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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1895

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Southern Coal Company. Shipping Applications at Port Kembla

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 29 October 1895 · page 2

The Sydney Mail of Saturday contains illustrations of the southern Coal Company's jetty at Port Kembla with the Indrani lying alongside, and also of the…

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The Coal Trade

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 7 November 1895 · page 2

Last week something like a record in shipping coal so far as Port Kembla is concerned was put up by the Southern Coal Company. Between Monday morning and…

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Toe Coal-cliff Dispute. (To the Editor.)

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 7 November 1895 · page 2

SIR,—Both local and metropolitan press have seemingly been furnished by the same pen with items concerning the above dispute, and, judging from the carefulness…

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Extensive Burglary at Helensburgh. Metropolitan Colliery Office Entered. £110 Stolen

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 12 November 1895 · page 3

Upon resuming work at the Metropolitan Colliery office this morning the manager. (Mr. Robertson) and officials discovered that the office had been entered by burglars…

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Coal-mining Notes

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 26 November 1895 · page 2

The South Bulli mine continues to work well. For the fortnight ended on Saturday 10 days were worked by the miners. Kembla and Corrimal have also been fairly…

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The Wyalong Goldfield

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 28 November 1895 · page 2

The Wyalong field has greatly improved lately, and I am confident it will before very long take its place as one of the very best quartz-reefing districts in the colony…

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Gold Robbery on Board a China Steamer

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1895 · page 4

When the China Navigation Company's steamer. Whampoa reached Hongkong from Australia it was found that £500 in gold had been stolen from…

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West Australia Mining Mania

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 12 December 1895 · page 2
Also in The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser

"Talk about the London Stook Exchange. No man an earth can describe if. Fabulous furtunes have been made by men of straw. The French aroe in it to the tune…

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Illawarra Ports and Coal Trade

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 17 December 1895 · page 2

The following questions were asked in Parliament on Wednesday last:—Vessels at wollongong, Bellambi, and Port Kembla—Mr. Archibald campbell…

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The Bulli Coal-mining Company. Application in Equity

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 24 December 1895 · page 2

An application was made to the Chief Judge in Equity on Friday in the matter of the Bulli Coal-mining Company for directions concerning the trial of a proof in…

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