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Blue Mountains · Mining & the mines
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CLIFTON, Wednesday. The coal trade in southern district [?] stall very dull. The North Illawarra Mine is idle owing to a dispute with the management. At Clifton things are not much better, only…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE second general meeting of the Cullen Bullen Coal and Coke Company Limited. was held last Wednesday. Mr. [?]. L. Bensusan presided. The report and balance-sheet were adopted. From the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE examination of candidates for the office of inspector of [?] and shale [?] at the Geological Mis[?] on Monday [?] there were is applicants for the [?] 37 [?] present…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →KATOOMBA, Thursday. Owing to stoppage of work at the mines, a depuration of miners waited on the Mayor to- day, asking if he could provide work on the reserves. The Mayor stated that although…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BETWEEN 8 and 9 o'clock on Wednesday night, a Sw[?]le named John Anderson had a few words with some miners in the bar of Mr. Anderson's centennial Hotel near the Katoomba Mines. Shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A TERRIBLE explosion occurred at the Abesychan Colliery at Newport, a town about 20 milles from Monmouth, on Wednesday, 5th instant. A large number of men were employer in the mine at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[?] Mr. Braveham, Them[?] deputation [?] Mr. Bran[?] for an [?]piration of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LITHGOW, Friday.--The inquest on the body of the unfortunate man William Corner Shaw, who was killed at the O[?]key Park Colliery on Tuesday, was resumed yesterday morning at the Courthouse…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LITHGOW, Wednesday night.--Business has been almost suspended, and many creeks are rendered impossible. Considerable damage has been done at the Vale Colliery siding, which has stopped work at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Tuesday night.--Further detail respecting the terrible explo[?] at the colliery [?] South Wales show that the [?] on fire. This adds to the horror of the [?], as over 1[?]0…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A CONFERENCE of the presidents and secretaries of the Northern, Western, and Southern Miners' Associations was held a few Hays ago in Sydney for the purpose of propounding a scheme by which all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE reply to the fortnight's notice given to the colliery managers requesting them at the end of that time to work under a [?]form system, the same as that prevailing at the Vale of Cl[?]ydd mine, so…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following return of permissions granted is published the Department of Mines by order of Legislative Assembly:-- No. 87, New South Wales Shale and Oil Co., 8…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LITHGOW, Saturday.--An aggregate meeting of miners was held in the Protestant Hall last night to consider the case of the men at Vale of Clwydd mine, whose notice expired to-day. It was resolved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LITHGOW, Wednesday.--The situation the between miners and masters has again altered. When trouble arose at the Vale of Clwdd colliery some time ag[?] the delegate board strove to bring about a uniform…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LITHGOW, Tuesday.--An accident, which has since terminated fatally, occurred yesterday at the Zigzag colliery. A lad of about 16 named David Derrick, employed as a wheeler, fell under the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WARDEN SMITH reports as follows of Oberon:-- But little mining is done in this division. The Homeward Bound, the Welcome Home, and the Luck's All reefs have been worked with only…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BRISBANE, 23rd instant.--During the hearing of the divorce case, Elfverson v. Elfverson and Trouson, before Sir Charles Lilley, Chief Justice, yesterday, John Corbett, miner, residing at Gympie, gave…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MR. NIMMO addressed the [?]tors at the Mines on Thursday night, at which nearly all the inhabitants attended, the large room of the Centennial Hotel being crowded. Mr. Lewis Duff presided…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MR. NORTH addressed a meeting of electors in the Centennial Hotel, South Katoomba, on Saturday evening. The chair was filled by Mr. Lewis Duff. The large room was crowded. Amongst those…
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