Great Northern Colliery. Work to be Resumed
THE Great Northern coal mine was sold a few days ago to a syndicate composed of eight gentlemen for £20,000. This mine, which is situated at Toralba, was floated into…
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Mining & the mines, 1890
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Australian Mining Notes
AT the White Hills Gold-mining Company's property, Carcoar, they finished a crushing of 35 tons cement, yielding 4dwt of gold per ton…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →South Australia. Adelaide, Thursday. the Mining Exhibition
Sir Arthur Blyth, Agent-General, has been appointed executive commissioner for South Australia at the mineral exhibition to be held in London this year…
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THE American company that purchased the anthracite coal territory in Mexico from a Dutch syndicate has a man in Mexico now conferring with President Diaz and the…
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DURING the years 1889 the following mines have been operated, their respective outputs having been: Nanaimo colliery, 223,870 tons 18cwt; Wellington, 273,383 tons;…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →South Australia. School of Mines
Messrs. Grayson and Grainger, Ms P.. have been appointed to the council of the School of Mines in place of Mr. Solomon and Captain Warren, resigned…
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NEARLY 36,000oz of gold are now awaitin escort at Croydon (Q.). Reports from Flinders Island (Tasmania) state that the tin mines there were worked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mining Exhibition
LONDON, Thursday.—At the request of Sir Saul Samuel, Agent-General for New South Wales, the opening of the Mining Exhibition in London, has been postponed until the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining in British Columbia
THE annual report of the Minister for Mines for British Columbia for 1889 shows that from 1858 to the present time the estimated total yield of gold and silver amounted to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →R.m.s. Lusitania Short of Coal
The R.M.S., Lusitania, from London, for Sydney passed Cape Borda at 10 minutes to 6 yesterday morning. She signals shorts of coals. Her mails will be delivered at Sydney on Monday next…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Enginemen's Union. An Unfavourable Reply
A MEETING of the colliery enginemen was held at Tattersall's Hotel, on Saturday night, when a letter was received from Mr. Alexander Roses, junr., stating that the Associated…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →American Miners' Families Starving
HUNDRED of families in and about Scranton, United States, are on the verge of starvation, owing to the continued idleness at the coalmines. The distress is deep and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Our Staple Industry. the North Stockton Coal Company
THAT a great depression at present exists in the coal trade, no one will deny; but it is refreshing to find that, notwithstanding all the gloomy things that have been said and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australian Mining Notes. the Barrier Field
IN Block 10 at the 300ft level a seam of kaolin shows in the face of the north drive and chloride of silver is present in small quantities. Later on a crosscut will be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Broken Hill Mining. Creep at British Blocks. Broken Hill
A new creep has occurred in British Blocks mine at the 200ft level, but so far the manager does not believe there is any fear of a general collapse such as was rumoured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Western District Miners
THE ballot for the election of the western miners' district officers was completed during the week with the following results:—For president, S. Penna, 128; W. H. Teague,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Risks. a Wheeler Hurt
A LAD named Mitchell, who was employed as a wheeler in the Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery, received a very painful injury yesterday afternoon. He was riding on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal in Gippsland. The Commissioners' Inquiries
THE members of the Victorian Coal-mining Commission continued their inspection of the coal deposits in the Narracan Valley district, Gippsland, on May 9. Those who were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australian Mining Notes. the Barrier Field
AT the Central, work is still proceeding at the 400ft level, where the crosscut is being extended into the lode. The mixed carbonate and sulphide are has now been penetrated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Meeting. Burwood
THE above miners held their usual monthly meeting on Monday evening in the Albert Victor Hotel. Mr. E. Chappel occupied the chair…
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