A Big Gold Mine
The largest gold mine in Gympie, "The Scottish," is the second largest in Queensland, over 400 men beemployed there at the present time/…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1912
577 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 29
At Last. Thick Seam Found. Minister of Mines Joyful. Sydney
A thick coal seam has been struck at the proposed State coal mine at Lithgow, which quite excecls the anticipations of the Minister of Mines, who said he has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Coal Mine. Operations to Be Suspended. Sydney
The Minister for Mines has decided until full authority has been obtained from Parliament that no further expenditure in opening up the State coul mine near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Strike. the Cause Explained. Brussels
The Bormage miners' strike is due to the masters paying wages fortnightly instead of weekly in order to facilitate the stoppage of contributions to old age pensions…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Cablegrams Labour's Unrest. Strike of Miners. Brussels
Twenty-five thousand miners at Borinage have struck work…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Too Much. Requests of the Miners. Opposition to the Agitators. London
The Rt. Hon. T. Burt, M.P. has circuiarised the Northumberland Miners' Association that too many big complex questions are being simultaneously raised…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The First Canadian Minister of Mines
The Hon. William Templeman, who is to be the first Canadian Minister of Mines, was born in Ontario of Scottish parents sixty years ago, and entered the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Waqles Collieries. London
The South Wales coal owners have protested against the proposal of the South Wales Miners' Federation to take a ballot respecting a general strike. The owners…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stocking Coal. Precautions Against Strikes. London
In view of a possible strike, the Admiralty is heavily stocking Welsh coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mullumbimby Minerals. Gold and Silver Finds. a Payable Proposition
The reported gold ilnd in Mullumbimby Creek by Mr. C. Kunkler, writes our Mullumblmby correspondent, is something which has been expected by many for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Industrial Troubles. Non-unionists Causing Strikes. Struggle at the Cambrian Mine. Woolcombers to Be Loced Out. London
A mass meeting at Accrington passed a resolution declaring that while the operatives' should all be members of the union, the question of non-unionists should not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Conciliation Board. Agreed to by Colliery Proprietors. Sydney
A proposal to refer all coalmining disputes as they arise to a Concillation Board has been agreed to by the colliery proprietors, Who at a meeting decided in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Threatened Strike. a Galamity to the Coal Trade. London
Mr. John Wilson, M.P. (Durham) states he is opposed to the proposed strike in the coal trade It is a brutal method of settling any matter in dispute and becomes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Fatalities. Cessation of Work Turned Down. Sydney
The Barrier miners have rejected the resolution recently passed that all members of the A.M.A. should cease work for one shift in the event of a member being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Fatality. Overcome by Gas. Miners' Brave Effort. Sydney
A. sudden and unexpected rush of gas in the May Queen gold mine in the Waihi district, N.Z., occurred this morning, while the minors were at work. The alarm was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Grazier's Gold. Sydney
The estate of the lata Edmun Wright Westby, a grazier, lata of London and of Pullitop station, near Wagga, has been valued for probate at £41,812…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plain Speech. Minister and President. Consequences of a Colliery Strtke. London, Wednesday Night
Mr. Smillie, President of the Scottish Miners' Federation, at a mass meeting of the men in Lanarkshire, stated he told Mr. Winston Churchill at a conference that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mullumbimby Greek Mine
The reported gold find in Mullumbimby Creek by Mr. C. Kunkler, is something which has been expected by many for some years. Mr. Krunkler…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Coal Tar--the Most Protean Substance in the World
Speaking recently, before the Society of Chemical Industry, Mr. H. Schweitzer summarized a number of the products of the coal-tar industry. Since…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Rich Mine. Sydney
The Long Tunnel mine at Gundagai continues to give an astonishingly rich yield, Eighty-six tons of stone treated yesterday Save 387ozs. of gold…
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