Greta. the Colliery
Greta Colliery has been idle since Monday. There will be five days to draw for next pay. Anvil Creek Colliery is being worked by a party of tributors. This case will probably…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1893
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Burwood Coal-mining Company. Special Meeting. SYDNEY
AN extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders in the Burwood Coal-mining Company was held to-day at the Chamber of Commerce, to receive a report upon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Export of Coal
For the week ending yesterday (June 2) the export of coal to foreign and intercolonial ports amounted to 37,597 tons. Victoria was our best customer, heading the list with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Greatest Gold-producer
WHICH country produces the greatest amount of gold? The United States, which in 1891 produced 1,604,840oz valued at £6,880,000; the world's…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mining Matters
MINING matters have been very quiet during the week. The coal trade, owing to the non-arrival of several large ships which were due, was not…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Miners' Meeting. Duckenfield and Back Creek
THE Duckenfield and Back Creek Lodge of miners held a special meeting on Tuesday evening in Sharp's Hall. There was only a sparse attendance. Mr. Gray presided, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Lithgow Collieries
To those who are believers that the colliery employers of New South Wales are strongly in favour of the courts of conciliation and arbitration, the existence of such institutions…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident at Browns' Collieries
An unfortunate accident occurred on Saturday morning to Mr. George Durie, underground manager of Browns' Collieries, by which he received a broken leg. The colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at Waratah Colliery
EARLY on Saturday morning a sinker named Henry Williams fell down the shaft at the Waratah Colliery, and had a miraculous escape from death. It will be remembered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The East Greta Colliery
THE work of developing the East Greta Company's Colliery is progressing very rapidly. The directors have issued, a report which the state that the railway joining the mine with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Western Collieries. No Settlement Arrived At
No arrangement has yet been arrived at between the mine-owners and the miners in the Lithgow district, and things wear a serious aspect. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Meeting. BURWOOD
A SPECIAL meeting of the Burwood miners was held at the Albert Victor Hotel on Saturday evening. Mr. Matthew Minto occupied the chair,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Victorian Coal Trade
FOR many years past Victoria has been the best customer of the colliery proprietors of New South Wales, and in the boom in coal-mining, in which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wallsend Mining District Hospital
A MEETING of the committee of management was held on Saturday evening. Present: Messrs. Drummond, Smith, Punton, Blackie, Tildesley, Watkins, Bower, Drs. Nash, Bean,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →South Australia. Adelaide, Monday. Gold Mining
Owing to the hard times a number of prospectors are seeking gold on the different fields of the colony. About 40 men are at work at Glen Taggart, near the city, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Disaster in Texas
LONDON, Sunday.—Word comes from America that a terrible mining disaster has occurred at Eagle Pass, Texas. A colliery in that place was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Western Collieries. a Strike Decided Upon
WORD was received at Lithgow on Friday night to the effect that the colliery proprietors had declined to submit the hewing rate dispute to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Coal Supply
THE predictions uttered from time to time by experts as to the probable exhaustion of the coal supplies of the world (says the Mining Standard) must become less and less…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Copeland Goldfield. a Rich Vein Struck. Raymond Terrace
AUTHENTIC information is to hand from Copeland of the discovery of a rich vein of gold, which has caused some excitement and many sanguine hopes on the part of those…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Colliery Disaster in Texas
LONDON, Monday.—The rescue parties formed in connection with the fire which occurred in a colliery at Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S.A., have succeeded…
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