Miners on Strike Following Explosion
MELBOURNE, Monday .--Following on an explosion in the eastern area of the State coal mine at Wonthaggi, when two men were injured, miners…
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Mining & the mines, 1927
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Gold Find Near Melbourne Melbourne
An official statement of the Mines Department regarding the discovery of gold at Bolinda Vale, about 30 miles from Melbourne, says that the stone is exceptionally…
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A big gold rush is expected to take place to Donnybrook, which is not far from Ballarat, which was one of the world's greatest goldfields. The new…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Keith King (24), a miner, was killed by a fall of coal when working on the pillars at Richmond Main colliery…
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A gold-bearing reef, 3ft. wide, has been discovered on Sheep Station Creek on the Glen Innes road, 46 miles from Grafton. It has been traced on the…
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In the House of Commons to-day Mr. A. M. Samuel, Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department, in reply to a question regarding the French embargo on…
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A gold-bearing reef, 3ft. wide, has been discovered on Sheep Station Creek, on the Glen Innes road, 46 miles from Grafton. It has been…
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What promises to be a good gold discovery, is reported from Sheep Station Greek on the Glen Innes road, 46 miles from Grafton, where a…
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A meeting of the Woodburn Coal and Oil Boring Syndicate was held in the Woodburn Literary Institute on 30th ult. The Secretary (Mr. F. Elliott) read…
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Reports indicate that the mine at Lower Beilsdown,12 miles form Dorrigo recently worked by T. Maher, but later taken over by a…
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The French Government has decided that the restriction on British coal does not apply to fuel for warships, which require good quality British coal…
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Fire broke out yesterday in a disused shaft at Wallsend mine where children, it is stated, threw lighted shavings into the shaft. Fire brigades quickly extinguished…
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Reports indicate that the mine at Lower Boilsdown, 12 miles from Dorrigo, recently worked by T. Mahr, but later taken over by a syndicate, is carrying about 5oz. of gold…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.-- The Broken Hill Pty. Co., Ltd., has decided to dispense with coal fuel oh four steamers, which are to be converted into oil…
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NEW YORK, Tuesday.-- A message from Lansing (Kansas), states that 328 inmates of Kansas State penitentiary have begun an unusual strike to…
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ROCKHAMPTON, Wednesday.--It was reported here last night that a fire had broken out again in the underground working of the Mount Morgan…
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The 328 inmates of Kansas State Penitentiary began an unusual strike to-day to obtain cigarettes, the use of which was once barred throughout…
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The Broken Hill Proprietary Co., Ltd., has decided to dispense with coal fuel on four steamers. These will be converted into oil burners almost immediately notwithstanding…
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"The launching of Webb's Silver Mine Prospecting Company (no liability) marks the inauguration of one of the biggest mining schemes in the…
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Reports indicate that the mine at Lower Beilsdown, 12 miles from Dorrigo, recently worked by T. Mahr, but later taken ever by a syndicate is…
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