New Coal Age Value of Each Ton Multiplied
A new coal age is dawning. Science is multiplying the value of every ton of coal. This, for the last two decades, has meant that less of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1936
432 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 22
Buried in Mine on Wedding Eve Fate's Trick On English Miner
Twenty-four hours after he had been buried by a fall of stone at Cortonwood Colliery, Wombwell, the body of Herbert Ward, 28, Oak Road,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →One Up for the Coal-man
She had been watching the delivery of a load of coal and said to the coalman, "There are several lumps on your cart that belong to the load…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Life Pass Minister for Customs Qualifies
CANBERRA, Friday:--Mr. White, Minister for Customs, has been three years in the Ministry. That means he gets a gold life…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two Miners Killed Stone Crashes at Colliery
BRISBANE, Wednesday:--The Southern Cross colliery, near Ipswich, was the scene of a tragedy to-day when two miners lost their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Disaster Two Crushed to Death BRISBANE
Two married men, Gilbert Burren, of Silkstone, and David Bertram, of Booval, were fatally injured when they were crushed by a fall of sandstone at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Gold Production CANBERRA
Had it not been for industrial troubles in Western Australia and Mount Coolon, in Queensland, the production of gold in Australia for 1935…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rand Gold Mining Expansion 14 New Mines Being Developed
Sir Robert Kotze, former South African Government mining engineer to his constituency, has followed his successor, Dr. Hans Pirow, in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sanctions Hit Britain Coal Trade Worst Big Losses in Export Trade
LONDON, Saturday:- Italy is not the only sufferer from the imposition of sanctions Britain's ' unfaltering application of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On the House Ishbel MacDonald "Mine Hostess" Licensee at Spon (From A Special Correspondent). LONDON, January 11, (By Air Mail)
Miss Ishbel MacDonald found herself in the thick of the week-end demand for tea and luncheon when she…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Coal War Bootleggers: Mine Owners Big Outputs Pottsville, Pennsylvania (By Mail)
War has been declared by the big Pennsylvania coal operators on the army of 14,000 independent men who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway to Gulf Mining Company Seeks Concessions BRISBANE
Mt. Isa Mines Ltd. has applied to the Queensland Government for a concession to build the railway or tramway originally contemplated by it…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →N.z. Miners Idle
AUCKLAND, Thursday:--All coal miners m the Hutley district, except the Pukemiro men are idle. Meetings are being held to consider the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Demilitarised Rhineland Zone to Search for Gold Solomon Islands Experts Sail From Melbourne
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Taking with her four mining experts, who will conduct a search for gold in a secret locality of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Indian Colliery Disaster. 5 Europeans and 200 Indians Perish
LONDON, Friday.--The "News Chronicle's" Calcutta correspondent states that five Europeans and 200 Indians are reported to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Explosion Indians and Europeans Perish LONDON
The "News Chronicle's" Calcutta correspondent says that five Europeans and 200 Indians are reported to have perished in an underground…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Australians Well Visit to Diamond Mines KIMBERLEY
The Australian cricketers, who arrived to-day from Johannesburg are fit and well. They were shown over the famous De Beers diamond mines…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy Slump Fijian Gold Shares MELBOURNE
Prices of leading Fijian gold shares which have been falling since August, slumped heavily on the Stock Exchange to-day with fairly heavy selling…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →£3,000,000 Worth of Diamonds Players Visit Famous Mines
KIMBERLEY, Thursday:--The Australian cricketers, who have arrived here from Johannesburg, are all fit and well. The tourists…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Lyons Will Not Meet Seamen. "Mr. Menzies' Policy is Mine."
CANBERRA, Friday.--The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) will refuse to meet the proposed deputation of seamen, who are…
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