Improved Coal Wagons
Wish a view to reduce the cost of carriage the German railway authorities have (says the Colliery Guardian) been building [?]al wagons of larger capacity than the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Illawarra · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1891
77 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 4
The Mining Situation
So far as we can learn, the result of the ballot taken throughout the district with regard to the last offer of the Coalowners' Association has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Submerged Mine
A fatal accident occurred on Thursday morning at a small coalmine near Tighe'shill, Newcastle, on land rented from the Ferndale Coal Company by four lessees…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Proposed Mining Conference
We learn that the Southern Coalowners' Association have intimated to Mr. A. Fee (through whom the offer about returning to work was made) that the proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Good News for Bulli. Burnt Coal a Valuable Commodity
A few issues ago we announced that the tender of Mr. T. W. Garlick had been accepted by the Railway Commissioners for the supply of coke for the tramways, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Miners Strike at Bundamba (Q)
Gilbert Casey's bold stroke of organization, which formed the Bundamba miners into a union in the darkest hour of the great maritime strike, would have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mining Situation. Another Conference to Bid Held. an Advance in the Hewing Kate Agreed To
It is our pleasing duty to record that the mining situation, thrown into a somewhat unsettled condition through the coalowners suddenly breaking up the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Coal Not a Success. Railways Refuse to Use It
The residents of Coalville (Vic.) waited on the Railway Commissioners on Friday last, and urged the Government to continue to buy local coal, as hundreds of persons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →French Miners' Wages
From a statement published in the Bulletin of the Ministers des Travaux Publics, it appears that the oldest general figures relating to the wages of miners in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Mining Venture
AN unusually well considered mining venture is brought to notice by the prospectus of the New North-west Gold and Antimony Mining and Reduction…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Clifton Coal Property
We understand that Messrs Saywell and Wilson, under whose directions the South Bulli colliery was so succes fully opened out and carried on, have completed the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dead Men's Gold
A RECORD OF THE CHIEF WILLS OF 1890. THE feature of the wills of 1800 is the position occupied by bankers and stock-brokers. Their individual fortunes cannot…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Dust and Colliery Explosions
A minute of great importance to colliery owners and all whose work takes them into coal mines, was recently sent by Mr. Matthews, the English Home Secretary, to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Co-operative Coal Mine
A co-operativo coal mining scheme is about to bo practically put to the test in New Zealand. In the vicinity of the Mokau River, which separates the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Conference in England
The annual conference of the Miners' Federation of Grea'. Britain was opened at Edinburgh on January 7th. The president said that as the men had now secured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wester Miners' Demonstration
The annual demonstration in connection with the Western Miners' Association took place on Saturday last. The Procession, headed by a brass band, marched to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal-mining at Newcastle and Illawarra
An intelligent miner, having practical and personal knowledge of coal-mining at Newcastle and in this district, writes thus on the subject:—"Coal-mining at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mining Situation. the Much-talked-of Conference. Matters at a Deadlock. the Conference " Off."
At the end of last year, it will be remembered, the disastrous strike, which extended over about four months, was brought to a close on the understanding…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Engineering Association
From our Bulli contemporary we learn that a branch of the Colliery Enginemen's Association has been formed in this district composed of enginemen and other…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Better Prospects for Victorian Coal
Mr. Speight, Chief Commissioner for Railways, last just returned after visiting the Gippsland black coal mines. He expresses himself greatly astonished and…
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