Gold Dearer Sydney
An increase of threepence [?] in the price of gold was announced by the Commonwealth Bank. For gold lodged at the [?] on Saturday…
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Mining & the mines, 1940
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Mine Filled with Cement. Copenhagen, [?]. 9
Believed to be either e new kind of bluff or the product [?] factory sabotage, a mine recovered off the coast of Jutland crambled like stone…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Advice Ignored Neath Miners’ Lodge CESSNOCK
At the meeting held by the Neath [?] Lodge the lodge refused the of the management that the wheeler, who was dismissed should…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Magnetic Mines Have Failed (“Mercury” Service) LONDON, January 9
The German rebel “Freedom wireless station” to-day referred to the failure of the magnetic mine-laying…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mines Uniformity of Hours Five Day Week Wollongong
Mining unions on the southern coalfields at a conference decided that members of all unions employed in the coalmining…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Body in Hut Death of Gold Prospector SYDNEY
The body of Alfred Stanley Bruce, a gold Prospector. aged about 65, was found last night in his hut at Glanmire, about 10 miles From…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Injured
Two men were injured at Pelaw Main Colliery yesterday and were admitted to Kurri Kurri District Hospital. They were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coalmine Disaster in Virginia Explosion Traps 89 Miners
With seven known to be dead, rescuers are working frantically to release 89 miners trapped 600 feet underground by an explosion .at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Eye Blown Out Explosion in Mine KALGOORLIE
Eugene Collise, 36, miner, had an eye blown out when he drilled into a charge of dynamite in the Great Boulder mine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Explosion Traps 89 Miners. Coalmine Disaster in Virginia
Workers are working frantically in an attempt to effect the rescue of 89 miners who have been entombed in a coalmin in Bartley West, Virginia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining and Sinking of Steamers
Two further steamers, one believed to be an Italian, were mined on the east coast to-day. They are believed to have struck an iceberg when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners and New Award. Western Lodges Support Hours Limitation
Declaring that there could be no peace in the coalmining industry on the conditions determined by the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →W. A. GOLD Highest Yield Since 1914 PERTH
The Western Australian gold yield for 1939 was 1,311,237 fine ounces, [?] at £11,312,26[?] This is the highest yield since 1914, for which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Sea Mines Purchase from U.S.A. (“Mercury” Service) New York, Jan. 11
The British Government is discussing the purchase from the United States of mines for the projected North Sea barrage, according to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →RACING Sidelights. Mildura Due for a Win Engaged in January Handicap. Korimako and Gold Spark Will Run Well
Mildura has been a disappointment for some time now, but should make amends for his many failures by taking out the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners’ Action Endorsed Wollongong
The Southern Miners’ Delegate Board endorsed the action of the Wongawilli [?] In ces[?], work because the management declined to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Mine. Caused by Bushfire Spread Down Shaft
A smell bushfire caused an outbreak of Arc in a shaft of the discussed working of Bloomfield M[?] Coillery at East Maltland…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mine Tragedy Twenty-five Bodies Recovered BARTLEY (Virginia), Jan. 12
Twenty-five bodies have been recovered from the Pocahontas coal mine where an explosion occurred 620 feet underg[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →200 DELEGATES Aggregate Meeting Mining Policy Newcastle
Aggregate meetings of members of the Miner’s Federation other unions will be held throughout the State within a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Toll of Sea Warfare Increases Mines and Bombs Italian Ship Sinks In Flames (“Mercury” Service) London, January. 12
Nard planes bombed and sank the 1706-ton British seamer Keyned in the North Sea. The has been landed. Only the wireless operator was injured, although planes at tracked twice one recurring five direct [?]…
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