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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
1,077 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 44 of 54
The trade at the Wallsend Colliery has been somewhat dull of late. For the next pay the men will only have five days to lift, and, as the average wage is not large at this colliery,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following notice was posted at the Wallaroo mines on Thursday morning:— "The board very much regret that it is not improbable that it may become necessary to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FROM the annual return made to Parliament of the minerals produced in the United Kingdom, it appears (says an English paper) that the principal…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A WHEELER in the Burwood Colliery named James Clarke, age 17, was seriously injured yesterday afternoon by being crushed against a prop by a pair of limbers harnessed to a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LONDON, Wednesday.—The Scottish Australian Mining Company has declared a dividend of 10 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE following letter from Mr. David M'Leay, first engineer of the s.s. Benlomond, to Mr. J. Gillespie, of Wallsend, shows what severe competition coal from this port has to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—"Elector," writing in reference to the above, seems awfully indignant, and if one of the distressed, or even one disappointed of the opportunity of contributing towards…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE fifty-sixth half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Waratah Coal Company was held at the head office, Pitt-street, to-day. Mr. C. Cecil Griffiths, chairman,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE board of conciliation appointed to wait upon the directors of the Moonta mines, on behalf of the strikers, met the directors to-day, and placed before there a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IN the Equity Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Manning, when the case of the Monkwearmouth Colliery, Limited, was called on, Mr. Knox, for the petitioners (Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MR. SCOTT, M.P., who was accompanied by Mr. Cremor, secretary of the Newcastle Coal-Trimmers' Union, waited upon Mr. Lyne, Minister for Works, to-day, to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IN consequence of a dispute between the management of the above colliery and several wheelers working on the jig, north side of the pit, the colliery was laid idle yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AT the annual meeting of the De Beers' Consolidated Mines, Limited, held recently at Kimberley (South Africa), the directors' report stated that the number of carats of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir, — Anyone would think your Greta correspondent was a resident of Greta and also worked in the mine, by the accurate (?) report he has…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE first meeting of the above was held on Wednesday afternoon at the company's registered office, Bond-street, Newcastle (Messrs. Earp,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ARGENTINE Proprietary Silver Mining Company, Star River, North Queensland, October 17:—Silver Mount: The tunnel has been extended 88ft in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MESSRS. SCOTT and Grahame, Ms.P., have received the following letter from the Works Department :—"Sirs, — With reference to your personal representations in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AT the half-yearly meeting of the Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company to-day, Mr. J. F. Burns, chairman of the company, delivered an address with reference to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE look-out of the miners working in the Maitland Coal Company's colliery at West Maitland still continues, the men receiving strike allowance every fortnight. So far the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IN the Equity Court this morning, before Mr. Justice Manning, Mr. Knox, who appeared for the petitioners, Hudson Brothers, presented a petition for the winding-up of…
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