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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
1,307 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 24 of 66
PERTH.—A minor gold rush has followed the strike of rich gold in a paddock of a farmer, Mark Posa, 11 miles south of Southern Cross, in the Yilgarn goldfield. Four leases, totalling 84 acres, have been pegged…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →John Page and Thomas Storey were successful at the examination for certificates of competency as mine…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SYDNEY, Friday. — Dismissal notices issued to 51 miners at Tyldesley colliery, near Lithgow, have been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →DARWIN, Friday.—The first private uranium mine to reach production would begin sending ore to Rum Jungle soon, the Acting Director of Mines (Mr. C. R…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The coalmining industry to-day was more prosperous and more contented than ever before, the Minister for National Development (Senator Spooner) said…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →About 45,000 tons of coal will be immobilised in rail waggons at Newcastle marshalling yards and at Carrington at the week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Friday.—The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) held to-day that he had jurisdiction to hear the miners' general log of claims and the owners' counter log concurrently…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Members of Millfield Greta miners' lodge decided at a meeting yesterday to return to work…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY: The Joint Coal Board had deliberately withheld facts which justified the miners wages and hours claims, the Miners' general president (Mr. I. Williams) told the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MONS, May 16, A.A.P.—Seven miners died in a fire in a coalmine near Mons yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four colliers, three of them loading cargoes today and another waiting to start…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Northern coal output was at near peak yesterday. The production loss was only 800 tons. This was owing to a half-shift…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Monday. — Claims by the Joint Coal Board that a 35-hour week in the coal industry would adversely affect costs were misleading and hypocritical, the General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Williams) said to-day. "the board's submission…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Local Coal Authority (Mr. M. Lydon) heard at the colliery office yesterday morning a claim by the Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two mineworkers were injured in accidents in Newcastle Coalfield collieries yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WASHINGTON, May 17. A.A.P.—Heavy seas had washed World War 11 bombs and mines on to Wake Island…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dumping of coal on the northern field because of marketing difficulties is continuing this week. The over-production problem is expected to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Northumberland County Council will investigate the possibility of using Glebe coal line land as a future city car park. The council decided…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PERTH, Monday.—What is thought to the a very rich gold strike has occurred in an area reserved years ago on which "dusted" miners could spend their declining years…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In 1866 an Intercolonial Exhibition was held in Melbourne and a contemporary report of the exhibits said: "There is a large collection of agricultural products, mostly from the Hunter River, sent in by…
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