Terrible Colliery Explosion.—loss of Eighty-nine Lives
The Rhondda Valley, long and unenviably notorious, for its catastrophes, has once more been the scene of a terrible explosion, by which a large…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1881
304 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 16
The San Francisco Coal Trade
THE San Francisco News Letter of Nov. 27 says:—"Since our last issue more than 20,000 tons of home and foreign coal have been received at this port…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Coal Trade and the Causes of Its Depression. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—I noticed a communication of rather a suspicious character in your issue of the 11th instant, to which there was appended an article from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LOCAL & GENERAL. Gold-Mining Leases
A NUMBER of gold-mining leases declared void, in the Hunter and Macleay mining district, will be found in the Gazette of the 1st inst…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence the Coal Crisis. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—The great interest you have always taken in the prosperity of the staple industry (coal) of this city and district emboldens me to trespass on your…
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IN our issue of yesterday we published a letter headed "The Goal Crisis," with the signature "Citizen." The writer in question appears to think…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Export of Coal. for the Week Ending February 4, 1881
THE export of coal from Port of Newcastle, is shown by the following copy of the official returns, supplied us by the several coll[?]. No returns have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[From the Sydney Papers.] Mining Notes from Temora
TEMORA, Thursday.—Some splendid stone was brought into the Herald office, from Fahey's Reef, yesterday afternoon, and some nice gold was embedded in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Miners and the Coal Proprietors. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—It appears to me that there is a want of a due appreciation by the members of the Miners' Union of their true position in relation to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prevention of Accidents in Mines. Meeting in Cardiff
On Wednesday, December 8th, a deputation waited upon the Rev. T. Jones, of Rhymney, at the Black Lion Hotel, Cardiff, to consider a scheme of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Terrible Colliery Explosion in Wales
ON Monday morning Mr. N. B. Reece, coroner for the Llantrissant district opened an inquest upon the bodies in his district at the Butchers' Arms…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Trade and the Causes of its Depression
THE following extracts from Home papers, referred to in our foot-note to a letter singed "W. B.," published in last Tuesday's issue, will be read with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Conference
AN important conference of miners' delegates was held at Lambton on Saturday last. The conference took place at Tonk's Marquis of Lorne Hotel, and lasted all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Moonta Mines
THE once celebrated Moonta mines of South Australia appear to be looking up again. We take the following from the Y. P. Advertiser:—"It is with great…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Mining News
COPELAND NORTH, Tuesday.—No. 1 West Mountain Maid, Moses and Neem's, crushed 22 tons quartz for 86 ounces gold. Prince Charlie is crushing also. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Seaham Colliery Explosion
THE adjourned inquest was resumed on Monday morning in the Londonderry Institute, Seaham harbour, by Mr. Croftus Maynard, coroner. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Giebe Miners
A SPECIAL meeting of the above miners was held in the Protestant Hall, on Thursday evening last. Mr. Thomas McCree in the chair. There were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A New Goldfield
WILCANNIA, Wednesday.—The news of the gold discovery near Mount Poole, some distance from Wilcannia, has caused great excitement, and a number of people…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Barrington Gold-fields
Our mining industry is still slowly progressing, there being only two crushings gone through since. I last wrote you, namely 60 tons from the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →TELEGRAMS. Good News from the Gold Fields
GRAFTON, Friday.—Rich stone has been struck by the prospectors in the Garibaldi claim, Solferina. Four buckets of picked stone yielded 130 ounced of gold…
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