The Mount Kembla Colliery. An Impending Strike
MATTERS appear to be in rather an unsatisfactory position between the Mount Kembla mine management and their employees. Some time ago the miners decided that a…
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Mining & the mines, 1889
1,641 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 37 of 83
The English Coal Trade
AN English paper says:—A special meeting of the Yorkshire Miners' Council has been held at Barnsley, preliminary to the assembling of the Manchester Conference. At…
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Junction Mine.—After connecting with No. 2 winze at the 300ft level in the north drive at the Junction mine, the drive was continued, but very soon passed out of galena ore into unpromising…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The utmost exertions continue to be made to rescue the miners who were entombed in a colliery at St. Etienne, in France, as a result of an explosion of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Correspondence Linwood Colliery. to the Editor
SIR,—There appears to be a lot of misunderstanding about Linwood and the twenty-four men that have to leave. Some seem to put all the blame on Mr. Morgan, the manager…
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THE following letter to the Daily Telegraph signed by Mr. M. C. Cowlishaw, will be read with interest in this district:— "Sir,—Reading the opinions expressed in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wallsend Mine. to the Editor
SIR,—Having read the letter of your correspondent, signed "A Wallsend Miner," I was surprised to find such statements made as the following:—"Now, sir, if we have to…
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Block 10—The improvement reported on Friday as having taken place at Block 1[?] still continues, and it is the manager's opinion that he has entered upon the same body of ore as found in the Central…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Hamilton Pit Disaster. Will Work Be Resumed ? the Minister for Mines Appealed To
THERE is nothing fresh to relate in the condition of affairs at the A. A. Company's Hamilton Colliery, the place being absolutely deserted, save for the engine driver and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Meetings. Glebe Miners
THE above miners held their monthly general meeting, on Monday evening, in Simpson Hall: There was a very large attendance. Alderman John Lloyd being in the…
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Work has been suspended for the present at the 300ft level, in the Central mine, through an influx of water, caused by the breaking of the plummer block of the pump. Another will have…
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News has just reached town of an important gold discovery about twelve miles south of Tomingley, and four miles west of Ten-mile Ridges, and on the conditional lease of Genanagie station. The…
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THE proceedings of the inquest touching the circumstances of the death of HERBERT PETTIT, whose body has as yet been the only one recovered out of the eleven entombed in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Australia. the Fremantle Coal-lumpers' Strike
The difficulty between the employers and the Union coal-lumpers at Fremantle continues, and a general strike is threatened, unless the masters agree to the rules…
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Regarding the recent discovery at Block 10, Mr. Patton says he is certain that the lode is the same as that now yielding rich ore in abundance at Block 11. Block 10 will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining News. Charters Towers—the Victory Mine
The secretary of the Victory Gold Mining Company, Limited, reports that in consequence of a valuable reef having been discovered in the Brilliant Gold Mining Company's mine, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Meetings. Lambton Miners
A SPECIAL meeting of the above miners was held on Wednesday evening in Ralph's Druids' Hall. Mr. D. Mason was in the chair…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Mr. Gladstone has written a letter to the press, in which he expressed the opinion that any attempt to afford industrial relief to Great Britain by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Australia. Coal Lumpers Strike
The Lumpers' Union dispute is showing signs of a settlement. It is believed the strike will soon be at an end. The Adelaide Steamship Company have consented to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Legislative Assembly. Guns in Store. Savings Bank. The Locomotive Engineer. Manufacture of Iron Pipes. The Colliery Disaster. On the Voices. The Fortification Road. SYDNEY, Wednesday Night
THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. The SPEAKER announced the return of the writ for Redfern and the election of Mr. Schey. GUNS IN STORE FOR DEFENCE PURPOSES…
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