The Coal-Mining Industry
There have been rumours current recently that several colliery proprietors contemplated withdrawing from the Coalowners' Association, with the view of carrying on…
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Mining & the mines, 1903
202 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 11
Miners' Delegate Meeting
The Minors' Association's quarterly delegate meeting was held at the Terminus Hotel, Wollongong, on Saturday. There were present Messrs. James M'Guire…
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Mr. A. M. Henshaw, the newly-electcd president of the North Staffordshire Institution of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, referred in course…
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Returns of the Newcastle coal trade daring 1902 show up better than was expected. The total export is 2,996,764 tons. This is 137,971 tons (about 4…
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Tests are to made by the H.M.S. Mildura as to the suitability of Collie (W.A.) coal for Admiralty purposes. After continuous and exacting tests the…
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A company has been formed in Paris to work the coat deposits of Nondone. The members of the working staff are expected to arrive in Caledonia early this…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →British Coal Production
Dr. C. Le Neve Foster, in his recently published statistical statement, gives the following as the coal production of Great Britain daring 1901:—…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Coal Mines Regulation Act. Certificates of Competancy
The following candidates have been reported by the examiner (Messrs. W. Humble F.G.S., T. Parton, F.G.S., J.P., and A. E. O. Sellers, to have passed satisfactorily :—…
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The travelling cranes in use for loading ships with coal at Newcastle have been lighted by electricity. The fire in the ill-fated Greta mine is…
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A shaft is being sunk at Castlecomer, in Kilkenny, Ireland, to test the coal deposits of that district. It has long been known that three different seams…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Coal and Coke Shipments
The following were the shipments of coal and coke from the port of Wollongong for the month of January, 1903 : —Coal: From the jetties, 58,729 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →South Bulli Mine
A large f[?]n is en[?] from England for use at the South Bulli Mine. This will be one of the largest fans insta[?] in New South Wales, and three extra…
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Accidents through explosions have been rather numerous in collieries during the past few years, and many theories have been advanced to account…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Miners' Election
The following nominations have been received from the different miners' lodges to fill the respective offices. The men will be elected under the Queensland system of…
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In 1844 the Haswell Colliery, Durham, England, exploded, and Professors Faraday and Lyell were engaged to investigate the cause. In their report…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Future of South African Goldfields
During the eight months ending in August 1890, after which the commencement of the Boer war interfered with the active working of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Fair
The Salvation Army held a successful Miners' Fair in the old barracks iu Crown-street on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon and evening. The fair assumed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Banquet to a Colliery Manager
To show the esteem in which Mr. A. E. O. Sellers was held by his men in the Corrimal-Balgown[?] colliery, the employees of that colliery entertained him at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arbitration Court. Illawarra Collieries Dispute
The dispute between the Illawarra colliers and their employers was again before the Arbitration Court on Monday, on summonses by both claimants…
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The researches of Professor Vivian Lewis, of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, England, show that 51.18 percent of the gases given off by…
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