Coal
THE evidence given by Mr. PITTMAN, of the Mines Department, Sydney, in regard to his opinion that the Newcastle coal…
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Mining & the mines, 1908
339 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 11 of 17
Miners' Eight Hours Bill
IN the House of Commons on Monday week a motion by Mr. Mason for the rejection of the Coal Mines Eight Hours Bill was negative by 399 votes to 120, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kalgoorlie Mines Shut Down. Sydney
A private telegram was received here this afternoon from Kalgoorlie to the effect that every m[?] there is shut down, owing to the woodcutters[?] strike, and that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Romance of South African Mines
THE proposed closing of the Dutoitspan diamond mine recalls one of the most romantic stories of the South African diamond fields. Less than…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General News. Romance of a Mine
Less than 40 years ago, says the "Westminster Grazette," a man called De Beers was farming a few hundred barren acres of veldt near Dutoitspan, and leading a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A New Illuminant. Cheaper Than Coal Gas
ALTHOUGH the cost of lighting in Brisbane is not excessive, it may be surmised that there are not many residents of the city and suburbs who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Extraordinary Find of Coal. Wellington (N.z.)
The recent rains brought down a heavy landslip in Auckland Provinco, disclosing a seam of cool 10 feet thick…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegraphic News. Visit of Under-secretary for Mines. Grafton
Mr. E. F. Pitman Under-Secretary for Mines, arrived to-day, with the view of inspecting the copper mines and cobalt lodes at Pulganbar and the find in Lower [?]reek…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Richmond Coal Beds
AT the Public Works Committee's enquiry on the Kyogle-Coraki railway on Thursday last Mr. E. F. Pittman, Government Geologist and Under-Secretary,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Latest Cablegrams. Mine Workers to Support Bryan. London
The United Mine Workers also promise to support Mr. Bryan. The Republicans are uneasy at organised labour's attitude…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Lithgow Dispute. Miners' Association's Demands. General Strike Threatened. Sydney
A special "Gazette" was issued to-day, containing a formal notice of the appointment of a wages board to hear the Lith-. gow dispute. The secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nestor Gold Mining Syndicate
A MEETING of Shareholders in the above syndicate, which has a lease of 10 acres on Yulgilbar, was held at Jordan's hotel on Wednesday night. Dr. Rutherford occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident in a Mine
A heavy burst of rock occurred at noon in the stopes of No. 17 level at the Baker's Creek mine, at Hillgrove, on Friday. Four men—Nicholas, Cox, Austin, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mortal[?]ty of Natives in Rhouesian Mines. London
The mortality in Nyassaland natives in one of the Rho[?]esinn mines has exceeded five hundred per thousand per annum…
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The miners at Pelaw Main and Duckenfield collieries struck work to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold From the Congo
Sixty thousand pounds worth of gold from King Leopold's Kelo mines, of the Ituri Province, Congo, has passed through Uganda…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Experts Murdered. Sydney
Two Australians, named Tearby, of Perth and Sutherland, of Melbourne, were killed by natives in the Tonkin (China) district, while reporting on a mining concession…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Cablegrams. Colliery Fire Imprisons Miners. London
A fire in the framework of two of the shafts of the Highhouse colliery, Auchinlock, imprisoned sixty miners. After tremendous labour the fire was extinguished,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Notes and News. Curious Finds in Gold Mine
Two finds of a curious character were made in the workings of the Rocky Mountain Gold sluicing Co.'s mine. Beechworth, during the week. In…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Outcrop of Coal
Mr. Pittman, Under-Secretnry for Mines, in the course of a chat at Grafton, said he had inspected the outcrop of coal near Maclean. A previous inspection of the…
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