Coal Weighing Question
A meeting of the miner's of South Bulli Colliery was held at Bulli on Tuesday evening for the purpose of considering the offer of the proprietors to…
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Mining & the mines, 1899
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The Coal Trade. Trouble at Mr. Kembla Colliery
There is trouble at Mt. Kembla Colliery, and in all probability the men will take their tools out to-day. On Wednesday evening a meeting of the minors was held,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Coal Mines. the Difficulty at Kemala Practically Settled
The MERCURY is pleased to be able to record that there is every probability of the slight difficulty at Mount Kembla being satisfactorily, overcome early this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal-weighing Question. Settlement at Mt. Kembla
As anticipated in our last issue, the difficulty at the Mount Kembla colliery has been settled and an agreement enter into between the company and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Coal Mines. South Bulli
A meeting of the South Bulli miners was held on Wednesday, at which a recommendation from the district delegate board, suggestion the advisability of the miners…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bursary in Coal Mining
Some time ago the Government decided to grant bursaries students attending the School of Mines, but as the instruction there mainly deals with metalliferous…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Bulli Colliery. a Settlement Effected
The difficulty regarding the hewing-rate at this colliery has at last been settled, an arrangement which is deemed satisfactory by both parties having been arrived at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mount Kembla Notes. Mining
The mine is working every day, having large orders in hand. The new weigh-bridge is in readiness for 24th inst., when the arrangement recently entered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal-weighing Question. Definite Settlement at Mount Pleasant
We have already reported two settlements of this vexed question at Mount Pleasant mine. On the first occasion the miners agreed to accept Mt. Keira…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Metropolitan Colliery. Output of 1000 Tons Per Day. 50 More Miners Wanted. Weighing Appliances Costing £1500. Water Supply From Sydney About £1000
On Thursday last the great Metropolitan Colliery was idle, on account of some accident—the first idle day during the past 10 months, the average output…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Accident
Mr. C. Veigel, employed as a shiftman at the South Bulli mine, suffered somewhat severe injuries through a mishap on Friday. Veigel was holding a prop…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade. Bellambi Coal Shipments
Shipments of coal at the port of Bellambi during last week totalled 5530 tons, 700 tons being for South Australia, 2120 tons for West Australia, 830 tone…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mount Kembla Notes. Mining
The miners will draw for 10½ days for the current pay, which, of course, is very good indeed. The pit is still busy, and probably we shall have steady work for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woonona Colliery
In connection with the coal-weighing question, the Woonona miners have agreed to an extension of time till June 1, owing to the delay of shipping the proper…
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The shipments of coal from the port of Wollongong last month totalled 59,611 tons, 15,962 tons being despatched from the basin and the balance from the district…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Southern Miners. (To the Editor.)
SIR,—With regard to our present most unsatisfactory and disorganised condition as a body and as an association of intelligent men. I would like to make a few…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bulli Pass Pit Case. Appeal by Coal Miners
The Full Court had before it on Friday afternoon an appeal from a magistrate's decision on a complaint under section 39 of the Coal Mines Regulation Act 1896…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Illawarra Coal-mining Industry. Some Interesting Figures
From the the official report just issued by the Mines Department we learn that the quantity of coal produced in the Southern district during the year 1898…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Monkeys As Gold Miners
Captain E. Moss, who has just returned from the Transvaal, tells the story of the monkeys who work for him to the mines: "I have twenty-four monkeys," said be,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dapto Coal
Mr. Pattison Bryon's advertisement in the MERCURY calling for tenders for the conveyance of 20 tons of coal to Dapto naturally leads to inquiry concerning the…
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