Colliery Explosion. Ninety Hen Entombed. No Hope of Rescue. [By Cable.] London
A message from New York gives brief particulars of a disastrous colliery explosion at Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A…
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Mining & the mines, 1893
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MINING. New Discovery In Gippsland. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
At a place called Eaglehawk, three miles from Toongabbie, in South Gippsland, miuers are about to commence work. Prospectors have got good…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at the Big Mine. Four Men Affected by Dynamite Fumes. One Serious Case
SEVERAL men working on contract in a tuunel off M'Culloch's shaft, at the Proprietary mine, became seriously affected by dynamite fumes tp-day. It…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining. [By Telegraph.] The Mining Exhibits at Chicago. SYDNEY
A number of the Chicago Tribune to hand states that New South Wales furnished the most striking single piece in the Exhibition—viz, the great…
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BETWEEN 60,000 and 70,000 tons of lead were produced annually in Colorado, where most of the mines are now closed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →3rd EDITION Miner Office, 7 p.m. the Newcastle Collieries. Reduction in Wages. The New Lambton to Cease Work. [By Telegraph.] Newcastle, Monday Afternoon
The Associated Colliery Proprietors have decided to reduce the wages of shiftmen, topmen, enginedrivers, and screeners 10 per cent., the reduction…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Newcastle Collieries. [By Telegraph.] Newcastle, Tuesday Afternoon
"The subsidence at the Glebe colliery continues. The residents in the vicinity have become alarmed, as there is a probability of the surface falling in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining. [By Telegraph.] Wood's Point Mining. MELBOURNE
Further good reports come from the new finds at Wood's Point. Harry Lammars cleaned up on Saturday 20 tons of quartz and got 53oz. of gold…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The English Collieries. Proposed Reduction of Wages. A General Strike Imminent. [By Cable.] London
The colliery owners are insisting on a reduction of 25 per cent. in wages They assert that foreign competition necessitates the colliers conceding a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Newcastle Collieries. Reduction in Wages. The New Lambton to Cease Work. [By Telegraph.] Newcastle, Monday Afternoon
The Associated Colliery Proprietors have decided to reduce the wages of shiftmen, topmen, enginedrivers, and screeners 10 per cent., the reduction…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Newcastle Collieries. [By Telegraph.] Newcastle, Tuesday Afternoon
The subsidence at the Glebe colliery continues. The residents in the vicinity have become alarmed, as there is a probability of the surface falling in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining. [By Telegraph.] Victorian Developments. MELBOURNE
It is probable that two of the directors of the old Frederick the Great mine, at Sebastian, will visit England to endeavor to place that property on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Work for the Unemployed. Action by the Mines Department. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The question of finding work for the unemployed on goldfields is occupying the attention of the Government. It is the intention of the Mines…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining. [By Telegraph.] Victorian Developments. MELBOURNE
Rich stone has been struck in the main gully reef at Rushworth. A trial crushing will shortly be made. A meeting of shareholders in the…
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The exodus to West Australia continues. The Nemesis was so crowded on its arrival at Fort Adelaide on Monday morning that she had to be…
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Speaking recently at the annual meeting of the English Federated Institute of Engineers, the president (Mr. George Lewis, of Derby) gave…
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BY the request of the Hon. T. M. Slattery, Minister for Mines and Agriculture, a meeting took place on Thursday afternoon at the Department…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General Cable News. The British Colliery Trouble. LONDON
With reference to the threatened general strike of coalminers in Great Britain, owing to the proposed reduction of 25 per cent. in wages, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Earthquake at Bendigo. Some Serious Damage Feared. Anxiety at the Mines. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
Intense fear was felt at Bendigo yesterday morning at 1.17 o'clock by the occurrence of what is regarded as the most severe shock of earthquakc…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victoria's Gold. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
The Victorian gold yield for the quarter ended June 30 was 199,000oz., being an increase of 6000oz. as compared with the yield for the previous…
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