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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
1,777 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 89
A LARGE number of the above-named class of workmen again met at Tattersall's Hotel on Saturday night, in order to have the question of the eight hours' movement, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WRITING of coal shares, Messrs. T. J. Thompson and Sons, Sydney, remark in their circular:—"We should very much like to know how long the coal proprietors intend…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—Please permit me to trespass on a small space in your valuable columns re the minute of the Minister for Mines published in your issue or yesterday, which must give…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT Block 10 there is not much chance of the water being lessened until the Central mine cuts the lode at the 4th level, which is considerably below the Black 10 shaft level, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →There is nothing fresh to report regarding Block 10, except that driving on the course of the lode northward, towards Block 11, is being commenced in splendid ore, carrying a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FROM one point in Mr. M'KILLOP's address to the Coal-trimmers' Union yesterday we entirely dissent. That is, that the Hunter River miners did wrong in consenting to a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Respecting the recent find of coal on Mr. Andrew Morrison's property at Mike Howe's Marsh, in the vicinity of Table Mountain, Oatlands, and adjoining property belonging to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE following article appears in the Transvaal Advertiser of 9th December:—There is but little reason to doubt now that a considerable emigration has commenced from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →AT the South mine Mr. Thomas, the manager, has had a consultation with Mr. Roberts, of Sandhurst, who has submitted an estimate for the erection of a strong battery of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MR. R. M'KILLOR, the ex-president of the Maritime Labour Council, arrived in Newcastle on Sunday evening to enquire into and report upon the coal-trimmers' difficulty with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The manager reports under date 10th January:—Work was again started at this mine on Monday, 6th instant, at noon, it taking 12 hours to get out the water…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MR. JAMES DEAN, a surface manager for the Wigan (England) Coal and Iron Company, Limited, lost his life recently, under peculiar and melancholy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AT the North Bulli mine the miners who a few weeks ago were told by the manager that there would be no more work for two or three months, in consequence of slackness of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Tuesday.—The great strike of Belgian miners is ended, the masters having conceded shorter hours…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE grievance alleged to exist at this port by the unionist coal-trimmers is a subject to which attention should be directed, in order that if possible a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE tremendous "boom" at present in Britain in all branches of trade and commerce is peculiarly welcome after the terrible depression that generally prevailed for a long…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE miners of the Treasury mines in the Saar have submitted a petition to the Emperor They ask him in this document for his intervention. In the introductory words…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On Friday last coal was struck on the Richmond Vale Coal Company's Estate, which is some 12 miles south of East Maitland. For the past nine months sinking operations have…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE following extract from The Colliery Guardian, of December 6th, may be taken as an expression of opinion on the above subject from the colliery proprietors' point of view…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No. 1 Split.—Current of air at No. 28 bord near intake was 6673 cubic feet per minute; at No. 24 bord, 8320 cubic feet; at No. 20 bord, 7350 cubic feet; in back narrow bord,…
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