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, 1915

4,404 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 221

Sunk by Mine. Another Dutch Steamer. Off Yorkshire Coast. London, Monday Night

Evening News · Tuesday 30 March 1915 · page 5

The Admiralty announces that the Dutch steamer Amatel, £53 tons, has struck a mine and sunk off Flamborough (Yorkshire). The crew were saved…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Mining. Market Brightens a Little. Harriers, Copper, and Tin More Cheerful

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 March 1915 · page 11

Generally, the opening day of the week is lifeless. Such, however, was not the case yesterday. The reaction felt during the closing hours of last week was slightly extended into…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

The Bushrangers In Victorian Goldfields Days the Diabolical Murder of a Cold-buyer

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 30 March 1915 · page 7

It was early in January, 1859, while the first gold fever was still raging in Victoria, that a man named Cornelius Green, a large gold-buyer became the…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

MINING. Gold at Forbes

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 51

Towards the end of last year there appeared a likelihood of a big mining revival in Forbes, and a fair area of the ground was pegged out in the vicinity of the old Lachlan gold mines…

Continued on Trove, page 51 →

Industrial Court. (Before Mr. Justice Edmunds.) Coal-mining Group

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 10

The Commonwealth Portland Cement Co., Ltd.; the Lithgow Valley Colllory Co., Ltd.; and the Invincible Colllory, Ltd., applied to the Court for the variation of the…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Industrial. Western Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 17

Mr. Justice Edmunds, sitting in the Industrial Court, heard applications by the Commonwealth Portland Cement Company, Ltd., the Lithgow Valley Colliery Company, Ltd., and the…

Continued on Trove, page 17 →

Mount David Gold

Evening News · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 8

The directors state that during the recent per[?] of [?] f labor, the manager [?]ted the [?] with a view to discovering the [?] perp[?] of the roof has been [?]. The [?] is…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Mining. Emmaville

Evening News · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 8

Since the operating of the tin market there has been a revival in the mining industry on this said. All the dr[?] are is full work, with the occupation, of the bucker [?] while there is a fair [?]…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 15

The Ruby Creek Sluieing Company reports having made a clean-up on March 25 for a return of [?] ton 14ewt of tin ore. It is the intention of the directors of the…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

South Coast Miners. Clifton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 17

The executive officers of the colltory employees in the north, west, and south will wait on the Acting Premier, Mr. Cann, to-morrow, with regard to the…

Continued on Trove, page 17 →

In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 15

A holder of Barrier stock urges upon the directors of the Broken Hill companies immediately concerned the desirableness of expediting legal preliminaries so that…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

Dutch Loss. Sunk by a Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday. -- The Admiralty announces that the Dutch steamer Amstel (853 tons) was mined and sunk off Fiamborough Head. The crew were saved…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Northern Territory Gold-bearing Beaches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 51

It is well-known that there are quite a number of gold-bearing beaches in the Northern Territory. In a report on them, Dr. H. I. Jensen (Director of Mines in the Territory) states…

Continued on Trove, page 51 →

Gold Steamer Safe. London, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 7

The authorities are relieved at the arrival of a large gold consignment in England. The movements of the gold steamer were a strict secret. She escaped from the German…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Gold and Tin. Activity at Bathurst. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 12

An unusually large number of applications have been lodged at the office of the mining warden, Mr. Burke, for authority to enter land for gold-prospecting in the Rockley and…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Coalcliff Stoppage. More Miners Summoned. Must All Be Unionists. Wollongong

Evening News · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 10

Coalcliff colliery has been idle nearly a month. At first it was reported that the failure of the pickman to have the picks ready in the rack was the cause of the cessation. Then…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Mining Industry State-owned Coal Mines No Oil Strata in South Australia

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 1 April 1915 · page 3

The tenon of Dr. A. Wade on the supposed oil-bearing arid of South Australia was issued lust week in the form of a bulletin in connection with the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Country News. Coal Mines. Kurri Kurri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 April 1915 · page 12

The first fortnight's pay for ten months will be made to-morrow night. Work has not been by any means too brisk. Hebburn and Stanfo[?] Merthyr managed 8½ shifts, but…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Coal Miners. Danger of Arbitrary Dismissal. Safeguards Sought

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 April 1915 · page 5

A deputation of representatives of each of the colliery districts in New South Wales was introduced to Mr. Hall (Attorney-General) and Mr. Estell (Minister for Labour and…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Colliery Strike Stopped

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 April 1915 · page 11

A telegram from the Admiralty, pointing out to the Labour leaders the injury to national interests, brought about the stoppage of a strike at the Cyfarthfa collieries…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →