Mining Warden's Report
The Minister for Mines, Mr. Fitzpatrick, has received from Mr Warden James the following report on the mineral industiy in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining & the mines, 1920
527 stories in Riverina's papers · page 2 of 27
Finding Entombed Miners
An instrument invented during the war for finding the positions of underground operations by means of sound has now been put to the use of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stopping Fires in Mines
Coal-dust floating in the air in clouds is just as likely to cause explosions in coal mines as fire-damp, and there are three ways of overcoming the danger…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Vacuum Cleaning for Mines
The vacuum-cleaning of coal mines is a new idea for preventing risk from dust to which explosions are often due. An electrical firm has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Zealand Gold Cup. Win for Partner. Wellington (N.z.)
The race for the New Zealand Gold Cup resulted: Partner 1, Emperor 2, Our Girl 3…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Northern Territory. Small Gold Find. Darwin
A party of prospectors has discovered a small gold reef near Bridge Creek. The extent of the find has not been determined, though a small rush has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest News. Mislaid or Stolen. Jeweller's Wife's Jewels Northern Territory Gold Find. Captain Ross-Smith's Arrival. The Russian Puzzle. SYDNEY, Thursday Afternoon
Mrs. Stewart Dawson, wife of a well-known City jeweller, reports the loss of jewels worth £5000 from tho Carlton Hotel, where both were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Shortage. Adelaide
In view of the serious shortage of coal in consequence of the shipping strike the Adelaide Coal Board has decided to impose stringent restrictions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Go Up to Work
Miners working at a coal-mine in the Cascade Mountains of Canada do not descend the shaft, but have to climb up a mountain to a height of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Problem. Prime Minister's Proposal
A Dowing-street statement enumerates points raised by the executive of the Miners' Federatio, whose case was stated by Mr. Smillie, who…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shortage of Coal. Miners Go Slow. Wellington
At a meeting of the Coal-mine Owners' Association, to be held next week matters for discussion will include recent developments in the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Price of Coal. Miners Take Action. Conference with Prime Minister. London
The Miners' Federation is to meet the Prime Minister will reference to the coal prices, the shortage of domestic supplies of coal, and the coast of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bolsheviks. Sympathy in Sydney. Miners' Resolution. Sydney
The council of the Australian Shale and Coal Employees' Federation carried the Following resolution:âThis council views with admiration…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Plight of Paris. Shortage of Coal. London
The correspondent of the "Times" at Paris says that owing to the shortage of coal the streets in Paris are almost in darkness…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ganmain News. Dullah Tin Mines
It is anticipated that Important developments will shortly occur in son. section with the mining operations at Dullah, six miles due north from Ganmain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mining Strike. Suspended Result of Ballot. CAPETOWN
A Johnnesbburg correspondent states that the ballot for all trade unionists concerned in the mining industry, resulted in a declaration of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal to France Germany Behind with Its Programme. Time Expired. LONDON
Germany has not taken any steps to deliver the stipulated quantity of coal to France. They are using it more domestically than France Measures…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Mining Industry. Commission Resumes Inquiry. Owners Stand Out. Sydney
The Royal Commission inquiring into the coal-mining industry and the coal trade in New South Wales resumed its sittings this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the Rand. [?]000 Men Talk Strike. Mines May Close. Johannesburg
Johannesburg is threatened with a strike involving well over 20,000 mine workers, as well as the employees of Victoria Falls Company the Rand…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Struggle Ahead. Nationalisation of Mines. London
A great political struggle is looming ahead on the question of the nationalisation of coal mines. The miners' executive is dissatisfied…
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