Alunite Mines
Alunite, or limestone, occurs at Bullahdelah, about thirty-five miles from Port Stephens, in a narrow mountain range which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1921
137 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 2 of 7
The Colliery Employees
Officials of the Colliery Employees Federation strenuously deny that they have resorted to any policy of irritation strikes. In reply the mineowners have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fortunes on Four Feet. Horses Worth Their Weight in Gold
£50,000 for a horse! Such was the stupendous sum rececently paid by an American purchaser for Prince Palatine, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →83 Strikes This Year. in Newcastle Mines. Sydney
Lighty-three strikes on the part of employees have taken place in the coal mines in the Newcastle district since January 1st…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Explosion. at Hoskins' Iron Mine. Nine Men Killed. Sydney
What appears to have been a premature explosion of a charge occurred at Hoskins' iron mine, Cadia, near Orange, yesterday. Nine men lost their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Better Than Gold
It is not always the wisest method of spending money to insist on having articles of pure gold or pure silver. Rolled gold articles are…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Britain's Coal Problem De-Control Means Lower Wages
With the second reading of the De Control Bill the coal problem reached an acute crisis. The executive of the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Disaster, Fall of Overburden. Men Bured Alive. Twenty Fatalities Feared
A mass of overburden suddenly collapsed at Hoskins iron mine at Cadia on Thursday afternoon. The miners, who had just returned after…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News of the World. No Coal in Moscow. Famine at the Door. London
A message from Copenhagen states that the situation in Moscow is extremely critical, owing to the complete absence of coal. A famine is at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold for Gold. Chapter I.—his First Hour in America
Among the first passengers to hurry down the gang-plank from the steamship Umbria when the arrived in New York was a young gentleman…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£14 For 4 Days Mine Boys' Big Pay. Why Wheelers Go on Strike
At a meeting of the Hebburn Miners' Lodge, at which the resignations of the officers and committeemen were tendered, as a protest against the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wonders of White Coal. Will Water Wash King Coal From His Throne?
"The present generation will be the last to acknowledge coal as king" said a well-known scientist the other day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wages in Britain. Extensive Reductions. Position of Miners
The Scottish and North Wales Miners' Union have followed the South Wales Miners' Councils' example in rejecting the coal-owners' wage scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Master of All. by E. Almaz Stout, Author of "Copper under the Gold," &c. COPYRIGHT. (Published by Special Arrangement.) CHAPTER XV.—(Continued.)
Dick roze and held it open, and Sydney passed out first. She felt, rather than saw and heard, Dick bend his head and speak a few quick, low…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Coal Strike. Floods Ruining Mines. Gravest Crisis Since War. London
The coal strike in Britain is regarded as the gravest emergency since the outbreak of the war. Owing to the withdrawal of pump…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Strikes in England. Mines Idle. Movement Spreading. Situation Serious. London
A United Service message from London says "It is better to have a big fight now than allow ourselves to be taken singly." is an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Miners' Strike. Hope Raised and Dashed. Hitch in Negotiations. London, Wednesday Night
Mr. Lloyd George has received replies from both the owners and miners agreeing to meet to discuss negotiations. In the House of Commons this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Mining Unprofitable! Why Silver Has Soared
Gold mining, even in the very Ophirs and Golcondas of the world, has almost reached the point of being unprofitable. Not because the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining
The Federation and Plateau mines are now starting into full swing again after the Easter holidays, and crushing will be starting almost immediately in the big…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lorryful of Gold
NEARLY £1,000,000 worth of gold was on the Cunard liner Kaiserian Augustin Victoria when it sailed from Liverpool for New York on 1st…
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