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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
511 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 26
The miners working in the old tunnel ut Ralston's pit struck work this morning in consequence of a dispute with the management. The men afterwards held a meeting and decided to form a union, and to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →King Solomon's Mines of Ophir have been discovered; at least this is one of the results claimed by Dr. Karl Peters from his expedition…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Baker's Creek Company's battery, Hillgrove, is now running with twenty bend of stampers, and an effort will be made to keep this number crushing constantly. A trial crushing of about 15 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →An excellent illustration of the profits of tee mining industry was afforded by the examination of Senator W. A. Clark in the suit of George A. Treadwell against the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →As stated in yesterday's issue the men employed in the old tunnel at Ralston's pit suspended operations owing to a difference with the management with regard to the dismissal of a minor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the London Stook Exchange the quotations for the following Australian mining ventures wars:— Associated Gold Minoa, £1 13s 9d; Broken Hill Proprietary, 27b; Now Chillngoe, 2s Od; Great…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Six thousand colliers on strike at Pas-de-Calais refuse, to accept the award of the arbitrators in their dispute with the owners, and continue on strike. The French Chamber of Deputies has appointed a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Operations at the Bui main Colliery have been temporarily suspended. The difficulty, it is stated, is not due to any fresh disappointment in relation to the work which has been done, but is the outcome of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Judgment in the Western Coalmining dispute, which was to have been given to-day, was postponed, Judge Cohen said the statements on the affidavit were very conflicting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A pump failure suspended thirty colliers in a cage at a beight of 550 feet at Treharrie Merthyr. Five were fatally drenched, the others were reseued in a basket…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The miners at Soabam Colliery, Wallsend, came out on strike on Tuesday. There are over 300 miners engaged at this pit, and 150 other bands are affected. The strike was brought about in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The pay-sheet of the East Greta Coalmining Company, including Stanford-Merthyr, for the fortnight ended November 7th, amounted to £2088 7s 10d. The number of days worked was-East Greta, 9;…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Balmain Harbour Colliery has suspended work for want, of funds. lts shaft is down nearly 3000 feet and it has driven about 1000 feet from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Operations at the Balmain Colliery have been temporarily suspended. The difficulty, it is stated, is not due to any fresh disappointment in relation to the work which has been done, but is the outcome of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →During the past week a very noticeable improvement has taken place in the prospects of the coal trade of the port of Newcastle. On the 7th instant there was not more than a dozen foreign-going…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Bent has disclosed the terms on which the recents contracts for the supply of coal to that department have been entered into. Contracts for New South Wales coal have been let for a minimum…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The men employed in the old tunnel at Ralston's pit suspended operations on Friday owing to a difference with the management with regard to the dismissal of a miner…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Early on Friday moraine enother gob fire was discovered in the Grata colliery. Smoke was found issuing from a stopping in a cut through, about 20O yards beyond the fire board. The manager, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining operations are still being carried on at the Old Cherry Tree Hill, near Dungog, the holder of the lease being T. Porteus, of Morpoth. Government aid has been obtained…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the House of Commons last night Mr. Pretyman, Civil Lord of the Admiralty, in replying to a question, stated that Vice-Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge, the Commander-in-Chief of the China…
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