Explosion in a Coal Ship
A report has been issued by the Marine Department of the Board of Trade on the subject of a coal-gas explosion which took place on board the s.s. Deutche Kaiser, which sailed from North…
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Mining & the mines, 1889
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Burwood Miners. Monthly Meeting
THE above miners held their usual monthly meeting on Tuesday evening in the Albert Victor Hotel, Mr. E. Chappel in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were…
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Sunny Corner Silver-mining Company, Limited. —The secretary, Francis W. King, reports "That during week ended February 9, 1889, three Pacific and seven reverberatory furnaces have worked full…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Mining. Sydney, Wednesday. SILVER
The silver market to-day showed a decided improvement. Block Fourteen selling from 86s 9d to 92s, and closing firm. Junctions recovered slightly. Norths were in…
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At a meeting of the shareholders in the South MountMorgan Prospecting Company held at Rockhampton yesterday, it was decided to wind up the company…
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The first half-yearly general meeting of share holders in the Linwood Coal Company was held yesterday morning in the offices of the company, Scott-street. There was a good attendance, the…
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IN another column we publish a letter from an old correspondent, raising the oft-mooted question of establishing a "Mining Institute." The absence of…
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MR. ALEXANDER ROSS, J.P. (the father of, our respected townsman, Mr. Alex. Ross, junior, manager of the Newcastle Coal Company's colliery), was (says the Illawarra…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Correspondence "Mining Institute" for Australasia. to the Editor
SIR,—On the 2nd of August, 1889, T addressed you on this subject. I then said : "Is it not a matter for regret, if not reproach, that the important mining industry…
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BROKEN HILL, Thursday.— A rumour was widely circulated in town last night to the effect that the furnace at Block 14 had come to grief. One report had it that the bottom…
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A CORRESPONDENT, writing from San Francisco under the date January 12th, 1889, says :—"It does not seem as if Australians understood or appreciated the extent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mining Referee's Court. The Wallsend Dispute. The Award
THE Miners' Referee Court re-assembled yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. The referee (Mr. Alex. Oliver, M.A) said that, before entering into the South Waratah dispute, he…
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LONDON, Friday.—Mr. W. Pritchard Morgan, M.P. for Merthyr Tydvil, intends to ask the House of Commons to abolish the royalties on gold in Wales…
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LONDON, Friday.—The Livingstone Gold Mining Co. is being wound up, with a view of re-forming the company upon a new basis…
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THE usual monthly meeting of the Borehole Lodge was held on Saturday evening. There was a fair attendance, and Mr. R. Jury presided. The minutes of the previous…
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A telegram from London, dated February 15, states that the prospectus of the Consolidated Broken Hill Silver-mining Company, with a capital of £350,000, has been issued…
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A SPECIAL meeting of the above miners was held in the hall of the Mechanics' Institute, on Thursday evening, Mr. Cuthbert Richardson in the chair…
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LONDON, Friday.—The prospectus of the Consolidated Broken Hill Silver Mining Co., with a capital of £350,000, has been issued…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Referee's Court. South Waratah Case. Saturday's Proceedings
THE hearing of the cause of dispute between the management of the South Waratah colliery and the miners employed there was resumed in the Referee's Court, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Mining Referee's Court. The Wallsend Dispute. The Award
THE Miners' Referee Court reassembled Friday morning at 10 o'clock. The Referee (Mr. Alex. Oliver, M.A.) said that, before entering into the South Waratah dispute, he…
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