The Convict Mines of Siberia
Now and again a telegram from St. Petersburg announces that certain Nihilists hare been condemned to death, but that the Czdr has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining & the mines, 1889
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A Venezuela Mine. Chapter[?]
However true it may be that rolling stones gather no moss, some of the human beings addicted to the rotary style of life find it indefinitely more enjoyable than the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Venezuela Mine. Chapter II.—(Continued.)
When Raynor first came out from England he found Piedras de Plata in, to put it mildly, a very demoralised condition. Not that such work as was carried on was badly…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Alleged Gold Fraud at Gundagai. [By Telegraph.] Gundagai, [?]ursday
The investigation of the charge against W. Thompson was continued in the police court yesterday and did not conclude till 4 o’clock this afternoon, thus occupying nearly three days…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Newcastle Colliery Disaster. Discovery of Several Bodies
The body of James Hodson, deputy overman in the Hamilton pit, one of the victims of the recent disastrous fall in the workings in that colliery, was found by the search parties…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Colliery Disaster Near Edinburgh. Sixty Miners Entombed. London, September 6
The Mauricewood Colliery, near Edinburgh, is on fire. Sixty miners are entombed in the mine, and it is feared that they have all perished…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The Newcastle Colliery Disaster
An important discovery, throwing some light upon the fate of the unfortunate victims the Glebe Colliery disaster was made on on Friday. A further search in Murphy’s…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →How a Mine Was Discovered
The discovery of the Amulet mine, on Lynx Creek, reads more like fiction than reality. In July, 1886, F. E. Dogget, with pick and shovel on his shoulders, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Strike in the Westphalia Coal Mines. London, September 22
Herr Weber, who acted as president of the coal-miners who went oat on strike in Westphalia, Prussia, in May last, has been sentenced to imprisonment for seven months for inciting…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →How a mine Was Discovered
The discovery of the Amulet mine, on Lynx Creek, reads more like fiction than reality. In July, 1886, F. E. Dogget, with pick and shovel on his shoulders, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining
MR R. ARROWSMITH, Mining Registrar of the Indigo Division, reports: -- Quartz mining is being steadily pursued, with fairly profitable results, by the few miners…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mining Excitement in Melbourne
Mr. Dix, whose action caused a sudden rise in the price of Round Hills, returned home early Tuesday morning. His manager explained his absence in this way : Mr. Dix was buying…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →How a Mine Was Discovered
The discovery of the Amulet mine, on Lynx Cre[?]k, reads more like fiction than reality. In July, 1886, F. E. Dogg[?]t, with pick and shovel on his shoulders, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Eight Hours System in Mines. London, October 11
A national conference of miners has been held, at which it was decided that the eight hours system shall come in operation in January next…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Colliery Explosion in Staffordshire. London, October .16
A terrible explosion occurred to-day in a coal mine at Longton, in Staffordshire. Sixty miners have been killed…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Miners’ Strike in Durham. London, October 20
Three thousand miners, employed in the Marquis of Londonderry’s coal mines in Durham, have struck work, demanding that the hours of labor shall be shortened. Fifteen…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Miners’ Strike in Belgium. London, October 17
Seven thousand miners have struck work at Courriere, in Belgium…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Coal Resources of Australia. London, October 19
Messrs. Want and W. Harper are now in Glasgow inspecting the operation of Luhrig’s coal-dividing plant, with a view to its introduction into Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Durham Coal Miners. Demand for Increased Wages and Shorter Hours. London, October 26
The Durham coal miners, to the number of 100,000, have demanded an advance of 15 per cent, in their wages, and that their working hours shall consist of five days of seven…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Singular Mining Accident
An accident occurred at the Napier Freehold Company's mine, Majorca, on Thursday last, by which a carpenter named Pearce had a miraculous escape from a terrible death…
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