Price of Gold
The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended August 3 is at the rate of approximately £7/16/ per…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1934
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Gold and Minerals Reports From Fields (Contributed.)
Early in 1933 the price of wolfram in London was exactly 10/ a unit. Wolfram and scheelite are in demand for armour plate and cutting steel productions, as…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Miners' Council Hebburn No. 2 Dispute "Must Be Overcome" Sydney
The Central Council of the Miner' Federation, which concluded it sittings to-day, gave consideration to the question of the repayment of the ballot-box loan by the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Coal Export Another Brisk Week 68,936 Tons at Cranes
The quantity of coal shipped at the cranes during the week ended August 9 was 68,936 tons, the third highest total since the record week in May last year,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →New Silver Policy What America's Move Means Gold Not Threatened Paris
"Le Temps" scouts the idea that America's new silver policy will cause a collapse of gold currencies and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Mechanics' Award
Meetings of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association, at which the variation of the award recently gazetted will be explained by members…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dust in Mines Preventive Measures
Considerable importance was attached to a conference held at Swansea, Wales, attended by representatives of interests in the coalmining industry, to discuss…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Buildings Suffer "Coal the Destroyer" Abating Smoke Evil
It is some 35 years since the first steps were taken that led to the inception of the British National Smoke Abatement Society (says "Engineering"). The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In Keen Demand Australian Gold Shares LONDON, August 11
Financial papers, in reviews of the Stock Exchange dealing, emphasise that the feature of the week's heavy dealing was the notable appreciations of African and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cessnock Colliery Employee Injured
Haywood Wilkinson, 38, of Paxton, a member of the colliery staff, fell from a skip yesterday at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery, and was admitted to hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Work at Mines
Pelaw Main, Richmond Main, Stanford Main No. 1 and Hebburn No. 1 collieries were again working to-day, while Hebburn No. 2 was idle owing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Counting Begun Ballot for Miners' President SYDNEY
The Returning Officer of the Miners' Federation (Mr. James Walker) said tonight that he had to-day began counting the ballot for the election of General…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Work Resumed Broken Hill Mine Dispute Broken Hill
The dispute at the South Mine over the payment to drivers of double-decker cages has not been settled, but 600 miners returned to work to-day. They have been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lungs Pigmented with Coal Dust Miner's Death at Abermain
Dr. J. T. Tennent, Government Medical officer at Kurrl, told the. Coroner (Mr. A. W. Johns), at an inquest to-day, that the lungs of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mining Disputes Two Collieries Idle
Rhondda colliery was idle yesterday as a result of a dispute, with which the District President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. J. Jack) is dealing…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Died in Mine Heart Enormously Large Coal Dust on Lungs
An inquest was held at the Kurri Kurri Courthouse yesterday before the Coroner (Mr. A. W. Johns) and a jury, concerning the death of Robert Selby Farrington,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Work at Mines
Richmond Main, Pelaw Main. Stanford Main No. 1, and Hebburn No. 1 collieries were again working to-day. Hebburn No. 2 remains idle…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Queensland Gold Yield Brisbane
The State gold yield for the seven months of this year was 61,087 line ounces, valued at £272,2[?]1, compared with 47,196 ounces, valued at £200,475…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In Place of Petrol Coal Gas in Germany Materials Crisis Berlin
Motor traffic may be revolutionised as the result of experiments to enable household gas to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal-oil Council for North Conference Convened Move to Sponsor Industry Permanent Body
With the object of setting up an active and permanent Oil from Coal Council, a district-wide conference will be…
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