Mining
The long dormant chrome-mining industry in our district threatens to boom again. For about 10 years now very little has…
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Miners in Peril. Many Narrow Escapes. London
An inrush of water from old workings look place in a colliery at Aberdeen to-day. The mine was flooded, and 300…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Mining Accident. Two Men Killed. Sydney
Two men named Tressider and Marks were entombed at the Wallarah colliery, Catherine Hill Bay, near Newcastle, by a sudden fall of stone…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Important Mining Development
On 17th instant, when the water supply deputation was held, it was impressed upon the Minister for Works that there might occur at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nationalisation of Mines. LONDON
Mr. Will Thorne, M.P., addressing the Trades Union Congress, blamed the Government for the defeat of the transport strikers, and also declared…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Illawarra Colliery Employees. Agreement to Adjust Deficiency Place Claims
An industrial agreement has been drawn up between representatives of the Southern Colliery. Proprietors' Association and of the Illawarra Colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Coal Mine on Fire Explosions Kill Rescuers. London
The Clarence coal mine is now on fire. Frequent explosions have occurred, during which two of the rescue gang were killed and three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Land and Mining Agency
A card appearing in our advertising columns announces that Mr. G. Stevenson, who recently retired from the position of police magistrate at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Mine Explosion. Number of Men Entombed. LONDON
An explosion of fire damp occurred at the Clarence mine Bethune, France. Four dead bodies have been recovered, and 37 are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →American Coal Strike. New York
The strike of the coal miners is assuming serious proportions. The militia is camped on the ground, Martial law is now proclaimed and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mines and Miners
There are now 200 men employed on the railway being constructed by the Lloyd Copper Mining Company at Burraga, N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Gold and Prices
The output of gold has more than trebled during the past twenty-one years. In 1890 it was valued at £25,000,000. In 1900 it was £52,000,000. By 1911 it had…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →New Zealand Miners' Labor Troubles. Lithgow Unions Endorse Financial Appeals
Mr. George Dunn, of The Hermitage, Lithgow, instructed by the Combined Unions' Committee, has issued an appeal for financial assistance for the men…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Looted Gold Mines. a Series of Robberies
A series of amazing robberies are reported from Nevada where a hundred miners in the goldfields have been looting several mines and stealing large…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Explosion
In explosion of fire lamp in a coal mine at Dewsburg, Russia, five miners were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Asphyxiated in Mine. SILESIA
A number of sightseers went down a disused mine at Silesia, Prussia, but had to beat a hasty retreat owing to the poisonous gas. Four persons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disaster in Coal Mine. BERLIN
Five persons were killed by an explosion of fire damp in a mine at Duisburg, Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Waihi Miners' Strike. AUCKLAND
The fund in aid of the idle miners at Waihi has reached £14,518…
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A find of opal is reported from Britcher's Creek, Boulia-road, Winton, Queensland. The specimens were said to be of excellent quality…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Mining Catastrophe. BERLIN
Twenty miners were killed by a subsidence at the Augusta mine in, Westphalia…
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