Export of Coal. Week Ending 11Th Januart, 1861:—
A. A. COMPANY.—Sydney, 854 tons; Melbourne, 1039 tons; Tasmania, 102 tons; foreign ports, 471 tons. Total, 2466 tons. C. AND C. COMPANY.—Sydney, 561 tons; Melbourne…
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Mining & the mines, 1861
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Ventilation of Coal Mines
As the question of the ventilation of the coal mines of the district is about to come before the House, it may not be amiss from time to time to supply such data, derived from various sources, as may lead to a…
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The following is the report adopted by the shareholders of this company at the half-yearly meeting held on Monday last:- "The directors have the honour to report the…
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O[?] all the various means by which locomotion is achieved, commend me—for every purpose of observation and enquiry—to the employed by the pedestrian traveller. In other and more expeditious…
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Af the estimate of Mr. Thomas J. Taylor nearly agrees with the estimate of Dr. Hutchinson, but it was not quite provided for diluting the gases to a point where they would be no longer injurious, nor for removing the sir after it has…
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Setting out in a day or two from thence, I again took the road for Bathurst, camping in the course of my journey, one night, with a man who was just returning with his wife and children from "Kiandra…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stoppage of the Coal and Copper Company's Works
INFORMATION has reached us that the Coal and Copper Company's men employed at the tunnels had, in consequence of a dispute about the discharge of one of their number, all struck work…
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It has always appeared to me that the diggers of New South Wales are, in quest of gold, much too apt to confine their reaserches to creeks. Now, as in the case of Ballaarat, Bendigo, Eag'e…
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FROM a statement contained in a Newport journal, entitled the Star of Gwent, we learn that a fearful colliery explosion took place on Saturday, December 8th, 1860, in which not…
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ON Friday night, in accordance with previous arrangement, the steamer London left Sydney with a party of gentleman on a visit of inspection to the Wallsend company's coal mine…
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THE RISCA (SOUTH WALES) COLL[?]R EXPLOSION. —The official inquiry into the cause of this accident commenced on Wednesday at Risca, before Mr. Brewer, the deputy coroner. The explosion it will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Export of Coal. Week Ending March 20, 1861:—
A. A. COMPANY.—Sydney, 200 tons ; Melbourne, 1237; us; New Zealand, 333 tons ; steamers, 150 tons. Total, 20 tons. ([?]E AVISFORD MURDER.—The Western Gold…
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A few gentlemen engaged in the importation [?] coal to Melbourne from Newcastle, met yesterday at Jones' Hotel, William-street, for the purpose taking into consideration the best means of checking…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →(Cruort of Coal. Week Ending April 12, 1861:—
A. A. COMPANY.—Sydney, 651 tons; Melbourne, 1008 tons; Tasmania, 86 tons; New Zealand, 12 tons; foreign ports, 81 tons; steamers, 81 tons. Total, 1926 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Copy of a Reply to an Application for a Lease of Coal Land at Hexham. Department of Lands and Public Works, Sydney, 4th August, 1859
SIR—With reference to your letter of the 29th ultimo, requesting permission to work certain land at Hexham, supposed by you to contain coal, I am directed to inform you that the Government hare it in contemplation to issue…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Visit to MINMI.—The extensive colliery of the
Messrs. Brown, Leaving the shoo's, which are erected on the western bank of the Hunter. A quarter of a [?] from the Hexham railway station, we proceeded in the return waggons, over the extensive swamp six miles across, known…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Open-air Meeting at Waratah
The first annual meeting of the coalminers' association of Newcastle, New South Wales, took place at Groves' paddock, Warath, on Friday last, the 24th instant The ground was excellently chosen…
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Gold has been discovered in South Australia, about three miles to the eastward of Mount Lofty. WINDEYER, MUROO DIGGINGS.—A party of foreigners have been working in the old diggings, the last two or three…
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A RUSH has taken place on the site of the government reservoir at Amberst, and the payable ground appears to be tolerably extensive. Many of the miners, without permission, have commenced sinking on the reserved space…
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UMERELLA DIGGINGS.—Early in the week Mr. Charles Solomon, and several other gentlemen, visited these diggings, as they are now fairly entitled to be termed. They washed several dishes of dirt, and obtained prospects from…
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