The Gold Yield
The gold yield in Queensland for eleven months Was 415,616 ounces, valued at £1,765,424. The quantity won in December last year was 41,111 ounces, and if this…
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Mining & the mines, 1909
477 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 24
Dissatisfied Miners. Trouble at West Maitland
The differences between the milters and management of the South Greta colliery continues, and on Monday there was no work in consequence. When the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rise in Price of Coal in London. London
Coal in London has, risen 4s per ton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The "White Mary." Reminiscence of an Old Gold Digger
Anybody who has ever been in Victoria must have heard of Omeo. It is situated in a basin of the Snowy Mountains. At one time it must have been a large lake…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →[?]rouble. Miners in Possession. Truculent Pickets
A message to the "S.M. Herald" states: The picket in s continues, despite the terrible heat. A few spirited arguments have occurred between, men who wished to pass…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners and Masters. Trouble in New Zealand
The Miners' Federation is cabling to Newcastle urging unionists to shop supplies of coal for New Zealand. A conference will be held at Auckland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Industrial Uses of Gold
In his work, "The World's Gold," Professor L. de Launay, of Paris, deals with the Industrial consumption of gold. This, he says, consists in the manufacture of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Blockading a Mine. Broken Hill, Fruiday
No one at all is allowed to go to the Proprietary Mine offices. Even telegraph messengers have to deliver their messages to the police…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining Tn the Transvaal[?]
"Queensland Miner," writing fro[?] Transvaal, says:--This is a huge gold[?] bearing country--mile after mile [?] payable reefs, seems no end to it, [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Loss of Energy in Burning Coal
With the coal consumption of many countries in the last ten years having been more than in the preceding century, it is humiliating and appalling…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Mexican Carnegie. the Lost Mines of the Moctezumas
Nothing in history has ever equalled the [?]ill and glamour of El Dorado. Cortez and his Spanish conquistaderes tought and trampled and despoiled the ancient Aztec…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Zealand Mining Dispute. Auckalnd (N.z.)
The employees at the Waihi mine have unanimously decided to decline to undergo a medical examination, and have pledged themselves to come out in a body unless…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Miners' Allegations. Sydney
The secretary of the Sydney Labor Council has received a telegram from the President of the Amalgumated Miners' Association at Broken Hill to the effect that an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Explosion. London, Monday afternoon
An explosion at Leiter's Colliery, Zeigler, Illinols, killed 25…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Lumper's Sudden Death. Sydney
David Jenkins, aged 63, a coal lumper, who had been drinking heavily, died suddenly last night at the reception house at Darlinghurst a few minutes after…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Explosion in Virginian Mine. Many Killed. London
An explosion in the link Frunch [?] Switchback, Virginia, killed fifty, and it is feared another hundress are doomed, as the mine is on fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →What Led Up to the Riots. Provisions for the Mine
At 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon the concentration of over 100 police at the Sulphide street entrance to the mine, under Superintendents Johnston and Mitchell…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Lick Mine Disaster. Hope Abandoned for Occupants of Mine. London, Wednesday Afternoon
As the fire is giving, off noxious gases, it is concluded that all have perished in the Lick mine, Virginia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Takijng in Provisions to Proprie Tary Miners
Another trolly-load of provisions was taken up to the big mine on Teusday afternoon and none of those who witnessed the passing of the picket lines are ever likely…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Chinaman Ignites Enplosives in Johnannesburg Mine. London
A Chinaman, whose motive was unknown, ightied a quantity of geligntie in the Village Deep mine, of Johannesburg. The explosion killed six coloured…
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