Coal at Illawarra
WOLLONGONG, Monday.—The Illawarra Land and Coal Company have struck a fine seam of coal at a depth of one hundred and twelve feet. The shaft is three-quarters…
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Mining & the mines, 1883
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Gold Prospects at Temora
TEMORA, Tuesday.—The run of gold at Nort-east Tynan's, Temora, is believed to be a portion of the original lead…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. Miners' Widows and Orphans Fund. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—The fatal accident at the Wallsend colliery last week, recalls to my memory the advisableness of establishing a permanent Widow and Orphan Fund. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →English Mail News. Terrible Mining Accident. Loss of Several Lives
An accident, terrible in its consequences, occurred on August 15, at Wheal Agar Mine, which is situated in the great mining district between Camborne and Redruth. Tire fatality took place early in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Intercolonial Telegrams. Fatal Mining Accident at Egerton
MELBOURNE, Saturday.—A serious accident occurred at the Black Horse Company's mine, Egerton, yesterday morning. A fall of earth took place, burying two men named…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Import Duty on Coal
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Chamber of Manufacturers have again considered the import duty on coal. A proposal for a shilling per ton was last by the casting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Prospecting at Portarlington
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The Coal Prospecting Association at Portarlington, Victoria, have bored 1500 feet without success. They purpose sinking deeper…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Th Coal Lumpers' Picnic
THE first picnic in connection with the Sydney Coal Lumpers' Union was held at Chowder Bay on Tuesday, and there was an attendance of upwards of 2000 persons. Among those present were Messrs. D…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wallsend Miners
A MEETING of the Wallsend miners was held on Friday evening, in the School of Arts. The check-inspectors' report said there was a larger quantity of air passing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →East Waratah Miners
THE monthly meeting of the above miners was held on Tuesday night, October 16th, Mr. John Lyshon in the chair. The men working in No. 1 and 2 crosscut, complained…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Colliery Explosion. Twenty Lives Lost
LONDON, Friday.—A terrible colliery explosion has taken place near Barnsley, Yorkshire, causing twenty deaths of miners working below…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bituminous Coal in Alabama
THE energy developing the resources of the State of Alabama, says the Coal Trade Journal, is in some respects unparalleled in the history of rail [?]oal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hard Times at Burrum Coal Fields
LAST Saturday's Maryborough Chronicle says:—"The unemployed at the Burrum, waiting the upshot of the company's complications, have literally eaten out the st…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lambton Miners
THE above miners held their monthly meeting in Stoker's Hall on Wednesday evening last; Mr. Thos. Smith in the chair. The Check Inspector's report for the past…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Waratah Coal Company
SYDNEY, Monday.—Waratah coal shares sold to-day at £14 cum. div. At the half-yearly meeting of the Waratah Coal Company the balance from last half-year was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Coal for King George's Sound
IT is encouraging to note the growth of trade in all its different branches in this district, and every day brings further proof of what Newcastle may become in time…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Waratah Coal Company
THE half-yearly meeting of the Waratah Coal Company was held at noon on Monday in Sydney, Mr. C. Smith in the chair. The report showed that the balance from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle and Victorian Coal
RECENT transactions in connection with the opening up of the Kilcunda coal measures (Victoria), have brought that colony's mineral wealth prominently…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Horrible Catastrophe in a Coal Mine. an Explosion of Fire Damp. Fifty Miners Killed. the Rescue of the Remainder
LONDON, Wednesday.—A frightful catastrophe has occurred at the Monkfield Colliery, Accrington, Lancashire, by which about fifty miners have died a horrible…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Coal-trimmers' Picnic
The inaugural picnic in connection with the Newcastle Coal Trimmers Accident Association to Raymond Terrace was a grand success. A large contingent of pleasure-seekers, numbering fully 900,…
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