Mining Unions' Policy
Last week, despite some strong [?]issent, a majority of aggregate meetings on the coalfields empowered the combined mining unions' committee "to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mining & the mines, 1940
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Coal Fire Under Old Rail Track
WOLLONGONG, Sunday.--A subterranean fire which Had been burning for three days on a disused railway track covered by coal was discovered today…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Hexham. Large Coal Conveyor Destroyed
Hetton Bellbird Colliery's large coal conveyor, which crosses both the main northern railway line and the main northern highway at Hexham, was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Transport Chaos Cuts English Coal Supply LONDON
Half the homes in England are without coal this weekend, because of transport chaos caused by the exceptionally severe winter. People sit in front of gas ovens…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mines Idle in North Instruction Of Unions NEWCASTLE
The strict adherence of members to the instructions of the combined unions committee was responsible for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mining. Metal Shares Quiet. Gain by Arahura
Trading in base metal shares was quiet on Saturday. Fair attention was given to gold concerns. Mount Lyell continued to exhibit strength,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gold Salute in Fast Sprint Ready For Big Races In Melbourne
Gold Salute indicated his fitness for his Melbourne engagements by running three furlongs at Victoria Park this morning in 35½ seconds. It was one of the smartest sprints seen on the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Hardship in Britain. Coal Stocks Fail. Traffic Chaos. LONDON, Feb. 4. (A.A.P.)
A desperate fuel shortage in the Midlands and the northern districts of Great Britain is the legacy of the great traffic chaos due to the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →4000 Miners Idle
About 4000 miners have been locked-out on the Northern and Southern coalfields as a result of the provocative tactics of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Production
Production of native gold of N.S.W. origin for December is estimated at 7331.98 ounces fine, valued at £31,144 (standard rate), or £A77,902, as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ngahere Gold Dredging
Ngahere Gold Dredging, Ltd., reports that 179oz of gold were obtained from preliminary digging, the estimated yardage being 105,000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian Gold Price
SOVEREIGNS: £2/8/11, unchanged (Commonwealth Bank). GOLD: Pine ounce. £10/12/9, unch.; standard ounce (32 carats), £9/15/0¼, until…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Notes
HOLDINGS LIMITED.—Mons Meg minc, fortnight ended Jan. 27:—130ft level: Raised 54 tons of ore from underhand stope, making a total of 142 tons at surface…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coalmining Dispute. Climax Nearer. Two Big Collieries Now Idle. NEWCASTLE
The dispute between colliery owners and mine workers regarding uniform hours and conditions in the coalmining industry is considered by miners…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →British Coal Famine Ends LONDON
The coal famine ended in thousands of British households yesterday. Coal merchants in all parts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Hurt In Pit At Mine Fire NEWCASTLE
Fire destroyed part of the Hetton Bellbird Coal Company's coal conveyor at Hexham early today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Crisis Being Forced by Owners Sydney, Feb. 3
“Information gleaned in the various districts shows that the coalowners, by their attempts to evade recent awards, are responsible for such extreme provocation as to cause so many stoppages that men say they might as well not go to work at all.”…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.s.w. Gold Output £850,622 in 1939
Production of gold in New South Wales during 1939 amounted to 87,188 fine ounces, valued at £850,622, compared with 88,697 fine ounces, valued at £785,966, for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Gold Yield. Fall in N.S.W. Last Year
Gold production in New South Wales in 1939 is estimated by the Mines Department at 87,189oz fine, valued at £850,622, compared with 88,697oz fine,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining. Mt. Lyell in Demand. Tin Shares Ease
The outstanding feature of trading in the mining share market yesterday was a substantial rise in the value of copper shares…
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