A Colliery Fire
Last July, at about 8 p.m., an alarming fire Woke out in the engine bouse of the Highhouse coal pit, Auchihleck, Ayrshire, Scotland,…
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Mining & the mines, 1908
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The Miners' Sports (To the Editor.)
Sir,—Of all the different places available on the South Coast the worst one has been chosen as a place to hold the so-called Miners' Sports…
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The Illawarra Miners' Gala takes place on Bode's grounds to-morrow, the first event being timed to commence at 10 o'clock. Over 2000…
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Yesterday Messrs. G. S. Youll (manager Bulli Colliery) and T. R. Morgan (miners' general secretary) visited Mount Keira Colliery and…
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At the 67th annual meeting of the British Medical Association at Sheffield (Eng.) between 800 and 900 members of the profession were…
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Never has there been such a successful gathering in Wollongong as that of the Miners Gala and picnic on Sat-urday, there being over 2000 present…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tongarra Mine. Proposed Flotation Into a Company
There is a movement on foot to float the Tongarra coal mine into a company. Several Albion Park residents have been approached with a…
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The quarterly board meeting of the delegates of the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association was held at Tattersall's Hotel yesterday. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reminiscences of the Gold-fields. a Clever Bit of Salting
In forcible, if not elegant language old Ah Le Ong impressed upon me the necessity of " doing something," the "something" being the making…
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One of the first results of the Victorian Premier's announcement that the Nyora to Woolamai railway is to be constructed is a proposal to…
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The quarterly board meeting of the delegates of the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association was held at Tattersall's Hotel, on Thursday. The…
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After an interval of ten weeks, the Special Mining Court resumed, the hearing of the Teralba case at the Newcastle Court-house ,on Tuesday…
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The Mt. Pleasant lodge met on Monday night and adopted the minutes of the last quarterly delegate meeting. The report of the…
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Mt. Pleasant Lodge met on Monday evening, and adopted the minutes of the late delegate meeting. The report of the interview of…
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The following is extracted from an account of an installation in Utah, U.S.A.:— After the miners have gone into…
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At the April meeting of the Manchester Geological and Mining Society a paper was read by Mr. James Ashworth upon air compression and time…
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A few weeks ago a claim was made upon the Southern Coalowners Association for compensation to day labor employees who worked the long…
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In connection with the discovery of antracite coal at tho Excelsior Col-liery, Thirroul, the proprietors (Messrs. Kirton and Earnshaw) state…
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It appears that, there is a strong probability of the Wongawilli mine at West Dapto being sold to a powerful company who will be prepared to carry…
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It is reproted on good authority that the Wongawilli coal mine, near West Dapto, has practically been sold and that the syndicate who have acquired the property intend…
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