Fortune In Coal Untapped Revelation at Miners' Health Inquiry
A TREASURE trove of 45 million tons of coal lies under the water catchment area on the South Coast. But because of legal restrictions on the working…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining & the mines, 1939
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Mines Idle. Lithgow
The Wallerawang and Tyldesley mines were idle to-day. At the Wallerawang colliery, a dispute exists about the amount payable in connection with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal and Rail Finance
FOR, the extra burdens that are going to be put upon primary producers and other railway users, in the form of increased fares and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A.W.U. Convention Big Issues Tackled Separate Mine Department
THE annual convention of the Australian Workers' Union spent several hours yesterday discussing a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Gains Not Held. Barriers Ease. Gold Shares Steady
Several days' upward movements in base metal shares were checked yesterday, and rates turned downward. The change followed recession in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steady Recovery. Market Is Quiet. British Gold Reserves
Though at a retarded rate, a recovering trend was retained by the investment market yesterday. Guidance from oversea markets…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Further Gains in Share Prices Newcastle Coal's £337 Loss
Due largely to the work entailed in the reopening of the Whitburn Colliery, Newcastle Coal Mining Co…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Hundreds Find Work with Revival of Ore Mines Goulburn
REVIVAL of the one-time famous ore mines at Captain's Flat is now complete, and an ever-increasing population is anxiously awaiting the first output of concentrates next Monday. It is understood that the weekly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Don't Want Bill Orr There Secrets Of Coal Barons’ Bookkeeping
Hearing of the evidence in the Miners' Federation's case for improved conditions in the coal industry is finished—at least as far as the public is concerned. Open hearing of the case will not commence again until both…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bank of England's Gold Reserve. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Feb. 2
The Bill presented in Parliament yesterday by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Simon, under which[?] [?]n future, the Bank of England's gold reserve, hitherto…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Gold Revalued. Bank of England's Stocks. £100,000,000 Increase. London, Feb. 1
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Simon, introduced a bill into the House of Commons to-day providing that, in future gold and other…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Kanieri Gold Yield
During January, Kanieri Gold Dredging, Ltd., worked 316 hours, and treated 152,000 cubic yards for 1041oz. smelted gold…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Newcastle Coal Loses £337
A loss of £337 was incurred by Newcastle Coal Mining Co., Ltd., during the half year to December 31 last, against a loss of £806 in the preceding six months…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dermatitis From Timber Danger of Disease In Mines
Miners had contracted a serious skin disease through working in mines, it was admitted at the Health and Safety in Mines Royal Commission yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Health in Mines. Cause of Dermatitis Removed. Evidence at Inquiry
Giving evidence yesterday before the Royal Commission, which is inquiring into health and safety in coal mines, the assistant superintendent of collieries of Australian Iron and…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Alluvial Mining Land. No Exemptions from Dredging
The State Cabinet, after considering on Thursday the question of exempting some alluvial lands from the dredging provisions of the Mining Act, decided that no change should…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →"Banjo" Paterson Tells His Own Story.—1. in the Days of the Gold Escorts. Lambing Flat Diggings. What the Teamster Said
Some seventy years ago, two Scotsmen, John and Andrew Paterson were "squatting" at a station called Buckenbah, somewhere near the town of Obley, in the western district of New South Wales. This place was held on lease from the Crown at a few pence per acre and was…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →English Mine Review
THE British Economist, in its edition dated December 24, deals comprehensively with the question of safety in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gold Value
A revolutionary change is to take place at the Bank of England. Since Mr. Montague Norman became Governor of the Bank of England, eighteen years ago, many changes have taken place. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Coal Loss
Newcastle Coal Mining Co., Ltd., made a loss of £337 for the half-year ended December 31. In the previous six months the loss was £806. The accumulated debit balance…
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