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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
527 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 27
It would appear from a circumstance which occurred on Tuesday that there is a very widespread disaffection among the officials in the Mining department. A petition has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ELSEWHERE will be found a copy of a petition now in course of signature to be presented to the Minister for Mines, praying that the Coal Mines Bill be passed into law as early as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THERE is very little news this week (says the Cooktown Herald) from the Palmer and the new rush, and as the old saving has it "no news is good news" What reports…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ON Wednesday last several of the topmen interviewed the manager, and requested an advance in wages, which was conceded at once; some of them have received a promise…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The usual monthly meeting of the above miners was held in the Druid's Hall, on Monday evening last. Mr. A Sneddon in the chair.—The minutes of last meeting were read…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →COAL FIELD'S REGULATION BILL.—On Monday last, the district officers proceeded to Sydney, for the purpose of having an interview with the Minister for Mines, urging upon them…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SEVEN men wore killed on December 3 at one of the Wigan Coal and Iron Company's pits. They were descending the shaft in the cage, which caught the ascending one. The whole…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THIS subject, which has received more attention perhaps titan any other matter ever brought before the miners of the district, occupied the time of the Lambton miners for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE District Officers of the Hunter River Miners' Association waited upon the Minister for Mines, on Tuesday last, for the purpose of urging upon him the necessity of passing the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We have been informed that the parties who have been engaged for some time past in boring for coal on Mr. Thomas Garrett's estate have struck a splendid seam of coal some ten feet in thickness. Should the seam…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A terrible colliery explosion, which it is feared will result in more than two hundred lives being lost, has just occurred at Swaithe Main Colliery, about four miles from Barnsley. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mons, December 16—A terrible explosion of firedamp occurred this morning in the La Court shaft of the colliery at the village of Frameries near here. One hundred and ten persons were killed and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Me thinks you are getting reckless, though I can well understand why that worthy gentleman's contributions must have a prominent place in your journal. We must be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—Will you permit me, through the columns of your widely circulated paper, to answer Mr. Fryar's statements with regard to the interment of the child of Mr. and Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A colliery accident, by which twenty-one persons lost their lives, occured here yesterday morning in the workings of the New Tredegar Colliery, through an explosion of fire-damp…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SUMMARY OF THE REPORT OF THE INSPECTORS' OF MINES, UNDER THE ABOVE ACT. From the first summary we learn that in the year 1873, 62,306 persons were employed in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →John Thomas (coal miner), was brought up in custody, by the direction of his worship the Mayor, F. J. Shaw, Esq., of Newcastle, charged with cutting and wounding with a pocket…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE latest reports from the Mandurama goldfield state that the place is all but a complete failure, and that out of the many thousands who were attracted to the spot by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We observe that signatures are being collected at the Wallsend Colliery in support of the Bill now before the House, and which is likely to "die" through being crushed with other business. It is to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE usual monthly meeting of the above was held on Thursday evening last. There was a good attendance, Mr. J. Ashburn in the chair.—The minutes of previous meeting were read…
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