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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
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THE names of James and Alexander Brown are so closely connected with the history of coal-mining in this district that any account of its rise and progress would be incomplete,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →IN Broken Hill South Extended, No. 1, an important change has taken place in the mine. The east crosscut at the 160ft level is now in 360ft, and for 280ft all in a hard…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A CABLEGRAM from London, under date of Tuesday, states that the Greta Collieries Company has been registered on the London Exchange, and proposes issuing debentures…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A SPECIAL meeting of the Lambton miners was held on Thursday evening in Ralph's Druids Hall, Mr. R. Mooney in the chair. The minutes of a previous committee…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MINUTES of a special delegate meeting held on Thursday, October 31st, 1889. Lodges represented: Borehole, Wallsend, Lambton, Co-operative, Globe, Back Creek and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TO-DAY a number of gentlemen accompanied by Mr. A. Ross, manager of the Wallsend Colliery, proceeded into No. 2 Tunnel, for the purpose of experimenting with the now…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A valuable discovery of block coal is reported from Corner Inlet. The company have two seams, each about 3ft thick, separated by a sandstone bar, the width of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Minister for Mines (Mr. Sydney Smith), accompanied by Messrs. See, Wyman Brown, Dowel, and Levien, M.'sP., with a number of others arrived at Tamworth this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON Thursday a number of gentlemen, accompanied by Mr. A. Ross, manager of the Wallsend colliery, proceeded into No. 2 tunnel for the purpose of experimenting with the new…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON Saturday the annual picnic of the colliery officials in this district was held at Raymond Terrace. The steamer Namoi had been chartered for the occasion, and was docked…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the Silver King mine some good ore is being got in the south-east drive, but not in large quantities. The north drive looks most promising at present. The work of cutting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—Sixteen months ago the miners' general secretary, Mr. James Curley, M.P., issued a proclamation to the trade and labour organizations of the colony earnestly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A SHORT time since the Illawarra Miners Protective Association forwarded a circular to the managers of each of the collieries in the district requesting that a conference…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINUTES of adjourned meeting held on November 4th. All the lodges represented, along with the district officers. A communication from the secretary Lambton Lodge…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE Illawarra Mercury has the following : —In the course of responding to the toast of "The Bulli Coal Company," at the Artis banquet on Thursday evening, Mr. John…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →AMONG the many rumours regarding Ministerial intentions during the coming session, is one that the Government will not take up the Mining Bill, but will postpone it to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DURING last week Block 14 sent 120 tons of dressed ore, and 42 tons of crude lead ore to the Dry Creek smelting works. At Block 10, the last crosscut third level is still in low…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A TERRIBLE accident occurred about 4 o'clock this morning, at Sloane and Scotchman's claim, Stawell. As two young men, Charles Dooley and John Kirk, were engaged in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PROBABLY no colliery in the Northern district has such an eventful history as the Co-operative Mine, which is situated in Plattsburg, the adjoining borough to Wallsend,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The manager reports under date, Barraba, Nov. 2, 1889:—During the week, cleaned out shaft from the 47 feet to 62 feet level, and then sunk an additional four feet, total…
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