"For Turon Gold."
Nothing fires the imagination of Australians more than the romance of the gold fields, the herioc days of diggers, when the most adventures spirits of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining & the mines, 1912
436 stories in Murray's papers · page 20 of 22
The Tasmanian Mine Disaster. Fifty Men Rescued. Sydney
Fifty miners were brought safely to the surface at Mount Lyell. The others are believed to be doomed. The rescue work was carried out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late News. North Lyell Mining Disaster
Latest news regarding the disaster is to the effect that fifty survivors have been brought to the surface; twenty-six dead bodies have been found and twenty men…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →One Hundred Men Entombed. Mine Tragedy in Tasmania. a Disastrous Fire
A disastrous fire has broken out in the Mount Lyell mine. Tasmania, on Sunday. One hundred men are entombed, and their fate is unknown. One dead body…
Continued on Trove, page 46 →Nevada Mining Strike. Two Greeks Killed. Vancouver
Renewed trouble has taken place at Ely, in Nevada, where repeated conflicts have been taking place between the Greek miners, who are out on strike, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mine to Be Flooded. Queenstown
Just before midnight it became known through the police that the mine is to be flooded to just above the 700 feet level, and for that purpose a considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Lyell Horror. Bodies Still in the Mine. the Fire Increasing. Rescue Work Stopped. Queenstown
The following official statement was received from the mine to-night. "During the day the 700 feet level was visited by the rescue party for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Cliff Colliery Idle
The Coal Cliff Colliery at Clifton was thrown idle to-day Owing to an accident to the winding machinery preventing the cage running…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wholesale Gold Stealing Ingenious Disposal of the Booty. Johannesburg
The police have discovered the method by which the gold, which is stolen wholesale from the mines in South Africa, is smuggled to England and the Continent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scientific Notes. Coal Resources Of SWEDEN
From a summary, furnished by the British; Consul at.-Stockholm of the report on the coal resources of Sweden which Dr. Edward Erdmann is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mount Lyell Disaster. Flooding the Mine. Bodies May Not Be Recovered for Weeks
All the available water is being diverted into the North Lyell mine to flood the workings, in order to subdue the fire. All the airways are closed, and the mine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mount Lyell Disaster. Mine Still on Fire.fumes As Bad As Ever
When the North Lyell mine was unsealed on Friday the hope was entertained in some directions that the fire had burnt itself out sufficiently to permit of an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cablegrams. (Per Reuter). War Cloud in Europe. Austro-russian Differences. Large Purchases of Coal. London
Russia, Germany, and Italy are buying large quantities of coal at Cardiff, IL Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bendigo Miners Injured
Two miners, named Geo. M'Namara and Win. M'Guinness had a narrow escape from serious injury while working in the rise on the east leg of the Derby formation in…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Mount Lyell Mine Still on Fire
When the North Lyell mine was unsealed on Friday the hope was entertained in some directions that the fire had burnt itself out sufficiently to permit of an…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Barrier Mine Horror. Three Men Buried Alive Bodies Not Recovered
The Proprietary mine, Broken Hill, was the scene on Wednesday of a terrible accident, by which three men lost their lives, and a fourth had a most fortunate escape…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Smuggling Gold. Disguised As Process Blocks. Johannesburg, October 24
A refarkable system by which gold has been stolen and trafficked in has been revealed by the police. The gold was stolen from mining…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Wages Ix Coal Mestes. London
._ The Welsh colliery proprietors, are seeking to obtain, a redaction in the ■wages fixed by the district boards throughout Wales- Ther are. «-=3"";r that the rates of par be lowered by 2J£ per cent. -…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Lyell Mine
Arrangements for placing an electric fan at the Crown Lyell shaft, in the hope of drawing off the fumes from the North Lyell mine, are being completed. Water is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Goal Miners' Strike
The members of the Illawarra Colliery Employes' Association view with much concern the action of some of the mine managers in dismissing employes without…
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