Slack Coal on Fire
Greta, Tuesday.—A b[?]p of slack coal running from the month of the Greta colli[?]y and containing many thousands tons has been on fire some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Illawarra · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1892
105 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 6
The Mining Situation at Newcastle
Although the reduction in the price of coal from the pits of the Associated Collieries of the Northern district took effect yesterday (says Saturday's Newcastle Herald), yet,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Miners' Meeting in Sydney
A meeting of the non-associated colliery owners of the northern district was held at the Chamber of Commerce on Friday afternoon. There was a representative…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Explosion in a Mine
An explosion occurred last week at the mining township of Krebs, in the United States. Two hundred miners were entombed by a fall of earth caused by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mining Situation at Newcastle
The intention of the Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery to keep up the selling price of coal as well as the hewing rates (says Saturday's Newcastle Herald) caused…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Accident at Clifton
A middle-aged man named Ralph Arkley, married, met with a rather severe accident at the Clifton colliery on Thursday last, through a fall of a large quantity of stone…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Associated and Non-associated Collieries. the Draft Agreement
The terms of the proposal drawn up by the committee appointed by the associated and non-associated colliery proprietors have been received by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Check-inspectors' Report. Metropolitan Coal Company's Colliery, Helensburgh
The following report has been furnished to the miners of the Helensburgh Colliery:— "We, the undersigned, made an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bulli Coal-mining Company
The 60th half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the above Company was held on Wednesday. The report, which was adopted, stated that the demand for this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Austria and Gold Currency
London, Friday.—The Government of Austro-Hungary are conferring with the Governor of the Bank of England with respect to the introduction of gold…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cable Intelligence. the Miners' Riots in Spain
London, Thursday Night,—Several of the leaders of the the miners on [?] at Bilbes, in spain, and who in[?] the recent riots, Have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Southern Collieries
Clifton, Saturday.— Work in the mines in the northern, end of Illawarra has been very dull during the last three weeks. At south Clifton the new machinery for hauling…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Honoring a Colliery Manager
A musical send-off was accorded on Friday night (says the Newcastle Herald) to Mr. T. J. Evans, formerly manager of the West Wallsend Colliery, and a prominent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Woonona Colliery
There appears (says our Bulli contemporary) to be some little unrest at the Woonona colliery on account of the recent arrival of a good number of new hands…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proposed Newcastle Coal Trust
There is a general rumour that a Newcastle Coal Trust is to be formed with a capital of £2,500,000, including most of the principal collieries, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Better Than a Gold Mine
Few people realise the immense wealth which is being dug out of the Proprietary Mine at Broken Hill. A ton of silver every day! It is a veritable Bonanza…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Recent Hate Cases and the Mount Kembla Collieries. Borouogh of Central Illawarra V. Carmichael and Others. (To the Editor.)
SIR,—Your report of last Thursday's proceedings in the local Small Debts Court warrants my drawing attention to same. In the forty casas in which I, as solicitor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Curley's Candidature for the Miners' General Secretaryship
Considerable feeling is being freely and openly expressed at Newcastle at the decision of the Miners' Delegate Board in not allowing the nomination…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Bulli Coal and Iron Company
The sixteenth annual meeting of shareholders in the North Bulli Coal and Iron Mining Company, Limited, was held last week, Mr. G. H. Cox, M.L.C., presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Helensburgh Colliery Difficulty Settled
The difference between the miners and the management at the Helensburgh Colliery over a proposed reduction in the hewing rate has been amicably settled, the…
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