Victorian Coal. Compared with New South Wales. Its Extreme Friability
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 14
During his recent visit to the Wontbuggi(Powlett River) coal mine, Victoria, Mr. Pitt-man, Under-Secretary for Mines, took three representative samples of coal for analysis…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mining. Market Dull Copper and Silver-lead Firm
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 20
A poor amount of trade, but at firm prices, was effected in mining shares on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. Private advices disclosed a recovery of 1s 3d in lead, bringing the…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Best Boy of the Year. Gold Medal From the King
The World's News · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 2
One of the happiest boys in the United Kingdom is Rowland G. Metcalf, who received from the King at York Cottage, Sandringham, the first gold medal which is to be given Annually…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labor's Parliament. Land and Mining. Civil Servants and Elections
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 14
The Labor Conference resumed its "open" sittings last, night. Mr. P. J. Minahan in the chair. Up to this session the delegates had only dealt with about 60. of the 648 motions on the agenda…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mining. Copper Strong, Silver Firm. the Question of Metal Values
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 15
Mining stocks department upon metal values have recently shown such a sympathetic response to changes in the prices, of metals, especially copper, lead, and spelter that…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Lively Fighting. with the Mexican Rebels. Wholesale Train-wrecking. Mines and Countermines. Government Troops in a Bad Way. New York
The Sun · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 8
Further disasters have overtaken the Federal forces in Mexico. A train of 250 troops from Hermosillo, who were on their way to relieve Sahuaripa, was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gold in Scotland
Sunday Times · Sunday 5 February 1911 · page 19
From time to time we hear that gold has been found in Scotland, and hopes are expressed as to the carrying on as a commercial success the recovery of the…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Coal in New Caledonia
Sunday Times · Sunday 5 February 1911 · page 19
An effort is being made in New Caledonia to have the coal deposits which are known to exist there opened up, either by the French Government or by private…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Mining Disaster at Bolton. Coal Dust May Have Caused Explosion. 272 Bodies Recovered London, December 30
Sunday Times · Sunday 5 February 1911 · page 22
When the inquest on the victims of the Pretoria Pit, at the Hulton Colliery, Bolton, was continued on Friday the Coroner said that as far as he could discover 272…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →King's Gold Medal for Schoolboy
Sunday Times · Sunday 5 February 1911 · page 5
At King's Lynn King Edward VII. Grammar School speech-making, the Rev. W. Boyce, M.V.O., headmaster, announced that the first gold medal for the best all-…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£100,000,000 Worth of Gold
Sunday Times · Sunday 5 February 1911 · page 19
It is semi-officially announced that the total production of gold in 1910 will be found to have been slightly in excess of £100,000,000. This is more than ever…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Mining and Finance. Answers to Correspondents
Sunday Times · Sunday 5 February 1911 · page 12
W.A.C. (Glen Innes): Will endeavor to obtain full information. MT. MORGAN : The prospects seem good. Report can be obtained from secretary, 118 Pitt-street…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Bodangora Gold Mines
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1911 · page 11
In the course of a report respecting the progress made in reopening and equipping the mine and battery of the above company, Mr. A. E. Savage, managing director, states…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mines and Mining. Dealings in Scrip. To-day's Operations
The Sun · Monday 6 February 1911 · page 5
The closong scrip (middle) Quotations on the London Stock. Exchange on Saturday last included the following:--Broken Hill Proprietary, 34s 6d; North B.H., 85s; B.H. Block 10…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Coast Mines. Coal and Coke Trades. Brisk Working Conditions. (By Our Special Reporter.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1911 · page 11
All the mines again drew between nine and ten days for the fortnightly pay on Friday. At most of the collieries additional machinery is being introduced to increase the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Southern Coal Trade
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1911 · page 3
WOLLONGONG, Saturday.---The local coal trade still maintains its briskuess, and the pay distributed to-day is well up to the average. The shipping of coal at Port Kern[?]la for the week was as follows:-Herga, 250 tons,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Oil V. Coal
Evening News · Monday 6 February 1911 · page 6
LONDON. Sunday Evening.—A vessel of 5000 tons which is being constructed at Glasgow, on foreign account, will have Diesel engines, equal to 12 knots with these engines, 100…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Great Chaffinch Mine
Evening News · Monday 6 February 1911 · page 4
Edwin Walter Renwick 42 appeared before the Water Police Court this morning, on a charge of conspiring together with Rarold Greensway and E. C. Dyason to affect by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Notes
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1911 · page 11
One of the rises from the 350ft level of the Hampden-Cloncurry copper mine was last week sampled 4[?]in wide, and returned 13 per cent. copper, whilst the other from the same…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mountain Mining
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1911 · page 5
LITHGOOW, Saturday.—Miners employed at the ironworks colliery, numbering between 30 and 40, have made an application to the firm of G. and C. Hoskins, Ltd., for a rise in the hewing rate. The ground for this…
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