Gold-mining Boy Scouts
When a number of 1st Surry Hills Boy Scouts returned recently from a camp at Gulgong they brought with them a sack of pay dirt from an…
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Mining. Gold Shares Steadier. Tin Section Weak
A steadier tone was exhibited by gold shares on Saturday. Tin concerns continued to display weakness. Trading was on the quiet side…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Strike Unlikely. Mining Officials Meet. Aggregate Meetings Next Week
Meeting in camera, more than 200 northern miners' lodge and craft union officials discussed futur policy at Newcastle on Saturday. The impression…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Coal Mines Idle in North Move By Firemen Affects 10,000 NEWCASTLE
More than 10,000 mine workers in the north were idle to-day while the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Union of the South Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Five-hour Fight in Colliery Fire
MAITLAND, Sunday.--After a five-hour fight, Maitland and Newcastle firemen extinguished a fire in the old workings of Old Bloomfield Colliery, about…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian Gold Price
SOVEREIGNS: £2/8/11, unchanged (Commonwealth Bank). GOLD: Fine ounce, £10/12/9, unch; standard ounce (22 carats), £9/15/0¼, unch,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Consolidated Gold Areas
Arrangements have been made by the directors of Consolidated Gold Areas, N.L., against the security of the White Hope property to raise funds to finance expenditure to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No Work in Mines Today
CESSNOCK, Sunday.--All northern colleries will be idle tomorrow. The Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association will hold aggregate meetings to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gold's Pro. Sprint Win
Dave Gold, former Western Suburbs amateur, won the 120 yards handicap held by the New South Wales Professional Runners and Trainers' Association…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Neutral Ship Strikes Mine London
An Oslo message states that the Norwegian steamer Fredville (1150 tons), sank in the North Sea on Thursday after striking a mine…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mt. Isa Mines Expenditure Sale Of Products To Britain BRISBANE
During the past year £53,000 had been spent on additions to plant at Mount Isa, and at present plant was being made in Queensland for control…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →91 Die in Mine Disaster. New York, Jan. 14. (A.A.P.)
The bodies of 25 of the miners who were trapped by an explosion in a coal-mine at Bartley, West Virginia, last week, have been recovered. Hope has been abandoned for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →B.H. Pty. at New High Level Tone of Market Strong Loloma Gold Shares Move Up Smartly
A rush to buy Broken Hill Pty. shares in order to participate in the bonus issue sent the price to-day to a new record level of 83s 9d. The general tone of the share market was strong,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Miners Stand Firm
The decisions of the lodge officers conference show that the mineworkers are determined to support the policy of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Gold Price
SOVEREIGNS: £2/8/11, unchanged (Commonwealth Bank). GOLD: Fine ounce, £10/12/0, unch.; standard ounce (22 carats), £9/15/[?], unch…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ngahere Gold Dredge Commences
Advice has been received from New Zealand that the dredge of Ngahere Gold Dredging, Ltd., started last week, and commenced working three…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mount Isa Mines Outlook for Costs
Overall costs, including delivery of lead bullion into ships' holds at Townsville, decreased by 6.65d per ton of ore treated, said the chairman, Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining. Loloma Rises. Mt. Lyell Sought
Turnover in the mining share market yesterday was of fair proportions. Barriers had an irregular trend. Copper shares were in stronger demand at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Production May Fall Off. Craft Unions' Moves. NEWCASTLE
Moves by craft unions in the mining industry may considerably limit coal production in the next few weeks. To-day 11,000 mineworkers were idle…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →British Seamen Missing. Toll of German Mines. LONDON, Jan. 15. (A.A.P.)
Ten members of the crew of the British steamer Granta (2,719 tons), which was sunk by a mine off the east coast of England last week, are…
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