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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
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Sir,—I have long given it as my private opinion that the aspect of things would certainly end in a general strike. On this I will give you my views both of the past, present, and future. I hold…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Who could have believed, a hundred years ago, that by studying the sun we should be able to learn something of the condition of things in the earth deep under our feet? Yet every…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON Saturday afternoon the whole of Hetton Colliery miners, about 240, struck work and brought out their tools. The news spread rapidly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A discovery which may benefit Kempsey con-siderably was made last week at West Kempsey, where the Government officials are boring in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Charters Towers telegram states that a very important strike has been made at a depth of 1090ft. in the Bonnie Dundee new shaft. The reef is 2 1/2 ft thick. It is believed to consist of 2oz. stone…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The owners of the South Clifton Colliery are paying the old rates of wages. A rush has set in to a new reef discovery at the back of Moquilamba station, six miles from Cobar…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The first national congress of minors held in Germany assembled at Essen. The congress resolved to demand the eight hour system in working the mines…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Chief Inspector for Mines has prepared a return showing the total number of men who have been recommended by the Department of Mines…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Much uneasiness continues to b[?]e felt in Newcastle and surrounding towns in to regard to mining matters, and this feeling was [?] by no means allayed when it became known [?] or Saturday that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Good gold ia reported to have been struck three miles south-west of Londonderry. Several parcels of stone, showing well, have been brought in. The finders refuse to disclose the locality till the claim…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →What is believed to be an important discovery was made on Saturday last near Blue Mountain, Victoria. The Messrs. Beach, of Garlicks, whilst out prospecting, came across a spot in the locality…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SOME returns of the ballot as to whether a general strike shall take place or not in the Newcastle colliery, are now in, viz., Wickham…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The ballot so far at the various Newcastle lodges shows for a strike 1120, against a strike 71[?] As a two-thirds majority is required before a. strike…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The value of the minersals produced in Tasmania in 1894 showed an increase over those produced in 1893 of £146,535. It is said that a new find of alluvial gold has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the Lithgow police court, on Wednesday, fifteen miners and two wheelmen, were fined 5s each, with the option of two hours in the stocks, for working in the Zig Zag Colliery last Sunday. John…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your application on behalf of Messrs. Chadwick and Cassidy, of Rylstone, for aid from the Prospecting Vote, and beg to inform you in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The mining difficulty has again assumed an un-pleasant phase. At a conference on Wednesday between the directors of the Hetton Coal Company and representatives of the minors' lodge, there were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A lad named Shewan, while amusing himself in one of the old gullies at Rush worth (Victoria), on Christmas morning, practising round—arm bowling with Stones; picked up one that appeared heavy for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The contractors who are sinking a shaft in Grabam-street, Port Melbourne, found indications of sold at a 50ft depth. The Metropolitan Board of Works refused to allow them to put in a drive…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A deputation consisting of Messrs. Tonkin, Moore, and Lyne, Ms.P., to-day urged the Minister of Mines to take immediate steps to further develop the goldmining industry. It was suggested the…
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