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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
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IN response to a requisition from the miners of the district, inviting him to meet them for the purpose of discussing the new Coal Mines Bill, Mr. Sydney Smith, Minister for Mines,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ON the subject of fatal accidents in coal mines, the Nineteenth Century says:—"When the winter explosions take place, and a great number of men are killed (the details…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Friday.—The Dicknell Mining Syndicate, Queensland, with a capital of £30,000, has been registered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE total coal consumption of the world is said to amount to upwards of 1,000,00ccwt per hour. Of this quantity about 240,000 cwt are required per hour in order to heat…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE Greta Coalmining Company was formed some two years ago, for the purpose of working the coal from a large estate, then the property of the Hon. E. Vickery, M.L.C., of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A DISASTER occurred at White Ash Coalmine at Golden, Colorado (America), a volume of water breaking through from an adjoining mine which had been abandoned,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE main shaft at the Angus mine is now down 30ft, and ore is just making its appearance there. The last parcel of ore sent away for treatment consisted of 20 tons, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE fifty-second half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Waratah Coal Company was held today at the offices, Mr. C. Cecil Griffiths, chairman, presiding. There was a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ANOTHER meeting of the Associated Colliery Properties of the Northern district was held in Sydney to-day, when the question of the price of coal was again considered. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The above miners held their monthly general meeting on Monday evening in Simpson's Hall. Mr. John Lloyd occupied the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Monday.—One hundred thousand Durham miners are on strike. They demand an advance of 15 per cent. in their pay, as well as a reduction of the period of labour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE formal passing of the line connecting the main trunk road with the Young Wallsend Coal Company's pit took place yesterday. At the invitation of the directors a number…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Gordon-hill mine, situated about three miles from Acacia dam, comprises a portion of very mineralised range, and has every appearance of forming the cap of a very large…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Latest sales:—Broken Hill Proprietary, £76 9s; British, £5 18s 6d; Block 14, £12 7s 6d; Block 10, £6 10s 6d; Junction, 96s 9d; South, paid, £6 5s; Central, paid, £8 8s…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A SPEOCIAL meeting of the Borehole Lodge was held last evening at the Mechanics' Institute to consider the minutes of a special delegate me ting held in Newcastle, and to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE miners of Ebbw Vale, Blænavon, Tredegar, Cytarthfa, and Rhymney have accepted the employers' offer of 5 per cent. increase from September 1st, and 2½ per…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IDURBSG the past twenty-four hours no less than 12,580 tons of coal lave been exhorted from Newcastle to intercolonial ports. Of that tonnage 8230 tons have been exported…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WORK was stopped at the Yale Colliery on Tuesday morning in consequence of alterations made by the management in the hours of working. Up to lately three shifts have…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE Wyken Colliery, Warwickshire, we the scene of an accident, which resulted in the death of three men named respectively Jonathan Whitehall, Charles Smith, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON Monday a change occurred in the cast crosscut at the third level on Block 10, when galena was struck It is, however, very silicious, low in lead, and the silver carries…
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