Mine Explosion in Virginia. London, Jan. 31
An explosion in the Stuart mine, Faretteville, Virginia, entombed 80 workmen…
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An explosion in the Stuart mine, Faretteville, Virginia, entombed 80 workmen…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BROKEN-HILL, Thursday.-- A change occurred yesterday in the lode at the 606ft. level of Block 14, which was not altogether favorable. It took a sharp turn east as the drive advanced…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A seam of coal 30ft thick has been struck on the Earl of Dudley's estate, near Sedgley, a suburb of Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. The opening up of the new…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.-- The rescue party at the Roden Mine (Prussia), the members of which were believed to have perished, are safe, and 23 miners have been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"The London market has gone to pieces. Prices are down. Now we will have a chance of getting cheaper stocks." This was the remark made by a prominent member of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →LONDON, Thursday.—Eighty workmen have been entombed by an explosion in the Stuart Mine, Faretteville, Virgina, U.S. Later.—There are indications that all the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The party of rescuers who were supposed to have perished in the Reden mine, Rhenish Prussia, are safe. They brought to the surface 25 miners…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Jacqua copper mine, in the Bungonia district, has been successfully floated, and capital will be spent in developing the property. Many blocks have boen peggod out in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Preparations are in progress to sink the shaft of tho Pride of the Hills mine, Rosedale, another 50 feet. A parcel of silver ore, containing a little fahlore, is being prepared…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →During the past nine years the value of gold won in Peak Hill district amounted to £304,804 13s 3d, representing 84,822 ounces. The copper mines are again in full swing…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A conference of mineowners and minors' representatives was held last night. It was due to the operation of the sliding scale. In the arbitration award, whereby in three years…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →There are indications that the 80 workmen entombed by the explosion in the Stuart mine, Faretteville, Virginin, are dead…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →All the collieries have full time again this week. Following are the shipments at Wollongong:—Kurrara 1260 tons, Horga 250, Civility 250, Malachlte 670, Palmerston 1000,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →BULLI, Friday. -- The coal trade for the past week has continued brisk, full time being maintained by all the local collieries, with the exception of Bellambi, which has been idle for…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A much healthier tone pervaded the market yesterday on the Sydney Exchange, and a large turnover of a general character was carried through. A higher range of quotations from…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Hamlin Garland tells exuberantly of a lucky miner moved by love of a pore girl to make rather Quixotic restitution to the partners he had bought out of a "good thing." The story…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →The total quantity of coal exported from Newcastle during the week ended yesterday amounted to 53,276 tons. Of this quantity, 29,730 tons were sent to foreign ports, while the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Ringarooma Bucket Dredging Company (Tasmania) has obtained 12cwt tin for a run of 119 hours. The South Glanmire and Monkland…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Work is proceeding smoothly at the Mankind district collieries, Except at Abermain, better wages are being paid than at any time…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Since the advent of the new year the coalshipping trade has been unusually active, and betokens a record year in the trade of the port. During January no less than 50…
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