Light for Mines
Darkness in the pit is the miner's enemy. It makes hewing at the coalface more dangerous, and many a man is hurt by falling coal…
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Mining & the mines, 1934
357 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 18
ILLUSORY! Hope of Employment for Coal-miners Minister's Statement Oil Supplanting Coal Cessnock
"Many of you coal miners must cast about for other means of livelihood. It is no use cherishing a fond illusion…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Gold Comfit Box
Events preceding the outbreak of the war in 1914 form the basis of Valentine Williams's story of "The Gold Comfit Box." The writer…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Power in Industry Australia's Resources Coal, Water, Electricity
The fourteenth annual meeting of the Institution of Engineers (Australia) was held at the Town Hall at Hobart, when the presidental…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miner Killed Crushed Under Fall of Coal NEWCASTLE
Crushed beneath a terrific fall of coal at the John Darling Colliery to-day, John Cartright, 28, of Belmont, was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Parkhill Interview in London Postage of Gold London
Mr. Parkhill, in an interview with the Postmaster General, Sir Kingsley Wood, raised the question of speeding up the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Cake of Gold! From Lucknow Field Largest For Twenty Years Sydney
The largest cake of retorted gold produced in N.S.W. for 20 years, was received in Sydney last night by Mr. W. F. Marshall, chairman…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Fever
Australia is once again in the grip of the go[?] fever. Gold is in our blood. We were born with nuggets in our hands Stirring tales our…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Petrol From Coal
Mr. E. Brown. M.P., Secretary for Mines (England), speaking at a meeting at Bill well (says the "Colliery Guardian"), expressed the hope that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wonthacgi Mine Strike Minister's Warning Sydney
The Victorian Minister for Railways referring to the trouble at Wonthaggi, said that unless the miners' policy was to be a policy of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Suicidal Policy Miners Must Resume MELBOURNE
The Victorian Minister for Railways, referring to the trouble at Wonthaggi said unless the miners forsook their policy of suicide, chaos would follow…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victorian Miners Should Work in Peace SYDNEY
The Victorian Minister for Railways, referring to the trouble at Wonthaggi said that unless the miners' policy was to be a policy of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Reported Good Gold Find at Charters Towers
W. McBow arrived at Charters Towers from Lolworth Creek with his. partner E. Torkington, bringing 99 oz retorted gold, their reward for 14½…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Shackle Diggings Grim Story of a Goldfield
Up north, about 112 miles from Darwin and nine miles east of the Darwin-Pine Creek railway, lie the Old Shackle Diggings, which in 18.13…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Real and the Nominal Value of Gold
Much comment has been made in recent months on the fact that millions of pounds worth of gold is being hoarded by private individuals; as well as by great nations, as an outcome of the present financial unrest. The peculiar fact about this is that gold has very…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →RESCUED Entombed Miners TOKIO
Rescuers saved all the 130 miners who were entombed in the Fukushima colliery, following a gas explosion. They were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Commercial Travellers on Gold
An attempt by the executive council, possibly in the interests of economy, to give members of the United Commercial Travellers'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Watches And Sovereign Case Alleged Proceeds of Robbery Subject of Court Case
Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, in the local Police Court yesterday morning, William Ernest Schmidt was charged with having in his possession two…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rich Gold Find
The three Kermode brothers, of Tenterfield. who some years ago took up a large tract of cattle country in North Queensland, recently interested…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lucky Man Escapes Burial Beneath Coal. Sydney
A fortunate escape from serious injury was experienced by Harry Lott (39). of Rozelle. to-day, when he was partially buried be[?]h two tons of…
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