Coal Miners' Troubles Stay in Strikes Becoming Frequent Sydney
The second stay in strike within the last day or two occurred this morning, when 200 miners of the John Darling Colliery,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1937
130 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 5 of 7
Inter-state News Stay in Strike in Mine. Sydney
The second stay in strike within a day or two occurred this morning when 200 miners of the John Darling Colliery which is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Trouble Preparing for the Strike Sydney
At a meeting of miners at West Wallsend it was stated that all storekeepers in the district, in the event of a general stoppage of work…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wattle Flat Glittering Gold Days
Reading the" articles specially written for the "Times" by Will Carter, on "Old Gold Digging Days," Mr. F. J. McAtamney,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Coal Dispute General Strike Discussed Sydney
The miners Council at Newcastle district decided that in the event of a general strike, " a black ban" should be imposed on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Digging Days Supplies for the Turon Fields (Copyright) No. 13
The first difficulty that faced a community of thousands of miners assembled at a gold-rush was the shortage of essential food-supply, and the inevitable, high cost of whatever proved to be available. In 1851, when Sofala and Tambaroora were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Miners Strike Probable. Sydney
It was decided at a joint meeting of the miners council and organisations that before the owners terms are placed before a specially…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Crisis Miners Ready for Strike
Although there are still feelings in some quarters that the threatened strike on the coalfields at Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Troubles No Stay in Strikes Sydney
The miners employed in three of the B.H.P. collieries have decided to give a guarantee that there will be no further "stay in" strikes at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Papuan Expedition Search for Gold Abandoned Sydney
The Ward Williams expedition which has been searching for gold in Papua for the past year, has abandoned its project…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Crisis More Men Idle Sydney
At Aberdaire No. 1 Colliery, which employs about 350 men, there was no work-to-day. The men would not go down, as a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Production Two Millions Increase Sydney
Gold production in Australia increased by more than £2,000,000 for the year ended June 30th, 1937, compared with the value in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Digging Days When Wattle Flat Was Booming (Copyright) No. 14 Old "Pennyweight" Pat
When he meets you be will greet you with a smile and pleasant word, He will lend you half a plug in duty bound; He is old and horny fisted, and he tells you how he "misted it,"…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Gold Production. Sydney
The gold production in Australia for the year ended June 30th increased in value by more than £2,000,000 compared with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Strike Settled. Sydney
A settlement of the dispute between the Colliery Proprietors and the Miners was reached last night. The agreement provided for an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Digging Days Early Days of Wattle Flat (Copyright)
When men were making for the Turon Diggings in thousands in the early fifties, their chief objective was Sofala, but Wattle Flat lay three miles this side of their destination like a ripple of quicksilver across a battery table, offering rich…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Colliery Trouble Sydney
As a result of further negotiations the dispute between the colliery proprietors and the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fool’s Gold
Iron pyrites, a yellow mineral that looks very much like gold, is known to miners as “fool’s gold.” and is used by them to hoax…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wellington Coal Deposits. (To the Editor)
Sir,—I read with interest in last week's "Times" an account of the progress of the Maryvale-Sandy Hollow railway, stating that during shaft the local mine?—Yours, etc., NORMAN P. GILL…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Old Goldfields
The old line of gold fields from Tomingley to the Pinnacles has proved a very fine gold bolt. Tomingley lies south-west of Dubbo, a…
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