The Coal Trade
The Helensburgh mine worked only 4 3/4 days for the pay drawn on Friday last. Fourteen vessels visited Wollongong…
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Mining & the mines, 1896
154 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 8 of 8
Colliery Disaster at Stockton. Nine Miners Suffocated
A fearful calamity happened in the Stockton Mine, where the two miners Cunar and smith were suffocated on Wednesday morning. After the funeral of the two men,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woonona Scraps. Work at the Local Collieries
has been very irregular lately. South Bulli and Woonona are working better than Old Bulli colliery. It is a week to-day since the latter mine did any work,…
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The local coal trade has been duller than usual this week. We extract from the Melbourne Herald of Monday last the following telegram sent…
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THE returns concerning the shipments of coal from the port of Wollongong during the month of November show that in that period the total quantity of 55,175 tone…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade. Last Month's Export
The shipments of coal from the j[?]ties at Kembla, Bellambi and Bulli, and Belmore Basin (Wollongong) during the month of November amounted to 55,175 tons, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proposed Deep-water Harbor at Port Kembla. Japanese Coal Competition
At the further consideration of the proposed deep-water harbor scheme at Port Kembla by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works…
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During the present week 19 vessels have visited Wollongong basin, of which 14 have departed with coal aggregating 4355 tons. This shows an increase on the average…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade. the Southern C[?]llieries
The pays drawn at the end of last week were as follow:—Mount Kembla for 7 days, Mount Keira for 3 days, Mount Pleasant for 3 3/4 days, Corrimal for 10 3/4…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Illawarra Coal Measures. Scientific Investigation. Prospect of Improved Coke
Professor David and Mr. Pittman, both of the Mines Department, have been making fresh investigations of the Illawarra coal measures recently, in…
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The shipments of coal at the port of Bellambi during the week ended Saturday last totalled 5550 tons. Of this quantity 920 tons went to Melbourne, 670…
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It has been decided by the Minister for Mines to invite applications throughout Australia and Great Britain for the position of Chief Examiner of Coalfields. Mr…
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The following notification is posted on the notice board outside the Courthouse:—"Notice.—The following resolution was passed by the Legislative…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Balmain Coal Deposits. Operations to Be Started
The Sydney Harbor Collieries Company has signed a contract with Mr. T. Cater, of Bulli, formerly manager of the Greta colliery, to sink two shafts, each…
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