State Ministers No. 7. the Hon. Alfred Edden, Minister for Mines
"My aim has always been," said Mr. Edden, "to improve the working conditions of the mining community, with the idea in my head all along that I could not…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mining & the mines, 1911
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American Horrors. Nine Miners Entombed. Saved After 24 Hours. Vancouver, Saturday Morning
A cave-in at a mine near Mullam, Idaho, buried nine men. Rescuers worked twenty hours, and saved all…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Zealand Coal Trouble Cancellation of Union Registrations. Auckland, Saturday Night
Mr. Semple, organiser of the New Zealand Federation of Labor, emphatically states that the cancellation of Coal Union registrations under the Arbitration Act…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle. Work at the Collieries
Not only was work at the collieries during the past fortnight interrupted by the Christmas aud New Year holidays, but advantage was taken of the season at several pits to effect…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle. Work at the Collieries. Newcastle
Work in the coal industry during the past fortnight has not been very brisk. This is mainly due to the fact that the fortnight just passed included the New Year holiday. At four…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →South Coast Mines. Federation Matters Quiet. Opening Up New Coal Seams. (By Our Special Reporter.)
The holidays over there are prospects of a continuance of brisk trade. At South Bulli, Coalcliff, North Bulli, and Scarborough collieries, more particularly extensive…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mining. Bookham
Mr. G. Henderson legal manager of the Brokham Gold Mining Company has received word that the pated of on sent to the Cockle Cress works [?] per ton…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining Notes
During the four weoks ending November 5 the Myall Peak Hill Gold Mines, Ltd., made a profit of £336 at Peak Hill and a loss of £45 at Myall. A sum of £135 was spent on…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Coal and Other Exports
The following vessels were cleared at the Newcastle Customs-house to-day:—Port Elgin, sh, for Antofogasta, with 2776 tons coal, 15 tons coal for ship's use; Alden, s, for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →To Load Caledonian Coal
The barque Jean (expected) and the steamer Irmingard and the ship Maria Teresa, at present in port at Newcastle, will take cargoes of Caledonian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold in Rhenish Prussia
A telegram from Cologne (in a London journal) reports with reference to the recently announced discovery of gold in tho Eifel range, Rhenish Prussia, that prospectors have come…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Another Mining Fatality
Another fatal mining accident is reported from Western Australia. Two men, R. Wilsdon and Vapiopolus, were drilling a hole in a rise in the Gladsome Mine at Cometvale…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill
The B.H. South mine resumed mining work to-day, after the holidays. The previous part of the week was occupied by mullocking. The mill will restart, work on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Collie Mining Fatality
The Government Analyst has taken samples of the air in the Wallsend mine, Collie, in which T. R. Baird and G. Hann recently lost their lives through inhaling four air. At…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mining Accidents. Kalgoorlie
At the Kalgurll mine, Jus, C. Baldock, employed underground fell 200ft down the shaft, and met an instant death. The deceased was lowered with other men to the 1850 ft level,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Southern Coal Trade. the Clifton Group
CLIFTON, Saturday.--Although the fortnight's pay drawn at local collieries yesterday was for broken time only, in consequence of the, Christmas and New Year holidays, full time has been worked since, with every…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Stole the Handbag. a Coal Miner's Lapse
Margaret Carlyle, a married woman, living at Coogee, went into Angus Cameron's Hotel at the Haymarket on Friday to get some sodawater. She was feeling sick. A young…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Accidents. Broken Hill
The fatal accidents on the mines for the year 1910 totalled 17, in addition to two on De Bavay plant. Of this 17 only seven were caused by falls of ground. The total…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Woodcutters' Strike. Will the Mines Close ? Efforts for a Settlement
PERTH, Saturday.--The question of whether the strike of 1000 wood-cutters in the Kalgoorlie district will involve the closing down of the mines at Golden Mile, making 5000 workers idle,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mine Explosion. Men Blown Up a Shaft. Wonderful Escapes. New York
An explosion that occurred yesterday in the Big Hill colliery at Lexington, Missouri, resulted in a number of miners being injured. Fifteen men and a wonderful escape. They…
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