Miners' Meeting. West Wallsend
THE quarterly meeting of the West Wallsend miners was held on Tuesday evening in Sharp's Hull. The minutes of the previous meeting and…
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Mining & the mines, 1893
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Mining Matters
NEWS from Gympie says :— No. 2 South Phoenix crushed 370 tons, yielding 1882oz smelted gold, and that a dividend of 2s 6d is payable…
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IN the 16th century the average proportion of the value of gold to silver was 11½ to 1; in the 17th century it was 14 to 1; in the 18th it was 15 to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Burwood Colliery. Progress of the Dispute
THE motion passed on Thursday at the delegate board, to consider the Burwood miners locked out and to pay them the usual allowance of £1 per week, will in all probability…
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THE Block 10 crosscut in Campbell's north drive in the 13ft face is showing garnet sandstone and felspathic sulphides. The banging wall lode is calculated to be about…
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THE excitement which prevailed a few weeks ago among the miners of the district owing to the arbitrary methods of the colliery proprietors has somewhat cooled (says the Bulli…
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A SPECIAL meeting of the above lodge was held at Teralba on Friday evening. Mr. Henry Jenkins, chairman, in…
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THE directors of several of the coal-mining companies around Korumburra and Jeetho interviewed the Minister of Mines on Thursday, and informed him that they would have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Alex. Brown and Miners' Strikes
SOME little time ago a letter appeared in the Sydney press from Mr. F. W. Binney upon the above subject. Since then some correspondence has passed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Check-inspectors' Report. Burwood Colliery. March 17th
THERMOMETER at bank at 7 a.m., 67deg. Main intake north side, 22,560ft; thermometer, 67deg…
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Information is to hand that the barques Nicosia, 1048 tons register, and Rothicmay, 1219 tons register, have been chartered to load here from the West Wallsend Colliery for Manila and He…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Curlewis Colliery. a Reduction in the Rates
THE miners in the Gurlewis (or Centenary) Colliery, near Gunnedah, have been notified that they will have to submit to a further reduction in the hewing rates. The…
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A large and influential deputation waited on the Minister for Mines to-day to ask for the development of the coal-mining industry in Victoria. They urged the reduction of…
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As there appears to be some controversy going on with regard to the amount of work performed at the Greta Colliery recently the following will show that the mine has worked…
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A MINERS' meeting was held at Greta on Tuesday; Mr. J. Thompson in the chair. The delegate minutes of April 10th were adopted as read…
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A SPECIAL meeting of the above miners was held in the Agricultural Hall on Tuesday evening. There was a good attendance; Mr. R. Punton in the chair…
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OWING to the dearth of shipping and the consequent depression in the coal trade two collieries in the district have considerably reduced the number of their miners, and it is…
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THE above miners held a special meeting on Tuesday night at Cowell's hotel, New Lambton. Mr. W. Quinn was in the chair. There was a large…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wednesday, April 19, 1893. Naturalization of Aliens. Mining on Private Property. Stockton Mine. The Estimates
The Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. SLATTERY, in reply to Mr. M'FARLANE, said it had been shown that it would…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Meetings. Glebe
A SPECIAL general meeting of the Glebe miners was held at Simpson's Hall on Wednesday night. Mr. John Lloyd occupied the chair, and there…
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