Coal for the Fleet
The American collier, Ussher, with coal for the Fleet, arrived at Auckland on Saturday. She proceeds to Melbourne on Tuesday. The captain states he saw…
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Mining & the mines, 1908
339 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 13 of 17
Colliery Disaster
A DISASTROUS explosion occurred on Tuesday in the No. 1 shaft of the Maypole Colliery, at Abram, in Lancashire, resulting in seventy-six miners being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold, Bright Gold
An interesting exhibit was last week on view in the window of Mr. M. M'Cann's store, Grafton, in the shape of a cake of gold, the first obtained from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tasmanian Mine Flooded. Sydney
The Florence mine, at Zeejhan, Tasmania, has been flooded by an inrush of water through an underground reservoir being tapred…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Mine Fire. Miners Lucky Escape. London
A fire at the Hapton Valley Colliery, Burnley destroyed the pithead, entombing 15 miners, who, however, e[?]caped safely by the air roads to the surface, after two…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Coal Mine on Fire. Heavy Loss of Life. London
A fire has occured at the Hailey Valley Coalmine, Oklahoma, and it is believed that 30 miners have been suffocated. Twenty-six bodies have been recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Maypole Colliery Disaster Fund. London
The Maypole Colliery Disaster Fund, in aid of the widows and orphans of the men who were killed by the recent explosion at that mine has reached £4000, including…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Lonely Gold Digger
Sixteen years ago a New Zealand town on the west coest of the South Island used to be haunted by a hard-looking digger who came in at short intervals to indulge…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Another' Coal, Mine Fire. London
The fire in the main shaft of the Shawfield mine, Lanarkshire, Scotland, demolished the pithead framework and buildings. Eighty miners, who were below at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Idle Gold. Unclaimed Millions As Bank Balances
The House of Commons has given a first reading to Mr. Bottomley's Bill to make banks give a return to the State of unclaimed balances and valuables which had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lastest Cablegrams. Maypole Colliery Disaster, London, Mo[?]day
The fire in the Maypole Colliery [?] cashire, where a disastrous expinsion recently occurred, was still burn[?] on [?] urday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Lumper Killed. Sydney
Henry Paice, a coal lumper, fell between the mail steamer India and the Mount Kem[?] at Circular Quay, in the descent striking his held heavily on the side of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Goldfield Pioneers
A WRITER to the Kalgoorlie "Sun" gives these interesting particulars about some of the romantic and heroic 7 pioneers of the Western goldfields:--…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Strike Collapses. London
The miners' strike at Alabama has collapsed, and the majority of the mines reopen as non-union concerns. (There are valuable coal and mineral…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →China's Large Coal Fields
Mr. Bailey Willis has just described the geological traverse of about 2,000 miles of country in north and central China. He says that China's present needs require…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Precious Than Gold
Snake venom is found useful in medicine and has a valued place in severl departments of the mechanical arts and sciences. There is a constant, call for it among…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Strike at Swansea. London
Twelve thousand Anthracite coal workers at Swansea, have tendered notice that they intend to cease work in order to compel 300 non-unionists to join the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Disaster at Mount Morgan
TELEGRAMS have been received from Mount Morgan (Queensland) reporting a fall of earth at the 850ft. level of the Mount Morgan Gold Mining…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Relic of the Gold Days
While rabbiting at the foot of Harvey Rangies, Peak Hill, a man discovered a quantity of rust-eaten tools, including a Linken's outfit, sheath-knife, etc., which had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Weather. Sydney
Intensely cold weather was experienced in Sydney to-day. Snow stor[?]s me reported from many country centres. Rough weather prevails…
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