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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1891

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Bulli Coal-mining Co. a Loss on the Half Year's Operations

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 4 August 1891 · page 4

The fifty-ninth half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of the Bulli Coal Mining Co. was held at the offices, Bridge street, on Wednesday last. Mr…

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Bulli Pass Coal and Coke Company. a Satisfactory Report

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 4 August 1891 · page 4

The first ordinary general meeting of the shareholders in the Bulli Pass Coal and Coke Co., Limited, was held at the company's Office, Pitt-street, on Wednesday…

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Colliery Troubles

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1891 · page 2

Quite a number of petty troubles have been existing lately at some of our local mines, but we are happy to say they have mostly been amicably settled. Austinmer…

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Check Inspectors' Report. Bellambi Colliery

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1891 · page 2

We the undersigned, duly appointed by the mines employed at the above colliery as check inspectors, do herby submit out report of inspection made on…

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Loading Coal at the T Jetty

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1891 · page 2

An event of some local importance occurred on Thursday morning. This was the shipment of the first coal from the T jetty, by means of the s'eam crane there…

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Deductions From Miners' Wages for Small Coal. Important Appeal. (The Wigan Observer, Satkurday, July 18th )

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 10 September 1891 · page 2

In the Court of Appeal, on Thursday, before Lords Justices Lindley, Fry, and Lopes, was heard the action of Huggins v. the London and South Wales Colliery…

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New Gold and Silver Extraction Process

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 10 September 1891 · page 4

Mr. John Cuninghame Montgomeric, of Dalmore, Ayrshire, in conjunction with Mr. Henry Parkes, of London, have discovered a process for the extraction…

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Nobody Wants That Gold Ring

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 11 September 1891 · page 2

For nearly 100 years a certain family of working people living Paris have ended their lives by suicide From father to son, from mother to daughter, has descended a…

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Annual Report of the Mines Department

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 15 September 1891 · page 2

According to the report of the Mines Department the value of the gold won during 1890 was £460,284, or 127,760oz, being the largest since 1882, the total value…

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The Coal Industry. Formation of a Coal Trust Recommended

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 17 September 1891 · page 3

The most important branch of the mining industry in Australasia is undoubtedly the coal industry, because upon its existence depend so many cognate pursuits…

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Original Correspondence. Re Formation of Coal Trust and Competition. (To the Editor.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 19 September 1891 · page 2

SIR,—Referring to the article in to-day's issue anent the coal industry, which I presume is copied from the Mining Standard, there are two or three points worth…

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The Co-operative Colliery Miners. Appeal to the Public

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 September 1891 · page 2

The Co-operative Miners' Lodge at their meeting last Tuesday (says the Newcastle Herald) decided to appeal to the other lodges in the district for funds to assist a…

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Gold in Ireland

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 22 September 1891 · page 4

Reefes showing rich gold have been discovered at Errisbeg in Connermarn, on the west coast of Ireland…

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An American Beeswax Mine

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 3 October 1891 · page 2

WE have all heard of the famous mine shaving soap which was discovered in [?] of the Western States some years [?] and the nature razor deposit which…

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The Coal Mines Regulation Bill. (To the Editor.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 13 October 1891 · page 3

SIR,—In your leader to-day you have very properly called attention to the above bill and many will endorse the sentiments expressed that "it is a measure fraught…

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South Clifton Colliery. a Further Development of the Mineral Resources of Illawarra

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 13 October 1891 · page 2

It has been very aptly said that the man who makes two blades of grass to grow where only one previously grew is a public benefactor, but what must be said of the…

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Coal Mines Regulation Bill

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 15 October 1891 · page 2

The House on Tuesday went into committee on this bill. Clauses 1 to 5 were passed. Clause 6 "Power of Inspectors."…

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Coal in West Australia

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 15 October 1891 · page 4

Dr. Robertson, the well-known coal expert of New South Wales, has furnished the West Australian Government with a highly satisfactory report…

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Coal Mines Regulation Bill. a Proposal to Eliminate the 8-Hours' Principle Defeated. the Government Go Under

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 17 October 1891 · page 2

In the Assembly, on Thursday night, Mr. Sydney Smith (Minister for Mines) moved the third reading of the Coal Mines Regulation Bill…

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Coal, Iron, and Stone at the World's Fair

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 17 October 1891 · page 4

In no other department of the World's Columbian Exposition, perhaps, will be seen a greater diversity of exhibits than in that of Mines and Mining. Not…

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