Exciting Rescue of Miners
An instance of what patient perseverance will do in the case of a mining disaster has just been shown in Hungary. On the 7th of November, the waters suddenly burst into…
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Mining & the mines, 1889
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The Coal Trade in 1888
IT is very gratifying to find that the exports of coal for the past year largely exceed those of any previous year. Considering that the trade was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Delecate Bo[?] Newcastle, [?]
At a meeting of the Delegate [?] day, a letter was read from the miners, wishing to afliliate with the and western miners. Mr. A. [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bellambi Coal Company, Limited
This company, which has been formed to work the old Woonona Colliery, is now carrying out preliminary operations towards entering the list of Illawarra coal suppliers. As alluded to on several…
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THE London Daily News says an instance of what patient perseverance will do in the case of a mining disaster has just been shown in Hungary. On the 7th…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The New Minister for Mines
In a letter addressed to Mr. A. Campbell of this journal a correspondent kindly gives the following interesting particulars concerning the new Minister for Mines:—"In one of your last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Union Be D—d. (Per favor Editor of the Illawarra Mercury.)
SIR,—The attitude and speech of Mr. Joseph Mitchell the rejected of Newtown at Clifton on Tuesday last suggest the heading to this letter. That a body of men who from one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North Illawarra Coal Company's Extensive Improvements
The North Illawarra Coal Company is making arrangements for the carrying out of extensive improvements in connection with their mining operations. In addition to the colliery now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Mining at Tongarra
Many of our readers in this district may not be aware that operations toward the opening of a coal mine at Tongarra, near the head of the Macquarie River, have been in course of progress for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The South Bulli Colliery
On Tuesday last we had an opportunity of inspecting working operations at the South Bulli colliery. Under the guidance of Mr. W. Wilson, the genial and popular manager of the colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Southern Coal Company
Less than twelve months ago, as will be remembered up readers, actual operations were commenced in opening out a colliery, laying down a railway, and erecting a jetty at Port Kembla…
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At the site selected for the screens; a large workshop and machinery room of galvanized iron has been erected. Here it is intended to have placed machinery of various kinds, so that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Rich Goldfield
THE ground on which Philadelphia is built is claimed to be one of the richest gold-fields in the world. The only difficulty is that the field cannot be worked…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Demonstration at Newcastle
The annual demonstration of the Hunter River District Minors' Association was held on the Newcastle Cricket Ground on Saturday, and was a successful affair. About 1000 persona took part…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Illawarra Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers
A meeting of the newly-formed Mining Engineers' Institute was held at the Freemasons' Hotel on Saturday afternoon, when about, twenty members enrolled themselves. In the absence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tee Woonona Colliery
As most of our readers are aware, operations were commenced some months ago in re opening the old Woonona colliery that had been closed for well-night a quarter of a century. The mine was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attempt to Explode the Bulli Mine. Wollongong
WHAT appears to have been a deliberate and diabelical attempt to explode the Bullimine was fortunately discovered and frustrated on Friday night last, and probably…
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Mr. T. Bertram, manager of the Brooker's. Nose Colliery, sends us the following list of subjects that he considers might form the basis of pipers to be read before the above Institute…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal-fields of South Russia
The coal fields of South Russia are being rapidly developeda as a result of the construction of a network of railways in the mining and manufacturing districts. This is particularly the case…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Coal and Iron
Mr. H. Tennent Donaldson, in a letter to the Herald under the above heading, writes :—"In 1884 the then Minister for Works called for tenders for 100,000 tons of steel rails. A…
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