Man Believed Buried in Mine Shaft
MELBOURNE, Saturday:—John Rooney, a Mines Department official, is believed to have been buried in the No. 2 Johnson mine,…
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Mining & the mines, 1939
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Mines Dept. Official Believed Killed Melbourne
John Rooney, a Mines Department official, is believed to have met a shocking death near Bendigo yesterday. He was placing a cement slab…
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Two men were killed by foul air in a mine near Daylesford. One of them sacrificed his life in an attempt to rescue his companion…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Miners Call on M's.L.A. to Desert Lang Sydney
That members of the Lang Labour caucus who supported the Federal intervention proposal at the last meeting had been…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Gold Output Expands Influence of Price Rise
Gold production in Australia continues to expand. Official figures show that output during March of this year was 131,267…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mines Dept. Official's Body in Mine MELBOURNE
The body of Jack Rooney, Mines Department employee, was recovered from Johnson's Mine at California Gully this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man Killed in Mine Accident
CAIRNS, Tuesday:—A man is dead and one is injured as the result of an accident at a mine about eight miles from Portland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Moonem Coal Deposits Ballina
Mr. Gordon Faine (managing director of Electric Construction Coy. of Australia) and Mr. A. D. Arnold, district manager, are visiting Sydney to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Tragedy in N. Queensland CAIRNS
One person is dead and three others were injured as the result of an accident at a mine about eight miles from Portland Roads…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Deadliest Mine In World Swedish Arsenic Drug on Market
An astounding problem faces the proprietors of the Bolinden ore mine in Northern Sweden. Discovered by a geological…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Petrol From Coal at 5d Per Gallon!
I The Minister for Territories (Mr. Perkins) attended a demonstration last week of a process claimed to be capable of producing petrol from coal and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man Killed Fall of Rock at Mine
MELBOURNE, Friday:—John Pedler (45), married, of Campbell Street, was killed to-day when a fall of rock, occurred at the 274ft. level in Wattle…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatal Fall of Rock in Victorian Mine Melbourne
A fall of rock in the Wattle Gully mine, near Castlemaine, to-day resulted in the death of John Pedler (45), of Campbell's Creek, and in John Purley…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Czech. Gold in London Germany Reported To Have Gained Control
LONDON, Friday:—It is reported that Germany has obtained control of portion of the Czecho-slovakian gold in London…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Too Costly" Oil From Coal or Grains
CANBERRA, Sunday:—The Commonwealth Government is not likely to develop extraction of oil from coal or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Survey Of N.C. Coal Resources
A survey of the coal re-sources of the Northern Rivers' district will be made this year. The survey will probably be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Resources to Be Surveyed
A survey of the coal resources of the Northern Rivers district will be made this year. The survey will probably be commenced in September…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Czech Gold in Britain Will Not Be Released
LONDON, Monday:—Mr. H. F. C. Crookshank, Financial Secretary of the Treasury, stated in the House of Commons that the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Britain's Intention to Hold Czech Gold in London London
It was announced in the House of Commons that the British Government had no power to restrain the movement of gold held by the Bank of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Miners Killed Tragedies In Ipswich Pits
BRISBANE, Friday:— Two men lost their lives in a coal mine in the Ipswich district to-day. Forty miners worked heroically for three…
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