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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1892

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Victorian Coal

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 6 December 1892 · page 4

The whole question of the use of Victorian coal on the railways is shortly (says the Melbourne Argus) to receive the attention of the acting Railway…

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Amalgamation of Northern Collieries

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 8 December 1892 · page 4

The collieries concerned in the amalgamation of collieries into a United Collieries Company, Limited, the scheme for which was adopted by a meeting of…

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Illawarra Coal Trade

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 10 December 1892 · page 14

From Mr. Potts, the local Customs-officer, we have received the following particulars of the shipments of coat for the mouth of November, 1892: —Jetties— Shipped to foreign ports, ll,745 tons; coastwise,…

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Further Developments by Coal Cliff Company

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 22 December 1892 · page 4

A telegram from Clifton to the Herald, yesterday, was at follows:— "With a view to further develop the Southern' Coalfields, surveys are being…

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Mining Accidents

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 29 December 1892 · page 2

A miner named George Gunn received severe injuries in the Helensburgh mine, on Friday, by the falling of a mass of coal. The unfortunate man was immediately…

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