MINING. Block 10
Block lO's big mill is now running smoothly and giving every satisfaction to Mr. Warren, the general manager. Over a week ago a working…
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Mining & the mines, 1896
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Closing of Rand Mines. London, May 4
The mines at the Rand controlled by Mr. Barney Barnato are being closed by the Transvaal authorities. This action will throw 15,000 blacks…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire on a Coal Ship. Sydney
The ship Ellon A. Read, with a cargo of coal from Newcastle for Manilla, caught fire at 1 o'clock on Saturday morning, about 70 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Trade Crisis. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The Miners' Association continues firm in its demand for the renewed recognition of the 1888 agreement, and there is now every indication that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade Crisis. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon
The Pacific colliery employees have resumed work. In consequence of the owners being enable to come to terms with the men,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →3rd Edition Miner Office, 6 p.m. the Coal Trade Crists. An Offer to the Men. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday Evening
Messrs. J. and A. Brown have written to Mr. Carley, miners' general secretary, offering to lease to the miners the New Lambton colliery;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Trade Crisis. [By Telegraph] Sydney
The Miners Delegate Board has referred Mr. Brown's offer of a mine lease, on terms reported yesterday, to a is ballot of the lodges The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Ship on Fire. Outbreak in a Coal Cargo
A correspondent furnishes the following detailed account of the fire on the collier Ellen A. Read, reported by wire from Sydney the other day:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining. [By Telegraph.] Some Big Crushings. BRISBANE
The Richmond P. C. (Croydon) Company has crashed 127 tons of stone for a yield of 14cz. 12dwt. per ton. A dividend totalling £3628 has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade Crisis. An Offer to the Men. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday Evening
Messrs. J. and A. Brown have written to Mr. Curley, miners' general secretary, offering to lease to the miners the New Lambton colliery;…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal in the Far West. a 3ft. Seam near Walgett. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The Department of Mines has been informed by the officer in charge of the Eureka bore, in the Walgett district, that at a depth of 1500ft, there is a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining. [By Cable.] Rich Gold in Trinidad. LONDON
A rich gold discovery is reported from the West Indian island of Trinidad (British). The stocks of copper in England and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Zealand Collieries. Trouble at Westport. [By Telegraph.] Auckland
The Arbitration and Conciliation Board for the Westland district has been sitting intermittently for a week past, endeavoring to select a chairman,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade Crisis. The New Lambton Offer Declined. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
A majority of the lodges have decided to adopt the recommendations of the delegate board in favor of the whole question in a dispute being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lord Durham's Collieries. LONDON
The Earl of Durham has sold 14 of his collieries for a million pounds…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINING. Broken Hill Perseverance
A SPECIAL meeting was held at the Criterion Hall on the 6th instant, presided over by Mr. W. W. Edwards. The chairman said the business was to submit an agreement for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade Crisis. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The output of coal from the Lithgow mines for April exceeds that for March by 3000 tons. The Southern (Illawarra) mineowners have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINING. The Proprietary
A DISCOVERY of kablin has been made at the 500ft. in Block 11, but its extent and value cannot at present be stated by the Management. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rifle Shooting. The Gold Medals Competition
IN Jane last year a championship competition was started in connection with the Civilian Rifle Club. The contestants were divided into two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade Crisis. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
Further trouble has occurred at Coal Creek mine. The manager offered a rise of 4d. per ton in the hewing rate for every rise of 1s. per ton in the…
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