Minimum Wage for Coal Miners
The Minors' Federation yesterday discussed the question of a minimum wage for coal miners, but the meeting adjourned until to-day, without a definite expression…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining & the mines, 1911
352 stories in Murray's papers · page 17 of 18
Explosion Through Coal Dust. Loss of 14 Men Feared. Vivian (West Virginia)
An explosion which was caused by coal dust occurred in the bottom of the Greek Coal Company's mine yesterday, with the result that a number of men were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Loss of Gold. in South African Mine. Capetown
In September a Government commission was appointed to inquire into the alleged loss of £60,000 worth of gold by the East Rand Proprietary Gold Mining Company…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Still Another Coal Miners Strike. Newcastle
The miners at Ellermore Vale colliery went on strike this morning and the mine is now idle. The cause of the trouble arose through a miner having been sent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Vacuum Cleaning for Mines
The vacuum-cleaning of coal mines is a new idea for preventing risk from dust, to which explosions are often due. An electrical firm has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sixteen Miners Buried. Berlin
An accident occurred in a potash mine at Klein Bodungra, in Prussia. A blast exploded prematurely burying sixteen men. Eleven bodies have been recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Goldfields Sketch. Ropeyarn’s Dilemma
Good-bye, John. Don’t be long, Come bock soon to your own chick a biddy. For the winds do blow, Yo-ho, Yo-ho, To take away my sailor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New South Wales Mines. Owners and Miners Confer. Sydney
The colliery proprietors at a meeting yesterday decided to grant a conference with the [?] on the troubles in the district. Three officials of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Down a Gold Mine
Gold, and gold-rushes did mors to open, up Australia in the early days than anything else could have done in the same period of time…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Vend Cases. £7451 Allotted for Counsel's Fees
[?] were supp[?] in the He[?]se of Representatives to-day by Mr. H[?] the [?] in [?] to a question by Mr. W. E. [?] (N…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →100 Miners Entombed. Knoxville (Tennessee)
A terrible explosion took place at a mine close to the town, with the result that it is believed 100 miners are entombed. Throngs of women and children are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hundreds Victimised in Mining Swindle. Sensation in Washington. Seattle
An alleged great mining swindling case, which has come before the Courts here, is attracting a good deal of interest. Messrs. A. L. and C. A. Moore have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Explosion in Tasmanian Mine. Launceston
Two men, John Rush and Frank Burton, were brought to the hospital at midnight last night suffering from severe injuries sustained through a premature…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →West's Pictures. "All for Gold."
"All for Gold; or Jumping the Claim," was the attraction at West's Pictures at the Albury Mechanics' Theatre last evening. The original photo-play was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →100 Miners Entombed. Rescuers at Work
PRINCEVILLE (Tennessee), Wednesday. (Great efforts are beng made to rescue some of the miners entombed in the principal colliery in the Gross mountain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Transvaal Gold Output
The gold output for the Transvaal during November constituted a record for that month, the figures being 719,739oz., valued at £3,057,213…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →An Old Man's Gold
A remarkable discovery of long-lost sovereigns was made during last week in peculiar circumstances, on a close road at Bylands, Kilmore district, between, the…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Entombed Miners. 100 Men Beyond. Rescue. Princeville (Tennessee), Dec. 12
The explosion, in the Gross Mountain mine, it is feared, will result in the loss of fully 100 i es. As the reward of the energetic efforts of…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Entombed in Mine. 100 Men Imprisoned. Fire Beats Back Rescuers. Knoxville (Tennessee). December 9
A sensational explosion occurred at the principal mine in the Gross mountain system. About 100 miners are entombed. As soon as the news of the occurrence…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Fire in a Coal Mine. Five Miners Entombed. London
A five has broken out in the Cannock-Chase Colliery in Staffordshire. Fire miners hare been cut off by the flames and failing debris and are…
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