White Coal
"White coal" supplies motive power to nearly every town in Switzerland; we call it snow in England. It is, of course, the melted snow that comes tumbling over the mountain side…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Illawarra · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1899
182 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 4 of 10
The Coal Trade
Shipments of coal at the port of Bellambi during last week amounted to 3460 tons coal, 1030 tons being for Adelaide, 390 tons for South Sea Islands…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Minister for Mines to Visit Bulli
We learned from the secretary of the Bulli branch of the Federal League (Mr. Cotterell) yesterday that Hon. Joseph Cook, Minister for Mines, has consented…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Weighing Question. the Minister for Mines on the Subject
At Mr. Cook's Federal meeting at Bulli on Thursday evening that gentleman, in response to interjections, made the following remarks in regard to the weighing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mount Kembla Notes. the Mine
The mine worked 9¼ days for the forthcoming pay, and it is said that some of the miners have unusually large sums to draw for the time worked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Federal Campaign. the Minister for Mines at Bulli. a Splendid Meeting
The Hon. J. Cook, Minister for Mines, addressed a crowded audience at the Bulli Oddfellows' Hall on Thursday evening. Mr. J. Williams occupied the chair, and on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Dredging
THE "Leader" says that a number of directors of the Shoalhaven Dredging Coy, and some at the members of the Sydney Stock Exchange, inspected the Company…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade
Shipments of coal at the port of Bellambi during last week amounted to 2600 tone, 720 tons being for Victoria, 300 tons for New Zealand, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade
The coal shipped from Wollongong last month totalled 60,815 tons, 47,467 tons being despatched from the jetties and 13,348 tons from the basin. This…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade
Compared with the export during the corresponding month of last year, the quantity of coal shipped from Wollongong last month represented an increase of over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Visit Op the Minister for Mines
Hon. Joseph Cook, Minister for Minas and Agriculture, was met at the Wollongong railway station on Thursday by a number of citizens and driven to the Brighton Hotel,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New Nation. Powerful Address by the Minister for Mines. the Equal Representation Trouble. the Excessive Taxation Bogie
The Hon. Joseph Cook, Minister for Mines and Agriculture, visited Mt. Kembla on Thursday evening and delivered an address in advocacy of the Federal Bill…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade
Shipments of coal at the port of Bellambi ending last week amounted to 1800 tons, 280 being for Melbourne and the balance for Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal-mining Industry
Trade locally has been dull for the past few weeks. There is no apparent prospect of settling the miners' strike at Lithgow. All the pits…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Bulli Colliery
A meeting of miners at South Bulli Colliery was held on Saturday to consider the proposal of the proprietors. It appears the owners have found that they…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Trade. District Items
The new ventilating fan and engine for the Coal-Cliff Colliery arrived by s.s. Herga on Saturday last, and it is understood that work at this colliery will shortly be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade
Trade at most of the district collieries continues slack, the rough weather having seriously interfered with loading operation. Up to Thursday last the Mount Kembla…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Port Kembla. Terrible Effct of the Rough Weather. the Southern Coal Company. Loss of 4500 Tons Coal and Coke
Mr. Walter Evans (manager Southern Coal Company of N.S.W., Ltd.) writes as follows under yesterday's date:— "Just to show you the difference the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jubilee of the Illawarra Coal Trade. the 27Th of August Next. Why Not Celebrate the Occasions by a Public Demonstration?
One often hears old residents of the district speaking of a public demonstration that took place in Wollongong when the first coal ever mined from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade. the Lithgow Strike
From a report of the proceedings in The Worker, we gather that Mr. George Henderson, secretary of the Illawarra miners, suggested at the meeting of the…
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