Canada’s Gold Holdings
OTTAWA: Canada’s official holding of gold and U.S. dollars rose to 1,822,200,000 dollars (£818,000,000) on May 83…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1954
557 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 28
Extracts From ‘Mercury’ Files 50 Years Ago June 17, 1904. Mining At Sinzleton
Further developments are taking place at Rix’s Creek coal mine, near Singleton, and about 100 additional hands are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →State Mine Wins Colliery "Ashes"
The State Mine defeated Liddell Colliery 11—7 in hard and fast football match at Howe Park on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Northern Mines Idle
CESSNOCK: Millfield colliery is the only mine on the South Maitland field idle today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Claims Coal theory "nonsense"
NEWCASTLE.— The theory that the coal industry was prosperous was "all nonsense," a Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Minister urges optimism on coal
NEWCASTLE: The Minister for National Developament, Senator W.H Spooner Pleaded with the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland Coal May Be Replaced by Oil
The pre-eminence of Maitland coal for gas making and its semi-monopoly in this field were things of the past. The Chairman of the Joint Coal Board…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Miners Killed In Explosion
PARIS: Four miners were killed and six injured, five of them seriously, in a coal damp explosion in a mine near…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Said Not Enough Hot Water
Bellbird miners took the day off today as a protest against lack of hot water in the bathrooms The mine has on output…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Princess Goes Down a Coal Mine
Princess Margaret, wearing a white overall and a miner’s safety helmet, and carrying a miner’s lamp, is seen here as she left the cage after spending nearly on hour below the surface at Calverton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Managers’ Examination
At the examination for certificate of competency as mine manager and under-manager under the Coal Mines…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No. 2 Mine Idle
Muswellbrook No. 2 colliery was idle on Friday. The stoppage arose over a question us to who should drive a shuttle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Leader May Go Overseas
The General President of the Miner's Federation (Mr. I. Williams) is expected to attend a meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thesis on District Coal Resources Wins Doctorate of Philosophy University Award For Government Geologist
The University of Sydney has announced that it will confer the degree of Doctor of Philosophy on Frederick William…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Report on Mines Requested
The miners' Northern Executive will report to the current meeting of the Board of Management on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Board members at Newdell
The Joint Coal Board to-day met coal owners in the Singleton and Newcastle areas…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Award For Mining Mechanics
SYDNEY: The Electrical Trades Union had an undeniable right to be a party to this Mining Mechanics’ award, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Notices To Miners
Caledonian Collieries Ltd. will tomorrow issue notices to [?] employees of south Waratah colliery, which is to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Australia Wants Our Coal Chief Engineer and Purchasing Officer Inspect No. 1 Colliery
The visit to Muswellbrook No. 1 Colliery of South Australian Railway Department representatives on Wednesday recalled that during the war years many thousands of tons of Muswellbrook…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Surveyors’ Certificate
At the examination for certificate of competency as mine surveyor under the Coal Mines Regulation Act,…
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