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, 1912

6,172 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250

Compulsory Military Training. Coal Minees' Protest. Federal Members on the Defensive. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 12

Some time ago the Stanford-Merthyr Lodge forwarded a motion to the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation disapproving of the system of compulsory military…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Late Cable News. Received To-day. Worker's Woes. National Miners' Strike Resolved. Owners' Firm. Minimum Impracticable. Woolcombers Bestme Work

Evening News · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 8

LONDON. Thursday Evening.—The minors have completed the hallot on the question of a national stoppage of work in order to enforce the adoption of a minimum wage for…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

An Inrush of Oas. New Zealand Mining Disaster. Awful Scramble for Life. Two Men Dead, Others Affected

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 10

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Thursday.--An inrush of gas at the May Queen Mine, Thames district, was responsible for an awful scramble for life. When the alarm was raised, a desperate…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Killingworth Colliery Explosion. Chief Colliery Inspector's Evidence. Origin Still a Mystery

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 13

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--The inquiry concerning the explosion which occurred in the Killingworth colliery on the morning of December 7, 1910, was continued by the Royal…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

King Solomon's Mines

The World's News · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 13

Before the members of the Royal Geographiccal Society, London, recently, Sir Alfred Sharpe read a paper entitled "The Geography and Economic Development of British Central…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Mining. Mount Morgans Fall. British Fluctuate. Gold and Tin Shares Sluggish

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 17

The striking feature of the market yesterday morning was the discrepancy between the cabled quotations of the London Stock Exchange on Thursday and those ruling locally…

Continued on Trove, page 17 →

Coal-lumpers' Quarrel

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 18

At the Water Court, John Agnew (35) appeared on a charge of having assaulted Richard Grant, a coal-lumper, on December 20. The prosecutor stated in evidence that on the date mentioned he was working with a man…

Continued on Trove, page 18 →

Mines and Mining. Quiet Market Prevails. British Slightly Firmer. Another Drop in Copper

The Sun · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 8

An extremely dull market was in evidence for mining scrip on the Sydney. Exchange to-day, and the turnover was the smallest for a long time past. The shares of the British Broken Hill Company were again the centre…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

German Miners Will Work

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 13

BERLIN, Thursday Evening.--A denial comes from Westphalia that the German coal miners are arranging to strike in sympathy with the…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 17

The following companies have been placed on the list of the Sydney Stock Exchange:—The Broken Hill Pinnacles Mining Company. No Liability nominal capital 15,000 shares of £1…

Continued on Trove, page 17 →

Coal for Test Purposes

Evening News · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Ambug the accounts passed by the Federal Executive to-day was one for £113 13s 9d for 3s tons 15cwt of steam cool, supplied by the Stockton Collieries, Limited, to…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 17

The following developments at the Great Fingall Consolidated have been cabled to the, London office:—"No. 18 level, north drive, advanced from 252ft to 262ft, values averaging…

Continued on Trove, page 17 →

American Coal and Panama Canal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 4

H.M Minister at Panama states that a project is being formulated by bankers and certain coal-mining and coal-carrying companies in then United…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Southern Coal Trade. a Brisk Week

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 14

WOLLONGONG, Friday.--The local coal trade has been exceptionally brisk during the past week, and the miners are anticipating fairly contest work for some months to come. It is understood that some very…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Alaska Furs More Valuable Than Gold

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 3

What is royalty going to do for crmine? The supply of this valuable for has been obtained hitherto from Siberia, but the little animal…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Mount Cuthbert Mine. a Director's Statement. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 17

The annual meeting of shareholders in Mount Cuthbert Company was held to-day. Mr. Pigott, chairman of directors, in moving the adoption of the report and balance-sheet, said…

Continued on Trove, page 17 →

Coal Carters' Troubles. Strike Talk at a Meeting

Evening News · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 10

The Award recently cazetted by the Coal Carters' Wages Board was considered at a special meeting of the coal carters' section of the Trolley, Draymen, and Carters' Union, which…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Mining in the State. Wolumla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 17

The N.w Venture Syndicate has shipped 4£ tons of stone to Cockle Creek. The last par[?] of 32cwt of ore treated at the same [?] returned £200 clear of exper as. The…

Continued on Trove, page 17 →

British Coal Trade. the Present Crisis. History of the Trouble

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 13

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--The result of the ballot of the Minors' Federation on the proposal for a national stoppage to enforce the principle of a minimum wage…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Mining for 1911. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 4

Sir,—Your correspondent, D. Lette, in this morning's isuue has, I think, failed to put his finger on the cause of the steady and persistent decline in the gold production of this…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →