Gold and Minerals Reports From Fields (Contributed.)
Two of the most comprehensive reports of the goldmining fields issued out of the State Mines Department for many months were those covering the geological…
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Mining & the mines, 1933
2,406 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 121
Ordeal in Mine Manager Was Injured Crawled to Safety
Remarkable fortitude was displayed by Mr. Johnstone, manager of the Richmond Main Colliery, when…
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Wannaway is humming with excitement to-day, because of the gold find at Shea's lease, the extent of which has been enlarged upon as a result of the precautions…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Oil From Coal Possibilities for Newcastle Imperial Chemical Industries
The increasing exports of chemicals and the position of Imperial Chemical Industries—a company which has £90,000,000 capital, and with its subsidiary holds an…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Huge Gold Export Profit to Indian Sellers CALCUTTA, February 3
There are few signs of a diminution in India's gold exports. Each week mail steamers are leaving for Europe with large cargoes of bullion…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Export 42,850 Tons for Week 69,243 Tons at Cranes
The quantity of coal, including bunkers, shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State was 42,830 tons, of which 4060 tons represented…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →World Economy Benefit of Gold Boom Profit in Australia London, February 3
The "Times" says that the present boom in goldmining should sooner or later exert a powerful remedial influence on world economy…
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Bellbird Miners' Lodge met yesterday to consider the question of the darg. A request hand keen made by the management that the daily darg of 18 skips…
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Belibird and Aberdare Extended collieries were idle to-day due to slackness of work. It is unlikely that Aberdare Extended colliery will work…
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Richmond Main, Pelaw Main and Stanford Main, No.1 Collieries resumed work to-day…
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Mr. James Johnston, Manager of Richmond Main colliery, was the victim of a serious accident in the colliery on Friday. He wan making an inspection in part…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Miners' Central Council Meeting
The annual meeting of the Miners' Central Council will be held in Sydney to-morrow. The president of the Northern Miners' Federation…
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Mr. H. T. Tizard, of the Imperial College of Science and Technology, South Kensington, London, recently wrote to the London "Times" as follows—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Fatality Fall at Cullen Bullen LITHGOW
James Tattersall, 50, a married man with one child, who was employed as a shiftman at the Cullen Bullen Colliery, was fatally injured yesterday when he was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Discovery Further Details Awaited PERTH
Although reports of the gold discovery at Wannway indicate that the field is a rich one, expert miners are withholding comment until more information comes to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Less Than Dole" Miners on Part-time Work Conference Move
Within a month, a conference will be convened on the Coalfields with a view to bringing about the withdrawal by the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rajpipla Gold Cup New Zealand Horse Wins CALCUTTA, February 4
Karapoti, the New Zealand horse won the Rajpipla Gold Cup at the Bombay races, covering a mile in 1min. 36 4-5sec, which was 1-sec. behind the course record…
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The vice-president and the assistant secretary of the Northern Miners' Federation (Messrs. Kellock and Simpson) attended a conference this…
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The three Kurrl collieries—Richmond Main, Pelaw Main, and Stanford Main No. 1.—were again working to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Petrol and Coal Gas
No doubt many motorists have wondered how many cubic feet of carburetted gas a gallon of petrol gives off and its thermal equivalent in coal gas…
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