Combustion in Mines. London
The Hon. J. McKenna, Home Secretary, is appointing an expert committee to enquire regarding methods to prevent spontaneous combustion in mines…
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Mining & the mines, 1912
577 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 19 of 29
Mining Trouble. Strong Protest Against Award. London
Lord Devonport is conferring with the Premier and Mr. Buxton to effect a settlement. The strike leaders have issued a protest, and accuse Lord Devonport of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drake Mining
Pioneer (copper and gold).--It is reported that this splendid properly has been floated, and steps are now being taken by Mr. Young (the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gas in the Mine
White damp is the gas most feared by the miners, for its properties render it difficult to detect inasmuch as it is tasteless, odourless, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murdered for Gold. Murderers Lose Their Flunder. Orville (California)
An unknown man was found murdered when dredging a pond. His pockets were full of gold nuggets and the police theory is that the man was killed to secure his gold,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Formation of Coal
The story of coal is much more interesting than any fairy tale over told. The formation was due to the rays of the sun bringing forth, millions of years ago, when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining
The manager of the Pulganbar Quicksilver and Copper Mining Company, Ltd., reports work going along satisfactorily and impatiently awaiting the arrival of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chinese Labor. Coolies Riot at Tin Mines. London
Three hundred Chinese coolies rioted at the Government tin mines in the island of Banka and attacked the manager's office. They killed one of the occupants and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Mine Calamity. a Reservoir Bursts. Uniontown (Pennsylvania)
Fourteen miners have been drowned owing to water rushing in the mine shaft of the Frick coal mine. The calamity occurred through the Evans Station…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →King Solomon's Mine. London
The Mount Elliott directors have acquired King Solomon's mine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grains of Gold
It is surprising the amount of trouble a man will endure before it reaches him. Envy is fixed only on merit, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Terrible Floods. Miners Drowned Like Rats. Women Endeavour to Save Them. Union Town (Pennsylvania)
There are sixty persons dead through floods in the small towns which were stricken owing to a reservoir bursting. The water flooded a mine, drowning 14 men…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners' Troubles. an Explosion Of Dynamite. Military Called on to Maintain Order. Charleston (W. Virginia)
The miners on strike have fought the police. During the riots in the Paint Creek district, seven detectives, who were employed to report on the miners' doings,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Awful Mining Catastrophe
Further details regarding the flooding of the Fricke Company's coal mine at Evans station, Pennsylvania, through the bursting of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Discovery of Gold
It was rumoured, in Murwillumbah at the end of last week that an important find of gold had been discovered at Pheasant Creek. The affair has been kept quiet, and,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Sensation. Another Broken Hill. Sydney
A sensation was made in Sydney mining circles by the announcement of a discovery near Condobolin of a silver mine which promises to equal in richness the tamous…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Repudiation. Colliery Proprietors' Statement Sydney
Leading members of the Nowcastle ColHery Proprietors' Association deny the report that the proprietors intend to, break away from the joint committee, adding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grains of Gold
The mirth of fools inspires one with melancholy. To know, to esteem, to love, and then to part, makes up life's tale to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Notes Finding Sunken Gold. Perils of Treasure Saiving
Although the average person needs no telling that a diver carries his life in his hands every time he descends beneath…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Disaster. Dead Bodies Recovered. Berlin
One hundred and one dead bodies have been recovered and sixteen miners are still missing in the Lothringen Colliery at Bochum…
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