Mine Tunnel Mouth Collapses. Operations Temporarily Suspended. Wollongong
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 7
The main tunnel mouth of the Mount Pleasant mine fell in yesterday. A great quantity of stone is at present blocking the main travelling way, and the mine was idle to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Block at a Mine. Mani Tunnel Mouth Falls In
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 7
WOLLONCONG, Thursday.--The main tunnel mouth of the Mount Pleasant Mine fell in yesterday. A great quantity of stone is at present blocking the main travelling way…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining in the State. Adelong
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 10
An interesting mining dispute over the ground at present being worked by Dunstone Bros and Capel, and Gately and Son, was tried before Mr. Nesbitt on Tuesday. It…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 10
The North mine continues to make steady progress with its new mill buildings. Development work continues underground on the ordinary lines. The main shaft has been…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Broken Hill Central Mine. a Good Development. Broken Hill
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 8
What th manager, Mr. Hebbard, admits is an exceptionally good development has occurred in the Central mine, owned by the Sulphide Corporation, in the blind shaft…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Horrible Accident. Mining Engine-driver Decapitated. Cairns (Q.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 7
News has been received of a terrible accident at the Molloy mine. Brief particulars only are so far obtainable. It is stated that an engine-driver named Jas…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Trade Depression. Distress on Newcastle Field. Relief Works Asked For. Newcastle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 6
The depression in the coal trade of thal port during the post few months is beginning to hive a serious effect on the district. Many miners have not had anything approaching…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Late Cable News. Received To-day. The Durham Disaster. Greater Death Roll at Stanley Colliery. Loss of Life Totals 150
Evening News · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 6
LONDON, Thursday Evening.—All hope of further rescues from the Stanley Colliery, Durham, has been abandoned. The death roll numbers 150…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Savings Bank Sensation. Government Money Missing. Prosecution of a Mining Expert
Evening News · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 5
Frederick Kingston Smythe, 24 mining expert, was charged at the Water Police Court this morning with having falsely pretended to Robert Dixon, postmaster, that He was a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Depression at Newcastle. Reduced Coal Output. Mine Thrown Idle
Evening News · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 9
NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—The fortnight's notice given by the Lymington miners at Cardiff expired to-day, when the mine was thrown idle, and the men removed their tools from the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →South Greta Colliery
Evening News · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 9
WEST MAITLAND, Saturday Afternoon.—The trouble at the South Greta Colliery has reached an acute stage. The miners have been out since Monday, and during the past couple…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Weekly Coal Export
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 10
The past week has been a dull one in the coal shipping trade, only 32,713 tons being exported by sea. Fotoign ports took 17,465 tons, and Commonwealth and New Zealand depots…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Record Gold Production
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 15
"Muelo" writes:— "Another Correspondent" evidently misunderstands me. I thought the preceding remarks of mine would be sufficient explanation of my meaning of the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Mining Notes
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 15
The yield for the week at the Ringarooma dredger, Tasmania, is valued at £90. At the Araluen Redbank drodglngs for 118 hours has resulted in 55oz 3dwt of gold being…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →In and About the Mines
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 13
Araiuen Central No. 1, 27oz. 16dwt. for 114 hours; do. No. 2, 19oz. 3dwt. for 109 hours. Araluen Redbank dredge won 65oz. Sdwt. for a run of 118 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Burying Tons of Gold
The World's News · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 20
Investors in gold-mining securities will be interested to learn that an American lady computed not long ago that in the United States alone half a ton of pure gold, equivalent to…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Wages Boards. Coal Carters' Troubles
Evening News · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 2
The Coal Carters' Wages Board, consisting of Messrs. T. E. Spenser (in the chair), J. Jones and J. Johnston (representing employers), M. J. Connington and W. Crowther (for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lymington Miners to Lay Down Tools
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 10
The fourteen days' notice given by the miners at Lymington Colliery to cease work expires to-day. and the men will then lay down their tools. The minors desired a hewing rate of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mining. Values Mostly Lower
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 13
Copper fell to £57 15s on Thursday--13s 9d down--and lead was steady at £13 7s 6d; while Barrier shares were cabled easier. South (paid) booked forward at 86s 6d on the previous day,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mining. the Share Market
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 15
There was a [?]illip on the Stock Exchange yesterday morning, and several transactions were recerded in every denomination of stock, except tin, though it must be, admitted that…
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