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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
832 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 42
The actual crisis of the panic seems far away, history long pase. But still the black reports come in. Hard times, bank failures, suicides of ruined men, closing of factories, stoppage of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two deaths from plague are reported at accra, capital of the Gold Coast, West Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Important developments are regarded as certain to occur to-morrow, or at latest by the end of the current week, in connection with the wharf labourers' strike. The period…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A singular accident, resulting in the detention of three miners underground, occurred at the Great Extended Hustlers' mine. Bendigo. Two men. named…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Under this heading the Chamber of Commerce, the colliery proprietors, and shipping agents brought before the Commissioners several matters of vital moment to the port…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Pelaw-Main Colliery is again idle, owing to further trouble with the wheelers. The lodge secretary (Mr. Wallwork), when seen this morning, said the men on the 7…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →By a terrific explosion of coal-dust in one of the largest mines at Fairmont, West Virginia, 500 minors were entombed on Friday, December 6. The first sign to those…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The customary fortnightly pay at the various collieries on the Smith. Maitland coalfield was distributed to-day. At East Greta and Stanford-Merthyr the sum of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. S. E. Beaver, the Mining Warden's Clerk, East Maitland, has received from Mr. F. Learmonth, agent for the A.A. Company, six applications for mining leases in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Queensland Under-Secretary of Mines received the following telegram from the warship at Georgetown :—"The latest official report states that 300 men are now at the Oaks…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The outlook in the Philippines as a market for New South Wales, coal vis discussed by Mr. J. B. Suitor, Trade Commissioner for New South Wales in the East,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir E. R. Rason, on being interviewed, said he protested against Mr. Laucan's pessimism, when he said that all the producing mines in the Kalgarlie district, West Australia, were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the Miners Delegate Board this afternoon, Mr. Charlton, M.P., signed the position of conducting the miners' case before the Special Court,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Following on the stoppage of, work at the Pelaw-Main Colliery yesterday afternoon a mass meeting of the miners was held last evening, at which Mr. E. Blanche presided…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The colliery trouble in the Tivoli district, Q., advanced a stage on Thursday. The miners employed at Wright's Donnybrook mine, lifted their tools and went on strike…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The police court proceedings against the recently-arrested Chinese at Bendigo on Thursday were merely a prelude to the more important steps being taken by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Four collieries, namely Back Creek, Burwood, Shorthand, and Durham were idle to-day, the first-named three owing to labour troubles and disputes with the wheelers The Burwood wheelers say…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →There were four collieries idle to-day, viz. Burwood. Back Creek. Shortland. and Durham. In the three first named the troubles were caused by disputes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Tamworth paper says:—Messrs. F. W. Wright. Jarvey, and party appear to have struck a good find of gold on top of one of the hills about half way up Spring From not only snows freely, as the customary phrase goes, but the stone is studded with it, in one instance quite a substantial nugget, the size of a marble, is attached…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Gunnedah Colliery Company, Limited, held yesterday it was unanimously decided to at once instal two coal-cutting machines…
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