Gold Mining
The Grafton "Examiner" has been shown some campion of gold obtained by Messrs. Campbell and party at Lionville. A new soft vein—a leg off…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1917
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Newcastle Collieries. Nearly All Working
Practically the whole of the coal mines of this district, so far as could be ascertained, resumed work this morning. West Wallsend colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Muswellbrook Mine
The Muswellbrook coal mine has broken all previous records during the past fortnight by putting out the large total of 3,336 tons of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Coal Crisis
A message from Zurich states that the German and Austrian newspapers report that the coal crisis is daily becoming more dangerous…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Conserving Coal Power
The British Coal Conservation Committee's interim report concerning reconstruction after the war, recommends the establishment throughout the country of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Federation. Reduced Number of Loyalists Collieries Mostly at Work
Mr. A. Lewis (treasurer of the Colliery Employees' Federation), stated this morning that of the majority of the collieries in the Newcastle and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallarah Colliery
With regard to the men who have been displaced at Catherine Hill Bay. Mr. A. Lewis, the treasurer of the Colliery Employees' Federation, stated yesterday that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mines Working
A number of the pits in the Newcastle and Maitland districts resumed work yesterday, and are expected to continue until the end of the year…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Germany's Coal Output
According to the "Labour Gazette." the chief causes of the present Inadequate output of coal in Germany are discussed in a recent article in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Britain's Coal. a Supreme Problem
"Ten years hence not a scuttle of coal will be burned in any British household." It is with this confident prophecy that a contributor to the current number of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Powdered Coal Fuel. Great Economies Claimed. (Melbourne "Herald" Special Correspondent.) CHICAGO
Any Australian visiting the United States who understands what the increasing cost of mining and transporting coal in his own country means in relation…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Colliery Working. Fortnightly Returns
The return of days worked at the various collieries in the northern district for the fortnight ended to-day shows that the maximum time was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Standford-merthyr Colliery Afternoon Shift Trouble
In March, 1915, when the big strike on the Maitland coalfield was settled at a conference between representatives of the proprietors and of the miners, one…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Industrial Matters. Mining Operations
Monday next having been proclaimed a public holiday, the members of the Colliery Employees Federation in the district will not be working either on that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →American Coal Production. Greatest in History
Practically every section of the United States reports a scarcity of fuel, says the "Coal Age," New York. Cooler weather is awakening people to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Waste Power. Coal and How to Burn It
Before the section of industry associated with the Sydney Royal Society, a lecture upon "The Right Way to Burn Coal" was given by Dr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mines Regulation Act Use of Explosives. Revision of Rules
The "Government Gazette" of December 28 contains details of the revision of general rules 2 and 4, and a new rule (9), under section 56 of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Work at the Collieries
Owing to the Christmas holidays, and the collieries also not working on Referendum Day, full time for the fortnight ended on Saturday last was eight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Coal. Acute Shortage
American households are suffering from an acute shortage of coal (says the "Pasadena Star-News," California). Mines are turning out more coal than…
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