Intercolonial Telegrams. Coal in Gippsland
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Two seams of coal, eighteen and twenty inches thick, have been discovered in the Narracan Valley, at a depth of twenty-five feet…
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Mining & the mines, 1883
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Fatal Colliery Accident
SYDNEY, Friday.—A miner, named William Evans, was killed to-day at the Katoomba colliery. Whilst riding on the skips the rope broke, and the train dashed…
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At an early hour on the morning of October 19 a shocking explosion occurred at the Wharncliffe Carlton Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Craik, about a mile from Barnsley. The colliery, which employs a…
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A MEETING of the Wallsend miners was held in the School of Arts on Friday evening. The secretary, Mr. F. Craig, read the minutes of the previous, and two committee meetings which were approved of…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A deputation from the Victorian Chamber of Manufactures has waited on the Premier to ask a bonus of 5s per ton to be paid for the first…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Four miners were descending the shaft at the Duke Mine, Timor, Victoria, in a cage yesterday, when the engine driver wound the chain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Lambton Colliery. Scottish Australian Mining Company
THE half-yearly general meeting of this company was held in the latter part of October at the London City Terminus Hotel. Mr. A W. Young presided, and in moving the adoption of the report stated that…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Victorian Commissioner of Customs, and the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly were present at Kilcunda, at the formal starting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Under Brookstown. Mr. Usher, C.e., Refused Admittance
MESSRS. A. A. and A. Sneddon have leased property belonging to Messrs. Brooks and Kenrick. This property, being in the municipalities of Wallsend and Plattsburg, the councils of these places have expended…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Recent Mining Accident in Victoria
A TELEGRAM to the Herald says:—An inquest on the bodies of the miners killed at the recent shocking mining accident at Timor was concluded on Monday. A great deal of evidence was taken bearing out the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Caution to Coal-miners
IT seems to us that a Great feud and a just feud is likely to arise between Newcastle and New Zealand through no fault of the former. It is not very…
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