Proposal To Extend Mine Shift Vetoed
BULLI, Monday.--An application by the management of Excelsior colliery to operate and extend the afternoon shift was rejected today by the Southern…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining & the mines, 1939
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Aust. Price Op Gold Is Lower
Prices fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold lodged at the Melbourne and Perth Mints during the week ended June 2 are 2½d down on…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Australian Gold Yield. Small Decrease in April
During April Australia produced 125,587 ounces of gold, valued at £1.151,063. In April of last year production was 133 ounces greater, the value being £1,084,556. The fall…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Seniority Under Fire Miners Resist Cessnock, N.S.W.
Pelton mineworkers have been on strike for four weeks. fighting a question which indirectly affects seniority…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Protect Ships From Mines Paravanes Here In Hundreds MELBOURNE
Hundreds of paravanes, the antimine device perfected in the Great War, are being imported from Great Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Attack on Mine Management. Seems to Be "Inviting Disaster." Criticism at Inquiry
"The management of this colliery seems to be inviting disaster," said Mr. J. Connell, for the Miners' Federation, at the Royal Commission into…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Two Men Killed in Gold Mine Perth
When a rope broke yesterday, a kibble carrying approximately two tons of ore broke loose in the Triton gold mine at Reedy, and crashed to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Mines Resume
CESSNOCK, Tuesday.--Disputes at Stanford Main No. 2 and Richmond Main collieries were adjusted, and both mines resumed today…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australian Gold Price
The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended June 2, is at the rate of approximately £8/9/3½ per…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Miners Seek Pensions At 60
CANBERRA, Tuesday.--The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) said today that he would discuss with the State Premiers in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plan For Miners' Pensions CANBERRA
THE Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, will initiate the discussion at the Premiers' Conference next week on the proposal by Mr. James (Lab., N.S.W.) to provide pensions for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Freehold Mines. Objection to More Control
An allegation that the Royal Commission on Health and Safety in Coalmines was acting outside its purpose and aimed at giving the Mines Department more power over owners…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Idle Mines on South Coast. Wollongong
A meeting of the Southern Miners' Delegate Board endorsed the action of the Scarborough Miners' Lodge in ordering its members to cease work at the mine until a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire in Mine Takes 5 Lives London
A fire in a coal seam 800 yards below the surface at No. 2 pit. Astley Green colliery, Lancashire, caused the loss of five lives, including the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Machinery Exhibition at Newcastle
Noyes Bros. (Sydney) Limited, with its branch at 11 Watt Street, Newcastle, has “staged” a mining exhibition in Reid's Wool Store, Newcastle, wherein machinery exhibits for the handling of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mining News and Notes. Progressive Organisation
Since my last report from Adelong I have travelled a big area of country and have visited the following mines: KIKOIRA TIN MINES…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →An A.w.u. Mining Award
The Editor, Dear Sir,—I notice in the issue of "The Worker" dated May 10 the matks of Mr. W. Sims re the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Royal Tour Half-Mile Down In Mine SUDBURY (Ontario)
Wearing overalls and helmets, the King and Queen descended 2800ft. into the Frood mine at Sudbury…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Metal Shares Ease. Quiet Tone. Gold Shares Move Unevenly
Prices of the leading base metal shares edged downward yesterday. The group was quiet in tone. Dealings in the major Barriers were light…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, June 6
Gold was quoted to-day at £7/8/4½ an ounce fine, unchanged from yesterday. BASE METALS. Base metals were quoted at noon to-day as…
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