The Coal Trade
Shipments of coal at the port of Bellambi during the week ending Saturday last amounted to 3560 tons, of which 330 tons went to New Zealand and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Illawarra · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1898
158 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 8
Coal-train Adventure
On Saturday morning last a Mount Keira coal train had an adventure that narrowly escaped most serious and fatal results. The train, which consisted of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal-weighing Question. Interview with the American Consul. Every Skip Weighed in America. Miners and Proprietors Satisfied
Dr. F. W. Golding, the new American Consul for Newcastle, who for 12 years past has been largely interested in coal-mining in the State of Illinois, U.S.A.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Attitude of the Southern Miners
Mr. Henderson, miners' general secretary, stated to a reporter of the MERCURY that the threats of mine-owners to close down the whole of the collieries in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade
A Newcastle telegram states: "What with the weighing and ventilation questions, the new Coal Mines Regulation Act is coming in for severe criticism at the hands…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Golden Klondike. an Enormous Rush of Gold-seekers Going In. Sound Advice From an Inhabitant
In the rush towards the golden fields of the Klond ke, there are thousands who are ill-fitted to stand the strain of hardship and exposure, which are inseparable from that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Trade
An excellent coalfield has been discovered in the county of Antrim, in the north of Ireland. It is estimated that 2,500,000 tons of coal are available…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Trade
Shipments of coal at the port of Bellambi during last week totaled only 1800 tons— a considerable reduction on the average export, due to the fact that during the latter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reported Difficulty at Bulli Colliery Entirely Without Foundation
The rumor published in the Evening News with reference to a difficult at Old Bulli Colliery, is, we learn on investigation, entirely without foundation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade. the Want of a Harbor
The rough weather this week has greatly retarded coal-loading operations at Wollongong and the jetties. Had the sea been favorable the week would have been one of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade
So far (says the Newcastle Herald) there has been no local advance in the price of coal, although English advices to hand state that coal values on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Industry. Government Contracts and Standard Wages. Coalminers Interview the Premier
As a result of arecent conference of coal miners' association, held in Sydney, a [?] solution was passed to the effect "That this conference requests the Governments to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal-mining Industry
Both the Mount Keira and Model (Woonona) collieries are slacking coal outside the pits in anticipation of the mines being closed down—a course which the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Trade
A Lithgow telegram states :—The Western coal trade is unusually brisk just now. The cold weather, the late storms affecting the coastal pits, and…
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Shipments of coal at the port of Bellambi during last week amounted to 3670 tons. Of this quantity 1770 tons were consigned to Melbourne and the…
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Mt. Keira paid at the end of last week for 11½ days, Mt. Kembla for 6½ days, Mt. Pleasant for 5½ days, Corrimal for 8½ days and South Bulli for 5¾ days…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Why the Miners of Illawarra Should Vote for the Bill
1. The N.S W. coal districts have the only supplies of coal worth speaking about in Australia. 2. Thus every expansion of trade mark…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Federal Campaign. the Daily Telegraph and the Coal Districts
The Daily Telegraph for the past week or two has been endeavoring to influence the miners and others in the Newcastle and Illawarra districts against…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade
Shipments of coal at the port of Bellambi during that week amounted to 4210 tons, all being for Sydney. For the fortnight ending Saturday last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.s.w. and Victorian Coal
The anti-federalists of New South Wales are as hard up as their Victorian fellow-miserables for arguments to oppose the Commonwealth Bill. Any bill but…
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