Western Collieries Conciliation Committee
LITHGOW, Friday. -- Pursuant of the new Industrial Arbitration Act, a conciliation committee has just been constituted for the western colliery district, consisting of four…
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Kyloe Copper Mines
The general manager reported for the week ended January 23:— No. 7 levely North drive has been exlanded to gift. The vein has averaged this wide, but the [?] are still low. The south drive has been…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Southern Coal Trade
HELENSBURGH, Friday. -- For the past fortnight full time has been worked at the Metropolitan colliery. The output, however, has been greatly reduced on account of the shortage of employees, including miners, wheelers,…
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The manager of the Carpathia tin mine reports under date February 4 as under:—"The [?] is down about 45ft in first-class tin ore [?] width of shaft. No hanging wall yet, so…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Mining. Cangal
Through the exciting of the already incenvencied mail service from Cangat, the manager's report for the week ending January 21, reached Grafice a day later than usual. The trouble has a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Making Gold Soft
Pure gold can be softened by heating it for four days at the bolling point of water. At higher temperature it softens much more rapidly, taking but a few seconds at 400 degrees…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Great Fitzroy Mine. Melbourne
During January the Great Fitzroy smelter ran 719 hours, treating 2007 tons of ore and 1334 tons of smelted concentrate, and produced 165.19 tons of blister copper, containing…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Grafton Copper Mine. Grafton
The manager of the Grafton Copper Company reports for the week ended February 1:—"A level, main drive advaced 14ft, over last few, feet splashes of sulphide met with. No. 1…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Miners' Ambitions. Imposing Wages Scheme
LONDON, Friday. -- The council of the Miners' Federation has drafted a scheme for the establishment of one board to regulate wages on all coal-fields in Great Britain, and the formation…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →In and About the Mines
Chillagoe Company's railway receipts for the month of January amounted to £6985, and for the 10 months of the financial year ended January 31 to £87,664. For the corresponding…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Gold Coinage and the Commonwealth
The expressed desire of the Victorian Cabinet to transfer its responsibility for gold coinage to the Commonwealth was yesterday referred to by Mr. G. T. Allen, secretary of the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mining. a Lower Tone
The position of industrial metals on Thursday, according to London cabled quotations, was even more even more unsatisfactory than on the previous day. Copper was advised at £66 2s 6d, or…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Miners' Lamps. Seeking Fob Tee Best Type
The use of portable acetylene lamps has become general in a large number os mines, and this [?] has definitely replaced the old lamps, oil or otherwise, thanks to its cheapness…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Miners' Wages. a Notable Scheme. London, Feb. 7
The council of the Miners' Federation has drafted a scheme for the establishment of one board to regulate the wages on all the coalfields In Britain, and the formation of…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Newcastle. Week's Coal Exports. New Astle
The coal exports for the week ended to-day amounted to 95,535 tons, 52,245 tons of which were for the Commonwealth and New Zealand, and the remainder for other countries…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Mount Lyell Mine. Unwatering the North Mount Lyell. Launceston
The unwatering of the North Lyell mine is in progress, and repair works are in hand at different levels. About 500 tons of ore per day are coming from the Mount Lyell mine,…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Mining Trouble. Burwood Men to Resume. New Difficulty. Newcastle
As a result of a meeting held to-[?]ay, the Burwood miners have decided to return to work on Monday, provided that ther are no other stoppages. The conference [?]tween…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Romance of a Mine. Story of Mt. Oxide. Trials of Flotation. Blackfellow to London Corporation
This is the story of how an Australian mine, discovered 30 years ago by a blackfellow, has succeeded in passing through many tribulations, and has at last reached the threshold…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Goldfield's Quarrel. Cabman Dangerously Shot. Brisbane
Denis Gallagher and Frew Smith, two septuagenarian cabmen, quarrelled at Charters Towers Railway Station last night with serious results. Gallagher was shot in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Romance of Diamond Mines
There is a whole world of romance in the stories of South African mines. About a generation ago Joachim Prinsloo's farm of 3300 acres, which the Premier mine is, could, have…
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