Coal in Tongking
A CORRESPONDENT of the Pall Mall Gazette, writing to that paper in October from Tong-king in South China, gives the following account of mineral deposits there. The…
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Mining & the mines, 1889
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CABLEGRAMS. Entombed Miners Rescued
LONDON, Tuesday.—The rescue parties at work on the fall in the Rocklinghausen colliery, Westphalia, have succeeded in rescuing the whole of the 250 entombed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Mining News. the Barrier Field
AT the third half-yearly meeting of Block 10, held in Melbourne on Tuesday, a telegram was read from the mining manager stating that there was no improvement whatever in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Latest Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday Night. Fatal Mining Accident
A TERRIBLE accident occurred on Tuesday at Pinnacles Tribute mine. A miner named Reid was working at the 230ft level, about Soft from the bottom of the shaft, when for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bonang Gold-mining Co
At the usual weekly meeting of the directors of the above company, on Wednesday, Mr. M. C. Cowlishaw was elected a director in the place of Mr. Copeland The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Illawarra Mine-owners' Views
AT a complimentary dinner given by the employees of the Bellambi Colliery, Illawarra district, on Friday night, to the employers, Mr. Mitchell, one of the proprietors, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Paralysing Mining Outlook
IT is refreshing, when we daily hear of mining ventures that have disappointed the fond hopes of both directors and shareholders, to know that there is still a silver lining to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian Mining News. the Barrier Field
AT the Silver Hill mine splendid results are being obtained. The main shaft has been stopped down for a distance of 60ft from the surface, and this depth is within a couple of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Legislative Assembly. Balmain Manufactories. Cockatoo Island Dock. The Influx of Criminals. The Mining Laws. Advertising on Postage Stamps. Mr. Dibbs and the Premier. SYDNEY, Thursday Night
The Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. QUESTIONS. Mr. O'SULLIVAN asked the Colonial Secretary if he would lay on the table of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Colliery Explosion. Fourteen Miners Killed
BERLIN, Thursday.—An explosion occurred to-day at a colliery near Bochum, Westphalia, whereby fourteen miners were killed and many seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Burwood Colliery Calamity. to the Editor
SIR,—I notice in your issue of Wednesday a letter by Mr. Arch. Gardiner, mining engineer, in reference to my letter of Monday last, in which he asks me what would…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Meeting. Stockton. Quarterly Meeting
THE quarterly meeting of the above lodge was held in the Temperance Hall on Thursday night. Mr. W. Fox was in the chair. The secretary, Mr. T. Lowis, read the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gippsland Coal. Visit of the Commission to Morwell
ON Tuesday last the members of the Victorian Coal Commission, accompanied by the Commissioners for Railways and several members of Parliament, paid a visit to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Mining News. the Barrier Field
THE quantity of ore dispatched from the Broken Hill district to date this year has been 35,499 tons, valued at £245,151. The bullion dispatched was 28,999 tons, valued at…
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AT the Newcastle on-Tyne Police Court about 100 miners employed at Elswick Colliery, Newcastle, wore fined 10s and costs each for absenting themselves from work…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Economy in Coal
IN 1306, when the population did not exceed 50,000, the citizens of London petitioned Edward I. to prohibit the use of sea coal ; and he passed a law making tile burning of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle and District Colliery Engine-drivers
THE second meeting of the Newcastle and District Colliery Engine drivers' Union was held at Tattorsall's Hotel on Saturday evening. Mr. Thomas Richardson, the president,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Check-inspectors' Report. Stockton Colliery. November 13th and 14th, 1889
WEST SIDE.—Main intake air current, 35,260 cubic feet per minute; thermometer, 68 degrees. No. 2 split, off No. 2 heading, between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scottish Australian Mining Company, Limited
As Home paper says: The balance of profit shown by the general revenue account for the six months ended June 30 last, which was presented at the half-yearly general…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Northumberland Land and Coal Company. (European Mail.)
THE second annual ordinary general meeting of the shareholders of this company was held on October 21 at the City Terminus Hotel, London. Mr. Wilberforce Bryant…
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