The Mount Kembla Meeting of Miners
An aggregate meeting of miners was held to-day, consisting of miners from the various collieries in the district. Between 400 and 500 were present. The following resolutions…
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Mining & the mines, 1885
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The Newcastle Coal Mining Company
THE Newcastle Coal Mining Co. have lately sunk a second shaft in another part of their estate near Burwood, and at a depth of 177 feet have struck a splendid seam of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton Miners
THE above miners met in Stoker's Hall on Wednesday evening. Mr. Hugh Agnew in the chair. The minutes of last meeting were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Discovery of Coal
There has been a discovery of coal on the Logan River, abot 16 miles from Brisbane. The seam is eight feet thick, and has been traced for over 100 yards at present. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Trimmers' Provident Union
THE fortnightly meeting of the above union took place at the All Nation's Hotel on Monday night. A letter, was read from the recently-formed Master Coat…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mount Kembla Colliery Strike. (To the Editor of the Illawarra Mercury.)
SIR,—My attention is directed to your issues of 22nd and 25th instant, wherein certain prices are recorded as those that I through the manager, Mr. Green,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dangers of Coal-mining
A STRONG proof of the reality and extent of that depression in trade which is about to be inquired into by a Royal Commission is afforded by the results of last year's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy Draft of Gold
A heavy mortgage was paid off in sovereigns amounting to £20,275, and weighing 425lbs., in one of the city banks yesterday…
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TROY, N. Y., July 13.—There are any number of men hereabouts who possess charts and maps of locations said to contain millions of buried treasure…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A.a. Co.'s Collieries. Twenty-sixth Report of the Check Inspectors
WE commenced an inspection of the above company's collieries on July 30, 1885. Hamilton Pit.—Measured the air…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Company
The Teralba Coal Mining Company was floated yesterday, with a capital of £120,000 in £1 shares…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Fields
The half-yearly report of the coalfields of the colonies has been received by the Minister of Mines…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mount Kembla Strike. Aggregate Meeting of Miners at Wollongong to Form a Union
THE mass meeting of miners of the Illawarra district, which had been arranged for Saturday last came off in the paddock immediately north of Bode's Royal Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Colliery Strike
An extensive colliery strike has occurred at Elsnwick in Northumberland. 5000 miners are locked out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Silver Mines
Several lease applications have been taken out for silver mining at Bowra, near Kempsey…
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A telegram from Warden Lukin, of Gympie, to the Under-Secretary of Mines, states the discovery by William Smyth of what appears to be a large "blow" or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Delegate Meeting
MINUTES of a special delegate meeting held at Newcastle on Saturday, the 5th September, 1885. Lodges represented:—Borehole Wallsend, Lambton, Co-operative,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company, Limited
We notice that this company has lately been pushing on the work of erecting screens, poppet-heads, and machinery for the raising of coal and the work is of such…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Victoria Silver-mining Co
The Victoria Silver-mining Co. at Sunny Corner was floated with £64,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Strike
The miners employed at Mount Morgan have demanded an increase of wages from 7s 6d to 8s 4d per day. The proprietors refused to grant the increase, and…
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