Miners' Pic-nic
The miners and workmen employed by the Bulli Coal Company were entertained on New Years Day, by Mr. William Somerville, the manager of the Company, at a pic-nic on Bulli Point. A large…
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Mining & the mines, 1864
24 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 2
Osborne Bellambi Co-operative Coal Mining Company
Under the above title, the " Illawarra Mercury' contains the prospectus of a new company founded on the "limited liability" principle,with a proposed nominal capital of £7500. in 1500 shares of £5 each…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Ardsley Coal-Cutting Machinery
The Practical Mechanics' Journal of January last, in speaking of the Messrs. Frith and Domstarope's Patented Machinery for Coal Cutting says:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Rival in the Chinese Coal Trade
The following appears in the China Overland Mail, and is a mutter of interest as touching the prospects of our coal exports in that quarter. To the Editor of the Evening Mail…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Inundation of the Miumi Colliery
Information reached [?] yesterday evening that the Mi[?]mi Colliery [?] been [?] inundated in conse[?]nce of the giving way of the hed of the creek over the workings. The amount of [?] was…
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It is with pleasme we learn that the works of preparation at the Fitzroy iron minus are proceeding with vigour, and that before very long the first Australian blast furnace will be in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Trade and the Miners
For several weeks past the appearance of our Harbor has indicated unusual briskness in the Coal Trade, and we believe there is every probability of the demand continuing. It unfortunately happens…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Conference between Coal Owners and Miners
On Tuesday afternoon last, deputations of miners from the Mount Keira and Mount Pleasant Mines met Mr: William Robson of the former mines, Mr Lahiff the representative of the Mount Pleasant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade and the Miners. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
SIR, In your issue of the 28th instant I observe a paragraph headed as above, in which the following words are used:—"It unfortunately happens…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Co-operative Coal Company
On Tuesday evening a meeting of the shareholders of the Co-operative Coal Mining Company was held at the Temperance Hall, for the purpose of receiving the individual opinions of proprietors on the subject…
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A meeting of minors was to have been held in the Market Square yesterday, for the purpose of determining whether they should proceed to work on the terms offered by coal owners or strike for higher…
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The following letter appears in the Newcastle Telegraph:— SIR,—Allow me through the medium of your valuable journal, to acquaint the miners of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Poetry. Song of the Gold-seeker
I am free, I am free ! who can ever deny That mine is the happiest lot 'neath the sky, when I wander away my pick through the dell Where the wild bird is pouring her notes like the bell?…
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Messrs G. W. Allen (Chairman), W. Love, Macafee, and Shoobert, Directors of the Bulli Coal Company, arrived in town last night per Kembla and will proceed to-day to examine the jetty and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade of Illawarra. To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury."
SIR,—Having seen a letter a few days since, in the "Sydney Morning Herald," signed "Aleeste," where in the writer enters into a lengthy detail of the colonies troubles and short Revenue, in the face of its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Miners of Newcastle
In the Physiological Section Dr. Wilson read a long and interesting paper on the habits and diseases of the miners of the district. As to their houses the Doctor said:—"They live in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Trade of Illawarra. To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury."
As I stated in the commencement of my last letter, I wish to make a few observations on the late discovery of iron ore in this district. The first question generally asked when any…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Extracts. The Progress of Demand for Coal
In a recent publication in America statistics are given comparing the mineral wealth of the States of Pennsylvania and California during the years 1861-62 and 1863. "If," says the writer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Newcastle Coal Trade
The following memorial, signed by 47 trading firms in Melbourne, has been forwarded to the Minister for Public Works for this colony:— "Melbourne, August 10…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade or New South Wales
The memorial of the shipowners of Melbourne to the New South Wales Government, which we published a few days ago, undoubtedly embodies the fueling of all who are interested in the coal…
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