Riot on a Gold-field
THE Gippsland Times of 21st December reports that confusion were confonnded prevails at the newly discovered diggings on Turton's Creek, and law and order are…
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Mining & the mines, 1873
37 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 2
Meeting of Miners at Newcastle
A largely attended meeting of the miners of the Hunter River district was held at Hamilton, on Friday, to take into consideration the present "lock-out" in connection with the question of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Gold Trade of 1872 and its Effects
Before the Bank Charter Committee in 1833. the Baron Rothschild of that time stated in evidence that, as a rule, the course of exchange was favorable to this country; that unless some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The "Rig" of the Coal Market
Gradually the history of the rise in the prices of coal is oozing out, and we cannot say that it is at all creditable to those concerned. The public has been the victim of a delusion; we have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Miners' strike at Newcastle
On Monday morning, a meeting of the miners was convened to consider the terms upon which the Lambton men had resumed their work. The meeting was largely attended, and at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local News. Public Meeting of Miners
A public meeting of miners connected with the three collieries in this district, was held at the old Cabbage Tree Inn, Fairy Meadow, according to advertisement, on Tuesday afternoon. There…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir James Martin's Collieries Bill
We take the following from the 'Herald's' report of the proceedings of the Assembly on Thursday last:— The House went into Committee of the Whole…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Question in Victoria
Coals have now (February 1st.) reached in Melbourne what may be tanned famine prices, their present quoted value being so high as to high as to prevent their consumption except by…
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CORNUCOP[?]A G. M. Co.—The following are extracted [?] Sydney Empire of the 11th inataut, and will be interesting to many of our renders:—The first half yearly general…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Conference Regarding Mount Pleasant Colliery
A conference between certain miners connected with Mount Pleasant Colliery, and a number of tradespeople in Wollongong, was held at the Commercial Hotel, yesterday afternoon, at half-past…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local News. Termination of the Strike at Mount Pleasant Colliery
As the result of the conference of miners and townspeople referred to in our last issue as having been held at the Commercial Hotel, on Thursday afternoon, a similar conference was held at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tin and Tin Mines
There is scarcely any metal which servos as raw material to so many skilled manufacturers as tin; and the variety of uses to which it is put seems endless. England has for many years…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[?] The Gold Madness
Oh the Golden God, he hath of greed worshippers a host; No monarch is so groat as he, nor may such wide dominion boast…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence. Coal! Coal! Coal! to the Editor of the Kiama Independent
SIR,—On a recent visit to the Kiama district I was more than ever struck with the beauty of its scenery and the fertility of its soil, and enjoyed in an especial manner…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Mining Catastrophe
THE Bendigo Advertiser reports that on Saturday, May 24, Mr. Alex. M'Hugh, a surveyor of the Admiralty Department, arrived in Sandhurst on a short visit to some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Regulations in England
From a precis of the regulations for collieries and met[?]terous mines made by the English Mining Journal of January last, a correspondent of the Melbourne Daily Telegraph recently made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Trade
"Anglo Australian," in the European Mail, says:—A rumor, referred to some time since in these colonies that a movement was on foot, for the organisation of a company to supply coal to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Port Darwin Gold-fields
Information as to the condition and prospects of the Port Darwin country, as a gold-field, is furnished us by a miner, one of the unfortunate passengers by the Springbok, and it his statement…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Formation, Quantity, and Duration of Coal
Mr A. Vernen-Harcourt, F.R.S., commenced one of his lectures before the Royal Institution by calculations on the time probably occupied in the formation of coal; first considering the time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Loading of Coal at Newcastle
A deputation, consisting of Messrs T. Alnwick (Wallsend C. C.,) W. Davis (New Lambton), Michael Yates (Waratah), J. Dixon (Borehole), W. Hawkins (Co-operative), and John Wood…
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