Nationalisation of a Mine Suggested
Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 May 1898 · page 3
NEWCASTLE, Monday.--It was resolved at to-day's meeting of the miners' delegate board that a deputation representing the Northern, Southern, and Western miners' associations should approach the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stuart Iowa Mining
Molong Argus · Friday 27 May 1898 · page 4
A CORRESPONDENT writes:—Mining matters are still very quiet. Work at the various claims are proclaims satisfactorily to all concerned. It is rumoured that Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wattle Flat Mining
Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 May 1898 · page 4
With the exception of Brailey's, at Solitary, all other batteries in the district are hung up owing to shortage of water. At the former battery the Solitary Company are having a 300-ton lot put through…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining News. at Sunny Corner
Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 May 1898 · page 4
Nothing stirring to report. Tho Messrs. Anderson have just completed a trial crushing from the Big Hill but I am unable to obtain the result. I am told it was payable, but this is only report. At the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Coal Contracts. Nineteen Tenders Received. the Association Revived
Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 May 1898 · page 4
Says Tuesday's Herald:--"No less than 19 tenders were received yesterday for the supply of coal for the railways. Nearly 200,000 tons are consumed every year. The work of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Concentrates. Cobar Fields. COBAR
National Advocate · Saturday 28 May 1898 · page 2
The Manager of the Young Australian Gold Mining Company no liability, has lodged a bar 309oz smelted gold with the company's bank, the result of a partial…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The-World The South Wales Miners' Strike. LONDON
National Advocate · Saturday 28 May 1898 · page 3
The miners' strike in South Wales has been settled. The wages of the men have been increased by ½ instead of ld…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Concentrates. Wentworth Extension Mine. ORANGE
National Advocate · Monday 30 May 1898 · page 2
Mr. Newman, M.P., manager of the Wentworth Extension, Lucknow, has received an intimation from the directors that, in addition to being appointed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Startling Departure. Proposed Nationalisation of Collieries. Sydney
National Advocate · Monday 30 May 1898 · page 3
A deputation representing the various coal-mining centres will shortly wait upon the Minister for Mines to urge the nationalisation of the collieries. It will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Price of Coal. at Hongkong. Sydney
National Advocate · Monday 30 May 1898 · page 3
The steamer Changsha arrived from Hongkong to-day. The captain states that when he left that port coal was selling there at 43 dollars per ton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Concentrates. Mt. David
National Advocate · Tuesday 31 May 1898 · page 2
The manager of the Mt. David reports:—"Sunk 17ft. for month, total 46ft. Took down stone from hanging wall, cat down foot wall for sliding boards for bucket;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Concentrates. Discovery of Coal. MELBOURNE
National Advocate · Wednesday 1 June 1898 · page 2
The Mines Department has received a telegram from the officer in charge of the Calyx drill at Outrim, reporting that a seam of coal 5ft thick and of good quality has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal and Iron
National Advocate · Wednesday 1 June 1898 · page 2
It is not because Mr. Joseph Cook is the Hon. Joseph Cook, Postmaster-General, and a nice young man for a small tea-party, that ho comes within…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade. LITHGOW
National Advocate · Wednesday 1 June 1898 · page 2
It is reported that the agreement of the local Coal Association has been renewed for five years. The term of the present agreement expires at the end of June, and it was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Rush at Parkes. a Rich Field Expected
National Advocate · Wednesday 1 June 1898 · page 2
In consequence of the discovery of, payable alluvial at Goobang Creek, about eight miles north of Parkes, a rush to that locality has taken place. The discovery which caused…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Concentrates. Newcastle
National Advocate · Thursday 2 June 1898 · page 3
The fortnight ending to-morrow shows an unusually good record for the Newcastle coal mines, fourteen of which have worked, so far, fall time…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Coal Supply. SYDNEY
National Advocate · Thursday 2 June 1898 · page 3
It is understood that the tender of the Metropolitan Coal Company, Helens-burgh, for the supply of coal for the Railway Department for the ensuing 12…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shellback Mine
The Gulgong Advertiser and Western Districts Representative · Friday 3 June 1898 · page 8
Work on the Shellback gold mining companyâs property is in full progress No. 2 engine shaft is now down 76 feet In…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Shale Mines
Lithgow Mercury · Friday 3 June 1898 · page 3
AIRLY, Tuesday.--The New Hartley tramway has a finished appearance, and during the past week the line has been going without the slightest hitch. It is a splendid job and reflects credit on those closely…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining News
Lithgow Mercury · Friday 3 June 1898 · page 3
The Locksley Alluvial G.M. Company has (says the Sunday Times) been practically floated. Arrangements have been made to take the properties over, and to work them in a systematic manner. The…
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