Australian Mining News. Broken Hill
AT the Pioneer mine 48 tons of clean ore have been dispatched during the week, and a good quantity raised for dressing. There is a decided improvement at the 200ft level…
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Mining & the mines, 1889
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The Mining Bill and the Minister. Sydney, Friday Night
THE Minister for Mines, it is said, regrets considerably the shelving of the new Coal Mining Bill until next session. Not only did Mr. Sydney, Smith take a deep interest in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Victorian Discovery. the Great Seam of Brown Coal. One Hundred and Seventy-nine Feet Seam
THE interest which has been aroused in the development of the Victorian coal-fields (says the Age) will be further excited by the discovery of the immense seam of coal 179…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Visit to Copeland Gold Fields. Inspection of the Mines
A PARTY of gentlemen last week paid a visit to the Copeland gold-fields, and one of the number has written the following account of what they did and what they saw there:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Meetings. Hamilton
THE quarterly meeting of the Borehole Lodge was held on Saturday evening in the Mechanics' Institute. There was about fifty members present, and Mr. J Jennings…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our Coal Supplies
THE quantity of coal won in the Northern district during 1888, though less than that of 1887, owing to the three months' strike, was nevertheless…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Check-inspectors' Reports. Wallsend Colliery. September 2nd
No. 2 Tunnel.—At 8 a.m., surface pressure, 30-9; temperature, 58 degrees. No. 1 Split.—Intake current, 173 feet per minute; area, 26 square feet; quantity, 4498…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →South Australia. School of Mines
Mr. Walter Roth, lecturer on physiology at the Brisbane School of Arts, and science master at the Grammar School, has been appointed director of the South Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Electrical Mining Machine
THERE are so many reasons (says the Scientific American) why electricity is a superior agent for conveying power into a coal mine, there to be used in the operations incident to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Newcastle Miners and London Dock Labourers
THE proceedings of the meeting on Saturday night, held for the purpose of expressing sympathy with the London dock labourers, reflected credit on the people of Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian Mining News. Broken Hill
THE Adelaide directors of the Broken Hill Proprietary mine met a large number of Adelaide shareholders on Friday to discuss matters of management The directors were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal-mines Regulation Bill. Illawarra Mining Engineers
A METTING of the members of the Illawarra Institute of mining and mechanical engineers was held on Saturday evening in the Freemasons' Hotel. Mr. P. Lahiff, the president,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →English Miners
THE miners of Durham have refused, by a large majority, to accept the owners' offer of an immediate 5 per cent. advance, and another 5 per cent. in three months. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Possibilities of Victorian Coal Measures. The Coal Commission
AT a recent meeting of the Victorian Coal Commission Mr. Woods laid before the commission a letter from Mr. W. H. Goodman, stating that large well-defined bodies of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners' Strike in Styria
THE miners on strike in the Trifail district have been granted an increase in wages of 12 per cent. by their employers, but the men have refused to accept this concession…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Exhibition
LONDON, Saturday.—The Agents-General for the Australian colonies and the various foreign Consuls in London have been sounded with the view of ascertaining whether the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Mining News. Broken Hill
SHARE jobbers at Broken Hill are very much excited concerning Block 10, and the mine is regularly visited every morning by a considerable number of persons. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Southern Managers on the Mining Bill
THE meeting of the Wollongong managers—taken in connection with the failure of a recent conference in Newcastle to arrive at any common action between Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Dock Labourers' Relief Fund. The Northern Miners' Donation Forwarded
Yesterday morning the Northern miners' handsome gift of £1000 was cabled to Mr. John Burns, the leader of the London dock labourers, by Mr. Tames Curley, through the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal-mines Regulation Bill. The Reason of its Postponement. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night
IN the Legislative Assembly this evening, Mr. MELVILLE asked the Minister for Mines, without notice, if there was any truth in a statement made on Saturday night that…
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