Miners' Compensation Act
Mr. Pritchard, speaking at a conference of the Miners' Federation, said the Compensation Act was fruitful of litigation and ill-feeling, and must be amended…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1899
380 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 19
New Mining Venture
The shares in the Mount Lyell Comstook Mining Company, Tasmania, which was registered with a capital of £500,000, and of which £20,000 was issued as the working capital, have been allotted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →East Greta Colliery Disaster. Inquest on the Victims. Fifth Day, Thursday, January 12
The inquest was re-opened this morning, at half-past ten o'clock, in the West Maitland Courthouse, before Mr. G. C. Martin, Newcastle District Coroner. James Cantwell, minier, of East Greta, knew the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Federation
At yesterday's sitting of the Miners' Federation Conference resolutions were carried declaring that any amendments in the Workmen's Compensation Act must include all trades, the omission of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Notes
IN the Women's Court, this morning, before Mr. Warden Evans, C. O. Waldow, as agent Ferdinand Kayser, made application for suspension of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →East Greta Colliery Disaster. Inquest on the Victims. [Sixth Day, Friday, January 13.]
The inquest was resumed this morning, in the courthouse, West Maitland, before Mr. G. C. Martin, Newcastle District Coroner. Henry Cartwright, under-manager, in answer toN…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big English Mining Ventures. Gallymont, Lake George, and Gibraltar
THE mining editor of the D. Telegraph, whose views are always read with interest by the mining community, is writing an account of the year's…
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The South Wales miners have become affiliated and the federation has decided not to renew the sliding scale of wages. Improvements are to be made at the Clyde…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Forbidden to Use Coal
So long rh wood was abundant, coal was not used in Great Britain; indeed, the latter was long held to be injurious to health; but towards the close of the thirteenth century,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →East Greta Colliery Disaster. Inquest on the Victims
The inquest on the body of Albert Moncrieff, one of the victims of the late disaster at East Greta, reopened at half-past ten, on Tuesday morning, and continued up till yesterday, before Mr. G. C…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Heroism in Mines. Brave Men Who Risked Their Lives to Save Others
Never was there a mining disaster of any magnitude without several instances of individual gallantry in saving boys alone, says a writer in Chums. As a colliery manager said…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gold Amid the Snow. Part Ii. Chapter Xi. King and Yuka
"Miss Yuka!" cried King, grasping her by the hand to prevent her from falling. You should not take such risks." "Ah!" she panted, "but I can't endure…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →East Greta Colliery Disaster. Inquest on the Victims. Seventh Day, Tuesday, January 17
The inquest on the body of Albert Moncrieff, one of the victims of the East Greta colliery disaster. was resumed this morning, at half-past ten, in the West Maitland courthouse, before Mr. G. C. Martin…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →East Greta Colliery Disaster. Inquest on the Victims. Eighth Day, Wednesday, January 18
The inquest on the body of Albert Moncrieff reopened at the West Maitland courthouse this morning at half-past ton, before Mr. G. C. Martin, Newcastle District Coroner…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold from Sea-water
That there are hundreds of persons who still believe in the possibility of perpetual motion, the philosopher's stone, and other myths of bygone time is well-know. But…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death of Richard Craven. a Mining Millionaire. His Fight for Fortune
THERE passed away at Waverley on Tuesday morning one of the richest men in Australia, in the person of Richard Craven, mineowner and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Items
Excellent copper specimens are being obtained on a mineral lease at Biarra, Queensland. It is proposed to pay the miners in the Lithgow district 1s 3d per hour instead of the rate per ton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →East Greta Colliery Disaster. Inquest on the Victims
The inquest was re-opened on Tuesday, being the seventh day of sitting before Mr. G. C. Martin, Newcastle District Coronor, in the Courthouse, West Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold and the Snow. Part Ii. Chapter Xii. at Klondyke
The travellers were so fatigued with their long night and morning of arduous effort with its attendant excitement and peril, that they were only too ready to throw themselves…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Mining Agreement
The Lithgow Valley, celliery employee have agreed to the Company's proposals to pay 15.1 an hour instead of the bewing rate…
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