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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1903

202 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 5 of 11

Mining Matters

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1903 · page 2

The joint committee will meet in Sydney on Monday next to deal with the matters from Coledale colliery which were postponed from last meeting. The "front" and…

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A Record Coal Cargo

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1903 · page 2

The steamer Como, which arrived at the Southern Coal Company's jetty on Thursday week last, left on Wednesday for Sydney with a record carge of Mount…

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[All Rights Reserved.] His Love and Mine. Chapter I.

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 20 June 1903 · page 5

The unpleasant truth wits brought home to me one day—sugared like an unsavoury powder—that I was getting quite an old fellow. It was at the Murray's yearly garden…

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Colliery Screenings

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 27 June 1903 · page 18

The Lithgow coal trade showed no improvement during the past week. The past few weeks have been rather slack, as far as the mines are concerned…

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Miners Fined

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 27 June 1903 · page 10

On Thursday, [?]ohn Stayne, David Stanners, Geo. [?] and Mark Walton, our miners from [?] Mt. Kembla mine, were prosecuted [?] the Wollongong…

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Coal Tar

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 27 June 1903 · page 1

Marvellous have been the advances of science within recent years, and perhaps nothing illustrates this better than the discoveries in…

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The Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 27 June 1903 · page 11

The adjourned meeting of the Joint Committee was held in Sydney on Monday. Present: Messrs. c. J. Byrnes (presiding), D.A.W. Robertson, and…

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Miners' Relief Fund

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 27 June 1903 · page 18

The annual statement of the accounts of the New South Wales Miners' Accident Relief Board was laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday…

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Mining Information

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1903 · page 2

The joint committee met in Sydney on Monday last. Messrs. C. J. Byrnes chairman), J. V. Vickery and D. A. W. Robertson represented the proprietors, and…

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Broken Hill Water Famine. an Alarming Position. the Mines All Stopped. Five Thousand Men Unemployed

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1903 · page 2

The position of Broken-hill at the present juncture is the darkest that has ever been known in the history of the Barrier. Three months ago the outlook for the Barrier was…

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Glanmire Goldfield

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 1 July 1903 · page 2

A local gentleman who has spent much time in gold mining, hands us the following clipping taken from the "Bathurst Times." Since our last report in connection with the…

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Colliery Screenings

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 4 July 1903 · page 18

The Sydney Harbor Collieries company was compelled to reconstruct because, in place of the thick seam of coal which they expected to find at the…

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Coal and Coke Shipments

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 4 July 1903 · page 2

Shipments at port of Bellambi for week ended 27th altimo amounted to 56[?]4 tons of coal, 1267 tons being shipped to Adelaide, and balance to Sydney. For the current…

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Colliery Screenings

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 11 July 1903 · page 19

Lithgow: The coal trade for the week shows no improvement; work is still very slack. The difficulty amongst the wheelers…

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The Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 11 July 1903 · page 12

A delegate meeting was held at the Terminus Hotel, Wollongong, on Wednesday. Mr. Whifford, a delegate from the Victorian mining district was…

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Coal and [?] Shipments

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 11 July 1903 · page 11

The following [?] the shipments of coal and coke [?] Port of Wollongong, for the mon[?] of June, 1903:—Coal. From the [?]ties, 57,690 tons…

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Mining and Shipping

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1903 · page 2

The bore which is being put down at Stanwell Park has proved the top or Bulli seam to be 6ft. thick of good, clean coal. The bore is to be put down through…

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The District Collieries

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1903 · page 2

The district collieries have worked the following days for the last 16 weeks ended June 27:—Coledale, 82¾; Bulli, 82½; Corrimal, 77; Helenburgh, 76; South…

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Colliery Screenings

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 18 July 1903 · page 18

As attempts to effect a settlement of the labor trouble at the Collie Burn Coal Mine, W. A., have failed, the company has decided to close the mine, and all…

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The Miners' Gala Day

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1903 · page 2

ThEe proposal of the delegate meeting to hold the gala day at Come is likely to be defeated by a vote of the lodges…

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