Natal Coal
THE following shows that the colony of Natal, South Africa, will soon be producing coal. The coal is of good quality:—"A gentleman just down informs us (Natal…
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Mining & the mines, 1889
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Miners' Meeting. the Glebe
THE Globe miners held their usual monthly meeting on Monday evening last, Mr. John Lloyd in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Western Miners. Admission to the Union
SOME time ago the Vale of Olwydd Lodge gave notice of a motion providing that £2 entrance fee should be charged every man before admission into the Miners' Union…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australian Mining News. the Barrier Field
AT the Gem, 9in of clean carbonate and crystals of lead with galena are showing on the hanging-wall in No. 2 lode. The driving is still in heavy ground, which should assay…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The French Miners' Strike
A REPORT from Mr. Crown, of the Paris Embassy, on strikes in Northern France, has just been issued. The colliers at Lens in Pan do Calais struck for higher wages, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Mining. Bonang Gold Mining Company
Mine manager's weekly report ending December 21: The work at main shaft progressing very satisfactorily, having sunk and timbered 9 feet during the week; total depth,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Reefing in the Transvaal. A Successful Mine
THE following report for October of the Robinson mine, at Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, shows how gold mining has advanced in that country:—Development.—…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Zealand Coal
EX [?]LONIAL Governors with a handle to their [?] are (says the European Mail) just now [?] a high premium in the city. Since his [?] on his pension Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Mining Returns
THE British mineral statistics for 1883, showing the production of coal, iron, and other minerals in the United Kingdom during that year came…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Lithgow Miners. a Proposed Demonstration
A DELEGATE meeting of the Western miners was held in the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Lithgow, on the 23rd instant. It was agreed to hold a demonstration on the 8th February, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Uses of Coal. Generation of Electricity
PROFESSOR JOHN PERRY, F.R.S., in a recent address in England, said, "I pointed out in 1881 that if coal or gas were burned in a voltaic cell as zinc is burned, and an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Hamilton Pit Disaster. The Mine to be Examined
THE directors of the Australian Agricultural Company who all reside in England, have decided to thoroughly enquire into the cause of the recent calamity in the Hamilton Pit, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Mining News. the Barrier Field
THE Junction mine is looking very well, and the value of the carbonate ore appears to increase as work progresses. At the 150ft level the ore shows in the present opening on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →What Gold-mining Has Don[?] the Transvaal
THE Natal Mercury states:—"An instructive statement published by the Commission, of Mines at the instance of the Transvaal Government gives a suggestive tabulated…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners' Risks
NO Saturday a sinker named W. Hillbird, employed at the Burwood Extended colliery, met with an accident while engaged in working in the shaft. It appears that a stone…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Costly Colliery Litigation
ABOUT twenty-three years ago, says English paper, litigation was commenced by Messrs. Phillips, of Pennar, against the old Tredegar Company, to recover damages for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Colliery Fire-trier's Negligence
AT the Bolton Country Sessions, England, a collier fire-trier named William Speak, employed at the Anderton Hall Colliery, Blackrod, belonging to Messrs. Fisher and Co, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal in Cashmere
A LARGE seam of coal—reported to be as good as the best Welsh—has been discovered within a distance of two marches from Jummoo. It will be used for firing the engines…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Lambton Colliery. An Extensive Fall
THE Lambton mine was working up till Christmas Eve last week, when work ceased for the week, to be recommenced yesterday morning. This appears to have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Claims of English Miners
A LARGE section of the Durham miners are asking that the maximum hours of labour be seven from bank to bank, regardless of the distance in-dye; that all men and boys work…
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