The Yearly Output of Coal
THE following is the quantity of coal that has been won from the different collieries in the Northern district during the part year, and has passed along the Great Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1889
125 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 7
Splendid Coal Seam
A splendid seam of coal is reported to have been struck in the Killiwarrah coal mine, the seam being 250ft lower than [?] yet found…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland Gold yield. Increases 3O,ooo Ounces
THE M'oes Department have (says the West) received the returns of gold obtained on all the principal goldfields in the colony for the year 1888. One or two small fields…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Wilt Thou Be Mine." Thought Header's Recipe for Making a Proposal. Just How a Man Should Ask the Woman He Loves to Marry Him – Stick to the Point, State Your Salary and Be Courageous
A girl may, in the sweetness of her heart, overlook the clumsiness of a wooer, and pledge herself to a man whose offer has not been made in the proper form.; life is full of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Strike of Miners
The miners at the Vale Colliery, Lithgow, yesterday struck work because the proprietors of the mine refused to pay 3d per ton extra for the raising of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Exhibition Coal Awards
THE following additional awards have been declared by the juries at the Melbourne, Exhibition:— COAL, COKE, SHALE.—First order of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Argentine Republic. (New York Engineering and Mining Journal, Jan. 5.)
The remarkable development of the last few years in the fortunes of this South American State makes it worth while to consider its resources, and its prospects of future progress…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Race for Tin Mines
The local excitement caused by the finding of tin lodes on Stewart Island, New Zealand, must be pretty keon when it causes a University professor with a party of men to make a forced march of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Visit to the Young Wallsend Colliery
The construction of the railwoy from Homebush to Waratah has given a great impetus to the opening up of collieries in the country traversed by it, which, without doubt, will be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Terrible Colliery Explosion
A disastrous explosion, attended with the loss of between 20 and 30 lives, occurred shortly after nine o'clock on the morning of January 18, at the Hyde Colliery of Messrs. Joseph Watson, Sidebotham and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Issue of Gold Coin
During February the gold coin and gold bullion issued from the Sydney Mint amounted in value to £270,482 2s 2d, making a total issue since January 1st of £467,629…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal-mining Industry around Maitland. South Greta and Maitland Co.'s Mines
It is asserted, and on undoubted authority, that notwithstanding the vast amount of coal which has been unearthed, coal-mining in New South Wales is yet in its infancy, and there is a large…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Fatal Colliery Explosion
On the morning of January 28 a terrible disaster occurred at Dean-lane' Colliery, Bedminster, Bristol, resulting in very severe injuries to four men, three of whom have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Tronble Among the Miners
TEN miners have have discharged from the A.A. Company's colliery for alleged breach of the colliery regulations. It appears that on Thursday last 10 miners…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Broken Hill South Silver Mine. (By telegraph to the Echo.) Broken Hill
At considerable trouble the Silver Age has from various sources gathered the following particulars regarding the South mine, which the manager, Captain Piper, has seen fit to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attempt to Injure a Mine. (By Telegraph to the Herald.) Wollongong
What appears to have been a deliberate and diabolical attempt to explode the Bulli mine was fortunately discovered and frustrated on Friday night last, and probably preventeda similar catastrophe to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Mining Accident. Two Men Killed. [By Telegraph] Brisdane
A dreadful raining accident has occurred at North Queen's shaft, Charters Towers. Two men, named Arthur Bris[?]ow and Thomas Ace, were being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mount Costigan Mine. (By telegraph to the Herald.) Tuena
Great excitement still prevails on the Mount Costigan silver mine, which is situated within two or three miles from here. Messrs. A. D. Nelson and A. A. Gallagher, director and legal manager of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Poetry. If Some True Maiden's Ove Were Mine
All worldly dreams I would resign, Nor ever long for hidden love If some true maiden's love were mine. If but two eyes of blue divine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Colliery Explosion
A disastrous explosion of gas occurred at Brynn[?]ly Colliery, about two miles from Wrexham, on M[?]ch 13. It took place at half-past two o'clock, abut an hour before tho men of the day shift…
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