Mining Matters
IT is stated in the last annual report on British New Guinea by the Administrator, Sir W. MacGregor, that the yield of gold has fallen off for last…
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Mining & the mines, 1893
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Coal Supply of Canada
THE Agent-General for Nova Scotia has received the following telegram from the Hon. W. S. Fielding, Premier of Nova Scotia:—'Reuter…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Anthracite and Bituminous Coal Beds
MR. W. S. GRESLEY read, before the last meeting of the Geological Society of London, a paper winch he described as an attempt to throw some…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Parliament Legislative Assembly. An All Night Sitting. The Coal Mines Bill. Passed Through Committee with Numerous Amendments. SYDNEY
WHEN our report of the proceedings of the Assembly while in committee to consider the Coal Mines Regulation Bill concluded, the bill had, with the exception of some…
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ON Thursday evening, at the invitation of Dr. J. B. Nash, Dr. Manning, from Sydney, accompanied by Dr. Ross and Dr. Beeston, of Newcastle, made a thorough inspection of the…
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WITH regard to the change in the conditions of working at the South Bulli Colliery, the facts of the case appear to be as follows:—The manager has…
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THE scheme which has been under consideration for some weeks past for the formation of a co-operative company of working miners to take over and work a colliery(which is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Correspondence. the Coal Mines Bill. to the Editor
SIR,—When a public man achieves additional distinction in any direction, it is my humble opinion that the fact should not be allowed to pass…
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WORK at the Catherine Hill Bay Colliery has been very slack since the new year. For the last fortnight 3¾ days were worked, which is above the average for the past three months…
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A TELEGRAM from Perth (W.A.) states that the officer in charge of the coal bore near Russelton reports the discovery of two more coal seams at a…
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A REPORT has been issued by the manager of the railway workshops, Islington, which condemns the prospects of Leigh's Creek, coal from which so much was hoped when first…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Commercial. Coal Rates, Wool, and Meat
MESSRS. Gibbs, Bright, and Company, under date, 18th March, report :—The export of coal for the past month amounted to 44,741 tons, of which quantity Californian markets are credited with 23,711 tons, and…
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The Anvil Creek and Greta Collieries, which were stopped for eight days on account of the floods, resumed work on Monday, and are both expected to work fully for some time…
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DURING last week the weather was beautully fine, and favoured coal shipping from the various Southern colliery jetties. At Mount Kembla,…
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The railway has been temporarily repaired between Minmi and Hexham, and the Duckenfield Colliery made a start last Thursday, after being off work for a week owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Risks. Accident at the Borehole Pit
A MINER named Thomas M'Naughton was severely injured in the A.A. Co's Borehole Colliery, at half-past 8 o'clock yesterday morning, by a fall of morgan. He was at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament Tuesday, 21St March. Legislative Assembly. Coal Mines Regulation Bill. Pictures for Chicago Exhibition. Charles Dickens' Statue. Newcastle Pasturage Reserve Act Amendment Bill. SYDNEY
THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. SEE, in reply to Mr. RAE, said he would lay upon the table a return showing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Correspondence. Mr. Fegan on the Coal Mines Bill. to the Editor
SIR,—In your issue of to-day appears a venomous "epistle to the Newcastilians" by Saint Emanuel Flynn. The theme of discourse is our…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Southern Collieries. Arbitration Award Rejected
A MEETING of the delegates from the different miners' lodges in the Wollongong district on Monday decided to reject the Helensburg arbitration award, and in lieu…
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AN extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders in the Waratah Coal Company was held in Sydney on Tuesday for the purpose of considering a…
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