Greta. Miners' Meeting
A meeting of this lodge was held in Page's Hall on Tuesday evening, Mr. J. Spink in the chair, and there was a large attendance of the men, it being the usual monthly meeting. The minutes of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1893
116 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 6
The New Miners' Agreement Trouble at Greta
DIFFICULTY has already arisen at Greta under the new Miners Agreemant which came into force at the beginning of the year Owing, to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Singleton. Fatal Mining Accident at Rix's Creek
The coroner's inquest on the body of John Bartholomew Carey, who was killed by a fall of coal in Mr. Elliott's mine at Rix's Creek on Tuesday morning, was resumed on Wednesday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mines Under the Sea
There are in England several coal and metalliferous mines which extend and are worked at a considerable distance out to sea. Hut perhaps the most remarkable submarine coal mine is that at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Peak Hill Gold Field Highly Payable Ore. Important Silver Discovery
PEAK HILL, Saturday.—The Peak Hill Proprietary Company has cut an immense body of highly payable ore in the tunnel which is being driven…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence. Mr. Bowling on the Ignoeance and Stupidity of Union Miners. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—In your issue of the 5th Mr. Bowling has a very wordy attack on me, and a denial of his statements which appeared in a letter on which mine was a comment. Since that date Mr. James Curley,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Greta Colliery. The New Agreement. And Disagreement
THE latest news as to the trouble at the Greta Colliery comerson in the form of a statement made by Mr Cator the manager. who states thet this men…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jerry's Plains Common. Department of Mines, Stock and Agriculture, Sydney, 11th Jan., 1893
Sir,—Referring to Mr E. S. Alcorns letters forwarded by you to this office, on the 9th instant. I have the honor to inform you that the papers relating to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fishermen of Crail; Or. a Pirate's Gold. a Hogmanay Night on the Inchkeith Rock. Chapter I. the Two Fishermen of Crail
The dusk of a bitter winter's day was falling over the wide estuary of the Forth, and casting long, weird shadows over the grey waste of stormdriven waters. From the Fife shore the dim,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lost in a Coal Mine
On the 23rd June, 1886, Ralph Desmond and Jack Forster received instructions to go to Silverdale and measure up a part of the Monton coal mine. Accordingly at nine o'clock on the following…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Production of Gold
The appreciation of gold, as it is called, is warning the nations of the apparent scarcity of the article, and this, too, at a time when over twenty-five millions sterling are produced annually. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Colliery Explosion in Bohemia. 130 Miners Killed. LONDON
A DISATROUS explosion of fire-damp has taken place at a colliery at Teplitz, in Bohemia. Seventeen bodies have been recovered. Thirty miners…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Greta. Miners' Meeting
A special general meeting of this lodge was held on the 24th instant, Mr. John Spinks in the chair. The district officers (Messrs. Cook, M'Fadyen, and James Curley) were present…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gold Discoveries
The Pall Mall Gazette (Dec. 23) says:—" With the decline of the Mormons comes the news of further discoveries of gold in Utah. The Philadelphia correspondent of the Times telegraphs…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Northern Miners
The Northern Miners have almost, if not altogether, resolved upon severing themselves from the Trades and Labor Council. And really, when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spontaneous Combustion of Coal
The spontaneous combustion of coal in mines has been the theme of many researches. For not only does the slack or refuse frequently ignite, but sometimes the mass of solid coal in the seams;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Greta Collieries. Impending Trouble
At a meeting of Grota miners on Wednesday night Mr Spinks in the chair, a deputation reported having interviewed Mr Cater, the manager,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flooding of a Mine
On January 3rd, the Wheat [?] Mine, St. Just, became flooded, by which 19 lives were lost. Wheal Owles is situated about a mile north…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Frightful Accident in a Mine
A terrible accident occurred on Saturday in the shaft of the Fortuna Hustler's mine, Bendigo resulting in the instantaneous death of two miners who were mutilated to a shocking extent, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Gold Robbery
An extensive robbery of gold from a quartz battery is reported at Albury. The suspected person has deeamped…
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