Great Colliery Explosion. Deaths Estimated at 130
London, December 7,—The great explosion at the Swaithead colliery is even more fatal and disastrous than was at first anticipated The work of recovering bodies is…
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Mining & the mines, 1876
43 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 3
Select Poetry. Better Than Gold
BETTER than grandeur, better than gold, Than rank and title a thousand fold, Is a healthy body, a mind at ease, And simple pleasures that always please;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mineral Resources of Illawarra. Ii. Mines and Manufactures
Having briefly described the minerals which exist in the district, we will now proceed to give a description of its mines and mineral manufactures, commencing with the mines at present…
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A TERRIBLE colliery explosion, which it is feared, will result in more than 200 lives being lost, has just occurred at Swaithe Main Colliery, about four miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mineral Resources of Illawarra. Iii. Mines and MANUFACTURES.—Continued. Mount Pleasant Colliery
The Mount Pleasant coal mine is situated on the slopes of Mount Keira, about 3 1/2 miles northwest of Wollongong harbor. The property comprises about 750 acres of land, the owners being…
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A terrible colliery explosion, which, it is feared, will result in more than 200 lives being lost, has just occurred at Swaithe Main Colliery, about four miles from Barnsley. At 6 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mineral Resources of Illawarra. Iv. Mines and MANUFACTURES.—Continued. Osborne Wallsend Colliery
The Osborne Wallsend Colliery, the property of Messrs. J. and F. Osborne, lies on the slopes of Mount Keira, about 3 miles from Wollongong Harbor, and nearly half a mile south of the Mount…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mineral Resources of Illawarra. V. Mines and MANUFACTURES.—Continued. Mount Kembla Oil and Coal Company's Works
The Mount Kembla Oil and Coal Company's property is situated at the head of American Creek, Mount Kembla, about 6 miles south-west of Wollongong, and contains in addition to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mineral Resources of Illawarra. Vi. Mines and MANUFACTURES.—Continued. Wollongong Coke Works
The industry of coke making has been recently established at Wollongong by Messrs. J. Osborne and W. Ahern, who have erected coke evens near the Belmore Basin. There are at present four…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New Lambton Colliery Excitement
There has been a scene of great excitement the works at the Now Lambton Colliery since Saturday last, Mr. A. Brown, one of the propriet[?] upon his last return from England, gave a fix…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Public Meeting of Mount Keira and Mount Pleasant Miners
One of the largest, most unanimous, and enthusiastic meetings ever held in Illawarra took place in the Temperance Hall, on Saturday evening last, bing composed of miners and other connected…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local News. The Railway Question. Public Meeting of Miners at Bulli
In accordance with advertisement, a public meeting of minors and others connected with the Bulli Colliery was held at the School of Arts, Woonona, to advocate the advantages the proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mineral Resources of Illawarra. Vii. Proposed New Mines. Stanwell Park Mine
The estate known as "Stanwell Park," about 1300 acres in extent, belonging to his Honor Mr. Justice Hargrave, lies on each side of the Coal Chiff, having a frontage to the ocean of upwards of…
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Pittston, Pa., February 13.—This afternoon a terrible explosion occurred in the Exetermine, belonging to the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, located in West Pittston…
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Pittston, Po., February 13.—This afternoon a terrible explosion occurred in the Exeter mine, belonging to the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, located in West…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mineral Resources of Illawarra. VIII. Extent of the Coal Field
The Illawarra coal measures extend from Coal Cliff to Shoalhaven, a length of upwards of 50 miles, and embrace a large area of country, containing several seams of coal; ranging up to 30…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proposed Miners' Association at Wollongong
The question has been frequently asked those miners in this district who have discovered the advantages of belonging to the Hunter River Coal Miners Protective…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To the Miners of Newcastle. (For favor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
GENTLEMEN,—It is not often that I trouble myself to write letters to newspapers, but seeing a report a few weeks back of the proceedings of a meeting held at Newcastle, in opposition to the…
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Mr. H. J. Traice, in the course of a lecture on air delivered at the Manchester Royal Institution, referred to the subject of explosions in mines. He said that the proper…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To the Miners of Illawarra. (For favor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
GENTLEMEN,—Beware, the bait is laid; take care how you nibble, or you will be caught. What I allude to is an extract which appeared in the 'Mercury' of the 16th instant, from the…
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