Accident in a Queensland Coal Mine
THE other day a man named Hugh Clark had a narrow escape of being killed in a coal mine near the Redbank railway station, Ipswich. It appears that Clark was working with a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1888
863 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 44
The San Francisco Coal Trade
The 'Frisco Journal of Commerce says that the coal supplies of that city have been largely in advance this year of what they were in the opening of 1887, yet prices are nearly twice as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Guards. to the Editor
SIR,—Will you kindly allow me space in your valuable journal for the following few lines in reply to one who signed himself, "A. J. Cameron" in your issue of the 1st inst…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Ferndale Colliery Dispute
ON Saturday afternoon last an interview took place at the Ferndale Coal Co.'s offices, in Watt-street, between the proprietors of the colliery and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Correspondence Glebe Miners' Meeting. to the Editor
SIR,—In Wednesday's issue of the Herald and Advocate appears a report of the above meeting, and I am reported to have said there was none of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Victoria. Melbourne, Saturday night. Killed in a Mine
A fall of earth has occurred in the Chiltern Valley mine, by which a man named Griffin was killed. Griffin, finding the earth giving way, ran into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cinnabar Mining in New Zealand
In Monday's issue of this journal news appeared that a Sydney syndicate had acquired over 400 acres of land at the Hot Springs, Bay of Island, New Zealand, at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Australian Mining
The Gympie Great Eastern Gold Mining Company has collapsed, causing a striking blow to Australian mining interests in England…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal, Coke, and Iron of Pittsburg
THE bituminous coal field around Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, extends to 15,000 square miles, and two-thirds of that lie at the very feet of Pittsburg. Its money value, calculated at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Rising Sun Gold-mine. SYDNEY
A LARGELY attended meeting of the Rising Sun Gold-mining Syndicate was held to-day at Messrs. Fletcher and Co.'s office, all the shareholders…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Glebeland. Burwood Miners, Check-inspectors' REPORT.—Burwood Colliery, April 18th, 1888
Main intake, north side of the pit.—The anemometer registered 34,704 cubic feet of air per minute. Thermometer, 63 degrees. No. 1 Split, back of dyke, north side of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Hetton Colliery
FROM advertisement it appears that a report has been circulated by a certain person that a "fault" has been met with in the workings of the Hetton Coal Company, with the result,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woonona Mine
The old Woonona pit mouth (says the Illawarra Mercury) has been brushed and cleared of late, and the timber, in the way of props, etc., used in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Colliery Explosion in America
AN explosion occurred in the Rich Hill mine, in a recently-developed colliery district in Missouri, on the 29th March. A column of fire 1000ft. high shot out of the shaft, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ladies in Coal Pits
LADIES who undertake to descend coal pits, says an English contemporary, ought to have better nerves than two who essayed the feat in a new shaft being sunk near Cardiff. They…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Latest District News. Wallsend. Miners' Meeting
A SPECIAL meeting of the above miners was held on Friday evening. The Chairman, in opening the meeting, explained that the object of convening the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →[Reuter's Telegrams.] LONDON, Friday. Defiance of Coal Stations
In the House of Commons, Mr. Scott Smith? gave notice of a resolution for ratifying the agreement entered into with Australian colonies,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hamilton. Borehole Miners
The usual monthly meeting of the Borehole Lodge was held in Williams's Assembly Rooms on Saturday evening. Mr. Samuel Donn presided, and there was a good…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Life in the Coal Pits."
THIS remarkable drama, which ranks as one of the masterpieces of theatrical workmanship of the decade, again proved not only successful in attracting a large audience to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Borehole Miners
THE following is the Check-inspector's report read and adopted at the last monthly meeting of the above miners: Thirty-fifth Check-inspectors' report of…
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