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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
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THIS suit, which was commenced in the Equity Court, before Mr. Justice Owen on Friday week, was, for the fourth time, brought before his Honor this forenoon. It…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE purchase of Darling Island by the Government for the purposes of railway extension in connection with the shipping of coal from the Southern and Western mines…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE above miners held their usual monthly meeting last evening, in the Albert Victor Hotel, Merewether; Mr. E. Chappel being in the chair:…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BRISBANE.—A crushing of about 360 tons from St. George, Queen, and Victory, Grand Junction, Charters Towers, yielded 526 oz. of smelted gold. A dividend of 6d was declared…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It is reported that a payable alluvial goldfield has been found at Broadfleet Gully, a mile and a half from Brady's. A hundred men are working there…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BERLIN, Wednesday.—An extensive strike has occurred of coal-miners in Westphalia, resulting in serious rioting. The military were called out at Gladbeck, and a conflict…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Prospecting Board have visited Mylne's Gap, near Coaldale, about 30 miles north-west from Grafton, where Mr. S. See and Mr. Whyman have had a shaft sunk in which a seam of coal has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In giving judgment in the suit Merton v. the Taranganba Gold Mining Co., the Judge in Equity said that apparently the mine was rich in some places and poor in others. The Rockhampton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE usual fortnightly meeting was held last evening. The attendance was miserably small. Mr. John Green presided. The minutes of the previous general and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A meeting of mine owners will be held at Croydon on Monday night, to arrange for a conference with the miners in reference to the reduction in wages…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cornwall smelter collapsed on Thursday morning, after running for about 24 hours. The cause of the disaster appears to be that the bricks which constitute the lining of the furnace failed to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The manager reports under date 4th May as follows:—The crosscut from the 220ft level, from which, at a distance of about 16ft, the formation was reached, from which the late favourable assays…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The last crushing at the Baker's Creek gold mine was 1296 ounces of gold from 108 tons of quartz. Two miners have been killed in the main…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Friday.—The number of colliers now on strike in Westphalia (Prussia) coal-mining district amounts to 70,000. The coal miners' unions of England and Belgium…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BERLIN, Friday.—Another serious conflict, arising out of the miners' strike, has taken place in Westphalia. The troops fired upon the miners and the people, and killed two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE following account of the above field, which has been sent us by a correspondent, will interest many in the Newcastle district, the properties being worked, especially at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A SPECIAL meeting of the South Waratah miners, convened for the purpose of considering a reply from the directors of the company relating to the long-disputed claim for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. W. A. Dempsey and Mr. S. Frearson left Adelaide for Melbourne on Saturday afternoon to attend the Junction Mining Company's meeting, and to oppose, on behalf…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the 300ft level of the Junction mine, the north drive is now in 95ft from the main crosscut, with no perceptible change in the character of the lode. The main south drive at the 300ft level in the North…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A man named Henry Powell was killed on Saturday by a fall of earth in No. 3 and 4 Sir Garnet Company's mine. Deceased was much respected. No blame was attached to…
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