Fire in Broken Hill Mine Sydney
A Broken Hill message says that fire broke out in Thompson's shaft section of the British Mine about six o'clock last night and severely damaged the poppet…
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Mining & the mines, 1928
780 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 39
Fire on Coal Supply Ship Sydney
A fire was discovered in No. 2 hold of the steamer Mombah, coal supply ship attached to the Commonwealth navy, while lying in the harbour this morning. The outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Money From Coal Wonderful Invention. Many By-Products Australian Rights
LONDON, Wednesday. -- The first public demonstration of the Dvork[?]vitz system of coal carbonisation was given at Slough to-day. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trouble at Colliery Surface Men Attack Miners
WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday. -- Bad feeling between the colliery surface men and the [?]ers, who, they state, should not be working at. Hepburn No…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Subsidence in Gold Mine Capetown
A serious subsidence occurred at Waters-land gold mine in the Connor shaft this morning, when three stations at this shaft fell in almost simultaneously. Fortunately…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Revolver Used in Mine Dispute West Maitland
Bad feeling between colliery surface men and miners who, they state, should not be working at Hebburn No. 2 colliery, came to a head to-day when six surface men attacked…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Further Trouble Anticipated at Hepburn, Colliery
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—No further trouble is anticipated at Hepburn No. 2 colliery, where the manager had to draw a revolver yesterday to protect…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Further Trouble at Mine Sydney
No farther trouble is anticipated at Hebburn No. 2 colliery, where the manager had to draw a revolver yesterday to protect J. J. Cram, against whom certain miners had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Canberra As Mining Centre Canberra
Canberra may become a mining centre if a lucky strike is made. Yesterday two applications for authority to search a 50 acre tract for copper were dismissed at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Find At Drake
What might be regarded as one of the most important finds in mining circles in the north, was discovered by Messrs. Keats, Nugent and Son, a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Rights Position in Federal Territory
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The position regarding persons desiring mining rights within the Territory was made clear by tthe Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hidden Gold
In to-day's issue appears a new and interesting competition connected with the popular Granny Smith's Pure Food Products. Competitors are set…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mount Isa Mines. Plant to Cost £4,000,000
Proposals in connection with what is prophesied to become the greatest mining proposition in Australia were disclosed by Mr. W. H. Corbould, Director…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Gold Field? Prospector's Claim. An Unknown River
Mr. H. Lilley, of Salamoa, who arrived in Sydney by the Montoro recently, claims to have discovered a new goldfeld in New Guinea on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Romance of Kimberley Mines. £200,000,000 Worth of Diamonds
"More than £200,000,000 worth, of diamonds have been taken out of the Kimberley mines during the last 58 years." That statement, made by one…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Greatest Fire on Earth. Started by Coal Strikers 43 Years Ago
As veritable mouth of Hell is open in Ohio, says the New York "Times." It is the greatest fire on earth. From the hill tops one sees as far as the eye can…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Transvaal Gold Output Grows. Value in 1926 amounted to £42,285,139
There was a further increase in the number of white workers on the Witwatersrand mines, South Africa, during 1926, according to the annual…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Activities. Government Grant for Roland's Creek
There is considerable mining activity at Roland's Creek, where Messrs. M. Flynn and party are busily engaged in sinking a shaft on a claim…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grim Jests "Which Rope Is Mine?" Unfinished Card Game Cardiff Murderers
LONDON, Saturday. --There is now known the inner history of the execution of Driscoll and Rowlands, the Cardiff murderers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Youthful Gold Hunters Boys 150 Mile Trip in Canoe
Probably one of the most romantic and adventurous canoe voyages on record in Australia was that undertaken by two Goulburn boys, Arthur Lee…
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