Miners
FOR Strong Bluchers or Cheap Elastic Sides, call at Joshua Smith's, opposite tram terminus, Hunter-street, Newcastle…
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Mining & the mines, 1888
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Greta Miners. Miners' Inspectors' report of Greta Collieries, B and C pits, February 6th and 7th, 1888
B Pit, Feb. 6th.—Main intake for dip workings, 16,632 cubic feet per minute. South side split, dips, 5773 cubic feet per minute, for 39 men and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Colliery Rioting in North Wales
MUCH excitement was caused in North Wales recently by a report that serious rioting had taken place at the Ruabon Collieries. It appears that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hamilton. Miners' Meeting
The monthly meeting of the A. A. Co.'s miners was held last Saturday evening. There was a fair attendance. Mr. Robert Baker was voted to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Adamstown. Miners' Meeting
South Waratah miners held their monthly meeting on Saturday night, in the lodge room of Mrs. Love's hotel. There was a very good…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miners' Electric Light
Miss Cornwall, the mining speculator, has purchased the rights for Australia of a portable electric light suitable for miners…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Gold Field in Dispute
The Government of British Guiana has annexed Zarnava, a gold field, which the Venezuela Government allege is in Venezuela…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. the Kempsey Gold Fields
The Warden of the goldfields at Kempsey reports a mineral field at Deep Creek, sixteen miles beyond Nambucca River. It is likely to be a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Rush of Gas From an Old Drive at South Waratah Colliery. to the Editor
SIR,—My attention was called today to a paragraph under the above heading, in the S. M. Herald of February 18th. This being a mining…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The British Coal Trade. (London Times, January 4th, 1888.)
THE extent of the obligation of the people of the United Kingdom to the coal industry is not probably so well understood as it deserves to be. Coal not only affords direct…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Burra Copper Mine
It is reported that a copper-syndicate has purchased the Burra Copper Mine in South Australia…
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A special meeting of the above miners was held in the Plattsburg Mechanics' Institute on Thursday evening. Mr. Cuthbert Richard-son in the chair…
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IN a recent issue of the Atla California appeared the following:—The demand for coal at present so far exceeds the supply that a rush is made…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Great Rush of Gas at South Waratah Colliery. to the Editor
SIR,—I am obliged to Mr. H. Evans for his prompt reply to my questions, re the above, in your valuable paper. The light he gives upon the matter is quite…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District News. Wallsend. Miners' Meeting
A SPECIAL meeting of the above miners was held in Mr. C. Thomas' Assembly Rooms on Monday evening, Mr. R. Panton in the chair. Mr. C. H. Johnson, delegate, read the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Rush of Gas at South Waratah Colliery. to the Editor
SIR,—Allow me at small space in your valuable paper to say a few words concerning the above. It was stated that too much credit could not be given to Mr. Hunter and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Delegate Meeting
MINUTES Of a special delegate meeting held at Newcastle on Thursday, March 1st, 1888. Lodges represented: Borehole, Wallsend, Lambton,…
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THE annual meeting of the Great Northern Coal Company was held on Wednesday Mr. Henry Austin, chairman of the board, presiding. From the report, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Meeting, Stockton
A MEETING of the Stockton miners was held last night (Friday), at Deatons' Hotel, Mr. J. Lewis, miners' chairman, in the chair. There was a good attendance. The chairman…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Mining Calamity at Vancouver Island. Fifty Lives Lost
IN consequence of an explosion of fire-damp in Number Five Pit at the Wellington Collieries, Vancouver Island, more than 50 lives have been lost. The…
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