Gold-fields in Bechuanaland
FURTHER official correspondence is published on the subject of Bechuanaland (South Africa) and the adjacent territories. The despatches chiefly…
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Mining & the mines, 1888
863 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 44
Young Wallsend Coal Company, Limited
THE mine manager reports for the fortnight ending June 30th, as follows:— Sinking operations have been continued night and day at the colliery during the last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Correspondence the Gas at Kawa Kawa Colliery. to the Editor
SIR,—Having road the statements made by Messrs. Moody and Gardner re gas fully described at the Kawa Kawa Colliery, I am very thankful for information given by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Waratah Colliery Difficulty. Basis of Arbitration Agreed Upon. SYDNEY
THE Waratah directors, the district officers and a deputation from the Waratah miners, met at the offices of the Company to-day at 10 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Correspondence Kawa Kawa Colliery.—the Rare "Gas" in That Mine. to the Editor
SIR,—I have carefully studied the extract from the Northern Luminary, Bay of Islands, May 29th, on the above, and also Mr. Moody's and Mr…
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A special meeting of the above miners was held on Monday evening in Mr. Thomas' Assembly Rooms, Mr. R. Punton in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Accident at Lambton Colliery
JOHN JUKES, a young miner, was seriously injured at the above colliery yesterday. Whilst holeing in a lying position a mass of coal fell over from what is termed a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Opening of the West Wallsend Colliery. a Promising Mine
A VERY large number of gentlemen interested in coal-mining, including many from Sydney and other parts of the colony, yesterday, at the invitation of the directors of the West…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Glebe Miners
THE above miners held a special general meeting on Wednesday evening in Simpson's Hall, Glebeland, Mr. John Lloyd in the chair. There was a very…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Co-operative Miners
A SPECIAL meeting of the above miners was held in the hall of the Mechanics' Institute on Wednesday evening, Mr. C. Richardson in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →South Waratah Miners
THE above miners mot last evening at Love's Hotel, Adamstown, for the purpose of hearing the result of the delegate meeting held that day concerning their case. There was a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners' Delegate Meeting
MINUTES Of a quarterly delegate meeting held at Newcastle, July 5th, 1888. Lodges represented: Borehole, Wallsend, Lambton, Co-operative, Glebe,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Keightley's Assertion at W. Wallsend, As It Affects Other Collieries. to the Editor
SIR,—I see in your columns a speech made by Mr. Stewart Keightley, J.P. (the J.P. in this instance, indicating a diploma as Judge of Pits and their machinery) in which he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Waratah Miners
THE above miners cavilled yesterday. Between eighty and ninety of the men locked out at the commencement of the dispute gave in their names. When the men came out…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Miners' Delegate Meeting
MINUTES of delegate meeting held at Newcastle on the 6th July. All the lodges were represented, along with the officers. Moved, "That a deputation from this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Is Our Coal Supply Being Exhausted?
IT has been estimated, says a Home paper, that beneath the earth's crust there lie about 8,000,000,000,000 cubic yards of coal at depths rendering them…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The San Francisco Coal Trade. (San Francisco Journal of Commerce, June 2.)
THE steady increase in the coal trade of San Francisco is an unmistakable indication of the progress of this city, which is in fact measured by it…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hamilton Miners
THE usual monthly meeting of the Borehole Lodge was held in Williams' Assembly Room on Saturday evening. The attendance was good, and Mr. Thomas We[?], J.P.,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miners' Meeting at Wollongong
AT Wollongong, on Saturday, a large number of miners met for the purpose of re-forming the unions throughout the Illawarra district. Messrs. Goundry, Middleby, and Dix, from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stockton Miners
CHECK INSPECTORS' report of Stockton Colliery, showing air current in cubic feet per minute, July 3, 1888:— West side main intake 28,864 cubic feet…
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