Liner Strikes a Mine. Ship Returns to Port. Vancouver
Passengers arriving on steamers at New York report that a liner struck a mine in British waters and returned to port. She is not believed to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining & the mines, 1917
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Work and Wages. Mortlake Coal Lumpers. Serious Developments Expected. Sydney
Serious developments are likely to result from the go-slow policy adopted by the coal lumpers employed at the Mortlake gas-works. The men who were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Old Gold & Silver War Fund
IN view of the special appeal now being made by the " War Chest " Fund, which is urgently in need of money, the Committee of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Work and Wages. Colliery Idle. Sydney
The Coledale Colliery, employing 300 miners, at Bulll, is idle. The stoppage is due to a clipper demanding extra wages…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Monkeys in Mines
Captain E. Moss, who has lately returned to London from the Transvaal, tells the story of the monkeys who, work for him in the mines :-" I have…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Beneath the Waves
There is a certain fascination surrounding buried cities, but there is a sense of loss, too, in the knowledge that some of our richest products lie buried in the ocean's depths.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mount Hope Mine. Railway Connection
On Friday, 2nd February last, representatives of the Mount Hope Mining Company interviewed the Hon. R. T. Hall, Minister for Works and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Work and Wages. Coal Lumpers. Go Slow Policy. Sidney
In the "Industrial Court to-day Mr. Bavin, on behalf of the Minister rof Labor, asked Mr. Justice Heydon to grant leave to appeal from the award…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Refuse Work
East Greta Junction miners refused to resume work, so that an appeal might be lodged against Judge Pickburn's decision…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Work and Wages. Mortlake Coal Lumpers. Appeal by Minister. Sydney
In the Industrial Court to-day Mr. Heywood, who appeared for the Coal Lumpers' Union, applied for an adjournment of the hearing of the appeal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mount Hope Mine. Railway Connection
The following is a continuation of an article under the above heading which appeared in our last issue, and clipped from the Condobolin…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prosperity to Poverty a Romance of Mining
Twenty five years ago throughout, Riverina, in fact Australia generally, the name of William Hazelhurst, one of the oldest hands in Parkes, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Mines Idle. Wollongong
Industrial matters were very unsettled in the district to-day, and three mines were not working…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Fatality. Two Lives Lost. Sydney
While repairs were being effected to the roof of a mine at the Coledale Coliery to-day a quantity of stone came away. One man, Patrick Kelly, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →France Changes Gold Rule
Travellers bringing gold into Franco have been surprised and annoyed to find on leaving that they cannot take the gold that they have remaining out of France. The law…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Mines Idle
The South Clifton and Scarborough mine, employing about 300 men were idle to-day. It is understood that the stoppage of work was on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Broken Hill Mines Close. Shortage of Coal
Owing to the shortage of supplies of coal it has been definitely decided that the Junction Mine, Broken Hill. shall close down tomorrow night, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Mining Company Sued. Plaintiff Awarded £.500
The Supreme Court action Winstanley against the South Clifton Coal Mining, Company, was concluded to-day. The jury awarded plaintiff…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Copper Mining in Northern Territory. Sydney
A big copper lode has been struck in Mount Bonnie mine, 100 miles south of Darwin. The Federal Government has subsidised this mine to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Live Fish in a Mine
Live Cab have been found in the bottom of Transvaal gold mine, in a vertical limit 3800ft. deep. They were barbed, from six inches to 12 inches long, and up to three…
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