Mining Items
Twenty-four miners has been killed at a colliery in Silesia, Prussia, through a cage in which they were ascending the shaft falling a depth of 200 yards…
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Mining & the mines, 1898
537 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 27
Dudley Mine Disaster. Two More Bodies Recovered. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
TWO more bodies, victims of the Dudley pit explosion, were recovered since Saturday, and identified as that of Arthur Durham, 20 years old,…
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The W. A. Under-Secretary for Mines has received the following telegram from the warden at Kanowna:—"Much excitement here in respect to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stockton Coal Company
The half-yearly report of the Stockton Coal Company shows a profit of £5465. A divided was declared at the rate of 4 percent. per annum…
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In the Warden's Court, this morning, before Mr. Warden Evans, John Baker, manager, of the Lady Mand mine, Stewarts Brook, made…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Dudley Colliery
The exploring party at the Dudley Colliery between Saturday and Sunday last recovered two more bodies of victims of the late explosion which were identified by the…
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According to a return prepared by the Department of Mines, £925,249 worth of silver, silver lead ores, copper, and tin were exported during the first half of the present year. The average is slightly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Adelong. Gold Miners' Strike
Two hundred men employed at the Gibraltar Consolidated Gold Mines. Adelong, who recently received notice their wages would be reduced, ceased work to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Miners' Strike
The coal owners have definitely refused to concede the strikers anything beyond a renewal of the old sliding scale and an immediate five percent, increase in wages…
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For the first half of this year the production of gold in Western Australia was 43,648oz in excess of Queensland, 72,516oz. in excess of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining at Stewart's Brook
As a result of the extra wet season, many of the claims are flooded In the Standard the work of sinking the main shaft has been abandoned for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Royal Standard Mining Company
THE annual general meeting of the New Royal Standard Gold Mining Company (no liability) was held on Friday at 70 Pitt-street, Sydney. Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Adelong. Strike of Miners
The Gibraltar miners at Adelong has definitely decided upon a strike, as the directors of the Company are insisting upon the, proposed reductions in wages…
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OUR Moonan Brook correspondent writes that E. Williams and party this week cleaned up their parcel of 20 tons of quartz from their property…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day's News by Wire. Sydney. Greta Colliery
Greta Colliery was submitted to public auction by Messrs. Richardson and Wrench to-day but the owners reserve not being reached, the property was withdrawn…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Greta Colliery. [By Telegraph] Sydney
TO-DAY the Greta Colliery was submitted to public auction, but the owners' reserve was not reached, and the property was withdrawn from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stormy Miners' Meeting. a Strike Freely Talked of
THAT some, at least, of the miners of the Newcastle district do not take a hopeful view of the present position of the coal trade in relation to their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News From the Klondyke. The Gold Returns Disappointing
NEWS from the Yukon Basin which is of the greatest interest in view of the thousands of men who have gone to the interior by the Lynn Canal trains…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Daring Bank Robbery. The Manager Gagged and Bound. Telegraph Wires Cut. £6oo in Notes and Gold Stolen. A Suspected Man tinder Arrest
A DARING bank robbery is reported from Penshurst, a small town in the Western district, 209 miles from Melbourne. At about a quarter to 3…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Adelong. the Miners' Strike
The strike of miners continues and pickets are posted round the mine night and day with a view of intercepting any one who might be going to work. They succeeded this morning in persunding…
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