Australasia Coal Company
Dr. HILL left Lambton on Monday, for the purpose or attending the annual shareholder's meeting of the above Company, which will be held in Melbourne shortly. Dr. Hill has been…
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Mining & the mines, 1876
527 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 27
The Deepest Mine in Australasia
The Melbourne Herald says that the Newington Company, Pleasant Creek, have now got to the great depth of 1700 feet, which is the deepest mine in Australasia. The ground is better, and quartz…
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An explosion of fire-damp has taken place at the Scarnale claim, by which two shareholders, named J. Sinclair and Bryce Hall, were rather severely…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Explosion near Cardiff. Loss of Twelve Lives
ANOTHER explosion occurred on Monday at a colliery about six miles from Cardiff, by which twelve men lost their lives and the same number injured. Llan Colliery, where the…
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ABOUT half past nine o'clock on Monday morning, a tearful explosion took place at Swaithe Main Colliery, about three miles from Barnsley, by which it is estimated that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MR. E. H. Hargraves and the 25th Anniversary of the Gold Discovery
THE facts that this day (12th February) is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the discovery of gold in Australia, and that Parliament had recently granted a pension to the discoverer,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Colliery Townships. Wallsend. Municipal Council
A special meeting of the above Council was held at the Council Chambers on Monday evening last. Present: The Mayor, J. Y. Neilson, Esq., aldermen Harris, Ross, Richardson, Fryar,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New Coal Mines Regulation Bill
WE clip the following letter from the Herald of Wednesday last, as it will doubtless b: read with interest by our readers:— (To The Editor of the Herald)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Greta Colliery
By the Sydney papers we notice that the Greta Colliery, plant, &c., is advertised for sale for Tuesday next, 22nd inst. Sale or no sale, we hope after that date, something definate will have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Explosions in England
THE Newcastle-on-Type Chronicle of Saturday December 11 says:—It was not difficult to defect omens of disaster for the miner in the weather of the past week. The frequency of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wallsend Miners. Doctor's Meeting
A SPECIAL MEETING of the above was held in Harris' Rooms, on Tuesday evening. Mr. J. Brown in the chair—The minutes of previous meeting were read and confirmed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Fields' Regulation Bill
IT will be remembered that when the District Officers of the Miners Union interviewed Mr Lucas, Minister for Mines, on the 9th inst., he promised that the Bill should be made the first…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railways and the Coal Trade
AT the nomination of the lion A. Stuart for East Sydney, on Tuesday lost, that gentleman made the following remarks in the course of his address:—"Coal-producing was one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Export of Coal. Official Returns
THE total amount of coal shipped at the port of Newcastle for the week ending February 1s, 1876, is 17,826 tons, of which amount 3699 tons were shipped to Sydney, 4091 to Melbourne, 889 to New Zealand,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Colliery Townships. Wallsend. Town-council
A meeting of the above, Council was held Thursday evening isst., at the Council members. Present: The Mayor (J. Y. Neil[?] Alterman Harris, Ross, Fryar,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Borchole Miners
THE usual fortnightly committee meeting of the above miners was held at Mr. J. William's Hotel. Junction, on Monday evening last. Mr. H. Brumager in the chair. The minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wallsend Miners
THE usual monthly meeting of the above was held on Friday evening, in Harris' Rooms. Mr. G. Reay in the chair.—The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Co-operative Miners
THE usual monthly meeting of the above was held on Saturday evening last, at Lorey'S Hotel. There was a good attendance, and Mr. J. Williams presided. The minutes of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal for Locomotive Purposes
By Friday's Parliamentary proceedings it will be seen that a rather auimated debate took place respecting the aceptance, by the Government, of an offer from the Waratah…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Extraordinary Yield of Gold at Elaine (Ballarat)
By our Victorian Exchanges we learn that the 3Minerva Quartz Co., at Elaine, some few miles from Ballarat, has got 596 ounces of one ton of stone. A few claims have been getting fair gold on this field for some…
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