Gold Discovery
A boy throning stones at a bird near Chiltern, Victoria, discovered one to be a rich gold specimen. By prospecting a true fissure lode has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining & the mines, 1915
434 stories in Riverina's papers · page 17 of 22
Cobar Mine Shut Down
All operations on the Great Cobar Mimes ceased yesterday, the first time in the 24 years that the mines commenced work…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Crisis. Miners' Demands Refused. Notice Given to Employers Sydney
The miners' demand for 20 per cent increase in the coal rate has been refused by the proprietors. It has been decided to give the employers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →May Have Struck British Mine. Amsterdam
The "Cologne Gazelle" declares that the Hesperian struck a mine, which was probably British…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →World—wide Notes. Guns Ok Gold
The Gaekwar of Baroda, an Indian Prince, has a battery of artillery consisting of gold anil silver guns. There are four guns, two of gold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New South Wales Gold Yield. Sydney
The New South Wales gold yield for the past eight months shows a comparative increase in value of £83,800…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Gold Shipment. £13,000,000 for America. Washington
A shipment of £13,000,000 of British gold has arrived at New York, from England, in order to rectify the slump On the British Exchange…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Shipment. Australia to America. Sydney
One million six hundred thousand pounds worth of gold has reached America from Australia and New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Miners. Sydney
The Newcastle miners' lodges are taking a vote on the question whether they should give 14 days notice to the proprietors owing to the latter's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broken Hill Miners. Contract Work and 44 Hours' Week. Sydney
A mass meeting of the combined unions of Broken Hill decided that a referendum of the contract workers be taken on the question of the abolition…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fixing Price of Coal
The Necessary Commodities Control Commission will fix the price of coal in a few days…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining with Electricity
Electric power is becoming a more important factor every day in the operation of up to date coal mines, this class of power being used not only for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-Day’s War News. British Submarine Sunk. Anglo-French Loan. Another Welsh Coal Dispute SYDNEY
The British submarine E7 is believed to have been sunk in the Dardanelles, and the crew made prisoners. The British Admiralty Prize Court has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Compulsory Conference. Coal Miners' Aim. Sydney
Although all the miners have given fourteen days' notice, the general opinion is that there is no danger of a strike resulting, the men's sole…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Turks Adopt Mining. Paris
It is officially stated that the Turks on Friday attacked at several points of the Dardanelles front by mining, which they have not hitherto adopted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wanted Gold. High-souled Patriots! Melbourne
Mr. Fisher, on being told that some public officials, particularly in the Victorian State Service, were in the habit of exchanging Commonwealth notes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britain and Sweden. Coal Supply Cut Off. Copenhagen
Great anxiety is felt in Sweden owing to the non-arrival of coal from England. Gasworks and private factories are in a desperate position…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Welsh Miners Idle
A further 1,000 millers ate [?] in Wales though the dispute in respect of overtime…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Monmouthshire Miners Opposed to Conscription. London
Fifty-five thousand organised workmen, chiefly Monmouthshire miners, carried a resolution against conscription…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Western Front. German Attack. Exploded Powerful Mine. Paris
The Germans attacked the Allies near Peronne after exploding a very powerful mine, but the enemy were repulsed…
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