Gases in Collieries. Interesting Experiments
Mr. J. A. Burrell, chemist to the United States Bureau of Mines, who has been actively engaged in the study of mine gases, deals with some results of his…
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Mining & the mines, 1912
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The Mining Situation
The hope will be generally entertained that the negotiations which have been proceeding for some time between the representatives of the miners in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Difficulty. a Strike Favoured. London
In connection with the recent ballot in connection with a suggested strike of miners throughout Great Britain, there was a majority of five-sixths in favour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Pelaw-main Colliery. Mr. Brown Emphatic
Despite the efforts made by the Pelaw-Main Miners' Lodge to effect a settlement in connection with the clippers' trouble at that colliery, there was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killingworth Colliery. Inspectors' Evidence. Air-pressure Theory
The inquiry into the cause of the explosion in Killingworth Colliery on December 7th, 1910, was continued at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Outlook for Trade. for the Miners to Chew
A few days ago an interview with Mr. R. A. Price, M.P., on the outlook for the coal trade, was published in a Sydney paper. In that interview, Mr. Price said…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Fatality. Hetton Miner Killed
About noon yesterday William S. Usher, a miner, who had been working by himself in a cut-through in a part of Hetton Colliery, known as Wilkin's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian State Mine. Melbourne
Trouble has arisen at the State coal mine, owing to the introduction of forks in connection with tests to ascertain the percentage of slack…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Delegate Board Meeting
A special meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held at the Lyceum Hall. West Maitland, yesterday. Mr. D. Watson…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Whitburn Colliery
The difficulty at Whitburn Colliery, Greta, concerning the rates of pay and the conditions of work, was the subject of a conference in Newcastle on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Work at the Collieries
The very strong demand for coal that was experienced during the closing months of 1911 continues, and it is not confined to interstate buyers, for large…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Fiery Tomb
Nearly two hundred men were killed last month by an explosion in a coal mine at Bryceville, Tennessee, while the mine itself was wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Southern Miners. Annual Meeting. Wollongong
The annual delegate meeting of the Illarwarra Colliery Employees' Association was continued yesterday. Delegates representing 2282 members…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storage of Coal. Prevention of Heating
Following is an extract from a paper read by Mr. Edward A. Harman, M. Inst. C.E., before the Manchester District Institution of Gas Engineers, on the subject…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →British Miners. the Minimum Wage. Delegates at Issue. London
The Miners' Conference at Birmingham, resolved to formally tender notices in every district terminating work as from the end of February…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Whitburn Colliery. Conditions Accepted
A meeting of the Whitburn miners was held on Sunday morning, Mr. A. Jones presiding. Messrs. J. Rowley, R. North, T. Edwards, and J. Houston…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Abermain Colliery
Abermain Colliery was idle yesterday afternoon. The question of the conditions and rates prevailing for the "cutting up of tops" had caused friction…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian State Mine
On the last pay-day at the Victorian State coalmine, the amount paid away was about £3500. This represented less than five days earnings of the employees,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cost of Coal Production
In view of the determination of colliers in the United Kingdom to strike for higher wages, figures regarding the cost of coal production in the leading…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hetton Mining Fatality. Evidence at the Inquest
At the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday. Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, and a jury, resumed the inquest concerning the death of William Simpson Usher,…
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