A Colliery Disaster. Fifty Men Killed. [By Cable.] London
A COLLIERY disaster has occurred at Cardiff. An explosion took place in a pit. Fifty miners were killed, and 38 were rescued…
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Mining & the mines, 1896
483 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 25
The Coal Mining Industry. a Deputation on the Subject to the Premier
The existing depression in the coal trade throughout was brought under the notice of the Premier to-day by a large deputation, introduced by Mr. Dick, M.P. Amongst those present were…
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At the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Newcastle and West Wallsend Coal Company, a dividend was declared at the rate of £1 per share, absorbing £10,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Mining Industry. Sydney
The existing depression in the coal trade throughout was brought under the notice of the Premier to-day by a large deputation, introduced by Mr. Diet, M.P. Amongst those present were…
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The most expensive of these superior metals (says an American Exchange) is an obscure one, unknown to fame, by name gallium. It belongs to the same group as does tin, and is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Greta Colliery
The Greta colliery, it is pleasant to know worked every day lust week oxcept Anniversary Day, and it is now in work. This with four and a half days' pay for the last…
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The Mining Conference opened at St. James' Hall this morning under the presidency of the Minister of Mines, Delegates were present from all mining centres throughout the colony,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wallaroo Copper Mines
The Union Bank of Australia is inviting private tenders for the purchase of Wallaroo copper…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Mining Industry. the Premier Meets Colliery Proprietors
As a result of the deputation which waited upon him last week, asking his intervention with a view of improving the condition of the coal trade, Mr. Reid to-day held a conferences with a number of…
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The Mining Conference continued its sittings to-day. Mr. Carver (Hill End) moved that no lease he permitted on any new goldfield for at least two years. The resolution was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining News
Mining matters at Crow Mountain, near Barraba, are healthy. Watt and Davis have succeeded in bottoming Fletcher's wet shaft, and after beating the water, they were rewarded with an excellent…
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At the mining conference to-day a motion was moved that no lease be permitted on any new gold field for a period of at least 2 years. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Mining Industry. the Premier Meets Colliery Proprietors. Sydney
As a result of the deputation which waited upon him last week, asking his intervention with a view of improving the condition of the coal trade, Mr. Reid to-day held a conference with a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Greta. Colliery Accident
A young man named George Jonas, met with a severe accident at tho colliery to-day. He was fireman of the colliery engine, and was about to leave off Work for dinner. He was stepping off the engine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Items
A very rich specimen of gold ore is reported, to have been found at Dairy Creek, near Gundaroo. The Sir Walter Scott mine at Cangai, Grafton…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Piece of Coal
To what precocious intelligence and insight, to what happy instinct of untutored genius, we own the first discovery of the properties of coal, we may never hope to know; and we…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Conference
The Mining Conference opened at St. James' Hall, Sydney, on Wednesday under the presidency of the Minister of Mines. Delegates were present from all mining centres throughout the colony…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Singleton Argus. Saturday, February 8Th, 1896. the Price of Coal
AN abortive, but well intentioned, movement was, as our readers are aware, made some time ago in Newcastle on behalf of the working minors…
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Mr W. Bennett, the Dungog delegate, got the following motion carried at the Miners' Conference—"That, local mining boards be established in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day's Telegrams. Sydney. the Mining Conference
At the Mining Conference to-day a resolution was carried to the effect that surveys and plans of all mines be made by mining surveyors and corrected up to date every six months; such plans to…
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