The Advance in the Price of Coal
THE Leeds Mercury of October 3rd says:—'It appears that the advance in the price of coal on the 1st inst. related to that for…
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Mining & the mines, 1890
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Union S.s. Taviuni. Put in for Coal
The inferior descriptions of coal which, during the late strike, had to be utilised by steamers' hunkers, owing to the block at this port, has within the last few weeks caused much inconvenience and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broken Hill South Silver-mining Company
Mine manager's report, 10th November:—Weekly progress report: Main shaft, east crosscut advanced 16½ft; west crosscut stopped cutting eastern plat. Hauling shaft…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, November 13. (Before Messrs. G. C. Martin, and W. H. Shaw, Js.P.) Stealing Coal
CHARLES JOHNSON, 53, a labourer, was charged with having 108lbs weight of coal in his possession reasonably supposed to have been stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Golden Crown Gold-mining Company
The manager of the Golden Crown Gold-mining claim, at Bear Hill, under date Nov. 8th, reports:—"During the week I have driven the north drive 9ft, making 13ft from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Affairs. Men from the South and West. Demand for Miners
YESTERDAY thirty miners, all young men, arrived in Newcastle from the southern district to seek work. Nearly all of them proceeded to West Wallsend, where there is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Output of Coal
THE total output of coal from Newcastle, as gleaned from official sources, from the 8th to the 14th inclusive, shows what our collieries can do when in full swing. The amount…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miners' Wages in England
A DEPUTATION from the miners waited upon the coalowners at Newcastle-on-Tyne on October 4th to ask for an advance in wages for the men. The selling price of coal for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Change in Coal Statistics
THE Commissioners of H.M. Customs notify a change in regard to this subject. Since the year 1873 it has (says an English contemporary) been required of the master of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →San Francisco Coal Market
BY the San Francisco mail the following circulars in reference to the coal trade have arrived:— September 20th.—The stock of coal is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prospecting for Coal. Sydney
A DEPUTATION consisting of Messrs. Adams, Huntley, Coghlan, and Mills, who represent a syndicate which is now engaged prospecting for coal at Cremorne, waited upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill
Block 10 continues to look well. When I visited it this morning I found no special change since my last report Stoping is being carried on vigorously, but the output…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Rumoured Reduction in the Price of Coal. Sydney
THE rumour that it is the intention of the northern colliery proprietors to reduce the price of coal from 11s to 9s, is generally condemned in Sydney; the majority of people…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mauricewood Colliery Accident
IN connection with the disaster at Maurice-wood Pit, Penicuik, Scotland, on September 5 of last year, when 65 men were suffocated, owing to an outbreak of fire, 61 actions have…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →German Miners' Congress
AT the German National Miners' Congress which closed at Halle on September 19, a petition was drawn up by the Congress to be submitted to the Federal Council, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian News. New South Wales. the Western Collieries
THE free labour question, so far as it concerns the Western district, is apparently at an end. It is reported that nearly the whole of the free…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Influx of Gold
LONDON, Saturday.—The influx of gold to England amounts to £2,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Large Receipts of Gold
LONDON, Saturday.—Gold to the extent of £2,000,000 was received at the Bank of England yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Quality of Japanese Coal
The railway authorities emphatically deny the rumour that Japan coal is inferior fuel, and state that it is fully up to expectations, though not…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →South Australia. Adelaide, Sunday. Unemployed Miners
A number of copper-miners' at Moonta are unemployed owing to the dismissal of hands by the directors. A public meeting has asked the Government to push on public…
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