New Mode of Ventilating Mines
A few days ago the members of the Incorporated Association of South Staffordshire Mine Agents, paid a visit to the Homer Hill Colliery, near Dudley, for the purpose of…
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Mining & the mines, 1869
41 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 3
Arrival of the Alexandra at Adelaide., with the Englich Mail. Per Geelong. Hostilities Between Turkey and Greece. Mr. Gladstone, Premier. Discount, 3 Per Cent. Wool Firm at Last Rates. the New Ministry. Fearful Colliery Explosion
[Intelligence of the arrival of the English mail at Adelaide, reached Newcastle on Tuesday morning. In the afternoon of the same. day we…
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A dreadful colliery explosion occurred at Hindley, near Wigan, on the morning of Thursday, Nov. 26, by which no fewer than sixty-one unfortunate beings instantly lost…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Wages. To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle
Sir,— I see by tho Minmi correspondence in one of your late issues, that the miners there have been asking their manager for an advance of Cd. per ton wages, and that they received a…
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There had been altogether twenty four deaths resulting from the explosion at the Haydock collieries, near St. Helena. The pit where the accident took place is the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. George Elliott on Mining Matters
At the general meeting of the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers, Mr. George Elliott, of Houghton Hall, and partner in the Duffrym Coal Company, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Diggings in Scotland
A gentleman in Helmsdale, who visited Kildonan on Thursday last, sends the following account of his experience ut the diggings: â "Hearing so much about the success of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Oaks Colliery
Saturday last was the second anniversary of the most fatal catastrophe known in the mining history of the world. Two years ago the explosion at the Oaks colliery resulted in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle V. New Zealand Coal
IF what we read in some of the late Auckland papers be true, the Present supply of coal for the New Zealand markets may be reasonably expected to suffer a considerable diminution…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters to the Editor. Co-OPERATIVE Coal-miming Company. To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle
SIR— As two letters appeared in your paper some time ago—the one signed "Nil Desperandum," the other "Fair Play" each professing to be a little put out about the position of the shareholders of the above…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Colliery Accident in South-west Lancashire. Three Men Killed and Four Injured
Yesterday morning, a few moments after midnight, another colliery accident occurred in the South-west Lancashire coalfield, which has already resulted in the loss of three lives,…
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THE announcement contained in our telegraphic news from Sydney, if true, is about the most startling and important piece of intelligence that it has been our lot to record for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Co-operative Coal Company
A meeting of creditors in tho insolvent estate of the above company was held at the Traveller's Rest Inn, Wallsend, on tho evening of Tuesday last, for the purpose of hearing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letters to the Editor. New South Wales Co-operative Coal-mining Company v. CREDITORS. To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle
SIR—I see that, at a meeting of the creditors of the above Company, held at the Traveller's Rest Hotel, Wallsend, on the 25th ultimo, a resolution was carried to accept the offer of Messrs…
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Another dreadful colliery catastrophe, causing the death of at least thirty-six persons, occurred on the morning of Thursday, April 1, in the South Lancashire district—an explosion…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Gold Discoveries at Trunkey.—official Report
An official confirmation of the rumours that have recently been in circulation with regard to tho alleged discovery of rich gold deposits at Trunkey Creek, in the Western…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Accident at the Lambton Colliery. To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle
SIR—With your permission I wish to make a remark or two on the late accident at tho Lambton Colliery's new sinking pit. I attribute the accident to one thing, viz., the stemming with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trunkey Gold-fields. Bathurst
I have just returned from Turnkey Creek, where I saw all the reefsâof which the five on Crooked Tree Creek are the chief. The atone looks very well, but nothing specially…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Insurance of Mines and Miners
THE subject of life assurance has, on more than one occasion, been brought prominently under the notice of the people of this district; and, considering the very great advantages of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hulfe Gottes Silver and Lead-mining Company. To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle
SIR—In your report of the general meeting of the shareholders in the Hulfe Gottes Silver and Leadm-ining Company (Limited), you mention that the meeting adjourned to Saturday, at two…
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