Coal Export Trade
The following were to-day's clearances:— Westralia, s, for Hobart, via Sydney, with 1100 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mining & the mines, 1906
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Accidents at a Colliery. Kurri Kurri
James Smith, a miner, residing in Third-street, Pelaw-Main, was seriously injured at the Pelaw-Main Colliery at about 1 o'clock this morning. He was working in the tops,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Barrier Mines. Broken Hill
The Block 10 mill last week treated 3209 tons of crudes for 437 tons of concentrates, worth 64.7 per cent. lead, 34.2oz silver, and 8.6 per cent. zinc…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Our Hidden Wealth. Vi. the Mount Boppy Mine. Consistent Gold Producer. Huge Lode Easily Worked. (By Our Special Reporter.)
A barren and desolate region of sandy soil stunted pine scrub saplings, an almost flat country, with here and there patches of grass fighting for an existence against almost…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queensland Gold Yield. Brisbane
The gold won in March amounted to 41,318 fine ounces, as against 50,763 fine ounces in March last year, being a decrease of 9445 fine ounces. The value of the gold was…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Gold As a Stimulus to Trade
There appear to be some who still fail to see how the greater production of gold will stimulate trade or to any great extent affect prices. They argue that after all a very small…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Country News. Southern Coal Trade. Wollongong
For this pay Mount Keira has 6½ days, Mount Kembla 8½, Corrimal 11, and Mount Pleasant 8. Shipments for the week at Wollongong were:—The steamer Kurrara 840 tons, Mount…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Potash Mine Bong lit by Pra[?]ia Government
The “Financial News” (London) says that the Prussian Government has made an offer, subject to the sanction of the Prussian Diet, of L1,500,000 for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining in the State. Orange
A new find of gold-bearing stone has been discovered near Rosedale, south of Mount Shorter and the Pride of the Hills mines. So far, the gold exists in the slate, but dish…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Gold Ingots Mystery. Police Fail in a Charge
"Having in his po[?]on, and not giving a satisfactory account of the same, five ingots of gold and some [?]iap gold, valued at [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Modern Murder Plot. How a Mine Manager Was Doomed to Death
The startling news was brought to San Francisco on March 1 (says the "Call") by the confession of Harry Orchard, murderer of former Governor of Steunenberg, of Idaho, that the…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Courrieres Mine Disaster
Another mixer bus been rescued alive from the Courrieres mine, alter being entombed twenty-five days. ALLEGATIONS AGAINST OWNERS…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mining News
"Red. White, and Blue."—A new company is being formed to take over the property of the Phillips River Options Company, Western Australia. The proposal is that the new company shall…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Half a Million Miners on Strike
Over half a million anthracite miners have struck work in the United States. The union permits engineers, firemen, and pumpmen to remain at their posts to prevent…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Broken Hill Mines. Satisfactory Progress. Broken Hill. Saturday Night
Work is proceeding now in most of the mines excepting Junction. Junction North, and North, under almost normal conditions. The official figures published this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gold Medals for Boys and Girls. for Essay-writing
Particulars of a Competition for Boys and Girls, in which the prizes will be Gold Medals, will be announced in the "Sunday Times" of April 15 (the great Easter…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Gold Miner's Plain Story. a Victim of Indigestion, and Mother Seigel's Syrup Was Worth More Than Gold to Him
W. C. Cousins, of Hent-street, Bendigo, Victoria, is a gold-miner by occupation, and is widely known in that city, where he was born, perhaps 30 years ago. Some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →French Miners Still on Strike. 100,000 Men Demand More Pay. London, Saturday Morning
The French miners who have been on strike since the terrible accident in the Courrieres mine continue to refuse work, a hundred thousand men being…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →French Miners' Strike. One Hundred Thousand Affected. Demand for a Minimum Wage. London, Saturday, 6.45 a.m
The French miners' strike is still in progress. The men demand a minimum wage of 5s 9d a day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Price of Coal. "Vend" Now Complete. All Northern Coal Dearer. the Question of Miners' Wages. Newcastle
The formation of a "vend" for the regulation of the selling price of Newcastle and Maitland coal is now complete. Two of the coal-mining companies which were standing out have…
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