Imported Labour for Lambton Colliery
IT will have been seen from our London cablegrams that the directors of the Scottish Australian Company are prepared to send labour out to the colonies…
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Mining & the mines, 1886
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Co-operative Miners' Meeting
The usual monthly meeting of the above miners' was held in the hall of the Plattsburg Mechanics' Institute on Saturday evening; Mr. Daniel Rees in the chair. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold in Western Australia
A nugget of gold weighing 2½lbs has been found on the Kimberley goldfields by a man named Morgan. Several other smaller nuggets have been obtained in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plattsburg. Fire Scare at the Co-orperative Colliery
ON Sunday considerable consternation was caused by an alarm to the effect that the Co-operative Colliery was on fire, and in a short time between three and four hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Teralba Coal Mine
It has been decided to continue the operations of boring to the lower seams at Teralba coal mine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold in Grafton District
A rich find of gold is reported from Nana Creek, Grafton district, the reef yeilding a 100oz. to the ton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining at Copeland
No. 1 East Mountain Maid, Copeland, has crushed 24 tons of stone for 94 oz…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Important Mining Experiments
A SERIES of important experiments in blasting was made in North Staffordshire mines last month, with a patent improved water cartridge, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →West Wallsend Coal Company, Limited, Newcastle
THE mining manager reports April 28 as follows:—Sinking operations in the main shaft have been going on steadily, and the contractor has sunk 58ft. since…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Western Australia. Perth, Tuesday. Kimberley Goldfields
Further news from Kimberley states that all on the ground are making rich finds. A large nugget was found whilst a party was scratching the surface. A great rush…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lithgow Colliery
Work at the Lithgow Valley Colliery was resumed yesterday. The Royal Commission on the colliery disaster adhere to the decision to exclude the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton Miners
THE above miners met on the reserve yesterday. There was a full attendance; Mr. H. Agnew, in the chair. The minutes of last meeting were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Glebe Miners
A MEETING of the above miners was held on Monday evening in Mr. Simpson's long room; Mr. William Hobson in the chair. The Chairman opened the meeting by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Correspondence. Locked Out Miners at Brookstown Colliery. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—I noticed in yours of Saturday last a letter from our employer, denying that the men were locked out at the Brookstown Colliery, and questioning the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lithgow Colliery Disaster. Mr. M'Kenzie in Defence
THE Examiner of Coalfields has reported to the Mines Department that the inquest on the late Lithgow Colliery disaster, concluded at 6 p.m. on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Mining Duffer
The rush to Wood's Flat, near Carcoar has turned out a duffer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Kimberley Goldfield
THE correspondent of the Perth Inquirer at Rcebourne, telegraphing on Friday night, reports that the latest news from Derby states that a nugget…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kimberley Goldfields
A steamer laid on for the Kimberley goldfields (W.A.) is rapidly filling with passengers and cargo…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Employment of Girls at Collieries
A HOME correspondent writes that a meeting of pit girls, convened by the vicar of, Pemberton, was held to protest against the proposed legislation…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Lithgow Colliery Disaster. Lithgow
THE meet point in connection with the fatal mishap at the Lithgow Colliery Company's mind which is forming the subject of the Royal Commission's inquiries appears to be…
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