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Mining & the mines, 1905

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Illawarra Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 10 May 1905 · page 2

A deputation, consisting of Mr. D. Ritchie (general secretary of the Southern Coal Miners' Association) and Mr. T. R. Morgan (treasurer), was introduced to the…

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Colliery Screenings

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 20 May 1905 · page 18

The output at the Jumbunna coalmine, Gippsland, daring the past half-year was 22,212 tons, as compared with 21,277 tons for the preceding half-year…

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Coal Trade

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 20 May 1905 · page 2

The following steamers loaded at Port Kembla this week for Sydney:—Sphene 430tons, Kurrara 435, Palmerston 1000, Horga 250, Marjorie 1200, Werfa 1130…

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The Telephone. Further Extension of Its Usefulness. Collieries and Public Offices Now Connected

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 24 May 1905 · page 2

The Postal Department has made arrangements whereby all the local collieries, pilot station, police station, gaol, etc., can now be switched on to the local exchange…

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Colliery Screenings

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 27 May 1905 · page 16

The possibility of China, with its vast resources and abundant supply of cheap labor, entering the lists as a competitor as a coal producer for outride consumers…

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Coal Trade

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 27 May 1905 · page 2

At Port Kembla this week the following steamers loaded cargoes of coal:—Kembla 320, Sphene 430, Herga 500, Werfa 600, Governor Blackall 500, all for Sydney…

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Coal Trade

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 31 May 1905 · page 2

The following are the shipments of coal at Belmore Basin for last week:—Beagle 180 tons; Herga 500, Governor Blackall 1250, Mt. Kembla 1300. Palmerston 1000…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 10 June 1905 · page 11

Messrs. Ritchie (secretary) and Morgan (treasurer) had an interview in Sydney during the week with Mr. Sokehill, manager of the Balmain Colliery,…

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Miners' Union. Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association. Delegate Meeting

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 13 June 1905 · page 4

A special delegate meeting was held at Tattersall's Hotel on Saturday last, which was well attended by the district officers, and one representative…

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Coal-minining in New Caledonia. an Interesting Article

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 13 June 1905 · page 4

The efforts about to be made to mine for coal at Noudoe are attracting much attention in New Caledonia. Explorations it is said, have shown that in the…

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Colliery Screenings

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 17 June 1905 · page 16

In applying electrical energy to the business of coal-cutting in one of the Leicestershire (England) pits, the current is generated on the surface, and…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 17 June 1905 · page 14

A special delegate meeting was held in Tattersall's Hotel, Wollongong, on Saturday. The president, Mr. A Hicks, was in the chair, and there were present:…

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Brown Coal in Victoria

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 20 June 1905 · page 2

Mr. J. S Sirling, formerly head of the Geological Department in Victoria, states that a Morwell, in Gippsland, there is a bed of brown coal 70 feet in…

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Coal Discovery in New Zealand

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 20 June 1905 · page 2

A contemporary announces the discovery, near Westport, in New Zealand said to be superior even to selected…

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Mining Notes. a Coalgas Ship

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 20 June 1905 · page 2

Science is moving so quickly that it is difficult to keep pace with its advance, and even the turbine, and the oil motor-boat, are now threatened by…

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Mining Notes

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 June 1905 · page 1

A Russian who claims to have made a thorough investigation of the source of natural gas, advances the theory that the gas is the product of the salt…

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I.s.n. Co's. Boats. to Coal at Wollongong

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 June 1905 · page 7

The Illawarra and South Coast Steam Navigation Company has arranged with the Mount Pleasant Company to supply their boats with coal, and the…

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Colliery Screenings

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 24 June 1905 · page 12

Lithgow:—The stagnation which has characterised the coal trade for some months still continues, and a revival is not likely until the railways show more…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 24 June 1905 · page 11

All the resolutions of the late special delegate meeting have been approved be far, by the lodges. The invitation to Mr. Watson to contest Federal…

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Coal Shares

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 27 June 1905 · page 7

Joseph Palmer and Son's monthly statement says:—"Coal shares, except Bellambi, Mount Kembla, and Vale of Clwydd, keep very depressed. There is now a large export of coal…

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