Strike-breakers Killed. Miners Shot Down. New York, May 9
A serious conflict between police and coal strikers, which led to loss of life, occurred at Pottsville, in Pennsylvania, on Wednesday. The police fired on a mob…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Mining & the mines, 1912
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English Miners Minimum Rates
The Durham District Board, of which Sir Robert Bonier is chairman, has fixed the imimum wage rates for coal mining in the country…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Daring Bank Robbery. Trail of Gold Coins Througie Town. Grass Valley [California)
A horseman robbed the bank in this town of £1000. The desperado locked three of the bank clerks in the vault, and then made his escape laden with the gold…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Coal Industry
In some colliery districts great distress exists owing to some of the mines not having been reopened. Mr. J. Keir Hardie. M.P.. the well-known Labor leader…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Mining Explosion. Six Men Killed. Bodies Dismembered
A terrible explosion occurred at the Tredegal Iron Company's works in Monmouthshire. The disaster, which occurred without the slightest warning, crumpled…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →National Conference of Miners
A national conference of the Miners' Federation has opened in London to consider the minima fixed By the various district boards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Find at Hargraves
The Under-Secretary for Mines is in receipt of a report from the mining register, Hargraves, respecting a discovery made by Mr. James Green, Sen., at Clare's…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →General Cable News. Flood Drowns 40 Miners
SANTIAGO (CHILE), Thursday. A mining camp at Gatico in the Antofagasta Province has been overwhelmed by a sudden flood. Forty of the miners…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Explosion at Mine. Limbs Blown Off. London May 19
A disastrous explosion has occurred at the mine of the Tredegar Iron Company, in Monmouthshire. The pit-head was completely wrecked and the machinery…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Gold in the Back. Stooping Almost Impossible. Blle Beans the Worker's Friend
Mr. Arthur Bonney, of 18 Hopkinsstret, Richmond, Melbourne, says:—"At one time I was employed as a shunter on the railway, and my work necessitated a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →General Strike by Transport Workers. London, Thursday Evening. The transport Workers have ordered general strike. Miners' Minimum Wages. London
The conference of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain yesterday considered the various awards under the Mines Conciliation Act…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Coal Industry. Minimum Wage Rates. London
Sir Walter Roper Lawrence (formerly a member of the Council of India) is the chairman of the South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire Coal District Board…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australia Wins Gold Medal for Fruit
Australia lias been awarded a large gold medal for its fruit exhibit at the international fruit and flower show in London…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.Z. Mining' Strike. Auckland
It is now considered probable that the strike of engineers at the Waihi mine will shortly bo declared off by the Federation of Labor. The ground on wich it is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rich Broken Hill Mine. Dividends £1,000,000
To date £1,000,000 has been distributed in dividends by the Broken Hill South Company…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rich Gold Discovery
A valuable discovery of gold has been made at Murril Creek in the Wyalong district. Mr. C. F. M'Lean cleaned up a crushing of 51 tons which yielded 1069oz…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Waihi Mine Trouble. Lure of Efforts to Settle. Auckland
An attempt by the Federation of Labor to settle the Waihi mine trouble has failed. The mine superintendent refused to confer with the union as the matter is in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Down a Coal Mine
Coal-miners in several respects have develoned faculties far beyond those of the ordinary individual. For instance, the collier has a sense of hearing far more…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Death of Mining Engineer
The death of one of Victoria's oldest colonists, Mr. Thomas Duncan, took place at his residence, Chiltern, recently. Mr. Duncan…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mystery of the Coal-beds
Whence did we get our greatest national treasure? No one can say with certainty. The origin or the coal-deposits still baffles science. Some men, after years of…
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