Enormous Coal Consumption
The records of the great Cunard Atlantic liners, the Lusitania and the Mauretania, are watched witlh augmented interest as time passes (says "The Engineer.") It is not…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Mining & the mines, 1909
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Auckland Coal Trouble
The conference of Auckland coal mine owners and directors decided that nothing could be done in regard to the acceptance of the Premier's insurance proposals until official…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Miner. Mine Fires
In combating mine fires the use of carbon dioxide as a means of producing an atmosphere in which combustion cannot be sustained has been many times suggested, and…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Mining Notes
The Mills United Company (Charters Towers), reports a crushing of 1213 tons, for a yield of gold valued at £4985. The weekly report of the Chillagoe…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Lymington Colliery Cavil. Men Decide to Draw
The Lymington colliery, which has been idle for the past two days because of the men refusing to draw the cavil, and because the Miners' Federation had decided that the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In and About the Mines
The Broken-hill South mine is doing an increased amount of development work at present. A connection has been made between the South and North drives at the 72ft. level, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Southern Collieries. Trouble at Bellambi Coke Works Wheelers Absent Themselves
BULLI, Tuesday.--On Monday morning the Bellambi coke works, which are owned by the Broken-hill Proprietary Company, resumed work as per usual, after a previous full time…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mining. Somewhat Livelier
After a stagnant morning the market for milling scrip on the Sydney Stock Exchange livened up somewhat yesterday afternoon. Up till 1.30 eight sales wore recorded. Fifteen more…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Lymingt0n Colliery Trouble. Men Decide to Draw the Cavil
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The trouble which has existed at the Lymington Colliery with respect to the drawing of the cavil, and the question of the working of the night shift…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Science. Gold in Sea Water
It has long been known that, sea contains gold in solution, but in quantit[?] so small that all attempts to extract it proven unremunerative. Luther Wagoner [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 61 →Explosion in a Colliery. Twenty-five Killed. London, Jan. 11
An explosion in Leiter's colliery, Zeigier, Illinois, killed 25 miners…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Port Pirie Men Refuse to Load Coal
ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--At Port Piria yesterday morning the men engaged on the permanent way on the railway to load tip coal from the steamer Tarcoola, which had been put down in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Whitney Iron Mines. Draymen's Strike Ended. Carcoar
The draymen's strike at Whitney iron mines has ended. Messrs. Hoskins Brothers agreed to give sixpence per day extra instead of two shillings demanded. Work has been resumed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Newcastle. Coal and Other Export Trade. Newcastle
The following vessels cleared at the Customshouse to-day:—Perth, s, for Melbourne, with 2400 tons of coal; Paloona, s, for Hobart, via Sydney, with 950 tons of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →General Mining News. New South Wales
The total value of the mineral exports from Broken Hill for 1908 was £2,068,983. as against £3,097,551 in 1907, over £1,000,000 difference. Brailey and Company, of Solitary Reef,…
Continued on Trove, page 53 →Mining in the State. Mudgee
Representatives of a Victorian syndicate have approached Mr. W. C. Wall with a view of obtaining an option of purchase over iron ore properties near Mudgee…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →North Mount Lyell Mine. Ore Bodies Developing Well. Queenstown
Good progress is being made with exploratory work at the 1100ft level of the North Mount Lyell mine. The main crosscut is going through schist, and the east crosscut…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Western Australian Mines. Contortions of a Diamond Drill [?] Bore. Kalgoorlie
In a cable to the London board on Saturday last the management of the South Kalgurli reported that No. 2 north drive at the 1000ft level, Morty's workings, had been advanced…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Industrial Strife on the Barrier. Miners and Police in Conflict. Numerous Arrests
As briefly reported in the last issue of the "Town and Country Journal," another portion of the railway line leading to the Proprietary Mine was seriously damaged on the afternoon of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →New Zealand Mining Dispute. the Trouble Spreading. Assistance From Newcastle. Wellington (N.z.)
The deadlock in the mining industry continues. Employers are awaiting information concerning the proposed amendments of the law. The accident insurance companies…
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