The Coal Mining Industry. the Proposed Advance
As decided on by the Delegate Board, the Southern colliery-owners have been asked to meet representatives of the miners in conference to consider the…
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Mining & the mines, 1899
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Eight Hours a Day for Coal-miners
In the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday Mr. Edden's bill to fix eight hours as a day's work in coal mines went through with practically no…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Illawarra-robertson Railway Line. Essential for the Mineral Development of the Southern Parts of the Colony. a Work of Supreme National Importance. the Trade Route of the Interior with the Illawarra Coal Measures. Duplication of the Illawarra Railway Between Bulli and Dapto, Via Port Kembla. Letters to the Minister for Works and Railway Commissioners
A singular coincidence occurred recently concerning the two very important matters of the Robertson-Illawarra railway movement and the duplication of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales Gold Yield
THE Department of Mines has compiled the usual monthly return showing the yield of a gold within the colony during the month of October, The return shows that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade
The shipments of coal from the port of Wollongong during the month of October aggregated 68,129 tons—a very satisfactory total. Of this quantity 49,259 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade
Shipments of coal at the port of Bellambi last week amounted to 3660 tons, 910 tons for Melbourne and the balance for Sydney. For the pay yesterday miners at South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade
Shipments of coal at the port of Bellambi last week amounted to 5950 tons coal, 2100 tons being for Albany and the balance for Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Illawarra Collieries. Proposed Advance in Hewing-rate. Conference Between Owners and Miners
The hewing-rate paid by mine-owners in the South Coast collieries has been a subject for discussion between the miners and the mine proprietors for some time…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Clifton Colliery
One of the prettiest roads in the district (writes an occasional correspondent) is that) portion of the Main South Coast Road between Bulli and South Clifton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade
Shipments of coal at the port of Bellambi last week amounted to 6057 tons coal, 2224 tons being for Melbourne and the balance for Sydney. This is one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Accident Relief Fund Bill
We have been asked by a correspondent to publish the main provisions of the Miners' Accident Relief Fund Bill now before Parliament. This is a measure…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Ghost in a Copper Mine
Some consternation has been caused among some of the minners at the Blayney copper mine by the visitations of a ghost in one of the shafts. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mount Keira Jottings. the Coal Trade
The coal trade continues in a very satisfactory state. For the current fortnightly pay the mine worked 8¼ days, and the prospect of good trade for the next pay is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal-mining Industry
At the Wallsend Colliery the miners are being paid 3s 2d for round coal and 11d per ton for small. The small that goes through the screen from the round…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mount Kembla Jottings. the Coal Trade
The mine continues to work every day, and the output is very large, the brisk demand being met without the slightest trouble. The Captain Cook took 225…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Many Products of Coal Tar
The wand of the alchemist becomes more wondrous in its transforming powers every day. No tale in the Arabian Nights, no story of the wondrous…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade
In addition to the ordinary colliers, the following intercolonial steamers have loaded at Bellambi during the week:—Norkoowa and Werfa for Melbourne, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade
Shipments of coal at the port of Bellambi last week amounted to the large total of 6365 tons 2580 tons for Melbourne, 1700 tons for Sydney, and 2085…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade. Increase in the Hewing-rate. Offer by the Proprietors
The secretary of the Southern Miners' Association has received a reply from the Coal-owners' Association to the effect that they are willing to pay, on and after the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal-mining Industry. Proposed Advance in the Hewing Rate
We understand that at a meeting of the Delegate Board of the Illawarra Miners' Association it was decided to recommend to the district the acceptance of the…
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