Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Mining & the mines, all years

Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1910

6,749 stories in Sydney's papers · page 80 of 250

Mines and Mining. Dealings in Scrip. To-day's Operations

The Star · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 5

The Mount David Company's buttery crushed 589 tons of are for 255oz. 13dwt. of gold. There were cyanided 403 tons of ore, which yielded 107oz. 16dwt. of gold…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The Coal Mines. Proprietors on the Position. (Two, Points of View. "Consultation" and "Conference."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 9

The ballot has been taken; the wages board meets this morning, but whether the trouble is over rests on the knees' of the gods. The men have decided to go back to work,…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

The Coal Strike

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 54

A ballot on the question of resuming work was taken at Newcastle during the past week, and resulted in an overwhelming majority of the miners being in favor of returning to the…

Continued on Trove, page 54 →

Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 13
Also in The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser

The State batteries of Western Australia crtished 1953 tons of stone last week for 1849oz gold. The Broken Hill Block 14 Company last…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Mine Lighting by Acetylene Gas

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 38

Only seven years ago the use of acetylene gas in mines was practically unheard of. In fact, the question of lighting improvement for underground work was neglected…

Continued on Trove, page 38 →

Miners Become Navvies. Coledale

The Star · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 4

There is a lot of comment here at present on account of all the hands not getting put on again. They are securing work, however, at other places. A lot of them have…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Mine Explosions and Their Causes

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 38

Too much reliance is often placed by the management of mines on the supposed security of ample ventilation. The most disastrous explosions caused by windy, or…

Continued on Trove, page 38 →

In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 15

The main underlay winze of the Black Range has been sunk below No. 7 level 54ft. The lode is 4ft. wide, value 2oz. gold. No. 4 level: North drive west leg extended 66ft. stone 2ft. value…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

Victoria As a Coal Producer

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 18

If reports are true, and there is not the slightest reason to doubt their accuracy, then the Victorian Government, if not the…

Continued on Trove, page 18 →

Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 13

At the annual meeting of the Golden King Development Company held on Saturday night the directors' report showed that 175 shares had been disposed of, £214 spent on…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Late Mining. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 10

To-day's sales were: No. 2 South Great Eastern, 2/3; Bonnie Dundee, 2/6; East Mexican, con., 6/2…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Powlett River Coal. What Is Expected

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The Chief Commissioner of Railways stated to-day that the Railway Department expected to get 400 tons daily, from the Powlett River State Coal Mine during…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Work at South Clifton. Demonstration at the Colliery a Hostile Procession

Evening News · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 7

CLIFTON, Wednesday Afternoon.—South Clifton Colliery is once more in full swing, and after a good day's work yesterday everything passed off satisfactorily. The men complain…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Dangers of Coal-lumping. Accident on a Hulk

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 9

A coal hulk was alongside the P. and O. mail steamer Malwa about 4 a.m. yesterday and James Foy, aged 67 was assisting in the coaling operations when he fall from the…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Mining. Lead Falling, Silver Shares Slack

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 13

The apparent slackness in the buying quotations on the London Stock Exchange for Australian' shares, especially copper and silver, would lead to the conclusion that the…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Mining in the State. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 13

The latest report from the Amalgamated Green Swamp mine shows at the end of the 110ft crosscut north, at Hyde's shaft, a winze has been sunk on the hanging wall of…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Strike on a Mine. Threat to Blackball. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 9

The Mining Managers' Association and unions having considered the strike on the Junction mine, wherein 18 carpenters downed tools, decided that the men were in the wrong,…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

The Orestes Incident. Coal-lumpers in Court. Defendants Discharged

The Star · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 6

The case in which Edward Alfred Dicks and Bernard Brown, two coal lumpers, were charged with using insulting language on board the Orestes, lying at the Central…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Mining News. Around New South Wales Fields

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 55

LODE IMPROVING. Machinery, in the shape of an engine and boiler, each weighing 8 tons, have arrived at the Tolwong Mine (says a report from…

Continued on Trove, page 55 →