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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
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IT is expected the second reading of the new Coalfields Regulation Act, which was set down for Thursday last, but which did not come on owing to the debate on the San…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The manager reports 2nd August: "Cosmopolitan Claim: Depth of shaft, 75ft. Engleheim: Shaft sunk 117ft, a little stone making on the hanging-wall. Caledonia:…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Friday.—A disastrous explosion occurred yesterday at the Penruick colliery, Midlothian, by which 60 minors are entomed, and no hope of saving them is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Friday.—A great colliery disaster is reported from Scotland. The Maurice Wood colliery, county of Edinburgh, caught fire, and the mine is now burning. Sixty…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On August 31st, manager reports a distance of 36 feet has been sunk during last fortnight making a total depth in main shaft of 309 feet. The work of lining with brick…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE red flag has once more been hoisted at the Co-operative Colliery, denoting that work will be resumed to-day; and it is to be hoped that no further mishap will take…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Further good news has been received from the eastern goldfields reef, showing better prospects than ever, and causing considerable speculation in shares. The Blackwood…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →It was not on the battle-field, Amid the din of war, Where man meets man in bloody strife, And conquering legions are;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Saturday.—Later particulars to hand in reference to the disaster at the Maurice Wood Colliery, near Edinburgh, state that the whole of the sixty miners who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A special meeting of the Newcastle Coal-trimmers' Union was hold last night, when it was unanimously decided to vote £30 to the assistance of the strikers. The money will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Very little work is being done at present al the South Mine, the new manager being desirous of thoroughly investigating the property and ascertaining the value of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE ore dressing mill at Thackaringa, belonging to the Barrier Concentrating Company, has suspended work. The machinery has never worked efficiently since the start,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ENGLISH advices state that Miss ALICE CORNWELL, the well-known speculatrix, has nearly completed arrangements for floating her Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Monday.—The rescue parties at the Midlothian Colliery, who have been working since Friday despite the dangerous state of the mine, consequent on the heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday.—The destruction caused by the explosion at the cartridge manufactory at Antwerp has been of the most extensive and awful character. The whole…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AN important deputation of colliery proprietors was introduced to the Minister for Mines (Mr. Sydney Smith) this afternoon by Mr. James Fletcher, M.P. Those…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MR. BURNS has given notice ,to move to-morrow that a select committee be appointed to send for papers and persons to inquire into and report upon the West…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THAT there is much necessity for great alteration in the mining legislation of New South Wales will not be questioned by the great majority of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The locally owned gold mining property at Fuller's reef, on the old Denison goldfield, having now been proved, the proprietary have determined to erect a Huntingdon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE above miners held a special meeting on Tuesday night in Cowell's hotel, New Lambton, Mr. J. Dunkerley in the chair. The notice of motion from Lambton, to…
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