Mine Disaster 15 Killed; 51 Entombed LONDON
At least 15 were killed, and 51 are still entombed, in a pit explosion at Wepplewell (Yorkshire). Sheets of flames swept the galleries. Nine…
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Mine Explosion 16 Killed; 50 Rescued LONDON
In a pit explosion at Magpie well Yorkshire to-day, 16 miners were killed and eight seriously injured. Rescue gangs, brought nearly 150 on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Federation Deputation Lodges Complaint with Minister Sydney
A deputation of the Miners' Federation which interviewed the Minister for Mines (Mr. Vincent) to-day complained that the Government and the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sixteen Killed Mine Explosion in England Flames Sweep Galleries Entombed Men Rescued LONDON
Sixteen were killed and eight seriously injured to-day as the result of a pit explosion at Mapplewell, Yorkshire. Sheets of flame…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cootamundra Mine Options
The cum of £50,000 is reported to have been paid for an option over the Christmas Gift mine at Culliaga by an English syndicate. Considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Fatality Rockhampton
Frederick George Sealer was killed to-day when he was engulfed in a fall of ore at the Mount Morgan mine. The man was working on a chute, when a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Legislative Assembly Working Hours Inquiry Export of Sheep Plea for State Aid for Mining Industry SYDNEY
The Premier (Mr. Stevens) informed the Legislative Assembly to-day that the State Government had informed the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Employment for 200 MEN Boom in Mining Industry Means Much for Gundagai Entire District Being Hunted for Gold
[?]IGURES that will come as a surprise to the average Gundagai man, show that the present gold boom is giving employment to about 200 men in this district. Every corner of the Gundagai district has its gold seekers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Holland Will Remain on Gold the Hague
The Queen of Holland, in opening the Parliament, said that it was impossible to consider any devaluation of the currency or departure from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Defence of Australia Heavy Orders for Metal and Material for Uniforms Converting Trawler into Mine-Sweeper CANBERRA
The Defence Department has accepted heavy contracts for the supply of metals for ammunition factories and material for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Dredging Carabost and Oberne Creeks
In a letter to Wagga Municipal Council, Mr. B. I. Hutchinson, advised of an application coming before the Mining Warden at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Strike Ends Melbourne
A mass meeting of miners aft Wonthaggi yesterday accepted the proposals for settlement of the dispute at the State coal mine, and it is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy Rescued Spent Night in Mine Melbourne
After having spent a night perched on a narrow ledge, above eight feet of water in an abandoned shaft at Sailor's Gully, near Bendigo, Eric…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Disasters Melbourne and Lismore Two Killed, Four Injured Melbourne
A man was fatally injured and two others were seriously bettered by a fall of earth to-day at the Melbourne City Council's quarries at Clifton Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Defence of Australia Heavy Orders For Metal and Material for Uniforms Converting Trawler Into Mine-sweeper
The Defence Department has accepted heavy contracts for the supply of metals for ammunition fact tries and material for uniform. Other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Xmas Gift Mine
It has been reported here that the option for the purchase of the Xmas Gilt mine for £50,000 (£34,000 in cash and the balance in shares) has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Huge U.S. Strike 400,000 Miners Idle New York
Four hundred thousand bituminous coal miners in 27 States are idle to-day, months of negotiations between the unions and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Russian Gold Big Increase in Output Miner’s Wages £10 a Year
There are good reasons for believing that the gold production of Soviet Russia will be more than 5,800,000oz. in 1935,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →400,000 Miners' Strike Ends Washington
An agreement to end the soft coal strike in which 400,000 miners were involved, on October 1 was reached between the mine-owners and the men…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Gold Rush On Rand WORTH £280,000,000
Hans Pinon a Government mining engineer at Johannesburg (South Africa) announces the existence of a gold reef of an estimated value of…
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