Nine Killed Colliery Explosion 2 Miles Under Sea More Deaths Feared London
The trage undersea colhery at Whitehaven known as Haigpit was the scene of another serious explosion last night,…
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Mining & the mines, 1931
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Mine Disaster 8 DEAD; 20 MISSING Explosion in British Pit Two Miles Under Sea
LONDON, Thursday.--The tragic undersea colliery at Whitehaven, known as the Haig Pit, was the scene of another serious explosion…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Tragedy Twenty-nine Miners Killed
LINTON (Indiana), Thursday.-- Twenty-nine miners were killed yesterday by an explosion in a coal mine [?] here Nine were rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heroic Rescues In Mine Disaster Twenty-eight Dead London
Rescuers at the Haig Pit colliery explosion relate terrible experiences. Many of the bodies had the clothes burned off and were so blackened that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tumut Gold
The Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) said that in the opinion of the Geological Surveyor (Mr. Harper) the areas where gold has been found at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Searchers Busy
A Coff's Harbor message states that there is considerable prospecting going on in the district, and many of the old workings that yielded good gold…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold in Victoria Revival of Industry £300,000,000 in 70 Years
The further decline in Victorian gold production disclosed by the Mines Department return for 1930 emphasises the importance of the efforts that are…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Newcastle Coal Trade Newcastle
The exchange rate may result in a revival of the Newcastle coal trade. Coalowners are able to cut prices considerably and several large shipments…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Earth Has no "Heart of Gold"
According to the latest information, the earth's core is formed of metallic iron with a little nickel. This conclusion, generally accepted among…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Find At Moonee
There is considerable prospecting going on in the Coff's Harbor district, and many of the old workings that yielded gold years ago are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tourist Gold Mines Australia's Chance for Another "Industry."
In tourist traffic from overseas Australia has another "industry" as yet unexploited. Mr. Charles Lloyd Jones expressed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold and Tin
There is unprecedented mining activity in the Glen Innes district at the present time. A large number of men are prospecting, and many very…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gold Fever Lingers Still Old Industry Revives Hopes for Rich Finds in Many States
Since the days when the gold fever sent laburers and clerks and tradesmen and loafers chasing the rainbow all over Australia,the epidemic has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wireless Notes "Old Gold Days"
"Ballarat and Bendigo were the richest finds made in Victoria, and it is estimated that that State produced £10,000,000 of gold annually for ten…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Repudiate Interest British Bondholders Menaced Mr. Lang's Finance Scheme Local Investors May Receive Only 3 P.C. Abandon Gold Standard
CANBERRA, Monday.--The Premier of N.S.W. (Mr- Lang) outlined to the Premiers' Conference this morning the financial scheme which, he said, would be adopted by the Government of N.S.W., regardless of the decisons of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Find Reported Melbourne
Mr. Satchell, M.L.A., announced to-day that a new gold reef had been found near Maldon and apparently the quartz would produe a good yield…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Gold Reef Find in Bendigo District
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Mr. Satchell, M.L.A., announced to-day that a new gold reef had been found near Maldon, in the Bendigo district…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A.W.U. and Miners Amalgamation Proposal
SYDNEY, Thursday.--The Convention to-day concluded consideration of the proposed constitution of its amalgamation, with the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners and A.W.U. Amalgamation Proposals SYDNEY
The A.W.U. convention to-day concluded consideration of the proposed constitution for its amalgamation with the Miners' Federation and a committee…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gold Find at Bendigo
Mr. Satchell, M.L.A., announces that a new gold reef has been found near Maldon, in the Bendigo district, and apparently the quartz would produce…
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