Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. Native Coal
The tests of Gippsland coal prove that the consumption on the railways is 2lb weight per mile more than when Newcastle coal is used. The department say they will use the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1892
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San Francisco Coal Market
THE San Francisco market for coal continues to show signs of improvement. Mr. J. W. Harrison's report by the mail just to hand states:—During the week there have…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Redhead Coal-mining Company
AN application was made in Equity on Tuesday, before Mr. Justice Manning, for the winding-up of the Redhead Coal-mining Company, Limited,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Coal Company Official in Trouble. Sydney
MARSHALL BAYLEY, recently occupying the position of secretary to the Wickham and Bull[?]ck Island coal Company, appeared at the Water Police Court this morning on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal-mining Classes. Hamilton
THE annual examination in connection with the coal-mining classes was held here on Friday night last, in the Mechanics' Institute. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Meeting
A SPECIAL miners' meeting was held on Tuesday evening in Page's Hall, Greta; Mr. J. Spinks in the chair. CORRESPONDENCE…
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AMONG the many mining ventures that some few years back were floated in Newcastle, we notice that one "The Castle Wellington Silver acid Tin Mining Syndicate" is still in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Explosion in a Wigan Colliery. One Hundred Men Entombed
LONDON, Thursday.—A terrible explosion occurred yesterday in a colliery at Bamfurlong, near Wigan, over 120 men and boys being at work…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Work at Broken Hill. Prospect of the Mines. Broken Hill
A GREAT deal of valuable oxidised lead ore and iron is being obtained from Bauxter and Sadler's and Miller and Sons' open cuts, which assay remarkably well for both silver…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Court. Fifth Day. Thursday, December 15. (Before Judge Wilkinson.) Russell and Co. v. the Burwood Coal Company
THIS was an action in which James Russell and Samuel Campbell, trading as James Russell and Co., iron-founders, engineers, and contractors,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Victorian Collieries. South Gippsland Miners Locked Out
MR. JAMES CURLEY, the general secretary of the Miners' Association, yesterday received word that the miners working at the Coalville collieries, South Gippsland, have been looked…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Meetings. BURWOOD
THE regular monthly meeting of the members of the above lodge was held at the Albert Victor Hotel on Wednesday night. Mr. M. Minto occupied the chair, and there was a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Labour Troubles Among Miners
LABOUR troubles in the mining and metallurgical fields of this country (says the United States Engineering Magazine) seem destined to increase…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Gold in Siberia
AN important discovery of gold has been made in the River Bom, in Eastern Siberia, in a rather strange manner. A number of outlaw thieves,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mining Matters
SPECIMENS of various minerals are being brought into Albany, West Australia. Parties are working both to the west and to the east. Tin has…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Wigan Disaster. Seventy Miners Rescued
LONDON, Thursday.—Furrther particulars to hand from the scene of the colliery disaster at Wigan, Lancashire, show that 70 of the miners who were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend District Mining Hospital
A MEETING of the committee of the above hospital was held in the Wallsend Council Chambers on Wednesday evening. Present: Messrs. A Ross, president in the chair), A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District Court. Sixth Day. Friday, December 16. (Before Judge Wilkinson.) Russell and Co. v. the Burwood Coal Company
IN this action, which was adjourned from the previous day, James Russell and Samuel Campbell, trading as James Russell and Co., iron-founders, engineers, and contractors,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Meetings. New Lambton
THE above lodge met at Gray's Hotel, Adamstown, on Friday night. There was a large attendance, and Mr. Thomas Gray occupied the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Local Coal Trade
THE export of coal from Newcastle to foreign and intercolonial ports for the week ended 16th December amounted only to 13,885…
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