Westport (N.z.) Coal Trade
AN evidence that the coal export trade from this port (say the Westport News of February 1) is gradually assuring itself, is furnished in the announcement that the Union S S…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1890
1,777 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 89
Gippsland Coal Deposits. Professor Benton's Views
A REPORT upon the collieries and bituminous coal and lignite deposits of Gippsland, drawn up by Professor Benton at the request of the Government, has been printed and circulated…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Terrible Mining Disaster. 34 Bodies Recovered
PARIS, Wednesday.—A terrible fatal explosion occurred at a colliery in the department of the Nievre to-day, duo to the ignition of coaldu[?]t. Thirty-four corpses have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, February 20. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Breach of Colliery Rules
GEORGE WIGMORE and Thomas Wylie, two miners recently employed at the Monk Wearmouth Colliery, were charged by Mr. John Dixon, inspector of collieries, that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fearful Fall Down a Colliery
WHILE, Thomas Llewellyn, employed in the Dyneror Colliery, Wales, and a man named Roberts, were being drawn up the shaft, the engine became unmanageable. When the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →English Coal Exports
THE exports of coal, &c., from England, for the year just completed reached the total of 28,974,129 tons, of £14,793,655 value, averaging 10s 2.5d per ton. As compared…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →English Locomotive Coal
THE London Times says:—There is nobody that is likely to suffer more from the increased price of coal than the railway companies, some of which, at the lower rates of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Miners' Representation. to the Editor
SIR,—The question of miners' representation is becoming a very important one in the district, and one that should command the earnest attention of all who are interested in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Trimming of Coal Ships
MEASURES are being taken (says the Colliery Guardian) by the shipowners of Cardiff to obtain some alteration in the system at present prevailing as regards trimming vessels…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Amalgamation of Miners' Unions. a Conference Convened
THE suggestion of the Northern Miners' Association to hold a conference with representatives from the southern and western miners, with a view of more closely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Union and Political Differences. to the Editor
SIR,—I see in your issue of to-day a report of the meeting of the minors' management committee, held on the 19th inst., wherein mention is made of the motion from Minmi,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Spontaneous Combustion in a Coal-laden Vessel
AN English paper says:—The Board of Trade enquiry, before Mr. Raflies and two nautical assessors, into the circumstances attending the abandonment of the coal-laden…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →(From the Sydney and Melbourne Papers.) Impending Miners' Strike
LONDON, Thursday.—The impending struggle between the coal miners and the mine owners is regarded with a good deal of anxiety. The miners declare that they are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Mining Notes. the Barrier Field
AT the British Mine the timbers were subjected to an extraordinary strain some months ago, owing to the lode where the storing is being carried on being massive carbonate ore…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Hetton Coal Company, Limited. Half-yearly Meeting. Sydney, Friday Night
AT the ninth half-yearly meeting of the Hetton Coal Company, Limited, Mr. W. A. Hutchinson, J.P., chairman, presided. The report and balance-sheet were presided. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal in South Australia
THE London correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald write:—I hear from Mr. Hargreaves Jackson, of Denholme, Bradford, Yorks, that he has made a communication to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australian Mining Notes. the Barrier Field
THE 400ft level at Block 10 continues to look excellent and assays very high for silver, with a fair percentage of lead. Driving is still proceeding and the workings are dry. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Latest Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. Hardships of Southern Miners
THE secretary of the Coalcliff miners, writing to the local papers, gives a detailed account of matters leading up to the trouble at the colliery. He says that the miners are nothing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coalcliff Colliery. The Reduction of Wages
THE following letter, written by William Milson, secretary of the Clifton miners, referring to the reduction of the hewing rate at the Coalcliff Colliery, appears in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Mining Notes. Baker's Creek
THE manager of Baker's Creek on February 15 reported:—"Have crushed 156 tons of stone for 247½oz of gold." THE BARRIER FIELD…
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