Miners' Requirements
THE Lancashire colliers held a demonstration at Bolton recently, attended by over 20,000 miners from all parts of the country. Special trams were run from various…
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Mining & the mines, 1889
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Durham Colliery Case. to the Editor
SIR,— I have already mentioned (in yesterday's paper) that the charge was that a mine was being worked without special rules being established. Now, this is the funny…
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WORK at the old Bulli Colliery is (says the local correspondent of the Illarwarra Mercury) still very slack, only one and three-quarter days having been worked last week,…
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We take the following from a private coal circular dated October 12th:—During the week there have been the following arrivals: From Great Britain and Australia, [?]5,86 tons; from the coast…
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An arrangement has been come to between the Railway Commissioners and the directors of the Great Morwell Coal-mining Company, under which the latter are to construct a line…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold near Tamworth. SYDNEY, Friday Night
Two prospectors named Charles Leibig and Charles Lerouz struck payable gold on November 11, in their prospecting area, situated about five miles to the eastward of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Taranganba Mine. Mr. Raf[?]t appointed Manager
THE Sydney manager has furnished the following information respecting the Taranganta Proprietary Gold Mining Company:— "At the half-yearly meeting held in July it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Strange Canal. Transport of Coal Underground
THE strangest canal in the world is the one I never saw mentioned in any book or newspaper,' said a clergyman to a St. Louis Globe writer. 'It is a canal 16 miles long, between…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Australian Mining News. the Barrier Field
AT the Angus mine the main shaft is passing through the western lode at a depth of 36ft, which is 4ft wide, composed of quartz, iron, and gossan, with a slight dip to the west;…
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IT is evident that a writer in the S.M, Herald Office is strongly of opinion that the growers of wheat and wool are the natural enemies of the…
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The result of the ballot taken throughout the district on the subject whether the services of Mr. COURLEY, M.P., should be retrained for the discharge of the duties of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Durham Colliery Case. to the Editor
SIR,—The decision in the above case having been given, and having been upheld through your columns by an advocate of Mr. Gorrick's standing, is evidence to the public…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australian Mining News. ALBURY
THE Albury company on the Black Range are putting on extra men to prospect for stone. They have met with Goldsworthy's shaft at 123ft. The stone is looking fairly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Curley and Coal Statistics. to the Editor
SIR,—As the following letter which appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald of to-day may interest some of your readers, I forward it to you for insertion in…
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YESTERDAY morning an accident occurred on the railway line where the Burwood Colliery line joins the main Northern line, and both roads were blocked for a short time. A train…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal in South Australia. ADELAIDE, Monday Night
A claim has beg made on the Government for the bonus of £10,000 for the discovery a coalfield in the Wirrabara Forest. The Government geologist will report…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Mining News. the Barrier Field
AT the Central mine, the shaft is now 399ft deep, and in the footwall country, but it is estimated that only a short crosscut will be necessary that only a short crosscut will be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Consumption of Coal in Victoria and New South Wales. to the Editor
SIR,—I see that Mr. Curley has made a statement to the effect that New South Wales consumes much more coal than Victoria, thereby endeavouring to insinuate that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Miners' General Secretary. to the Editor
SIR,—Seeing that the body of miners in this district are so much divided in their opinions regarding Mr. Curley as general secretary to the Miners' Union, it was of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australian Mining News. the Barrier Field
ON Monday night all the smelting furnaces of the Proprietary mine, Broken Hill, were in blast, with the exception of one 30-tonner, and work on the surface and…
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