The Southern Mines
Wollongong harbour is so crowded with shipping that signals had to be hoisted on Friday to prevent vessels from entering. No fewer than…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1888
863 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 44
The Supply of Coal to the G. N. Railway
The following correspondence is of much significance. Seeing that a strike was threatening, Mr. Michael Yates wrote to the Miners' General…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Broken Hill Miners
At a recent mooting of the Broken Hill branch of the Amalgamated Miners' Association, the chairman (Mr. Ryan) referred to the strike…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shale and Coal
WE (Clarence and Richmond Examiner) have been shown some specimens of coal taken from a drive in the side of a hill on the west side of Coaldale,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mount Kembla Mine. SYDNEY
Trouble le anticipated at Mount Kembla colliery. The miners are requiring an advance of 6d per ton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal at the Melbourne Exhibition
IT having boon reported to the Burwood Colliery management, in Newcastle, that "coal tar had been used to cover the cemented joints of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wallongong Coal-trade and Shipping
All the seven collieries in this district (says the Illawarra Mercury) are now working full time, and even more in some instances…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Increase of Miners' Pay in Queensland. BRISBANE
The proprietors of the Bundanba mines have increased their miners' pay, and thus averted a strike. The men are working day and night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Southern Collieries
The miners of three of the Southern collieries have made a demand for an increase of 6d per ton in the hewing rates. It appears they have,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Greta Colliery
Sub-inspector Bremner arrived here yesterday morning from Sydney with twenty-five constables under his charge, all fully armed and accoutred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Picton Coal
A SYDNEY syndicate has been formed to take over 2560 acres valuable coal land recently discovered near Picton. Experts are confident that the seam is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mount Kembla Colliery. SYDNEY
Considerable irritation has been created at Mount Kembla Colliery, owing to the action of the manager in refusing to allow a ballot box at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Diamond Mines
THE South African diamond fields are situated in the Cape district of Griqualand West. They were rushed in 1869, and up the present have yielded…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Coal-trimmers
Yesterday afternoon a large number of coal-trimmers and wharf labourers were congregated near Market-street, and, according to the times, the topic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rix's Creek Colliery. to the Editor
Dear Sir,—Referring to the advertisement in your paper for fifty miners for Rix's Creek Colliery, I beg to state that the extra men are only…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mayor's Letter and the Miners' Delegate Board. to the Editor
Sir,—I regret that I am called upon at the present stage of this unfortunate dispute to make any statement as to my actions other as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Southern Collieries
Owing to the increased demand for coal, in consequence of the Newcastle strike, the collieries of this district are, says the Illawarra Mercury,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Queensland Collieries
The Ipswich correspondent of the Brisbane Telegraph Writes:—"During the past few days rumours of all descriptions have been floating about…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Southern Miners
No official reply has as yet been received by the Mount Kembla miners to their demand for sixpence per ton extra for hewing and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Important Meeting of Coal-trimmers
From the advertisement appearing in another column, it seems that a meeting of master coal-trimmers was held yesterday, when it was decided,…
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