Mining in New South Wales
Proposals affecting both metalliferous and coal mining are to be submitted to Parliament during the coming session, the effect of which, it carried, will be…
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Gold at Capetown. Quartz Reef 30 Feet High. London
The Cape Town correspondent of the "Daily Mail" reports that a gold bearing quartz reef 30 feet high, and running towards Signal Hill has been discovered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cable News. Coal-pit Disaster. Over 80 Killed. Rescue Parties Overwhelmed. Death of Gallant Men. London, July 9
There were two explosions at the Oadeby pit, at Conisbrough, in Yorkshire, this morning. It is known that 30 men were killed, while many were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Franklin's Fortune. a Mining Story
Chisholm came out on the hotel piazza to join the little group of men gathered about the door. They were an oddly assorted crowd, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murdered Man's Pockets Filled with Gold Nuggets. Oroville (Cal.)
An unknown man was found murdered in a dredging pond. The deceased's pockets were full of gold nuggets. The theory of the police is that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. (Per Reuter.) Reservoirs Burst, Five Mines Flooded. Sixty Lives Lost. Heartrending Scenes New York
The disaster, which occurred near Union Town, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, when a large reservoir, situated on the mountainside, burst, was much more serious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Waihi Gold Mine. Directors Attitude Towards Strikers
The directors of the Waihi Gold Mine, in the Thames district. Auckland, New Zealand, the headquarters of which are in London, have issued a circular to shareholders…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Durham Miners Lose £335.000
A miners demonstration was held at Durham yesterday. A report submitted to the meeting showed that the recent strike had depleted the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arctic Gold
It is difficult for the Englishman to form any conception of the degree of cold represented by the 80 deg. of frost sometimes experienced…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Curious Places of Worship. a Chapel in a Coal Pit
The miners' chapel in Mynnd Meniggd Colliery at Swansea, where for a period extending over half a century the toilers of the mine have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cable News. Tragic Disasters. Miners Drowned Like Rats. Frenzied Wives and Mothers. New York, July 25
The disaster caused by the bursting of a reservoir on the side of a mountain, near Uniontown, Pennsylvania, was much more serious than it seemed at first. Sixty…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Wyalong Mines
At the Warden's Court, Wyalong, the Barrier Company applied for a further three months' suspension of labor conditions. The application was opposed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Original Poetry. Killed in the Mine
Down the deep mine went father and son, For loved ones to toil 'ere day begun; And they laboured hard, both young…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Short Weight in Sydney. Provisions and Coal
I The Local Government Association in Sydney has recently been carrying out a series of investigations with regard to the I laws "governing weights and measures. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cablegrams. (Per Beutes.) Fearful Mine Explosion 103 MEN Killed Number Still Entombed. Berlin
A serious mining disaster has occurred in the Lothringen colliery at Bochum, 9 miles from Essen, in the Province of West-phalia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Welsh Miners' Wages
The South Wales Coal Owners have concede [?] per cent, increase, in the wages paid to miners…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Mining Disaster. 101 Bodies Recovered. Berlin
One hundred and one bodies have been recovered from the /workings of the Lothringen mine, at Bochum (near Essen), the scene on Thursday of a fearful explosion…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Football. United Miners (9.9) Defeats Corowa (2.2)
On Saturday afternoon last the above teams met on the local ground, and the locals again suffered defeat. The weather was perfect, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal for Foreign Navies
A number 0f weisn coaiowners have secured orders for coal for the navies of foreign countries, at a price of £1 per ton in advance of the rates ruling in 1911…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →You Need Not Take Gold Ifyou Head This Article
" Never cast a clout Until May is out " is the familiar rhyme for those who would avoid colds in the treacherous…
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