Mining in N.s. Wales
Mr John Howell, an American mining expert on a visit to Australia, says that when the facts of mining in New South Wales are known in America, there will be quite a…
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Mining & the mines, 1888
128 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 7
The Coal Strike
Newcastle Masters Conference was held to-day. The press was not admitted, and the masters decline to give any information as to the result of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams [From Gurville's Telegram Co.] Sydney. the Miners' Strike
The Newcastle mining dispute has assumed a more promising aspect, and a meeting of the masters and men is likely to be arranged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?]he Coming Mining Conference
The District, and indeed the colony, (says the [?]ewcastle Herald of yesterday), await with much [?]xiety the approaching conference between the [?]sociated Masters and the miners' representatives…
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The district, and indeed the colony, (says the Newcastle Herald of yesterday), await with much anxiety the approaching conference between the Associated Masters and the miners' representatives…
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MALBOURNE, Sunday.-A very rich reef has been discovered on the Champion line of r[?]ef, Wedderburo, 21t below the surface. The lode is 6ft thick, and 6½lb…
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An experinced miner from Sydney, who went to the New Guinea rush, states that the Sud Est gold field is no good; and he requests the press to publish the information…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Curiosities of Coal
Does any one except a practical chemist ever stop to think of all the substances which we get from pit coal and the almost inconceivable variety of their uses? Everybody is familiar with those of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold-fish Breeding
To breed gold-fish in any numbers your pond ought not to be less than 8 feet wide and 2½ feet deep, with a smaller tank 2 feet deep near the centre, for the fish to go in…
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Following is the Newcastle Herald's summary of the conference of the maaters' sub-committee and the miners' delegates, held in Newcastle on Saturday:—The recently proposed agreement of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tale. the Shaft in the Amargosa. a Strange Fatality which clung to a Mine of Fabulous Wealth
"Do I believe there is gold in the Amargosa range: I know it," and my companion nodded significantly. "But not for all the gold of Ophir—not for the richestore ever dug…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams. [From Greviller's Telegram Co.] SYDNEY, Friday. Mining Affairs
Newcastle miners' delegates accepted the masters' proposal for settlement of disputes, which provides for appointment of referee by Chief Judge in Equity at 40 guineas a day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Explosion
The number of lives lost through the explosion at the Aveyron Colliery in the south of France is, according to latest information, given as 73…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →'Sworn to no Matter, of no Sect am I," "Be just and fear not" Wednesday, November 7th, 1888. the End of the Coal Strike
THE best news of the past week was that which came before the country on Saturday last, when it was announced that the Conference between the Associated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How a Miner Discovered a Chest of Gold
A man named Alexander Stanhope, who has returned to Galena (Illinois) after an absence of thirty-one years spent in travel, tells the following story of how he found a fortune:—I came to Galena…
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THERE was much excitement in Newcastle on Wednesday in the ballot for or against the acceptance of the agreement submitted to the district, Most of the lodge's finally…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Poetry. Silver and Gold
Farewell, my little sweetheart, Now fare you well and free; I claim from you no promise; You claim no vows from me…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Newcastle Collieries
Only two collieries were working at Newcastle to-day—the Burwood, one of the associated collieries, and the Wickham and Bullock Island, a non…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Miners' Strike. [By Telegraph] Newcastle
All the collieries in the Newcastle district, with the exception of New Lambton C pit and South Waratah, were at work this morning. The former,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Mine Struck by Lightning
THE destructive effects of a stroke of lightning in the Mount Shamrock mine are thus reported by the manager, Mr Lalonde (says the Maryborough Chronicle…
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