Mine Sweeper Torpedoed,. LONDON
The Admiralty announces that a minesweeping sloop was torpedoed and sunk on May 6. Two officers and 13 men are missing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1918
315 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 9 of 16
Blown to Pieces. Sundown Mining Fatality
Further particulars of the Sundown (Q.) mining disaster show that the accident was caused by a charge being struck, in a hole that had failed to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →With the Australian Miners. the Great Fight Under Hill 60 How they Outwitted the Enemy. Part I. British Headquarters, France, February 7th
[?] you look back over our own [?] of the line from the positions we [?]tured from the Germans last year, [?] wonder how on earth with the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners Asked to Forego Holidays. London
With fewer men available, owing to the combing out powers, an appeal is to be made to the miners to work more regularly and forego holidays…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Control of Commodities. British Board to be Created. Appeal to Miners. LONDON
Reuter says: With fewer men' available owing to the combing-out, an appeal will be made to the miners to work more regularly and forego holidays. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Increased Coal Output. British Miners Reject Proposal. LONDON
The Coal Controller addressed the Miners' Federation in respect to the necessity for increasing coal production. Many questions by 136 delegates…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rich Gold Find. Sydney
Very rich gold bearing ore in calcite, was found to-day in Long Tunnel, Gundagai, at the 325 feet level. It will be remembered that in 1912 in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming and Mining Inventions
Messrs. Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 77 Castlereagh-street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents connected with the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →With the Australian Miners. Underground Battles for the Mines. How the Enemy Nearly Won. PART 2. (Copyright Reserved by the Crown.) British Headquarters, France. February 7
The Australian Tunnellers at Hill 60 began working at first on an expansion of the scheme as left to them by the Canadians. For drainage purposes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining at Moonbi. Highly Promising Developments
Since reporting last Mr. A. Edwards has considerably developed his mine known as the New England Gully Molyb denite Mine, near Moonbi. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →With the Australian Miners. the Germans Outclassed. The Underground Fighting at Loos. (Copyright Reserved by the Crown.) British Headquarters, France, February 17
The men of the Australian Tunnelling companies come from every mining district in the six States, and are through masters of their craft. There…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gold at Gundagai
At the Long Tunnel Mine, Gundagai, last week, phenomenally rich ore is reported to have been struck at the 325 feet level. This is the lowest point…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming and Mining Inventions
Messrs. Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 77 Castlereagh-street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents connected with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Regulating Coal Output. Sydney
As the outcome of a deputation to the acting Minister for the Navy, the Fed-eral Cabinet, will be asked to consider the establishment of a board of control…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Trouble. Not Likely to Cause Stoppage. SYDNEY
Mr. Willis, secretary of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation explained to-day that the rumors of trouble on the South Coast referred to internal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Weabonga Mining
Mining is progressing in the Weabenga district. A shaft known as the Storm King Leader has been sunk half a mile from the Highland Mary outfit. This…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unemployed Miners. "Forced to Enlist or Starve." SYDNEY
The president of the Colliery Employees' Federation has written to the Acting Prime Minister, asking for a close investigation into the question of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Valuable Mining Shares. Sydney
A dividend of six shillings per share is to be paid at the end of June to the shareholders of the Broken Hill South Silver Mining Co. This will absorb…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Molybdenite Mine Purchased
Molybdenite mining is booming in the Tamworth district, and as the result of recent operations if is likely that a big boost will be given to the industry. A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lymington Colliery Dispute. Settlement in Sight. SYDNEY
The miners' representatives conferred with Mr. J. B. Holme (Industrial Registrar) to-day, and after a lengthy discussion, an arrangement for the settlement…
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