A Mining Accident
A fall of earth occurred at the Golden Bar [?]e, Chiltern; on Friday afternoon. A miner named Gen. Flliott was working in the becks when the…
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Accident in a Coal Mine. Five Miners Entombed. London
A sudden inrush of water occurred on Saturday in a coal mine at Clackmannan, in Scotland, and five miners were entombed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident in a Coal Mine. Remaining Men Saved. London
The disaster in the coal mine at Clackmannan, Scotland, has fortunately not resulted in loss of life. The remaining two entombed miners have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labour Troubles. United States Miners. London, February 3
Trouble is believed to be brewing in the United States mining industry. The United Mine-workers are trying to raise a strike fund of £1,000,000. and it is…
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The Anthracite-Bitumenous Companies in America are storing immense stocks of coal in preparation for the anticipated strike amongst the miners…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. London. Sunday. Colliery Explosion in Terrible Loss of Life
Another terrible colliery explosion is reported from the United States. The accident occurred in the Perell mine, Makhill, Fayette County. No…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Mine Shaft Flooded. Fifty-five Natives Drowned
Phenomenal rains have fallen in certain quarters of the Rand. The Rudd shaft of the South Rose Deep Company was Hooded out and 55…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday. the Coal Lumpers Union
The decision in the industrial dispute between the Sydney Coal Lumpers' Union, claimants, and the Sydney Steam Collier Owners and Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Explosion. Thirty-five Miners Killed. London, February 9
A mining disaster has occurred in West Virginia. It was attended with considerable loss of life. At the Perell colliery, Makhul, in Fayette county, a dreadful…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →"Barbarous Coal Fires." How to Banish Fogs
The "Daily Mail" writes that the Duke of Fife was unable to take the chair, and Sir Oliver Lodge was too indisposed to deliver his address on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labour Troubles. American Coal Industry. Preparations for a Strike. London, February 8
A great strike, which will practically stop the entire coal production of the United States, is threatened. The anthracite and bituminous coal companies in…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Gold in Sheeps' Teeth
An unusual application has been made at Hay for two miners' rights. A butcher in Melbourne found some sheep he killed had an unusual…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. Coal Wheelers Dispute
The wheelers at the Hebburn Colliery have definitely refused to resume work at the old rates of pay. They demand a minimum wage of 7/ per…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday. a Conference in Coal
A conference has been arranged to be held to-morrow between the Coal Stevedores Association, with the object of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rand Gold Mines. Unskilled Labour. London, February 19
An important report has been issued by the Commissioner of Mines on the Rand with reference to the employment of white labour. The commissioner states that, after a fair trial…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Gold in Sheep's Teeth
An unusual application was made to the clerk of Petty Sessions at Hay last week for two miners' rights. The incident which led to the application is not an everyday…
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An unusual application has been made at Hay for two miner's rights. A butcher in Melbourne found some sheep he killed had an unusual…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tin-Mining on the Upper Murray
Mr. John Poole, an English mining expert, has been inspecting the tin-mining leases at Dora Dora held by Messrs. A. H. M'Eachern, F. Crawford. A. J. Field, H…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →A Mine Manager Honored
The employes of the Prentice and Southern mine, Rutherglen, have waited on the late manager (Mr E. Visick), at his residence, and presented him…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Riverina Gold-mining Company. Annual Meeting of Shareholders
The annual general meeting of share-holders in the above was held yesterday afternoon at Tattersall's Hotel. There were present:—Mr A. G. Stevenson (in the…
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