quantity of coal exported from Newcastle beyond the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mishap to Cage Elrington Colliery Incident Two Ken Admitted to Hospital
One way and another the electric winding engine controlling the cage at Elrington Collbery is receiving quite a lot of publicity…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kurri Stanford Miners' Lodge Attendance Fines Kurri
Important mattes were discussed at the motnhly meeting of the stanford Merthyr Miners Lodge, held in the School of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Proposed Merger A.W.U. and Miners Opposition From Militants
Some lively discussion is expected when the proposed merger of miners with the A.W.U. comes before the various miners' lodges. Strong…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lifting Jack That Caused Deal of Bother Kurri Coal Carter Charged
The borrowing of a lifting jack, following trouble with a motor tyre, heaped a whole deal of bother upon the shoulders of Walter Joseph Butts…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Letters to the Editor A.W.U. and Miners' Federation. (To the Editor)
Sir,—The proposed affiliation of the above mentioned unions should be repudiated unanimously by the members of the W.I.U. of A. on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Old Gold Digging Days Mr. John Bartlett Tells Big Nuggets Found
The unearthing of the large nugget of gold at Larkinville (West Australia) last week has revived fond memories of Mr. John Bartlett, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Mines More Amalgamation Rumours Afloat Newcastle
It is stated in Well-informed circles that there is every possibililty of at least one further amalgamation between collieries…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DISMISSED Coal Dust Case John Darling Mine Newcastle
The hearing was continued in Newcastle Police Court to-day of the case in which Andrew Steel was charged with a breach of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Cage Mishap Elrington Colliery Six Injured Cessnock
The electric winding engine at Ellington, which was the subject of a test case at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Miners' Protest Methods Condem[?] Peculiar Position
The methods employed to collect the 1/ in the £1 wages tax are causing a great deel of cirti[?] among the miners…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Mechanics Stanford Cavil Out C.E.F. CRITICISED
The President, Mr. T. G. Moran, presided at an executive meeting of the Federated Mining mechanics Association at West Maitland last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Pilfering Railways' Loss Three Men Fined
At the West Maitland Court Roy Bennett, 36, Edward Coatees, 38 and George Hyde, 24, were charged with stealing…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →CESSNOCK Mine Manager Charged Alleged Breach Cessnock
At Cessnock Police court to-day, George Mason Hindmarsh appeared to answer a charge that on October 28 last, near at Kcaraley, then being…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fall of Coal Shiftman Hurt CESSNOOK
Albert Burgees (40), a shiftman, employed at Sanford Merthyr No. 2 Colliery, was admitted to Cessnock Hospital to-ady suffering from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Search £10,000 Grant SYDNEY
The Government has made available £10,000 for encouragement of gold-mining. Within a week 900 applications…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To Combine Miners and A.W.U. SYDNEY
The new constitution drafted for the amalgamation of the Miners Federation and the Australian Workers' Union, was further…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Merger Companies Silent Know Nothing Sydney
Yesterday it was reported that another important coal merger was to take place on the northern coalfields, but those…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pit Top Levies Miners Object High Price of Powder Cessnock
Considerable dissatisfaction is being expressed by miners in the Cessnock district at the charges to which their wages are subject…
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