The Colliery Disaster. Total Death Roll. London
The total death roll in the Pretoria Pit, Bolton Colliery disaster, has been fixed at 344. A correspondent of the "Pall Mall…
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Mining & the mines, 1911
384 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 20
Scottish Miners' Conference. London, Friday Night
The Scottish miners' conference has resolved in favour of the State ownership and control of the means of ownership of all instruments and all material for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners on Strike. Brussels
Against the advice of the socialist leaders and milters' syndicates, 10,000 men have struck at Liege owing to the coalowners seeking to mitigate the effects of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victorian Coal Orders. Sydney
Large contracts for the supply of Newcastle coal to the Victorian Government railways expired on Saturday, and will not be renewed, the Victorian Government…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Decline in Coal Exports
"Since July there has been a marked depression in the coal trade, principally noticeable in the decline in shipments to oversea ports."—(Mines Department…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Wood Getters. Probable Strike. Perth
It is feared that trouble, is to take place among the wood getters employed by the companies who supply the mines on the Golden Mine with fuel. The men have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Britain's Goldfields
Duting 1909 the total value of minerals raised in the United Kingdom was £119,394,486, a decrease of £10,609,184 as compared with 1908, The value of gold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Explosion. Eight Men Cut Off. Vancouver
An explosion occurred in a mine belonging to the Nova Scotia Steel Company at Sydney, Cape Breton Island. Eight, men were cut off, but two were rescued. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →West Australian Mining. Perth
The, mining boom is almost in full swing again in Western Australia, as several new discoveries of gold have been reported…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Dust Explosion. Six Men Killed. Vancouver
An explosion of coal dust occurred in the Portland Cement Works at Portland, Colorado, and six men were killed. The explosion completely destroyed the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Accident. Three Men Injured. Perth
One man was fatally injured and two others seriously injured in the Golden Horseshoe Mine at Kalgoorlie. Goorge Barlow, Timothy Murphy, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Air to Replace Coal
A Mr. F. Busby has worked out a coal-substitute scheme by which suburban batteries of huge windmills wlll compress air in a suitable system of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Coal Mine
The establishment of a State coal mine is still being considered by the N.S.W. Government, and an investigation of likely areas is being made by departmental…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Export of Gold and S[?]
The gold exported last month from New Zealand amounted to 37,509oz., against 45,295oz. for December the previous year. The silver exported was 196,736oz.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Accident. Successful Rescue Work. Vancouver
As the result of a cave in at a mine near Mullam, in Idaho, there were nine miners buried. Parties of rescuers worked for twenty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Suffocated. Rome
As a consequence of a fire in a sulphur mine at Turo, seven, miners were suffocated by the fumes from the burning sulphur…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Explosion. One Man Killed. Sydney
A miner named Bapiolis was blown to pieces through an explosion at the Gladsome mine, Comet Vole, W.A. His mate named Wilson was badly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Gold Yield. Sydney
The last year's N.S.W. gold yield showed a decrease of £65,819 in value as compared with that for the preceding twelve months, when the value was £803,727…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victoria's State Coal Mine
The wheelers employed at the Victorian State mine were notified on Saturday evening of a contemplated reduction in the rates previously paid for contract…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?] Coal-mining Difficulty
In connection with the trouble at the Vale of Clwydd mine, Lithgow, representatives of the owners and the men met the Minister for Mines last week. The whole…
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