Flooding of a Colliery. 540 Men Out of Work
CONSIDERABLE excitement was caused at Plattsbug on Monday when it became known that the Co-operative Colliery had been flooded. During the…
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Mining & the mines, 1889
125 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 7
The Colliery Disaster. Rescue Party at Work. (By Telegraph.) Newcastle
THE rescue party now at work in the Glebe pit have found the body of a horse inside Murphy's Heading. The animal appeared to have sustained no…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Mines Regulations
Mr Sydney Smith will next Tuesday introduce a bill into the Assembly making better provision for the regulation of coal-mines and collieries…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Colliery Disaster. Plant Recovered
THE working party in the Hamilton Pit still continue to push their way through the fall on the crosscut flat but find that their progress is considerably hampered by the large…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Colliery Disaster. Two More Bodies Found. Terribly Decomposed. [By Telegraph] Newcastle
THE rescue party working at the scene of the Glebe pit disaster, during last night found a body, but it was decomposed beyond recognition. By the clothing,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broken Hill Junction Mine. Rich Finds of Silver
BROKEN HILL, Saturday.—The following in from the Barrier. Miner with regard to the Junction mine:—" A reef was found literally full of native…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Iberia Gold Robbery
Information has been received by the Melbourne Commissioner of Police from the Sydney Mint, that the bags containing the gold recovered under the Williamstown…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Colliery Disaster. Two More Bodies Found
On Sunday morning Mr Paul Turnball, the overman, and two other went down the Hamilton Pit at the Glebe on a tour of exploration. They scrambled over the fall,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Descending a Mine in the Hartz Mountains
To reach the tremendous depths to which the work has gradually descended in the course of centuries that bave exhausted the upper portions of the mineral veins, is the first daily task of the…
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A payable gold reef 6ft. in width has been found on the Broken River, near Eungalla, Queensland. Specimens from the claim are reported to be remarkably…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Discovery of Coal in Victoria
AN important discovery in coal mining has been made in the c[?]tre of the Narracan district (Vic). A private syndicate put down a bore and are now 100ft in a seam of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Colliery Disaster. Another Body Found. (By Telegraph.) Newcastle
THE rescue party at work in the Globe pit discovered another body this morning, that of Proctor. It was found near the bord where he had had working…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Colliery Disaster. Another Body Found. [By Telegraph.] Newcastle
A BODY, identified as that of James Hodson, deputy overman, was found early this morning by the night shift of men engaged in clearing a passage down Murphy's heading…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Colliery Disaster. "A Message From the Dead." (By Telegraph.) Newcastle, Friday
IT is reported that a "tucker tin" has been found alongside the body of Meadows, one of the entombed Glebe Pit miners, with writing on it, which is indistinct. The words 'seven…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Disaster at Edinburgh LONDON
A TERRIBLE disaster has occured at the Maurice Wood Colliery, Edinburgh. The coal in the mine caught fire, and the colliery is now burning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Scotch Colliery Disaster. 27 Bodies Recovered
LONDON, Monday.—Twenty-seven out of the 70 bodies entombed in the colliery in Midlothian, Scotland, through the mine taking fire, have been recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Precious than Gold
Fully ninety-nine persons in every hundred, if asked to name the most precious metal, would mention gold as first, platinum as second, and silver as third. If asked to mention others, a few might…
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At a meeting held at Broken Hill last night, it was stated that the nine principal mines there were valued at £13,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Gold Discovery In Northern Queensland. (Herald's telegram.) Thursday Island
The excitement over the gold discovery continues. The town is almost deserted of people, who have flocked to Hammond Island. No new reefs have been discovered, but Smyth's prospecting…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, September 21, 1889. Original Correspondence. the Value of Coal. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—I am of a curious turn of mind, and now and then need a little information. Could you or any of your readers enlighten nie on the following matter. Many people do not seem to realize the…
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