Coal Merchants Fined
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Cowell and Booth, coal merchants, have been fined £40, with costs, for selling short weight. Half the fine goes to the inspector…
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Mining & the mines, 1884
299 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 15
Deputations from the District. SYDNEY, Wednesday. Mining Under Brookstown
To-day a deputation, consisting of the Mayors of Wallsend and Plattsburg (Messrs. Richardson and Abel), were introduced by Mr. N. Melville. M.P., to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stockton Coal Pit, Etc
MANY of our readers will he pleased to learn that the long talked of coal pits at Stockton are now making fast strides to reality, and the expectations of the enterprising…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →English Mail News. Miners' Demonstration at Houghton Le Spring
A miners' demonstration was held at Houghton-le Spring on Saturday, May 3, in favour of the amendment of the Employers' Liability Act, proposed by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Miners
A MEETING of the Wallsend miners held on Friday evening, Mr. Mitchell in the chair, who called upon Mr. F. Craig to read over the minutes of previous meeting, which were confirmed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Delegate Meeting
MINUTES of a quarterly delegate meeting held at Newcastle on Thursday, July 3rd, 1884. Lodges represented:—Borehole, Wallsend, Lambton, Co-operative, Glebe, Back Creek. Duckenfield, New…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Royalty on Coal Mines
A RETURN, showing the amount of royalty paid on coal mines during the three years ending 31st March, 1883, has been presented to the New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lambton Miners
THE above miners met in Stoker's Hall on Wednesday evening, Mr. Thomas Smith in the chair. The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. Check Inspectors' Report read as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Co-operative Miners
THE usual monthly meeting of the Co-operative miners was held on the evening of the 28th June, when the following officers were elected for the ensuing quarter:—Chairman, John Houston;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Selling Short Weight Coal
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—John Entmark, coal merchant, of Paddington, has been fined £50 and costs, or three months in prison for selling short weight. Half the fine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Frightful Tragedy. Desperate Suicide of a Mining Speculator
AUCKLAND, N.Z., Tuesday.—John Belt, a mining speculator, hired an office at Auckland land, locked himself in, and blew his brains out. His rash deed was not discovered for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal and Iron in San Francisco
J. W. HARRISON'S Circular says of the former: Among the transactions of the week there is nothing very encouraging to report. The imports from our Coast…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New South Wales Coal in England
"Sending coals to Newcastle" was once believed to be the height of commercial folly; but, vcus avons change tout cela, and while electric lighting companies have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Gosford Coal Company
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Gosford Coal Company has been formed to work 4480 acres at Tuggerah Lake. There are 10,000 one pound shares…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Discovery of Coal near Maitland
IT may not be generally known that for some few weeks sinking operations for coal have been in progress on a portion of the Rutherford estate, near West…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Up in the Gallery. the Monk Wearmouth Colliery Bill
Mr. Burns, while trying to get this Bill through committee on Friday night, had to exhibit the patience of Job to keep himself from retorting to the various remarks…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TELEGRAMS. The Silver Mines
SYDNEY, Monday.—A report has been received from the silver mines of the Emmarville lode, which is well defined. The silver occurs in veins of quartz and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold and Tin at Silverton
SYDNEY, Monday.—A rich find of gold is reported at twenty-five miles from Silverton. A shaft has been sunk. At fifteen feet, the reef shows itself ten…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Check Inspectors' Report. A. A. Co's Collieries
WE commenced an inspection of the above collieries on Wednesday, June 4th, 1884. HAMILTON PIT.—Measured the air passing into Copes' heading, and found 8200…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Silver Mines
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The geological surveyor at Emmaville corrects the telegram sent yesterday regarding the assays of silver, which should read "216ozs.," not…
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