Coal Struck at the Maryville Colliery
ON Tuesday, at a depth of about 140 feet, coal was tapped at the Maryville Colliery shaft, on the Hannell estate, Wickham. Up to Yesterday four or five feet of splendid…
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Mining & the mines, 1885
433 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 22
Gold at Braidwood
BRAIDWOOD, Wednesday,—Last week a miner named Wolie, working alongside the [?] near [?] Flat, Little River, [?] upon a good parcel of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Greta Colliery Fire
FROM a Greta resident we learn definite particulars in connection with the fire which recently broke out in the colliery there, and raged for some days. All danger…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Greta Colliery. the Inquiry
THE District Coroner, Mr. Vindin, last week held an inquiry at the Court House, into the cause of the fire at Greta Pit. Constable Dunshea, stationed at Greta,…
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THE following is the twenty-fourth report of the Check Inspector's of the A.A. Company's Collieries, at Newcastle:— "We commenced an inspection of the…
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ON Monday evening, Mr. Harper, manager of the Maryville Colliery, on the Hannell Estate, Wickham, officially reported having passed through the main…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Maryville Colliery. Celebrating Its Opening
OUR readers will be aware that recently a still further addition to the big colliery enterprises of this district has been brought about. In previous issues we have given…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cumborland Coal and Iron. Brilliant Prospects
SYDNEY, Thursday.—An extraordinary meeting of shareholders in the Cumberland Coal and Iron Company was held to-day at the Exchange, Mr. James Fletcher,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Delegate Meeting
MINUTES of a quarterly delegate meeting, held at Newcastle, on Thursday, January 8th, 1885. Lodges represented—Borehole, Wallsend, Lambton, Co-operative, New…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—The output at the collieries in the immediate vicinity of Lithgow during 1884 was 153,350 tons of coal, being a decrease of nearly 30,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cumberland Coal and Iron Mining Company, Limited
AN extraordinary meeting of the shareholders in this Company was held in the Exchange on Thursday last. Mr. James Fletcher, M.P., presided, and about…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Kilcunda Coal Company (Victoria) has decided to suspend operations, and to sell the plant, owing to its inability to convey coal to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District News. Wallsend and Plattsburg. Wallsend Miners
A meeting of the Wallsend miners was held on Friday evening, Mr. James Baird in the chair. The Secretary, Mr. F. Craig, read the minutes of the usual general, special, and two committee…
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A MEETING of the Co-operative miners was held on Saturday evening. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Several matters were gone into…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Reported Discovery of Gold at New Guinea
A CORRESPONDENT at Thursday Island wires the Courier as follows:—'Observe telegram reporting the arrival at Newcastle, from Port Moresby, of Dr. Gottlicker with a…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—The prospectus of an extensive coal company has been issued. The new venture is called the great Bundanoon Company, with a capital of £26,000,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Hamilton Station Coal Borings
SOME slight misunderstanding appears to have arisen in connection with the recent action of the Government in putting down trial borings for coal on ground adjacent to Hamilton railway station…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Greta. Settlement of the Miners' Dispute
A meeting of miners was held at Harman's Hall on Saturday morning. It was moved that a note be sent to Mr. Robertson, a representative of the Company, to ask if he would receive a deputation…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.—The Humboldt mine at Taradale, valued at £2000, was destroyed by fire yesterday. It is supposed that the fire originated from the furnace…
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WE, the undersigned having examined the workings and travelling roads, etc., etc., of the above-named colliery, report as follows:…
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