New Zealand Coal Mines. the Kawakawa Mines
Next to our flax and gum exports there is another local industry which has already con-ferred great benefit upon the province, and bids fair to become of more importance as the…
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Mining & the mines, 1870
47 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 3
Fatal Colliery Accident
It is with regret we have to record another accident which took place at Now Lamb ton pit, on Wednesday, and terminated fatally on the following day, Thursday. The subject of…
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Mr. J. Carpenter, in the Gentleman's Magazine, asks:—What are we to do when our coal is all burnt out? The present generation seem to think that this is no business of theirs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Second Annual Meeting of the Lambton Mechanics' and Miners' Institute
The above meeting was held in the Institute, on Tuesday evening, the 25th January, the President, T. Croudace, in the chair. The Chairman, in opening the meeting…
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A series of very interesting experiments were made on Thursday week, in Usworth Colliery, the property of Messrs. Elliot and Jonassohn, in order to test the utility of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hulfe Gottes Silver and Lead. Mining Company
The second half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders of the above company was held in the City Hull, Newcomen-street, on Saturday afternoon last, F. J. Shaw, Esq.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crampton's Coal Dust Fire
Some time ago, Mr. Crumpton conceived the idea of utilising coal waste by grinding it to a fine powder mid burning it by a blast jet suspended, as it were, in the air, much as one…
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The exports this week are 11,140 tons coal, of which 2317 tons were shipped to Sydney, 4704 to Melbourne, 411 to Adelaide, 1357 to New Zealand. 70 to Brisbane, 50 to the Richmond River, 410 to Valparaiso, 630 to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters to the Editor. Colliery Concerns — Small Coals. To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle
SIR—There was somewhat of a coincidence in your Wallsend correspondent and myself taking up the same subject to write about on Saturday last; but the unanimity with which our facts…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letters to the Editor. MR. G. A. Lloyd's Coal Returns. To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronic'e
Sir—You say "the returns moved for by Mr. G. A. Lloyd are of great importance in this city. A large amount of influence is brought to bear upon the Government to induce them to carry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters to the Editor. the Waratah Colliery Accident Society Picnic. To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle
SIR—Aa some dissatisfaction exists in the minds of the general public who attended the above picnic, on Easter Monday, anent the arrangements for providing luncheon and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Visit to a Coal Pit
By the time my pit-toilette is completed, Mercury makes his appearance— a civil, short square-shouldered "deputy," attired in flannel hip jacket, and knee-breeches, and blue,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Suez Canal and Our (Newcastle) Coal Trade
The Suez Canal, and its now current of commerce, will alter the commercial tide of the world. The ancient world— two thousand years since, and older than that—had, indeed,…
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In our issue of the 31st ultimo, we pointed out the advantages that were likely to accrue to our coal trade by the opening of the Suez Canal, but not being able to exhaust the…
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Under the title of " Underground Life," M. Simonin has given us by far the most exhaustive and interesting account of mines and miners that has yet been produced. It is an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Inspector of Collieries' Half-yearly Report
In our issue of the 11th instant, we published the Inspector of Collieries' Report for the half-year ending 30th June, 1869. We have since received a copy of Mr. Lewis'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inspector of Collieries' Report. To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle
SIR—In my report of Seris accident at the Lambton pit-sinking, please substitute "circumference" for "diameter," and for sign of addition the sign of multiplication. Yours, c.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters to the Editor. the Waratah Collieries. To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle
SIR.—In your contemporary, the Newcastle P[?]ot, of last Saturday's issue, appeared a letter, signed "Truth," bearing on the subject of the dispute in question, between the manager of the Waratah Coal Company,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aggregate Meeting of Miners at Griffiths' Flat
On Tuesday, an aggregate meeting of the miners of the Hunter Favor district was held at Griffiths' Flat, between Waratah and Lambton, to take into consideration certain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters to the Editor. the Waratah Collieries. To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle
SIR.—In last Tuesday's issue there appeared a letter signed "Rambler," who, I think, has named himself right, for he has rambled from the information he obtained much further than…
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