Engulfed in Mad. Gold Seekers Sink in Presence of Onlookers
SLOWLY sinking in a sea of mud, at least five men are known to have gone down to death, swallowed up by the "honey-pots"…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Mining & the mines, 1911
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The Broken Hill Mines. Last Year's Prosperity. a Highly Encouraging Outlook. (From Our Own Correspondent.)
Broken Hill had troublous times-in 1900 and 1910. In the early part of 1909 It had its own strike. In the early part of 1910 it suffered severely from the Newcastle coal…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →South Coast Scandal. Miners Herding in Huts. Ten People Crowded With. Typhoid Patient. Indignant Remarks by Dr. Ashburton-thompson
The principal assistant medical officer of the Board of Health (Dr Willis) has been investigating health conditions on the South Coast coalfields, and has reported a bad state of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →History of a Proletarian Family the Brass Bell ; or, The Chariot of Death. (All Rights Reserved.) The Gold Sickle
The first publication of this story in Australia commenced in "The People," for August 13, 1910. The scene of the story is laid in ancient Gaul. Joel, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Disputes. Miners Threaten to Stop Work
NEWCASTLE, Saturday Night. The Shortland miners have decided to give 14 days' notice of their intention to cease work unless their grievances are…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Echo of the Strike. Miners' Federation Claim for Coal Supplied. Newcastle, Saturday Night
The Miners' Federation, not having received payment for coal supplied to a certain firm during the late strike, have decided that the district be recommended…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →More Mine Disasters. Berlin
Another terrible mine accident is reported, this time from Silesia, on the Russian frontier. Owing to an explosion in the Cassimir mine, forty miners were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Money &5,600,000 Coal Bill
The coal bill of the fourteen principal railways in the United Kingdom last year totalled £5,603,490…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Dynamite Did It. Raderburg Mine Shattered. WASHINGTON
A magazine containing 500lb. of dynamite, which was located at the 200ft. level of a mine at Radenburg, in the State of Montana, by some unexplainable cause,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Work at the Collieries.. Several Mines Idle
The collieries throughout the district have worked rather unsatisfactorily, during the past fortnight. Sea Pit worked the full 11 days, but only five others worked more than eight days…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The State Coal Mine in Victoria
The Minister for Mines (Mr. Edden), who has just returned from a visit to the Victorian State coal mine at Powlett River, stated that although the town of Wonthaggi was only 12 months old, it was well surveyed, with fine brick buildings in it, and a good water supply laid…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Victorian State Coal Mine. a Record Output
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A record for the State coal mine was established on Wednesday last, when 1746 tons of fuel were produced. The daily average is between 1600 and 1700 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Strike Aftermath. the Payment for Miners' Coal
NEWCASTLE. Sunday.--The Delegate Board of the Colliery Employees' Federation has adopted a motion from the Burwood Lodge as follows:--…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Miners' Mine. Proposed Action Against a Company. Newcastle
The delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation held its annual meeting on Friday and Saturday last, and considered a motion which had been forwarded from the…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Southern Coal Miners. the Annual Gala. a Big Labor Demonstration
WOLLONGONG, Sunday.--The Illawarra Colliery, Employees' Association held its annual gain at Bode's Centennial Grounds yesterday. Miners with their wives and children arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mines and Mining. Dealings in Scrip. To-day's Operations
The closing scrip (middle) quotations on the London Stock Exchange on Saturday last were the following:--Broken Hill South, paid, £5 1s 3d; South Blocks, 22s 3d; British…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Trade Depression. a Bad Outlook. Several Mines to Be Idle. Newcastle
There is at present a marked feeling of unrest in the coal industry in this district. Several collieries are closing down for different reasons, while at others the men…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Illawarra Miners. Coal-workers' Day Out. the Rights of Labour. (By Our Special Reporter.)
The prosperity of the mining industry on the South Coast was amply demonstrated at Wollongong on Saturday, when over 2000 persons were present at Bode's sports grounds…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Newcastle Wallsend Coal
The report of the above company for the half-year ended December 31 shows a considerable increase in the company's earnings, as against last year. The net profit was…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Southern Coal Trade
BULLI, Saturday.--The mines have all been working well during the week, and in most instances full time has been made. There is no lack of orders for coal, and prospects for the…
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