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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1873

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Broughton Creek. Fernbank Gold Field

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 17 July 1873 · page 2

I HAVE no doubt that any reliable information respecting mining operations at Fer[?]bank and Spring Crack will be interesting to your readers. The following facts are from a…

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Coal Fields of Victoria

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 August 1873 · page 4

The following report on the coal fields of Victoria has been drawn up by Mr Mackenzie, and submitted to the Minister of Mines:— I have visited and examined the coal and strata…

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Local News. Thornton mill Others v Proprietors of the Mount Pleasant Coal Mine

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 29 August 1873 · page 2

The following is a copy of the written Judgment given in the above causes, by his Honor Judge M'Farland:— The facts and questions involved in these 21…

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"Our Coal and Coal Ports."

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 2 September 1873 · page 4

The following letter signed Y. Y. appeared in the Herald of Thursday last:—Sir,—However much our jocular friend Captain Sho[?]bert may object to the proposition of…

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Our Coal and Coal Ports. (To the Editor of the 'Herald.')

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 9 September 1873 · page 3

Sir—Kindly allow me space to reply to Captain Shoobert's letter in your Friday's issue. He says, "The Bulli Company have no fear of their jetty at present." It is therefore evident they do…

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Testimony of the Royal Navy Regarding Illawarra Coal

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 9 September 1873 · page 3

We have the pleasure of re-publishing the following high testimony regarding the superior qualities of Illawarra Coal for steam purposes. These reliable and valuable facts should be…

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Coal Mining at Wollongong

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 16 September 1873 · page 4

"There is coal in Illawarra, genuine black diamonds, bright, glistening, and dusty." I am also conscious I might save myself the trouble of making such an assertion by simply referring to…

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Coal Mining at Bulli

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 September 1873 · page 4

Eight miles north of Wollongong, by the main road through Fairy Meadow, Woonona, and Bellambi, is situated the village of Bulli. close to the now justly celebrated colliery of the Bulli…

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Our Coal and Coal Ports

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 September 1873 · page 4

The following letter, descriptive of the intended route of the proposed Sydney and Illawarra railway line between George's River and Bulli, appeared in Tuesday's Herald, from the pen of Mr. James…

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Our Coal and Our Coal Ports

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 25 September 1873 · page 2

WE reprint the following letter from the Herald:— Sir,—The seeming favour with which my papers an coal subjects were received by the…

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Coal Trade of New South Wales

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 14 October 1873 · page 2

The following extract is taken from the report of the Examiner of Coal Fields, for 1872 :— The coal trade of New South Wales has occupied a very prosperous and satisfactory position…

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A Bill to Make Better Provision for the Regulation of Coal Mines and Collieries

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 November 1873 · page 4

The following is the new Coal Fields Regulation Act, which has been read a first time ia the legislative Assembly:—Preamble…

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A Bill to Make Better Provision for the Regulation of Coal Mines and Collieries. (Continued from Page 4.)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 November 1873 · page 2

On the hearing of the case of Court shall hear the parties and if they think that at the hearing sufficient ground is shown by the owner agent or manager to justify the removal of the check-weigher…

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Our Coal and Coal Ports

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 18 December 1873 · page 4

THE following paper was end by Mr. James Manning at the monthly meeting of the Royal Society of New South Wales on Wednesday last…

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The Colliery Disputes in the Hunter District

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 December 1873 · page 4

The following is the agreement between the Associated Colliery Masters and the officers and delegates of the Coal-miners' Association of the Hunter River District:—…

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Our Gold-Mines

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 30 December 1873 · page 4

The colony has been ransacked from one end to the other by prospectors in quest of gold, and wonderful discoveries have been brought to light, but no successful effort has yet been made to…

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Coal Fields of I[?]

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 30 December 1873 · page 4

The coal fields of India lie almost all in a region bounded by the Ganges on the north, extending beyond the Goodavari on the south, and from east to west stretching from the…

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